Rural Business

Beating Time. 2 Timothy 4:2. "Be prepared in and out of season." Business is not always on the highs and sometimes we relax because of the state of the economy or seasons. Recently I got a call from a client on Friday that she wants a product for Sunday morning  As on Fridays we have to make rounds and check the progress of the week, I scheduled to make it on Saturday.  Come Saturday morning the client was at my door step saying she is here to take the product she ordered. I'm like to her, "No you said you wanted the product  Sunday morning". The client was saying no I want it now for 10:00, and that time it's 08:50. Now it is in this moment that we see what you are really made of and how capable you are  of working under pressure. There I was assembling  and making what the client ordered in less than an hour. It is then very important to be able to bear fruit even in dry, unplanned, short noticed and busy seasons. In finance we learned...

Failure! As humans we are scared to get out of our comfort zone and try new things because we are afraid of failure.  But we need to understand that the fear of failure paralizes us and robs of us true liberation. The magnitude of success is based on how many times one fails at something. We are afraid of taking risks in our busiensses, because we fear that we will not see it's fruits. These multi-million rand's  businesses are what they are because they have failed more than we can imagine and have lost and suffered a hundred times. And yes the education system is the one to blame because when one fails they are considered stupid.  Business requires long and dull hours of hard work where even it's success is not promised. I always say that success in not guaranteed but failure is inevitable. Let's rid ourselves of trying to avoid failure and embrace our flaws and learn and move forward. Develop that mind

Can we about the people who are supposed to support us and help us grow in business? I have seen about 80% of businesses fail because there was no money to buy stock or materials.Why? Because the business did not make any money to do that.  There has been a business in my Kasi selling cooked food. During the day relatives would come and dish themselves shocking amounts of Food saying they are just tasting.  The business didn't even run for three months and was shut down. We even have friends who want credit. I mean guys this is pure disrespect.  There are a lot of similar scenarios I can talk about but I am sure you get the picture. Why do we do that as black people? We are not helping or building anything, in fact we are tearing the foundation. I think we need discipline to call these people to order. Let's stop with tendencies that keep us stagnent and poor. Develop that mind.