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The Parable Of The Pipeline

Once upon a time long, long ago, two ambitious young cousins named Pablo and Bruno lived side by side in a small Italian village.
The young men were best buddies, and big dreamers.
They would talk endlessly about how someday, someway, they would become the richest men in the village. They were both bright and hard working. All they needed was an opportunity.
One day that opportunity arrived. The village decided to hire two men to carry water from a nearby river to a cistern in the town square.
The job went to Pablo and Bruno.
Each man grabbed two buckets and headed to the river. By the end of the day, they had filled the town cistern to the brim. The village elder paid them one penny for each bucket of water.
"This is our dream come true! "shouted Bruno. "I can't believe our good fortune."
But Pablo wasn't so sure.
His back ached and his hands were blistered from carrying the heavy buckets. He dreaded getting up and going to work the next morning. He vowed to think of a better way to get the water from the river to the village.
Pablo The Pipeline Man:
"Bruno, I have a plan," Pablo said the next morning as they grabbed their buckets and headed for the river. "Instead of lugging buckets back and forth for pennies a day, let's build a pipeline from the village to the river."
Bruno stopped dead in his tracks.
"A pipeline! Whoever heard of such a thing?" Bruno shouted. "We've got a great job, Pablo. I can carry 100 buckets a day. At a penny a bucket that's a dollar a day! I'm rich!. By the end of the week, I can buy a new pair of shoes. By the end of the month a cow. By the end of six months I can buy a new hut. We have the best job in town. We have weekends off and two weeks paid vacation every year. We're set for life! Get out of here with your pipeline."
But Pablo was not easily discouraged. He patiently explained the pipeline plan to his best friend. Pablo would work part of the day carrying buckets, and part of the day and weekends building his pipeline. He knew it would be hard work digging a ditch in the rocky soil.
Because he was paid by the bucket he knew his income would drop. He also knew it might take a year or two before his pipeline would pay off. But Pablo believed in his dream and he went to work.
Bruno and the rest of the villagers began mocking Pablo, calling him "Pablo The Pipeline Man." Bruno, who was earning almost twice the money as Pablo, flaunted his new purchases. He bought a donkey outfitted with a new leather saddle, which he kept parked outside his new two-story hut. He bought flashy clothes and fancy meals at the inn.
The villagers called him Mr. Bruno, and they cheered when he bought rounds at the tavern and laughed loudly at his jokes.
Small Actions Equal Big Results:
While Bruno lay in his hammock on evenings and weekends, Pablo kept digging his pipeline. The first few months Pablo didn't have much to show for his efforts. The work was hard, even harder than Bruno's because Pablo was working evenings and weekends too.
But Pablo kept reminding himself that tommorrow's dreams are built on todays sacrifices. Day by day he dug, inch by inch.
Inches turned into one foot............. then ten feet............ then 20............. then 100.
"Short-term pain equals long-term gain," he reminded himself as he stumbled into his hut after another exuasting day's work. "In time my reward will exceed my efforts," he thought.
"Keep your eyes on the prize," he kept thinking as he drifted off to sleep with the sounds of laughter from the village tavern in the background. The Tables Are Turned:
Days turned into months.One day Pablo realized his pipeline was half-way finished, which meant he only had to walk half as far to fill his buckets! Pablo used the extra time to work on his pipeline.
Durring his rest breaks, Pablo watched his old friend Bruno lug buckets. Bruno's shoulders were more stooped than ever. He was hunched in pain, his steps slowed by the daily grind. Bruno was angry and sullen, resenting the fact that he was doomed to carry buckets, day in, day out, for the rest of his life.
He began to spend less time in his hammock and more time in the tavern. When the tavern's patrons saw Bruno coming they'd whisper,
"Here comes Bruno the Bucket Man, " and they's giggle when the town drunk mimicked Bruno's stooped posture and shuffling gait. Bruno didn't buy rounds or tell jokes anymore, preferring to sit alone in a dark corner surronded by empty bottles.
Finally Pablo's big day arrived, his pipeline was complete! The villagers crowded around as the water gushed from the pipeline into the village cistern! Now that the village had a steady supply of fresh water, people from around the countryside moved into the village and the village prospered.
Once the pipeline was complete, Pablo didn't have to carry buckets anymore. The water flowed whether he worked or not. It flowed while he ate. It flowed while he slept. It flowed on weekends while he played.The more the water flowed into the village, the more money flowed into Pablo's pockets!
Pablo the Pipeline Man became known as Pablo the Miracle Maker.
But Pablo understood what he did wasn't a miracle. It was merely the first stage of a big, big dream. You see, Pablo had bigger plans. Pablo planned on building pipelines all over the world!.
Recruiting His Friend To Help:
The pipeline drove "Bruno The Bucket Man" out of business, and it pained Pablo to see his old friend begging for drinks at the tavern.
So, Pablo arranged a meeting with his old friend.
"Bruno, I've come here to ask you for your help."
Bruno straightened his stooped shoulders, and his dark eyes narrowed to a squint. "Don't mock me," Bruno hissed.
"I haven't come here to gloat," said Pablo. "I've come here to offer you a great business opportunity. It took me more than two years before my first pipeline was complete. But I've learned a lot durring those two years. I know what tools to use now, and where to dig. I know where to lay the pipe. I kept notes as I went along so now I have a system that will allow me to build another pipeline in less time........... then another........... then another. I could build a pipeline a year by myself, but what I plan on doing is teach you how to build a pipeline, then have you teach others and have them teach others. "Just think, we could make a small percentage of every gallon of water that goes through those pipelines."
Bruno finally saw the big picture. They shook hands and hugged like old friends.
Pipeline Dreams In A Bucket-Carrying World:
Years passed. Their world pipelines were pumping millions of dollars into their bank accounts. Sometimes on their trips through the countryside, Pablo and Bruno would pass villagers from other villages carrying buckets.
The friends would pull over and tell them their story and offer to help them build a pipeline. But sadly, most bucket carriers would hastily dismiss the notion.
"I don't have the time."
"My friend told me he knew a friend who's uncle's best friend tried to build a pipeline and failed."
"Only the ones who get in early make money on a pipeline."
"I've carried buckets my whole life, I'll stick to what I know."
"I know people who lost money in a pipeline scam."
Both men resigned themselves to the fact they lived in a world with a bucket-carrying mentality............. and only a very small percentage of people would ever see the vision.
End Of Story
We Live In A Bucket-Carrying World
Who are you? A bucket-carrier............ or a pipeline builder?
Do you get paid only when you show up for work like Bruno the Bucket
Carrier?
Or do you do the work once and get paid over and over again like
Pablo the Pipeline Builder?
If you're like most people, you're working the bucket-carrying plan. It's the time-for-money-trap.
The problem with bucket carrying is that the money stops when the bucket-carrying stops. Which means the concept of a "secure job" or
"dream job" is an illusion. The inherent danger of carrying buckets is that the income is temporary instead of ongoing.
If Bruno woke up one morning with a stiff back and couldn't get out of bed, how much money would he earn that day? ZERO! No Work-No
Money!
The same goes for any bucket-carrying job. Once bucket-carriers stop carry buckets for any reason, they won't continue to get a paycheck. Real-Life True Story:
My previous dentist was the best dentist I ever had. A complete professional. Great personality. Great technician. Every visit was virtually pain-free. She loved what she did and set her own hours. She was only open three days a week so she could spend four-day weekends with her family.
She pulled down more than $100,000 a year working three days a week at a job she loved. This was a bucket-carriers dream job if there ever was one!
One problem. Before the age of 40 she develpoed arthritis in her hands and couldn't work anymore. Today she teaches at a university earning one-third the income she earned as a dentist.
There's no such thing as a secure bucket-carrying job no matter how great it seems.
The problem with the time-for-money trap is that if you can no longer trade-the-time, you no longer get the money!
Most people mistake bucket-carrying for pipeline building. We observe 99% of the people in the world are carrying buckets, so we assume bucket carrying is the way to get what we want in life.
We grow up surronded by bucket-carriers, so we figure that's the way-of-the-world. It reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw recently:
100,000 lemmings can't be wrong!
People think the same way about bucket-carriers. 100 million bucket-carriers can't be wrong. Well yes they can!.
Let's face it. there are a lot more bucket-carriers in this world than pipeline builders.
Why?
Because bucket-carrying is the model that our parents followed and the one that they taught us to follow. The bucket-carrying model tells you here's what you do to get ahead:
Go to school and learn how to carry buckets.
Work really hard.
Earn the right to carry bigger buckets. (get promoted) Resign from
"Bucket Company A" to work for "Bucket Company B" which lets you carry even bigger buckets.
Work longer hours so you can carry more buckets.
Put the kids through bucket-carrying college.
Try to get promoted from carrying metal buckets....... to carrying plastic buckets............ to carrying digital buckets.
Dream of the day you can retire from bucket carrying after 30-40 years. Until then, keep carrying those buckets....................... or, the bucket-carriers dream comes true. You hit the big lottery! (the odds are 1 in about 14-15 million against them, but hey most all bucket carriers think it could happen to them, so........... until then, keep carrying those buckets)
What do all those bucket-carriers earn for their efforts?
Surprisingly little. According to Parade magazine's "What People
Earn" survey, the average worker in America earns $28,500 a year.
Subtract almost 20% for taxes, and that leaves $22,500 take-homepay.
Let's face it, that's not enough for most people to live on.
What do bucket-carriers do when they need more money?
Because they have a bucket-carrying mentality, they come up with a bucket-carrying solution............ if you need more money you've got to carry more buckets!
"i'll get a second job carrying buckets in the evenings and on weekends," Daddy Bucket Carrier decides.
"I can go back to the bucket-carrying job I had before the kids were born," Mommy Bucket Carrier says.
"The kids can get bucket-carrying jobs after school and in the summer," they both say.
The Results?
Today North Americans work the longest hours in the world. Yes, even more than the work-obsessed Japanese. Is the earn-more-money-bycarrying- more-buckets plan working?
No. Here are the facts.
Consumer debt is at a record high. The average household has 95 cents worth of debt for every dollar earned.
The proportion of women working to support their families more than doubled over the past 20 years.
More people are taking second and third mortgages on their single biggest asset............ their homes............. to pay the bills.
Hello! What's wrong with this picture?
It's the fallacy of carrying bigger buckets. Bucket carriers tell themselves everything would be okay if they could just carry bigger buckets. Bucket carriers are forever wondering how much money other bucket carriers earn. True, the doctors bucket is a lot bigger than the cook's bucket............. about ten times bigger! But that doesn't mean the doctor is financially independent. He's just as dependent on his bucket carrying job as the cook.
Why?
They spend more! Truth is, the doctors and lawyers making sixfigures are spending most of their income to support their lifestyles.
a. The average worker drive a $5,000 used car. The doctor drives a
$45,000 Lexus.
b. The average worker sends his kids to free public school. The doctor sends his kids to private school............ and on and on and on. The doctor spends just as much of a percentage of his income than all other bucket carriers. All are living paycheck-to paycheck. If you don't believe check the bankruptcy records. You'll see every kind of bucket carrier listed in there!
All Buckets Eventually Dry Up
All buckets dry up no matter how big they are. Pipelines, on the other hand, are self-sustaining. But pipelines require sacrifice.
Pipelines don't build themselves. You have to be willing to put in the time and effort to build them.
A Bigger Bucket Won't Solve The Problem. Why?
Carry as big a bucket as you can but build a pipeline on the side, because as long as you carry buckets, you have to show-up to get paid, and no matter how big the bucket is............. it will dry-up.
Many a person has gone from the "Millionaire Next Door" to the
"Bankrupt Person Next Door".
This person had a HUGE bucket and now has nothing!
His name is Darryl Strawberry. Professional baseball player. The 38 year old outfielder broke into the majors as a teenager and was hailed as the next Ted Williams!
Strawberry has made a fortune in his career............. $2-$5 million every year. That was just from his baseball contract! Add a couple million from endorsements, speeches, autographs and more and he's earned $50-$100 million before his 40th birthday!
A guy like that has to be set for life right? WRONG!
According to a local newspaper report, "Strawberry has no income or savings to support his current wife and their three children."
What Happened?
Strawberry bought expensive everything........... including drugs and alcohol. Strawberry didn't build a pipeline............. because he thought he had enough money to last forever no matter what. He can't play baseball anymore becuase of his drug problem. He won't be allowed to play ever again. He's Broke!
It's Your Turn To Choose
What sounds like the best plan to you? Remember, most of your friends and nieghbors won't understand! They've been taught to carry buckets. Time Levels The Playing Field
It doesn't matter how much money your earn ............ or how little money you earn............ we all have the same amount of time in each day. 24 hours. It doesn't matter if you're a doctor, lawyer, or cook. It only takes time to build a pipeline. Yes you'll need tools................ but those will cost relatively very little. So everyone has an equal opportunity when it comes to building a pipeline!
Timing
Some people put off building their pipelines because "right now isn't a good time for me." Guess what? Right now is a bad time for anybody! We're all stressed. We're all busy. We're all putting out fires and dealing with unexpected emergencies. There's a word for these bad times. It's called life!
Some people waste their lives waiting for the "perfect time" to do x, y, or z. Well, they'll die waiting because there's no such thing as a perfect time. If someone told you they'd give you $1 million dollars if you'd sit in a corner and knit for two hours every day for one year, you'd find the time right?
It wouldn't matter if your son broke his arm................... your car wouldn't start....................... the cat got sick. Rather than forfeit $1 million dollars, you'd find the time no matter what.
Waste Not Want Not
People often ask me why they should take the time and effort to build pipelines when things aren't going so bad for them right now.
They say they deserve to relax in the recliner and watch TV after a hard days work. Got a few bucks in the bank........ kids are doing good in school........... no need to "rock the boat".
There's no better time to build your pipeline than when things are going good!
A Final Thought
A man was on the 30th floor of a fancy hotel overlooking Central Park in Manhattan. He pulled back the shades........... and threw open the window to enjoy the view. As he leaned out the window, he was startled to see a man falling past his window.
"How you doing?" he asked the falling man.
"Fine so far," came the reply.
The point is, there are lots of bucket carriers in the world that think they are "doing just fine". But they can't stay in the free-fall forever. Sooner or later they'll meet the ground.
For bucket carriers it's................... don't or can't show up for work............... no more paycheck!

Congratulations for coming this far, it is a pointer to the fact that you are willing to take control of your financial future. Find below an expert analysis of the story and next steps.

PIPELINE RELOADED

Introduction
I’ll start by picking out a few points from the detailed article on the parable of the pipeline, and then I’ll talk about the different ways of building pipelines, and their cost implications. I’ll share my recommendations with you, offer myself and services and leave you with the choices.
Key Lessons from the “Parable of Pipeline”.
1. The two young men, were ambitious dreamers, hardworking and both had opportunities - The fact that you have a dream, are ambitious, hard working and get an opportunity does not mean you will excel. It’s what you do with the opportunity that differentiates you. These characteristics are however prerequisites, they are just not sufficient.
2. Bucket carriers enjoy more on the short term than pipe builders - Neither carrying buckets or building pipes is easy, one however plans for the future, a time of waning strength, while the other focuses on the bird in hand. Pipe builders could be tempted by the short term purchases of bucket carriers. To compare is folly.
3. The world has more bucket carriers than pipe builders - Don’t expect the world to agree with your well thought out pipe building strategy. No number of years of bucket carrying qualifies you to give expert pipe advice.
4. Smart work, is harder on the short-term - The pipe builder worked harder in the short term. Don’t let anyone con you into believing that smart work is easier work, ultimately it is, but not immediately. Short term pains equals long term gains, today’s sacrifices are the foundation of tomorrow’s dreams. The approach to smart work is knowing that in time, rewards will outweigh efforts.

5. Public opinion is unreliable - All of a sudden, as soon as the tables were turned and the people who mocked began to celebrate him. When people do not have an explanation for your achievements, they call it luck, or a miracle. The results of pipe building look miraculous, but the process is not.
6. Bucket carriers feel mocked when approached by Pipe builders - Everybody needs everybody, and an invitation by someone who has experienced and seen what you have not seen, is an opportunity for your development, seize it. Everything you desire, and that God has released your way, will get to you through the hands of another mortal. Never ever get it into your head that you will succeed without people. You won’t!
7. Even though Pipe builders want to help, Bucket carriers have difficulties understanding it - Bucket carriers easily dismiss the quest to be helped. There are ready made excuses from day zero -”I don’t have time”, “My friend told me he knew a friend who’s uncle’s best friend tried to build a pipeline and failed.” ”Only the ones who get in early make money on a pipeline.” “I’ve carried buckets my whole life, I’ll stick to what I know.” “I know people who lost money in a pipeline scam.” Do these sound familiar?
8. You are either a bucket carrier or a pipe builder - What can differ is the type of bucket - plastic or digital, the size of the bucket or the stage of the pipe. It is irresponsible to not begin to lay pipes. A wise man doesn’t leave buckets for his children; he leaves pipes, and those pipes last till his children’s children.

STOP!

Before you criticize the bucket pusher too much, I have a few questions for you.
Can you afford to stop working for 3months or more?
God forbid you have a health issue that requires your resting for 6 months, does that thought frighten you?
Do you have income that does not require your input anymore to be made?
Do you have a system that you are working on that has the capacity to be a pipe for you?
Are you dimming your present to brighten your future?
Are you carrying buckets or building pipes

Don’t get this wrong, having your own business is not building pipes, so long as the business needs you everyday, the chances are high that you have a bucket carrying business. When you die, nobody can inherit your bucket carrying business, but someone can inherit your pipe. Carrying bucket can become sophisticated with the use of trucks or cranes, but so long as there is no system, or the system requires your regular input to survive, you are still carrying buckets!
Carrying buckets is a good start, in fact it’s were we all have to start if we are to make anything in the short term. There are creative ideas that can make the buckets you even carry worthwhile and effective. If you want to grow and become wealthy however, you need to start working on your pipes.

PIPELINE EXPLAINED
Now to the main gist about types of pipes, and an analysis of how we can start laying them.
1. The first and most popular pipe is called “Real Estate”. The water that comes out of this pipe is called Rent. How does this work? Quite easy - You build a house, and get a tenant to live in it. The tenant pays you rent, whether or not you have been sleeping all day or all year. Rent is passive income, and is the result of work that you had done earlier. You don’t need to work every day to get your rent, in fact you even get the rent in advance. Even if you don’t work for again, if you have enough of this type of investment, it continues to yield annually and if you live in a country where rent is paid monthly, you earn monthly.
Like all pipes, there are some elements of risk. Risk here involves something major happens and people need to flee where your property is. There is a fire incident, a water incident or a natural disaster, or there is an economic meltdown and the value of property plummets. All good things however have risks, so it’s just understanding the worst and moving in faith in spite of it.

2. The second most popular pipe is called “Investment in Shares”. Investment in some stocks could be a piping system. The water that comes out of this is called dividend. Here as well, your investment works for you, year in year out, and you get dividend. You are not queried for coming or going anywhere; you have equity in the company and are entitled to dividends yearly as long as the company is doing well. Any company you can trust to last long and still be around to pay dividends when you are no longer fit to work is a good pipe. All you need to do is build an investment profile that is big enough to make your dividends make sense. There may be lulls in the market on the short term, but to a person who is looking to build pipes there is no problem. There are people who enter the stock market with a bucket mentality, its fine. When these types of people seriously outnumber the pipe layers is when the economics begins to wobble. Investment in stocks is a time tested way of building a pipe.

3. The third most popular pipe is called “Business”. The water that comes out of this is director’s bonus or some form of dividends as well. Your business is not a pipe until you can comfortably be no more in it, and it will still deliver the goods. If you are actively involved in the daily running of your business, what you have is a self directed bucket. You can however build your business to a point where you no longer need to show up. You can either build up your business from scratch or buy up a franchise. Setting up your own business, and building systems to ensure that you can retire is a good system. Procter and Gamble, a company that has existed for about 172yrs now, the owners have died, and their children too, but the company continues to yield returns for members of the Procter and Gamble family and many of the people who invested in the business along the way. Setting up a systemic business requires a lot of commitment, and hard work. It’s never an overnight success; it takes patience, perseverance and keeping one’s hopes alive. You contend with the speed of advancement of technology, with your environment, with changing times and changing policies, but if you build a business in an area that is your passion, you have a joyful ride all the way. Failure doesn’t move you, success doesn’t relax you. What you want is more than the results; even the journey itself is appealing to you. People have built businesses that took care of them and it’s a good pipe building option.

The downside is, business is a risk and you may fail a few times before you succeed. I however do not know anyone who ever succeeded in something he/she never tried.

4. The fourth avenue to build pipes is called “Network Marketing”. The water that comes out of this is earnings and commissions. Many of us have experienced the wrong type of Network Marketing. We have experienced companies that we didn’t know where not built to last. To know a network marketing opportunity that can build you a pipe, the design in place to make it last is crucial. If you ask me, I’ll say this offers the biggest piping potential amongst piping opportunities. Why, because in just a few months, or years, you can have a network that companies that have existed for 160yrs can’t boast of having. Imagine for example that you are in a network where you make one sale per month, and coach your direct report (downline) to do the same, things will grow slowly, but if this model of small activity is maintained in 20 months, you’ll have a network of over 1 million people. Even if it was one per year, and it took you 20yrs to build this network, it is well worth it. There are network marketing companies that are over 50yrs old currently, and some that are 10yrs and in between. Some of them have millions already in their network and some people are not actively involved anymore, but are earning obscene amounts per week. The upside of this is that the capital requirements are very small compared to the first two, and is augmented by work.

Now this system of pipe building became real to the world only in 1940. Very much like franchising that was fought hard against and outlawed in its early days, Network Marketing also did not have an easy start. Today however, business leaders are beginning to understand that this is the pipe building strategy of the future. Not only that, it is the only model that can serve 80% of the current working class. More about this later.

The upside of this is that the capital requirements are very small compared to the first two, and is augmented by work. The downside and risk in this, is that the NM Company may not last long, figuring out the DNA of a successful NM company is the required skill here.

ANALYSIS
Quick question: How much income would you require in a year to take care of all your expenses?
And if you have really shifted your mind to a Pipeline mentality, you would have started projecting all your desired income to come from Pipes.
Asking this question over the years at several of my seminars and trainings has revealed an annual average of around N6,000,000.00 (Six million Naira).
In a quick Naira analysis, of how much it will take to build a pipe with any of these models to generate N6,000,000 per annum, the following figures were derived.
1. To build a house or block of flats with the capacity to generate N6,000,000 per annum will require an investment of nothing less than N300,000,000 today. This means if the first pipe you want to build is with real estate, then you’ll need to save N1m per month for 25yrs to arrive at this possibility. This will also be under the illusion that N300,000,000 will be the same in 25yrs.
2. To buy shares in First Bank Plc for example that can generate N6,000,000 as dividend per annum will require about N200,000,000 only. This will also require a savings of N1m per month for 18yrs or a big unplanned break. This doesn’t rule out the fact however that business has elements of risk.
3. Running your own business will involve injection of sweat and capital. If you wanted to buy a franchise, this will cost you some numbers as well. This anaylsis was done amidst a number of choice entrepreneurs, and this was given a vote of about N150,000,000.
4. To be involved in a proper network marketing opportunity that will generate N6,000,000 per annum, requires some sweat equity and much less than N100,000. The only catch here is doing due diligence to understand the sustainability of the system. In my opinion, the sure way to wealth for the average working class and those who cannot save up N300,000,000 in a flash, is Network Marketing. A recent Wall Street Journal survey found that 80 percent of the work force want to own their own business and 40 percent surveyed would like to work at home. This is exactly what network marketing provides - a low cost and easy way to construct your own pipes.

Guess What?
I want to use all the pipe building models for myself. I want to have a diversified portfolio. When Real Estate is down, I want my stocks to support, and when that is down I want my business to cover up for it.

Are you carrying buckets or are you building pipes?
Are you winding down your buckets for the pipes you are building? Or are you too busy with the demands of the buckets that you are not thinking about pipes. Don’t be foolish, the characteristic that qualifies the ants as an example of wisdom, is their ability to live today, with tomorrow in mind. We have said that fear is not enough to stop you, we have said you chose the game that you play, and we have said a lot of things about a lot of things.
Don’t miss out the essence. You are a spectator if the words touch you and there is no action. You are a player if the words make your game better.
There are a number of pipes that I am building at the moment that you can be a part of, if you want. We are not running beyond ourselves, we are taking it slowly as we have come to understand the value of patience and gradual, sustainable growth. We don’t need superstars, just level headed people who are willing to dim the present a little to brighten the futu
I have learnt from both my successes and my failures, and I’m much better off in action than someone who is afraid of failing. 2013 is a strategic year, and I’m looking for 40 people, whose financial destinies will be transformed. We’ll be expanding our frontiers in Nigeria and around Africa. We’ll be building new big network of pipes and massively expanding the existing ones. What more, we already have an Entrepreneurship (Pipe Builders) Academy where our graduates are already making it big time. There are pipes to build, and two are always better than one!

If you are interested in knowing the pipes I am working on, and to be a part of this movement that is not confined to Nigeria or to Lagos, you can download Skype and add me, my username is abuhaneefah1 . You can also mail me abuhaneefah@yahoo.com , or reach me on facebook https://www.facebook.com/abdurrahman.lekki. Or Simply send me a mail Titled: Dream Team Africa, Send me your Name, E mail Address, Phone number and E mail Address and lets start this exciting journey to Financial Freedom.
See you at the top.

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