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Thursday 5 January 2017

Hmm! The road to Success they say is full of challenges. Read this Inspiring story of Mike Adenuga

The greatness of every successful man or woman is always inspired by a story. It could be stories of struggle, a story of terrible challenges, stories of consistent pushing harder and forward. But there is always one unique aspect about their story. That's the story of "Never giving up".
As shared by Gbenga Adeyinka the 1st.


"Celebrating An Icon of Industry: Otunba Mike Adenuga Jnr GET INSPIRED

It wasn't always rosy. While studying in the 1970s, he had to survive and raise his school fees by working as a security man and a taxi driver, an extremely dangerous job for a blackman in the crime-ridden boroughs of New York -Staten Island, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. His curiosity in Nigeria where a little Mike tugged the steering wheel with drivers amused them, and they taught him how to drive. This, he made use of as a means of survival. If you are thinking he drove those shiny yellow New York cabs, you are wrong.  He drove an unregistered jalopy and had to ply areas where the police would not harass him. 
As a student in America, Adenuga suffered and laboured for months as he was not getting a kobo from home. He knew the consequences, faced the challenges and triumphed. He might not have finished schooling without his extra efforts. Did I tell you that he also worked as a waiter and a mortuary attendant in the US? Yes, he did. And by the time he came back to Nigeria then, he was with a bushy beard. #HustlingThins #IgboroORerin! -As a student in North Western Oklahoma State University, the school slogan was 'Ride With Pride', and he would later transform it to become 'Glo With Pride', when he launched Globacom. -After graduating, he headed straight for Naija, and without wasting any time, started utilizing all he learnt. He did not seek any paid employment but took the risky road of entrepreneurship. He took over the management of the family's small sawmill in Ogun State and was also selling removable car stereos at the same time as he had noticed the problem caused by the rampant theft of car stereos. Civil servants awash with the Udoji Commission salary raise were buying cars but thieves would do away with the car stereos. With Adenuga's stereos, people could then park their cars, detach the stereos and go to bed. Simple. And he made cool cash. If you want to make money too, look around you, find a pressing problem and create a Much-needed solution. 
IF HE CAN SO CAN YOU. LEARN FROM THE GRAND MASTER"