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Rank: Member Joined: 8/29/2008 Posts: 573
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I robbed a KCB bank and got away with it.And like Carlos the Jackal once said,'I made good my escape.'
Ali Baba
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/23/2009 Posts: 19
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Started as an office messenger - used to deliver letters all over Industrial Area trekking point to point. Was well educated and qualified,so talked to my boss's partner (my boss was pissing all over the business,eating client money). Partner had trust,lent me some $100 to open an office here (year 2001 June),he was based in Moshi. He would send me money,I would buy the goods and send over to him (mainly Chemicals). It's a long story,but my first boss had to go back to employment (still holds the grudge),money came and we separated with my second boss (a good man and still a very good friend ),I went solo and never looked back till today (will you dare look back). Apart from Stocks,I'm in Forex Bureaus,Computer Dealing,Tour Operation,Cybercafes,and lately long distance haulage.
For me,it's HARD SMART WORK - PLAN A & B always part of any operation I undertake.
Money Is Power
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 3/16/2009 Posts: 1,464
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@ Samsa,
This may sound extreme but please bear with me. I do not know of ANYONE,who is rich,that does not have a 'story' behind them.
I take this opportunity to dare all SKerians to give me only ONE example of a rich guy without a 'story'. Must b at least someone abit known in the public domain not that uncle of your in Ndarugo who we know nothing about!!
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/7/2009 Posts: 155
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@ghettomafia
You are the only one who have started addressing the objectives of this thread.
I get you. Working smart hard. Having Plan A & B always.
Two questions for you. You got a loan of $100 that got you started to be where you are. So you actually started from a red position. Can you share here how and what you did to get back to normal grounds? You have introduced a new way of starting up without looking for shoddy and dirty deals. Someone who maybe a peeping tom or a log in member might benefit.
Secondly,if you were to be approached for such a small loan to help someone get started,could you extend the same?
It doesn't hurt to know more than you have
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/7/2009 Posts: 155
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@pierce,
We are together.
Infact all rich fellas I have come across have a story. What I am looking for is someone who might be here and never followed this unfriendly route. Someone who knows that he has a name,integrity,and personal values to protect. Other than waiting for a promotion in your jobo,someone needs to rise but carefully.
Where does the good people who are ambitious but have to protect their personal traits are left to do? What happens to them? Most of them in the society today have literally nothing. Not becoz they can't make good businessmen/women,not becoz they do not dream big. Nay becoz the way that most people are following are tainted and they are not willing to follow them.
@nairoberry,
I understand about creativity but MUST you be creative in doing what might be unethical?
It doesn't hurt to know more than you have
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/25/2009 Posts: 63
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Remember,when Mary Magdalene applied expensive nice smelling oil on Jesus feet.Those gathering around him grumbled that it was a waste.Infact they urged that the oil should have been sold and the money given to the poor.Jesus said to them ''the poor will always be,but the son of man will not be here forever''.The moral of this reading is simple.f you are destined to be poor you remain poor no matter what you do.
However workhard in whatever you do because when the blessings come they must find you on the run not sleeping wallowing in self pity.Take heart brother because thats just the way it is.
pink
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/27/2007 Posts: 2,768
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@ pink,
you also interprete the Book literally??? the poor have not been condemned to poverty throughout their lives....its only that their luck and opportunity has not showed up yet....
NEVER TALK OF A RHINO IF THERE IS NO TREE NEAREBY - ZULU PROVERB ...besides, the presence of a safe alone does not signify that there is money inside...
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/11/2007 Posts: 213
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@ pink i havent read that part but....how mean...
America -the only superpower was bulit on slavery,.. ditto UK which was built on colonial debauchery....Neocolonial rampage of the congo et al continues to cushion the rich nations.
Get rich or die tryin...by any means neccessary!!
Me first,U next
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/26/2009 Posts: 326 Location: Nairobi
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@samsa
The shortcut from 'rags to riches' got mass popularity in the late 80's,commotion in the 90's. I am sad to report that the chicken has started coming home to roost. All the ill gotten fame and gains are yielding diabetes,broken families,misery,heart attack.... Quite a few of them got high 5. The moral - eat your own sweat brother/ sister.
By the way - How much money/ wealth must one have to be considered rich?
Healthy eating = nutritious urine. Nyama choma anytime!
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/11/2009 Posts: 132 Location: nairobi
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i worked in a cyber for a long time,one day i met someone online who believe it or not wanted to help someone from a third world country,i told him i needed my own business because i was tired of working for someone else all day long,and i didnt think i would ever make/save enough to own my own business,he asked me how much i needed and sent me the money through western union,i have never heard from him again and i have never met him.
i was helped by someone who didnt know me and doesnt know me up to today.
am not rich but i am better off than i thought i would ever be.
better a friendship founded on business than a business founded on friendship. Don't fight a battle if you gain nothing by winning.” Erwin Rommel
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I no longer used childish ways.
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