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Meet Bimbola Fawehinmi. He is 3 months older than me but for the last 17 years he has been one of my dearest friends and a earliest mentors. He took me under his wing from my first day at university and opened my eyes to the opportunities in life. I have no idea why. Yet he did
At one of the lowest points in my life he gave me a lifeline. he restored my hope, I was almost in tears last week when I reminded him how important that moment was to me. June 2006. I was down and out. Literally sleeping on the floor of an empty apartment with no furniture.
I had been taken to court and evicted by the landlord of from my previous residence. My entire 7-person team had walked out of my fledgling company because I had failed to meet payroll. There was no hope. No future. I was literally sitting on the floor crying. I had given up.
Bim called, checking in. He knew something was wrong. I basically told him I was finished. For the first time in my life I didn't see a path forward. Literally had no idea what to do. I was and felt hopeless. Bim. 'Jay, don't give up dude, send me your bank details'.
He sent me £1,000. Told me my effort and boldness inspired him and I should just get up, take a breath and figure it out. He knew I could do it. He knew I could do it when I didn't know I could do it. That push gave me the energy to keep on plowing ahead. jason.com.ng/brash-magazine…
Little did I know that was year 1 of what I consider my 'dark days'. Where I embraced and became forged in the fires of hardship. 2006-2010 was when I became the laughing stock of my peers. Where I should have given up. But toiled anyway jason.com.ng/broke-arrogant…
Like my egbon @akinalabi I am currently writing a book. I won't offer any business or life lessons. I will simply tell my story. Warts and all. I have a terrible memory so trying to remember everything. It has been an imperfect journey. A fucking crazy one.
I am going am going to release it on my 40th birthday 11/12/20. That's what I consider my half life so feels like a good time to share a little. Im not a logical person. I am 100% instinct and emotion. This entrepreneurship thing isn't a walk in the park. I'm 15 years in this ish
It has completely changed whom I am a person. I am still trying to regain my old self back. Even surviving this has made me overly cold and cynical. Nigeria turned me into a savage. I need to get back to the human element. Thats what this whole rebalancing of life is about.
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