Thread by @wekesa_amos

THURSDAY MOTIVATION

This is directed to young entrepreneurs who follow me on twitter.

It must be difficult time for many of you who are dreaming and aspiring for better and bigger things in life especially in the area of business. A young man shared his fears with me week!

He said i have realized that business growth in uganda attracts a lot of haters and I don't want to aspire for anything serious anymore. I was heart broken for him especially from his facial expression. I told him Uganda needs him to work hard, needs needs him creating jobs

As a young person trying to build a business, you must know that not everyone will spend their time fighting you, partly because everyone has his own issues to sort out. Some people who know your potential will support and you must look out for those. The haters are actually few

You must also accept the fact that most of are actually happy for to grow but when you do better than them, you become the target. Some will be people you call close friends/relatives and its they know your potential. Some don't want anybody to grow or become better than them.

I have been in tourism business for 25 years now and with time I have learnt so much about life. When I started out to be honest, very few people cared about me and what I was doing. I found people who had been in it for many years already and I took time to study number of them.

As I grew many were busy with their own stuff but some of them made me a target of hate especially in my 5th year of doing business. Its because I had saved up some money to build a shark of a Lodge called Primate lodge then. Its not an area many Ugandans ventured in at that time

Many Ugandans in tourism were convinced that was meant to be for Asians or guys from Europe and it was a shock for some to see a chap who they had seen a cleaner, office messenger and tour guide venturing in that space. Some made it their full time job to discourage me then.

What I decided to do was to simply focus on the tasks ahead, they thought I would fail in service, made it a point to understand who Lodges are run. I avoided all the persons I knew were negative, I avoided meetings where they would be to date, I fought hard to control my peace.

I must say controlling my space, who I give my time, who I hangout with, who I fall on twitter, Facebook has helped me focus and to be honest, the hate levels have so down. Some come to me for advise now. Hehe some chaps will recruit others into discouraging you from your goals.

Even here on twitter, I don't mind anybody saying rubbish about me on their walls( i actually go around looking for what people say about me or others), I control my space and I encourage respectful engagement. I want people to learn from many years of hustling and experiences

Am simply at take off level in business now not what others think and that has taken 25 yrs. If God gives me life which am sure He will, I can't wait to see what actually growth means in the next chapter of 25 years. I personally thrive more on positive energies, I love to laugh

#I don't go around looking for I what I meant.

The other important beats is to make sure am at peace with my immediate family, am at peace with my work, I make am in good physical shape, good enough to handle tasks or work am meant to do. I pray as much I can and seek for wisdom, knowledge, protection, favour before others