It was about mid-day, and a 4 Streams of Income Training session had just ended two weeks down the line, when a well-dressed middle aged man of average height was ushered into my office.

He had attended a 4 Streams of Income Seminar was enlightened by the lectures.  He told me his conclusion was that the training should be introduced to all employees to help them avoid falling victims to the predicament he had suffered.

As I wondered what predicament he was referring to, he gave a touching narrative of his life; an eye opener, full of lessons, and calling for a more productive approach to the way we handle our finances.

His story: “I worked in the banking industry for more than 25 years, and I rose to become the General Manager (Operations) in one of the leading banks in Nigeria. I earned a big salary, lived in a big official house, with state-of-the-art furniture and other fringe benefits that accompanied my office. Everybody wanted to be my friend. Most of the high profile investors in the industry were at my beck and call and would always seek my opinion before taking any major investment decision.

Then the unexpected happened! In one of the management meetings of the bank, I took a stance that was contrary to the views of one of the influential bank directors and to my surprise a letter of transfer was awaiting me in the office the following day. It was not just a transfer, it was a demotion in disguise as I was made to report to a subordinate, who I trained in the bank’s training school.

Not minding the demotion and affront to my professional status, I resumed work, but exactly two weeks after I resumed in the new office, I got another shocker: a sack letter! However, the greater shocker is the fact that I did not have other streams of income. This sudden loss of my only stream of income was made worse by the fact that I was grossly unprepared for life outside paid employment, so I fell into hard times; a season of personal financial crisis until I attended the 4 Streams of Income seminar”.

Dear friend, you don’t have to wait to go through a similar experience before you take charge of your finances, discover and express the entrepreneurial potential and ability in you.

Waves of global financial crises, every now and then, have adverse effects countries and businesses, leaving behind unpleasant economic impact of mass retrenchment, distressing pay cuts and bankruptcy. Nigeria, for instance, has been going through its worst economic recession in decades and the government of Africa’s most populous country is under pressure to diversify its economy from dependence of oil and gas.

The reality is that job security is now history and today is the best day to start diversifying your personal economy. You need to learn what it takes to be stay sufficiently empowered to fulfil the purpose for which you were created, no matter how drastically the global economic climate changes.

The 4 Streams of Income seminar, which is now free of charge, and the specialised training courses of the 4 Streams Academy, have helped thousands of people to develop and sustain multiple streams of income and a stable personal finance.

You too can join the long list of success stories.