Man Who Ate Only Dinner Because He Was Broke, Finally Succeeds, Becomes CEO, Now Has 33 Employee 7 Years After

This is a must read story for someone who should never give up.

A man named Chinonso Ogbogu has shared an amazing transformational story on how he suffered for 7 years, and how he had just 1,300 in his account.

He also ate once a day. His victory came when he moved to Lagos coincidentally Oct 1st.

Hence he has decided to share his story. Read his post below;

‘Today makes it 7 years that I relocated to Lagos as a frustrated, broke, and dejected young man.

The business I was running in Enugu crashed!

I was in debt!

I was living from hand to mouth.

Where I lived back then was like where pigs stayed, with a dirty pit toilet everyone shared.

I had snakes crawling into my room.

I had no curtain for my door and window.

My cooking stove was so bad.

I used to hold it up with small stones.

At some point, I got fed up bringing the stove outside to cook, so I began cooking in my room.

Whenever I cooked, my room was filled with smoke.

On many occasions, I avoided eating morning and afternoon so I could save the money to have something to eat at night.

My eating pattern was mostly: 0 – 0 – 1

I did everything I could but nothing seemed to be working for me in my life and business.

I was so broke I only had N1300 in my account.

N1000 as the minimum balance that the bank would never release and N300 I could access.

So out of shame to stand in the bank queue to withdraw N300, I decided to collect N700 from a customer in the banking hall.

I paid the N700 into my account at an enclosed counter and went outside the banking hall and withdrew N1000 from the ATM.

I badly needed the money just to eat.

My house rent too was due and I couldn’t pay.

When I told my landlord I was finally leaving Enugu, he called me to his room and told me he has decided to write off my outstanding debts.

I couldn’t believe it!

I cried.

I thanked him and packed out.

All I brought to Lagos on Oct. 1st, 2014 were 12 big Ghana-must-go bags loaded with books.

I couldn’t even pay my fare to Lagos.

It was my elder sister who sent N30,000 to bring me to Lagos.

As the first son, I was so ashamed of myself but I had to move back to my family house in Ajegunle without anything to show for it.

I arrived Lagos at 12 midnight.

My dad was at the park waiting to take me home.

I was exhausted, sick, and confused.

The next day, I was rushed to the hospital.

I was there for weeks!

Life knocked me to the ground!

But then, I decided to pick my broken pieces, dig my heels in and start rebuilding from scratch.

Today, October 1st 2021.

7 years later.

We run a leading brand with employees of over 33, serving markets across Africa and beyond

Today, just 3+ years in business, we lead one of the most amazing startup teams in Africa

Today, we serve clients in Africa from a 13-room twin deluxe apartments located here in Lagos

A facility with a capacity for 100+ employees.

Today, we manage the accounts of some of the leading corporate and individual brands in Africa

In 3+ years, we have not owed salaries one day and we keep attracting great talents in Nigeria.

October 1st will always mean a lot to me.

My greatest joy is the jobs we have created and clients we have served.

However, we believe we still have a lot of work ahead, hence we will keep grinding & not settle

This is my October 1st story!

Let’s keep building.

Source: LinkedIn

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