In this monologue, the speaker argues that purpose and profit are not inherently conflicting; rather, entrepreneurship can serve a higher purpose when it creates jobs and improves quality of life. He emphasizes that motives and core values—integrity, transparency, and a people‑first mindset—must guide business activities. Drawing on personal conviction to eradicate poverty and a biblical perspective, he explains how financial investment is a means to uplift communities, build homes, schools, and support entrepreneurs. He cites Proverbs to assert that God provides the resources needed for one’s purpose, advocating for self‑assessment of internal assets before seeking external funding. By positioning oneself as financially capable, he believes the venture gains credibility and avoids the roadblocks that arise from overt fundraising appeals.
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The traditional understanding is like purpose is a little bit different from making money. For the most part, they really do not conflict because you can be purposeful while making money, or you can be doing a business venture and you are still living within the confinement of your purpose. Say somebody could be an entrepreneur and that is their purpose. What is their purpose? Job creation. Mm-hmm. Their purpose might be to enhance the quality of life of people. Mm-hmm. And there is no better way to do it than financially giving them a job, giving them money to, to provide for their family. Absolutely. So an entrepreneur who is called into that, they have to be comfortable in that. That is their purpose. They are making money. But now it boils down to this: what are your motives? Is it just all about the money? What are the values that underguard the company? Is it integrity? Is it transparency? What do you intend to accomplish? Do you value people more than money? You know, so if your purpose, you value people, you want to empower people, you want to see people grow, you want to give jobs to people, you are living in your purpose while you're making money. On the other side of it, people like us, like I personally, I always know like I have a purpose when it comes to helping people eliminate poverty. I know it apart from preaching. It combines. If the vision is to make people live a life worthy of God's standard, that's the vision. I can do that through preaching. I can do that through teaching. I can do that through writing books. But it's more importantly to take care of people's financial viability. That's right. How do we achieve that? I'm into investment. I'm into this financial world. You know, you know about it. I've invested so much time, and I still have a lot more to, to discover and to grow and to learn. Because I realized there's so much money that could be made in that financial investment field, and that will help me achieve this goal, which is to uplift people, make people live a life worthy of God's standard by providing— not just giving them— not giving seed capital to people, entrepreneurs who need it to start a business, but to take care of families as well, like to go to a community and build a home. whole school for people, build like houses for homeless people. You know, even talking about Africa, if we really have to change Africa, the money will not come somewhere else, the money will come to us. And one intriguing thing that I discovered is like, there is a verse in the book of Proverbs. It says like, God has made everything to accommodate itself. and to provide for his own purpose. He said even the wicked, they were fitted for their own purpose. So in other words, God has given us whatever it takes to achieve our purpose. That's right. The resources required, we have what it takes. And that got me thinking, if I have a purpose and I have this budget, the first person I have to consult is not to go ask, solicit people to come support, it's to consult myself. That's right. Because I believe that budget is introducing me to a different dimension of wealth. If the budget is $2 million and my worth is not up to $2 million, but I know since this budget is $2 million and that scripture says God has made everything to accommodate itself and to provide for its own purpose, it means I have to look within me. How? What are the things I could do? What are the resources I have within me that could be monetized to support that project? You know, so because I understand that if I have this budget to achieve this purpose, the resources are within me. That does not negate the fact we will not solicit for people's support, but if they are supporting, I myself, I should be able to finance that vision. So if we do it like that, then we'll be more effective and we'll achieve our purpose and without, without necessarily, um, Begging for money, or not putting dependent. Like yeah, don't not not building roadblocks on our way because sometimes it's like when you go out soliciting for funds, it's like obviously you're building roadblocks because some people might not receive it a good way. You know, but when it's different when you know you're capable and they themselves can say it, they know like this guy is not just no joker. He he like you know he's loaded. Yeah, he can do it by himself. I'm asking you not because. I don't have it, but I want you to support if you believe in what we're doing. So yeah.
