Femi LazarusCEO at Femi Lazarus Consulting

Get ready for another class of The Public School with Femi Lazarus tomorrow.

27 Jun 2026 · 2 min

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In this brief YouTube segment, Femi Lazarus delivers a series of personal and business admonitions. He cautions listeners against associating with people who lack direction, urging intentional alignment with those who have clear purpose. Lazarus stresses that money should be employed to "buy time"—to invest in patience and strategic positioning—rather than being squandered on immediate profit pursuits. He critiques the short‑term profit mindset, noting it keeps individuals stuck, and references the rapid market penetration of platforms like Temu as an illustration of strategic timing. The segment concludes with a promotional announcement for "The Public School with Femi Lazarus," a weekly YouTube series airing Sundays at 8 PM Nigerian time, with a membership option for exclusive content.

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How can you have luck and also lack sense? Don't join those who are not going anywhere when you know where you're coming from. Too much rest on you. You cannot stay in the middle, in the midst of people of no degree who talk anyhow, who think anyhow. That's what you see daily and you want your life to be okay. It will be okay. There are people today who are wealthy that were foolish yesterday, but there's no social footprint for it. Yours is being documented. You can't be stupid. You come to a place like this, everybody is commenting something that makes sense, you carry your name and your father's name to drop that there. You now wonder why life is against you. You will stay long in prayer meetings if you know where you're coming from. It's not a place where you have to fall back on. A child who has no mother should not sustain jewelry at the back. The difference between struggling organization and elite organization is what they spend money on. At certain level, use your money to buy time. It takes a high level of poverty to make everything organic. So what's the implication of a business that good don't know about? It solves no problem. How did Temu get to your faces? That's what it means to use money to buy time. The time to wait for people to understand is small, small. No, need now. Your concern is always the immediate profit, immediate, and that's why you are where you are.
The Public School with Femi Lazarus. Every Sunday on YouTube, 8 PM Nigerian time. You can also join the Femi Lazarus membership on YouTube for access to all content available only to members.