WHEN AI ATE CHESS FOR BREAKFAST (AND WHY YOUR 9-5 IS NEXT) - THE FUTURE OF WORK IN THE AGE OF AI☕🚀

 

The Ultimate Plot Twist in the Human vs Machine Saga

Remember when humans thought we'd always dominate chess? LOL. That aged well.... Allow me to spill the tea on how AI went from chess zero to checkmate hero – and why your future job might be a vibe.

Act 1: The Bold (and Doomed) Human Confidence 👑

In 1968, International Chess Master David Levy said "AI could never" and placed a bet with John McCarthy (the scientist who coined the term 'Artificial Intelligence'), that no computer would beat him in 10 years.

Spoiler alert: he won that bet.

The OG tech skeptics were popping champagne. Humans: 1, Machines: 0.

I HAVE DECIDED TO QUIT BLOGGING PERSONAL FINANCE!

All success in personal finance boils down to only one foundation-
 FOCUS ON ONE SOURCE OF INCOME IN ORDER TO FEED YOUR FAMILY.

As funny as that sounds, it is the truth on which all other truths are built.

You might not be like me- a curious polymath who seems to know a lil about everything, and often finds it hard to choose and stick to one thing. Still, you too might find it hard to focus.

The one thing that guarantees success in life is this simple concept which someone rightly made into this acronym:

F- follow

O- one

C- course

U- until

S- successful

And the desire to put food on your family table should motivate you to be successful…starting at only ONE thing.

The principle of MINIMUM SKILL MONETIZATION TIME

You have to be so good at one thing enough to make money at it before you say you want to move to a second thing. And how fast you do that determines how rich and comfortable you can become.

 I call it the MINIMUM SKILL MONETIZATION TIME- (i.e MSMT is the minimum period of time taken to learn a new skill enough to earn a regular income from it).

However, the richest people are those who do not just do the minimum…they maximize returns on the skill by investing it. That is, they continue at it till it becomes a profitable investment. In other words, THEY CAN MAKE MONEY FROM THE SKILL/FIELD EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE STOPPED WORKING OR USING IT ACTIVELY.

Don't just invest your time, invest that skill!

The principle can be summarized into two: MSMT

#1.  YOU MUST INVEST YOURSELF TO GET A SKILL, then

#2.  YOU MUST INVEST THE SKILL TO HARVEST CONTINUOUS LIFELONG RETURNS (especially after you have retired or stopped practicing/working actively).

And the earlier you do that, the better.

He Won 2 Million On The Hotseat, Let him Help You Too

Today, I want to introduce my friend, Laolu Adeniran, to you. He is a fellow WWTBAM millionaire winner and he wants to help you be like us.

Like almost everyone else, ever since Laolu first saw 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?' Nigeria on TV, he’s always had it in mind to one day make it to the hot seat and experience what sitting on the fabled hot seat would feel like with the added bonus of possibly winning some free cash.

A graduate of Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos, he has been an avid follower of the popular TV game show, 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' since the show debuted in Nigeria since 2004. Laolu was able to make this dream came through in 2011 and at 23 as he became one of the youngest to cross the million Naira mark on the hot seat and eventually walked home with 2 Million Naira.

The Bread-seller Who Became A Sensational Model Overnight, and Other Stories

Do you believe in becoming successful ‘overnight’? I mean, you literally go to bed the same way every night but wake up one day and achieve an unprecedented success and then go to sleep every night afterwards a ‘completely different’ person!

Do people still 'Get rich real quick'?

If You Had To Die, Than Be Successful, Would You Rather Die?!

Credit: HONY Facebook Page

One of the guiding principles of my life and work ethic is this- YOU EITHER FIND A WAY, OR AN EXCUSE!

I stumbled upon a Facebook post by Humans of New York concerning an accounting graduate who needed a job badly and went all out, showing grit and resilience, to getting it.

Here it is:
“I graduated last May with an accounting degree and moved to the city. But four months had passed and I didn’t have a job yet. I’d probably sent out my resume to thirty different places. And I couldn’t afford to keep waiting for people to call me back. So I went to the strip with all the car dealerships and started going door-to-door to see if they had any openings in accounting. I’ve always loved cars. I used to always read Consumer Reports with my dad. So I thought it would be a good fit. The lady at BMW was a bit standoffish. Then I went to Audi. They were great. Super welcoming. But they didn’t have any positions at the moment. Then I got to Jaguar/Land Rover-- which was my first choice, so I was working up to it— and they sat me down right there for an interview. I was there all afternoon, then they said: ‘We like what we see. Can you start tomorrow?’ I ran outside and called my parents. My dad was so proud of me. I was so proud of myself.”

DO NOT RESIGN, DROP OUT OF SCHOOL OR STOP PRACTICING, TO BUILD YOUR OWN BUSINESS...!

...until it is ABSOLUTELY necessary (or you are expelled/sacked)!

Hello there, it's been a while. You know, before I left medical school I already threw my certificate/license into the bin (literally) by saying I won't be needing it. I am a very proud person and put all my hopes of becoming rich into one source- Forex. So I decided to neglect other sources of income, and worse, I was spending all of, and even more than I was earning. I was not prudent in my spending and I did not have any savings. Needless to say, I was foolish!

You will be very rich and comfortable in life if you can be #1 at what you do

My blog post today is reflective. 

I want to inspire you to look within and challenge yourself to greater success by asking, 'What are my presently very good at that people are willing to pay me for without thinking twice about the price?' Or ask, 'What talents or skills can I hone and monetize to achieve financial freedom?' 

The key to great wealth in life lies in your answer to these questions.

While all of us cannot be #1 at the same time, we all can strive for excellence at what we do in order to do it so consistently that we are paid extremely well for it.

Look at the following people (list) and see how this people stand out in their category. Let it remind you that it pays to be excellent and outstanding.

UPDATE: On Raising $6 Million (N1 billion), 9 Months Into My Short Term Financial Goal

Unless you are new on Sijinius.com, you know by now that my short term financial goal is to raise N1 billion (about $6 million) from Africans through my startup company Credicoins Network.

Of course, my long term goal remains to build a billion-dollar internet company.

It is now 9 months since I (started this blog and) set the goal of raising N1 billion in savings deposit through Credicoins. Credicoins is presently valued at $1 million (about N200 million) and we are almost securing a N1 billion loan facillity/venture capital fund-for-equity that will enable us achieve our vision of helping Africans (globally) securely save any amount, anywhere they are, any time they want in order to achieve their financial goals and dreams, easily.

And we really intend making it very EASY!

However, though it has not been easy, it has been interesting a journey. While some have dropped off, still others have signed on and believed in the dream. Those who couldn't see it clearly now do, but some are still skeptical (in fact some are secretly wishing we fail or expecting our failure).

The journey is still far...and another lap just beginning. Stay with us and we will get you to the financial destination of your dreams.

I am still the medical doctor who is crazy enough to believe he can change the world and make it a better, poverty-ridden, wealth place for all, especially Africans and others in developing economies.

I believe the best of you. And my desire remains to see you succeed...because your success curve will not go up if your finances are going down,

See you soon. Cheers!

Signed
Sijinius.

It Only Takes ONE To Be Rich - 5 Success Principles For Lasting Wealth

Now, no one should be thinking I, Sijinius, have arrived at all because I talk about personal finance. I might have had some success in my short stay on earth, but I am far from being a success.

Yes, I have achieved some success and done a few things others might only dream of doing. Things like graduating best student of my high school class; becoming a medical doctor; being chapel prefect of my high school and president of the school fellowship at the same time (only the second person to have achieved that at that time); winning a million naira on national TV; composed, written and recorded great songs in a musical studio, founded an NGO in university; being an internationally read blogger; read the whole bible at least three times over before graduation; started a company; understanding the Forex market enough to trade it successfully, an acclaimed speaker and writer, social motivator and leader, among other things. But all those I count for naught compared to where I am going. My best years are ahead of me.

Why? Read on.

Research Grant of up to $1 million from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

I received a mail from Bill Gates, asking me to submit one of my ideas for a grant of $100,000, up to $1 million. (lol)
This is more for people with ideas that are health related anyway. I hope you find it useful, and help transform our health sector with your great ideas.

8 practical tips to winning N10 million on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire®

Today (September 30^th) marks exactly 2 years that I won N1 million on national TV on the popular TV show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire®. I have never shared my tips on reaching the hotseat ever since, but now here it is.

The Richest Doctor In The World, Worth $12 billion, Is A Surgeon!

Meet the richest doctor in the world Surgeon-turned-entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong. The son of a village doctor in China, his family moved to South Africa during World War II.

 

He graduated high school at 16 and medical school at 22. His first patient, an Afrikaner, refused to be touched by him, but after Soon-Shiong drained his infected sinus, he told everyone, “That Chinaman. Make sure you get him to examine you.”

Soon-Shiong left South Africa in the late 1970s and arrived at UCLA in 1980. Stephen Nimer, a hematologist who would later serve on the board of directors for one of Soon-Shiong’s companies, remembers him as an “unbelievable surgeon” who was always willing to take on the most difficult cases. “It’s in his blood to help people,” Nimer says.

CONGRATULATIONS! You Have Been Made CEO -Achieving Entrepreneurial Success

When most people hear the word Entrepreneur, the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Dangote, Steve Jobs, Mary Kay, Bill Gates and Richard Branson come to their mind. But what most people don’t know is that everyone is an entrepreneur! Every individual is born a potential entrepreneur with the task of making a success of him/herself.

IN SEARCH OF NIGERIA'S FIRST INTERNET BILLIONAIRE - click to see if it will be you?

The United States of America presently has the highest number of internet billionaires. That isn’t surprising seeing that the internet was developed in America, and is regulated majorly by the American government. From Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Facebook’s Zuckerberg and Moskovitz, et al, to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, and Yahoo!’s David Filo and Jerry Yang, the dotcom era has created more billionaires and multi millionaires than the world has ever had or seen since creation.

But the search continues for Nigeria’s first Internet billionaire. Why is this? It may be due partly to the fact that, unlike USA, most of our population isn’t online. But it could also be due to the fact that that billion dollar idea is yet to be conceptualized and actualized by a Nigerian.