 I say this often on this channel. There is no free lodge. To get something, you must give up something else. To become successful, you must make sacrifices. To achieve your dreams, you must take risks. You may think this isn't fair, but as Bill Gates said, get used to it. In today's video, I'll be sharing with you the five risks I took to become rich, not billion dollar rich. Being rich has been free from worries about money, because you have more than enough. I never really worry about bills or paying debts. I have more than enough. That makes me rich. If you're new here, consider subscribing, so you don't miss other interesting videos like this. 1. I left school. One of my childhood dreams was to become a successful accountant. I was one of the best students in a polytechnic where I was studying accounting. Soon, I discovered accounting wasn't my dream. It was an aspiration my family had for me. I had always been involved in entrepreneurship as a kid. I started different small businesses as a teenager. I assisted my mother in petty trading, but since the society promoted education as the only way out of poverty, I gave up entrepreneurship to pursue a degree. Eventually, I pursued the degree to pursue my dream. Entrepreneurship. I was excited to drop out of school. I do not advise anyone to do this, because years later, I faced my fair shares of challenges in business and constantly berated myself for leaving school. Some school dropouts succeed in the end, but it will be full hardiness to do the same. If you choose to drop out of school, please be ready for whatever happens in the business world. 2. I tried ugly jobs. I was famous in college. I was the best student in my class and the most influential political leader. Everywhere I went, someone knew me. When I left school, I had to forget all that glory to face life's harsh realities. I did some odd jobs to survive. While my mates worked in banks, I begged to be employed to do jobs meant for no degree holders. I was smart and people expected so much from me, but life isn't fair. And that was that. If you constantly mind what people think about you, you won't do all the things you need to do to succeed. I do not advise you to quit school, but I advise you to do all that's ethically right to achieve your dream, including doing ugly jobs. 3. I tried to compete with lions. Once I was almost arrested when a business owner discovered I was investigating their business to find their secret. I escaped while the business owner chased me. My goal was to compete with this company. To do that, I knew I had to hire their employees. This will allow me to know some of their trade secrets. I could use the knowledge to have a competitive advantage over the company. This business owner was richer than I was. He could have me arrested easily and jailed if he had caught up with me. You see, if you desire success, you will have to dare the lions and hope to take its food. 4. I took loans. Some people speak against debts, and I get it. Debt can help you and it can hurt you. If you're smart and have some luck, debt is the most wonderful leverage in the world. But if you're dumb or run out of luck, debt will destroy you. Since I was a poor, fresh entrepreneur, I had to learn how to negotiate with people to get them to make sacrifices for my business. This led me into some debt and almost affected some of my relationships. Luckily for me, my biggest debt didn't hurt me. Before I took it, I was already smarter than when I started out. I was able to use the debt to build a successful venture. 5. I reinvest everything. My business philosophy is reinvest everything till you have too much money. As a result, I have avoided luxurious living till this day. When I make more money from a business, I figure out how to hire a new person and expand the business. When a business seems to be having some good success, I invest the money. This may be risky if you lose your new business. You might regret that you never enjoyed the money. You don't have to do everything I did, or take all the risks I took, but you have to dare life and take some risks. If you don't, you will not achieve your dreams. If you like this video, do subscribe to this channel, so you'll be notified when we publish our next videos. Also, like this video or share it with your friends on social media. Thank you. We love you.