Quote from: Egii Nna on January 04, 2024, 09:37:43 AM

All you have just mentioned are actually factors that discourage some people from learning handwork, not knowing that a day will come when they will see the advantage of that handwork. To be precise, hand work now a days in Nigeria doesn’t need hard work only; you need to possess the ability to be smart. But that is what most of our people find hard to understand and think even if they try learning the handwork, they will end up getting nothing because many people have already engaged in the handwork they want to learn. If you are smart, even though thousands of people are doing the same handwork as you, if you create something new that almost all of them are doing the same work as you can’t do, you will achieve more than them.

But one thing I do consider as a factor that hindered some from learning this handwork is laziness, because if you are sure and you are ready to work, you will do all it takes to get what you want. As you mentioned earlier, some can’t engage in learning handwork because of their family background. I didn’t say it was not happening, but if you are ready to eradicate poverty in your family, you will engage, even if it is bricklaying or other construction work. You will gain some money and save some, which will help you to pay and buy some material to learn handwork.

To be sincere, handwork has done a lot for me so far. Because at first I learned male clothes sewing, when I was sure enough that I could sew the clothes well, I then engaged in learning female clothes. After that, I discovered that the number of people sewing in my area is greater than I thought. That is when I sit down and start thinking about something new that will bring me more money. That is when I start sewing joggers and hoodies. From there, almost all of the tailors in my area start looking for me so that I can teach them how to sew the joggers and hoodies. From there, the number of my customers decreased. That is when I start thinking about a new idea, which is now that I sew clothes, package them, and sell them as boutiques. At the same time, I started following some celebrities. When I see them with a new design, I will try to sew the same and sell it. If you are smart, you will achieve more with your handwork.

True… but I believe that everybody is built different there are some people who aren’t naturally business oriented while there are some who can simply glance at the wall and boom a whole lot of awesome ideas come to their head, it’s not something that is bad because it’s how the almighty created them… at the same time these same business oriented people might still not be good when it comes to a collar job and vice versa.

Everyone should know their strength and weakness because that’s the first step To becoming a successful entrepreneur or employee. Secondly, in the present state of Nigeria I can say confidently that starting a business without a strong support behind one is not as easy as it may sound. For example; man A who has just learnt a handwork and is trying to start a new business it’s won’t be so easy if he doesn’t have a backbone in terms of finances…. This is one of the hinderance and why people go for a white collar job.

But considering the state of Nigeria economy it’s not advisable to have a handwork to fall back to at anytime.