Flow Of Inspiration (PART 2)

Failures and challenges can also inspire us, the essence of entrepreneurship is to identify a problem and provide a solution to it. Many systems in the world were developed and adopted because we faced challenges & failures and we learnt from them. Someone was inspired by the challenges around money & money maganement & developed what we know today as "The Banking System"

The flow of inspiration is most times, for lack of a better word "inspired" by past problems. What problems can you solve today?

Today in the continent (that I love and adore ) of Africa, we face many challenges. These challenges should serve as inspiration & motivation for us to dig deeper and think louder. Inspiration will continue to flow if and when we continue to come up with solutions. All of my efforts are directed towards making Africa a giant in the world, but first we must solve her problems.

The idea of mobile money  is effective & mostly  needed in Africa because there are fewer banks in the continent(compared to others) and a high percentage of its population is unbanked(Check the internet for specific figures) . This idea would not work in America  because their banking is far ahead than ours . Mpesa and all the other mobile money systems work because of our challenges. One day I believe that the same mobile money system will introduce a savings department, and will end up operating like the traditional banking systems. Why? Because it offers solutions to problems we have faced for generations. A solution inspired by a challenge..

Failures can also inspire us, take for instance the countless people who have learnt from their mistakes (experience). Many things are learnt through doing them, you can read all you want about a topic but you need to put things into practise for you to gain a better understanding.

The first time you do something may be the worst version of you attempting to do that thing, follow me on this, the first time you rode a bysicle it probably didn't even move or you got badly hurt but most importantly you got experience and that experience served as inspiration for your next attempt. The reason for this is because you now got better through your failures, yes it didn't go so well but you learnt & the next time you tried you were not starting from the bottom but from experience... solutions can be inspired by failure (bad experience)

Inspiration comes in many forms & shapes, most times it may not come written "Inspiration", it may come to you as a failure or disappointment but if you take that and turn it into inspiration you will indeed be unstoppable.

This week, inspiration will continue to be everywhere around us but the choice to let it flow only lies with you personally. I cannot make it flow through you if you don't want it, the power is in your hands, the power is in inspiration.

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