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#TheEngineRoom with Rashida Saani Nasamu
58 minutes Posted Aug 29, 2021 at 8:00 pm.
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#RashidaQUOTES - The top ten lessons from Rashida Saani Nasamu on Springboard Virtual University1. Apprenticeship. Working in my father’s hardware shop on holidays was an early eye-opener into business. Parents in business must allow their children to serve and learn.2. Commercialize your hobby. You must be really interested in what you do. Food is an essential need; and I love cooking, so it was easy to go into the food supply chain.3. Alhaji’s Wife Waakye. Waakye is a national brand asset for Ghana. The name Alhaji’s Wife was carefully chosen and many get surprised that I am not even married to an Alhaji.4. Informal Sector. Demystify the informal sector so that people will stop queuing to be absorbed into the formal sector.5. Procrastination. My strongest attribute is that I do not procrastinate. If I believe in something, I simply go for it.6. Managing People. The skills I deploy in managing my construction staff are very different from those I depend on in my IT Consultancy or Media business.7. Entrepreneurship. We can create a culture of entrepreneurship by teaching people how to spot opportunities and patiently nurture them.8. Multiple streams of income. Many people are more endowed than you might think. Their most visible role could be a supporting pillar to a whole range of income streams.9. Accountability. I account for every minute of my time and every resource I have. I sometimes even send emails in the wash room. But I also make time to rest.10. Zealous. I bring passion to everything I do. I remember taking a client’s order at midnight and getting a call for 100 more packs at 1am. We delivered at