What are you really waiting for?

Do it or Don’t do it; both are up to you but the world will certainly not wait for you. So get on with it already!

Many times we contemplate doing something that will better our lives, pursuing dreams that we have held on for so long but somehow have not been able to do anything about.

You have thought about going back to school, starting a business, pursuing a hobby, traveling, quitting your job, getting another job, getting out of that toxic relationship, starting an exercise routine, losing weight, pursuing your ideas and many things that only you and anyone who cares to listen know about.

You have prayed, sowed seeds, waited for the right time and still waiting, been jealous, envious or surprised when you see others do it seemingly so effortlessly. You have talked about it on many occasions and to many people that simply don’t care whether you start or not.

Somehow you are still marking time and going round in circles not being sure about yourself or what to do. You keep convincing yourself that the excuse you are holding on to is tangible but you fail to admit that you are afraid to fail. Fear, self-doubt and the belief that there is more time or it’s not time yet have become your closet companions.

One thing you should be aware of, however, is that the world is and will continue to move on whether you act or do not act on your dreams, aspirations and desires. So get on with it already! No one starts today and becomes successful same day. Every pursuit is a journey and the earlier you start, the more likely you are to succeed.

So I ask you again, what really are you waiting for?

Do you have your copy of my book; YOUR DREAMS MATTER yet? if not; call or whatsapp 0558591157 to get your copy.

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How happy are your clients?

For many of us entrepreneurs, our excitement comes from having breathtaking light bulb moments where we have and work on new ideas sometimes at the detriment of our existing clients.

Many times, we have so many ideas and not even sure how to execute them. Ideas by themselves don’t make any one rich, it is when they have been converted into some service or product and patronized by customers that their real value emerge.

Be more focused on giving your patrons value for their time and money than exciting yourself with numerous ideas and fantasizing about building some conglomerate and being called a serial entrepreneur.

It is customers and their loyal patronage that will bring you the resources you need to pursue your biggest dreams. But paying less attention to them, you are ‘killing’ your ‘cow’ that brings you the ‘cash’.

Master customer care and you will be building a gift that keeps on giving. The happier your customers are; the happier you will be and the easier it will be to grow and expand your business.

So I ask again; How happy are your clients?

Do share and let’s keep the conversation going. Wishing you the very best this week.

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Ekow Mensah named among Top 50 Young CEOs in Ghana

Founder and CEO of Ekow Mensah Investments Group (EMI Group), Ekow Mensah has being named among the inaugural list of the 2018 Top 50 Young CEOs in Ghana by TheYCEO.com in partnership with Avance Media.

Speaking about the laurel, Ekow Mensah noted that it is indeed a pleasure to be noticed and recognized in this regard and that it motivates him to do even more with his companies.

Ekow Mensah was listed because he founded and heads Ekow Mensah Investments Group (EMI Group) which has invested in quiet a number of companies. Notable amongst them are; The African Network of Entrepreneurs (TANOE) – A leading Social Enterprise in Entrepreneurship Development in Africa, IConceptsPR – A marketing, branding and PR company, Ekow Mensah Consulting (EMC) – A human capital & business development company amongst others. He is known in the business cycle as a serial entrepreneur with over a decade in setting up and managing of innovative companies and projects such as WomanRising, GirlEmpowered, The Startup Network just to mention a few.

The YCEO is an annual listing that is fast becoming the premium platform to celebrate outstanding young entrepreneurs providing solutions to some of the world’s pertinent problems and needs.

Martin Sedem Dogbey, founder of The YCEO describes the young entrepreneurs on the list as the future of Entrepreneurship not only in Ghana and Africa but across the world.

Though women represent only 22% of the total list, research lead, Prince Akpah noted, the list represents just a section of thousands of young entrepreneurs in Ghana who are all blazing trails in their individual entrepreneurial pursuit and contributing immensely to the economic development of Ghana.

Some other notable names in the list include: Glitz Africa’s CEO, Claudia Lumor, Anas Aremeyaw Anas of Tiger Eye PI, Alex Adjei Bram of Hubtel, Ameyaw Debrah of Ameyaw Debrah Media, Yvonne Nelson, Sarkodie, DBlack amongst others.

Full List available on: https://www.theyceo.com/2018/05/50.html

 

 

Many empowered at Ekow Mensah’s 2018 Igniting Dreams Conference

Award winning Entrepreneur, Author and Speaker, Ekow Mensah, who is also the founder of Torch Bearers’ Africa, has successfully hosted the second edition of his annual signature event, Igniting Dreams Conference at British Council, Accra on the 21^st of April, 2018.

The Conference which he launched in 2017 in celebration of his birthday, is aimed at inspiring, empowering and supporting participants to identify their dreams, clarify their goals and develop a concrete strategy to pursue those dreams, talents and ambitions. This year’s event witnessed the launch of his maiden book titled; ‘Your Dreams Matter’.

In supporting young people to discover, shape and pursue their dreams, talents, potentials and ideas beyond paying lip service and giving empowering speeches, Ekow also launched the Igniting Dreams Fund (IDF); a 2 million cedis worth fund to be raised from proceeds from selling 100,000 copies of his book and also inaugurated the Igniting Dreams Fund Board to oversee the setting up and management of the fund.

Participants of the conference, made up of hundreds of youth, had a lot of praise for Ekow Mensah for taking a bold step to dedicate his life to empowering, coaching and supporting the youth to relentlessly pursue their dreams and stay committed to doing their best as part of their contribution to nation building.

The program saw the massive signup from participants to join the Torch Bearers’ Network, a group founded by Ekow Mensah and dedicated to grooming the youth to become Skilful, Entrepreneurial and Proactive with each member having a mandate to transfer the knowledge and experience acquired in the 12 months of training to their own cohort of other 12 individuals.

Other speakers at the conference included Theodore Abiwu, winner of the 2017 Emerging Speakers’ Challenge, Renowned Authors Nelson Semanu Korkor and Elizabeth Boandoh, Ajo Founder and CEO Priscilla Kortsu Ajo, Head of Marketing & Corporate Affairs at FNB Delali Dzidzienyo, CEO of Zenfusion Munnira Sheikh, Winner of KNUST Student Entrepreneur of the year 2018 Jasmine Adjei, Head of Marketing & Entrepreneur Daniel Afari and Distinguished Publisher Saviour Agobah with spoken word and comedy from Great Poetry Clan, Charles Boateng and MC Hungry Man respectively.

The next edition is expected to be hosted in Kumasi at HapaSpace on 26th May, 2018.

For more details, kindly visit www.ekowmensah.com, email id@ekowmensah.com or call 0244512528.

 

35 Highlights of my year 2017 – Ekow Mensah

On 31^st December, 2016, I started a tradition of writing about my highlights of the just ended year limiting it to the number of my age, so my first article was on the 34 highlights of my year 2016. This saw the listing of 34 things I together with my team successfully accomplished in 2016 that I was most proud of. This year, the tradition continues. This time, the number increases from 34 to 35 since I was 35 years old in 2017. So below is the 35 highlights of my year 2017. Hope it inspires you to be more and to do more in 2018. You have what it takes to achieve way more than you think you have achieved now and in 2018 I hope you will accomplish more than you did in 2017.

How do I describe 2017? It has been the year that I have experienced extreme emotions made up of excruciating pain and exceeding joy, heartbreaking betrayal and admirable loyalty, evidence of enemies and showcase of friendship, shocking rejections and overwhelming support. 2017 has indeed been an eventful year. For those that read my 34 highlights last year and could not believe how much we accomplished in 2016, I am very excited to announce to you that we did way more in 2017 which makes 2016 look like a child’s play. Unfortunately, it is only 35 of those achievements I can itemize in this article but will ensure it captures the very essential juices that will both excite and empower you to do more in 2018.

As usual, I did not do all these without the support, prayers and investments of time, skills and resources of some amazing individuals who I call my earthly angels. I will not be able to mention them all here so forgive me if I skip your name but remember that without you, we could not have accomplished all we did in 2017. Notable amongst my earthly angels are my ever comforting wife AJ Mensah, my able and ever ready team members, my one and only mentor Kwasi Tumi, my die hard supporters Makafui and Mr. Ofori, my donor Josephine, my supportive Premium Bank and British Council colleagues and several others that made my year 2017 a truly fulfilling and successful year. I say a big thank you and God bless you all for having my back and supporting my vision and exploits. Let’s do way more in 2018, shall we!

So here we go, 35 Highlights of my year 2017…

1. Participated in and hosted a panel session for the 1^st Entreprise Africa Summit at Kempinski Hotel by the British Council
2. Got Certified as an Active Citizens trainer for British Council in Senegal
3. Hosted the 2^nd Edition of Ghana Startup Awards 2017 at Movenpick Ambassador hotel, Accra
4. Inducted the 1^st Cohort of Ghana Startup Club 100 being the 1^st exclusive network for promising and thriving startups in Ghana
5. Named amongst the 100 Most Influential Young Africans on the African Continent
6. Trained over 100 Social Entrepreneurs as part of the Active Citizens Program in Accra and Kumasi for British Council
7. Hosted the GirlEmpowered Conference with over 400 high school female students and over 30 speakers and mentors in attendance
8. Launched my personal brand ekowmensah.com and hosted the 1^st Igniting Dreams Conference in Accra with over 400 young people in attendance
9. Launched Student CEO Summit, an initiative that seeks to promote entrepreneurship in over 100 tertiary and senior high schools in Ghana in partnership with Crystal Capital Investments
10. Spoke at the 1st Africa Dialogues by the organizers of TEDxAccra, People Initiative Foundation
11. Trained Facilitators, teachers and heads of Schools in Liberia for British Council
12. Received the Coca Cola Top 60 Young Leaders Award in Entrepreneurship Development in Ghana
13. Spoke at a number of Rotaract, Rotary and Lion Clubs in Accra
14. Launched and executed the 1^st Business Pageant in Ghana dubbed Face of GirlEmpowered with Amanda Aseye Dzokoto becoming the 1^st Business Queen
15. Hosted 4 episodes of WR Cliques, a close unit invitation-only capacity building and networking workshop for women entrepreneurs
16. Launched tanoebusiness.com, Ghana’s first business news website for entrepreneurs
17. Launched my business consultancy; Ekow Mensah Consulting – ekowmensahconsulting.com
18. Launched 100 Emerging Brands, an initiative by Ekow Mensah Consulting to provide tailor-made business coaching and support to 100 young businesses in Ghana
19. Launched Speakers Bureau Africa and the website speakersafrica.com
20. Hosted the International Women’s Day Conference with over 150 women in attendance with support from MTN, Internet Solutions and KPMG.
21. Hosted Meeting of the Minds 2017 with focus on helping entrepreneurs make their 1^st million in business
22. Spoke at TEDx University of Ghana and became a panel member at Youth Sector Engagement Stakeholders Dialogue at Alisa Hotel
23. Founded PamperDem Ministries and got over 500 members in less than a month and also Launched PamperdemTV – pamperdem.com
24. Postulated a success formula and spoke about it on several platforms throughout the year
25. Had my first full hour webinar session with Motivating Africa on Entrepreneurship
26. Hosted 3 pitch sessions and supported hundreds of entrepreneurs and SMEs through the Premium Bank HelpStation
27. Hosted and spoke at some exciting events including the British Council Customer Service Week Conference, BKC Consulting ReBrand Summit, Ashesi Entrepreneurship Class of 2017, British Council Social Thursday, Blazing trails Finale, Ashesi Business Exhibition 2017
28. Launched and executed the 1^st Emerging Speakers Challenge which hosted 30 young emerging speakers to a 6 weeks public speaking and personal branding grooming program that saw Theodore Abiwu becoming the 1^st Emerging Speakers Challenge Winner for 2017.
29. Hosted the 1^st Emerging Speakers Conference in Accra with the Emerging Speakers Challenge contestants as keynote speakers
30. Hosted the 1^st Women CEO Summit; a WomanRising Conference on Global Business Leadership that saw over 500 women CEO and entrepreneurs in attendance at Movenpick Hotel
31. Won an Achievement Award for the development and promotion of Entrepreneurship at the 1^st Young Entrepreneurs Awards in Accra
32. Released the 2^nd Edition of the Top 60 Corporate Women Leaders in Ghana list and hosted them to an awards & networking cocktail at Movenpick Ambassador Hotel
33. Keynote speaker at Challenges World Wide Conference in Accra
34. Launched TANOE Research and it released the 2^nd Edition of the 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana list and the 1^st 60 Outstanding SMEs in Ghana list in Commemoration of the International SME Day
35. Launch of HelpStation Solutions TV Show & became a constant panel member on the Solutions business review show airing in TV3 every Wednesday 8pm

Indeed 2017 has been an eventful year. A year that saw the execution of a lot of the initiatives that were only ideas in my head some years ago such as a solo speaking conference, a business pageant and a public speaking competition which came off successfully. It is a year that also saw me winning several awards for my achievements in Entrepreneurship Development in Ghana.

In 2018, I will certainly build on my achievements in 2017 but ensure that at all cost I will focus more attention on my personal brand building efforts, completing my pending books, supporting entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs to grow sustainably, building a formidable and well equipped team and breaking new territories in other African countries.

I am truly grateful to God for an amazing 2017 and look forward to 2018 with hope, optimism and an unwavering passion to igniting dreams, impacting lives and restoring hope to many around the world.

My biggest lesson for 2017 is to live light by getting rid of everything and everyone that stresses you, your business and your dreams. You are the most important person in the world and when you have less things to worry about, you are able to focus on things that truly matter.

Remember that it is not how many things you do that matter but how well you do them. Don’t relent in the pursuit of your dreams and the focus on living a lasting legacy. Someday soon, if you don’t give up, you will certainly succeed. I wish you the very best in 2018.

#LiveLight

#ImpactingLives

#IgnitingDreams

#RestoringHope

#HappyNewYear

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The Maiden Edition of Igniting Dreams Conference was a Massive Success

The 1st Edition of the Igniting Dreams Conference was truly breathtaking. With over 250 passionate big dreamers in attendance on an Easter Saturday filling the auditorium of the British Council Ghana, I was overwhelmed with joy.

My 1st Solo Speaking Conference on my 35th Birthday was a tremendous success. Looking forward to seeing each one of these amazing participants doing great things in Ghana and beyond through the relentless pursuit of their dreams.

Congratulations to all the 250+ young passionate #IDTorchBearers that were in attendance at the 1st Edition of the Ekow Mensah’s Igniting Dreams Conference at the British Council Auditorium on 15th April, 2017.

It was a successful and life changing conference indeed, Insightful, engaging and motivational.

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Ekow Mensah hosts the 1st Igniting Dreams Conference

On what would be a celebration of his 10 years of promoting entrepreneurship, impacting lives and igniting dreams of young people across Africa, Ekow Mensah, Chairman of Ekow Mensah Investments and Founder & CEO of The African Network of Entrepreneurs (TANOE) is set to host the first edition of his Igniting Dreams Conference which is expected to be hosted across Africa.

The conference which comes off on Saturday 15th April, 2017 also doubles as his 35th birthday celebration. It will come off at the British Council auditorium in Accra and is expected to host hundreds of young people who will be empowered and coached to relentlessly pursue their dreams through various activities scheduled for the conference.

In an interaction with Ekow Mensah, the host of the conference, he mentioned that the Igniting Dreams Conference has come to stay and it is a major part of his Igniting Dreams Project that aims at equipping and supporting over 1 million youth across Africa in their quest to pursue their big dreams and contribute to the development of the African continent into a global superpower. He further stated that Africa’s greatest asset is its human capital and his Igniting Dreams Project will intentionally and consistently develop the youth to be Skilful, Entrepreneurial and Buoyant.

These Skilful, Entrepreneurial and Buoyant youth he refers to as #IDTorchBearers will each have the mandate to transfer their knowledge and provide support to at least 12 other individuals known as their #IDCircleof12. This is the Igniting Dreams Peer Mentorship Program which is part of the Igniting Dreams Conference Sustainability plan.

By all standards, the Igniting Dreams Conference is set to revolutionise the dreams of participants and energise them with essential resources to guarantee their success in life, business and relationship.

About Ekow Mensah

Named amongst the 50 Most Influential Young Ghanaians and 60 Young Leaders in Ghana by CocaCola, Ekow Mensah is a serial entrepreneur who has developed a wealth of knowledge and experience in the Startup & SME markets, both as a practitioner and a multiple business owner.

Ekow is the Chairman of the Ekow Mensah Investments (EMI), a private equity firm headquartered in Ghana with investments in Multimedia, Construction, Retail, Finance, Education and IT. Noteworthy amongst EMI’s investments are IConceptsPR, York Construction & Investments, Trade Hub Limited, Privateline Services, Ekow Mensah Consulting and Ekow Mensah Photography.

Ekow is also the Founder & currently the CEO of The African Network of Entrepreneurs (TANOE), an award winning entrepreneurship & business development support services social enterprise that seeks among other things to assist African entrepreneurs to build sustainable and globally competitive indigenous businesses. TANOE, being self-funded for the past 7 years, currently runs 9 flagship projects including GirlEmpowered, WomanRising, The Startup Network, The SME Network and Student & Youth Entrepreneurs’ Network (SYENet), TANOEmoney, TANOEmedia, TANOEhub and TANOEinstitute. TANOE in partnership with Premium Bank also manages the HelpStation Project.

Ekow is a British Council independent facilitator and an international Intercultural consultant for Dwellworks in USA.

Read more about Ekow on http://www.ekowmensah.com

Source: Prince Akpah

 

34 Highlights of my year 2016 – Ekow Mensah

2016 has been an eventful year for me indeed. Despite its ups and downs, this year has been by far my most exciting but exceedingly busy year; so busy I couldn’t even make time for my favorite past time: social media. It is the year that we decided to show the world what we have been cooking for so long and to God be the Glory, we were widely successful in our exploits. Most of these highlights below would not have been possible without the unflinching support of my ever reliable and supportive wife Mrs. Adwoa Mensah and my relentless and hardworking team members, notable amongst them being Delali Nora Kumahor, Prince Akpah and Derrick Edem Sosoo. To these 4 pillars of support, I say a big thank you and God bless you. I am highly optimistic that our 2017 together will be way better and our exploits will be mind-blowing.

For the very 1^st time ever, I am happy to share with you all, some of my highlights of the year 2016. My maiden resolution for 2017 though, is to accurately document my activities and highlights because trying to remember everything I have done in 2016 is fast becoming the most challenging of all my tasks this year. By the way, I managed to add ‘photographer’ to the list credentials I am known for aside being a Graphic Designer, Speaker, Trainer, Entrepreneur, Investor, Life Coach, Writer, Philanthropist and a business and personal development Consultant.

Ok, here we go! In 2016, I…

1. Rebranded my organisation TANOE (The African Network of Entrepreneurs) and its 7 flagship projects namely Student & Youth Entrepreneurs’ Network (SYENet), The Startup Network (TSN), WomanRising, GirlEmpowered, The SME Network and TANOEHub
2. Became a Certified Facilitator for the British Council Connecting Classroom Project in South Africa and Kenya
3. Trained and Mentored over 500 SHS Graduates as a British Council Facilitator on a Rockefeller Sponsored Digital Jobs Africa Program
4. Partnered the African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP Ghana) to organize the International Women’s Day Exhibition and Bazaar at Du Bois Centre, Accra
5. Launched Season 3 of Pillow Talks; my online relationship and marriage dialogue and rolled out 13 exciting and extremely interactive episodes
6. Met Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, the youngest of four children and the third son of Queen Elizabeth II and Lord Paul Boateng, Britain’s first black Cabinet minister and the first British-Ghanaian to sit in the House of Lords
7. Chaired the Jury of the Ghana Startup Awards and organised the Maiden Edition of the Awards
8. Hosted 6 out of the 7 Startup Dialogues in 5 Regions in Ghana with over 350 Startups in attendance
9. Became a Board Member of Consulteen Ghana, the amazing organization behind the project #AshaimanReads
10. Secured endorsements for Anita Annan’s maiden book ‘Rock your Singleness’ in South Africa specifically in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
11. Partnered Premium Bank to set up The SME Network and now running it as the Executive Director with a cool premium bank email ekow.mensah@premiumbank.com.gh. Send me an email if you run an SME, I promise I will re
    ply.
12. Was retained as an international inter-cultural consultant for Dwellworks USA
13. Trained over 200 teachers and heads of schools in Sierra Leone
14. Trained over 250 teachers and heads of schools in 4 Regions in Ghana
15. Trained over 100 Women Entrepreneurs through the WomanRising Workshops
16. Invited Guest Mentor at Barcamp Takoradi
    
17. Drove to the Aflao Border and took amazing pictures at the Togo beach
18. Spoke at HuD Group’s 2016 Youth Power in Accra
19. Completed the research and compilation of 5 different TANOE rankings namely TSN 100 Globally Competitive Startups in Ghana, SYENet Top 100 Student Entrepreneurs in Ghana, WomanRising 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs, WomanRising Top 50 Corporate Women Leaders in Ghana and WomanRising 100 Most Influential Ghanaian Women
20. Secured TANOE a new home at the Ghana Shippers’ House, Ridge, Accra
21. Started the pursuit of my Photography passion; Ekow Mensah Photography and so far have some amazing pictures. Check them out on IG @ekowmensahphotos
22. Spoke at FC College to the graduating class of 2016
23. Launched the GirlEmpowered Skills Bootcamp aimed at equipping teenage girls with entrepreneurial skills and executed the pilot with over 50 girls at TANOEHub
24. Kick started my construction firm York Construction & Investments (yorkci.com) and completed 2 projects
25. Was appointed an Ashesi Entrepreneurship Advisor for their final year Entrepreneurship Class
26. Became a Judging Panel Member for the Tigo/Reach for Change Digital Change Makers Challenge
27. Organised the WomanRising Top 50 Corporate Women Leaders in Ghana Awards and Networking Cocktail
28. Presented Certificates of Recognition endorsed by me to Ghana’s finest Top 50 women business leaders
29. Trained the Social Entrepreneurship participants of the British Council’s Duapa Challenge
30. Trained the Transformational Entrepreneurship Students from the Coventry University, UK
31. Was invited as a Young African Leaders’ Initiative (YALI) Mentor
32. Wrote an article on Donald Trump title Igniting Dreams – The Trump Way that got over 1.5 million views worldwide
33. Completed the development of my personal website ekowmensah.com after running it as a free wordpress blog for years.
34. Brought the total list of my active projects to 12…don’t mind the numerous inactive ones, their time will certainly come someday, hopefully soon. Just for your viewing pleasure, find below the list to my active initiatives: ekowmensah.com, www.tanoe.org, www.syenet.org, www.thestartupnetwork.org, www.thesmenetwork.com, www.womanrising.org, www.girlempowered.org, www.iconceptspr.com, www.privatelinecaters.com, www.ghanatradehub.com, www.yorkci.com, www.instagram.com/ekowmensahphotos

Going over the list above, it is evident that 2016 has been a busy year for me indeed but sadly it has not been my most fulfilling because I could not launch my personal brand and its flagship project Igniting Dreams. I also could not complete any of the numerous books I have started writing since God knows when.
So my resolutions for 2017 are quite cut out accurately for me;

1. Build my Personal Brand – The Ekow Mensah Brand with its primary focus on Igniting Dreams and Impacting Lives.
2. Completing and Publishing 2 of my books
3. And, of course, ensuring that my 2017 exploits are truly fulfilling, impact-driven, mind blowing and extremely exciting.

Not sure what your 2016 highlights are or which resolutions you will be committed to in 2017 but one thing I can share with you all is this; THAT ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, PAY ATTENTION TO YOURSELF AND PURSUE THAT WHICH BRINGS YOU FULFILLMENT. BY ALL MEANS, BE BUSY BUT DO NOT WASTE YOUR LIFE IN THE PURSUIT OF THINGS YOU WILL NOT REGRET NOT DOING IN EXCHANGE FOR THINGS YOU WISH YOU HAD DONE!

May your 2017 be as exciting and fulfilling as mine!

Ekow Mensah #IgnitingDreams, #ImpactingLives

 

Igniting Dreams the Trump Way!

I have been meaning not to comment on the US Elections and Donald Trump’s Victory but I honestly think that though it didn’t go in favour of lots of people for obvious reasons, there are still some very significant lessons to be drawn from it.

First of all, I deeply admire the resoluteness, determination and resilience of Donald Trump. 3 unique traits that have certainly made him the 45th President of the United States of America. 3 very important traits that every entrepreneur needs in their quest to make it in business. Trump knew what he wanted, he knew how to get it and he certainly got it regardless of stiff opposition.

By far, Trump faced the most ridicule and unbelief any candidate has ever experienced I think. We are all probably shocked at his victory because we most likely did not think he had any chance at becoming a president of any country, thoughtless USA.

A critical lesson here is that, when you begin the pursuit of a dream that seems impossible to many, especially when you don’t seem to have what it takes, speak the language that is most accepted or tow the path most traveled, most people will not give you a fighting chance. You will face tremendous opposition, insults and discouragement. Giving up will often seem the most logical thing to do but remember that the sweetest revenge is always victory.

Success does not come easily and to proof people wrong takes a lot of guts, thick skin and perseverance. Indeed, while many may be publicly condemning and discouraging you, a significant majority may be rooting for you in silence as in the case of His Excellency President Donald Trump.

I do not, in anyway, support some of the utterances and stance of Donald Trump during his campaign but I very much admire his exhibition of some of the most significant traits that makes one successful in business, family and ultimately in life; resoluteness of vision and purpose, unwavering determination, freedom of speech, lack of fear of public ridicule, boldness, hard and smart work, strategic planning, flawless implementation, people management and exhibition of maturity after victory (knowing when to stop fighting).

The list of traits and strategies deployed by Donald Trump publicly and secretly have today made him the 45th President of America. Like it or not, there are lessons to be learnt and it is my hope that you will learn these lessons and also be successful in your fight for victory in the pursuit of your dreams or purpose in life.

Congratulations to President Donald Trump and all the best to you.

#EkowMensah #IgnitingDreams #EMONE #LifeLessons #DonaldTrump

 

The day I met Prince Edward & Lord Paul Boateng

With so much happening all at once in my life, updating blog has become a chore. I can’t wait to tell you all about what God is blessing me with this year. Let’s start with my meeting with Lord Paul Boateng, Britain’s first black Cabinet minister and the first British-Ghanaian to sit in the House of Lords at the British Council Ghana, same day I met Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, the youngest of four children and the third son of Queen Elizabeth II.

Sadly, I wasn’t allowed to take pictures with him but it was a pleasure talking to him about the Digital Jobs Africa Program, a Rockefeller sponsored program I am privileged to be one of the 4 facilitators on. I was blown away by the ‘down to earth’ personalities of both Prince Edward and Lord Paul Boateng; 2 great men with a heart for humanity. Humility especially amongst great people is admirable indeed. A great day it was!