“Money Is A Tool To Me, Not The End Means” — Didi-Omah Augustine Chinazaekpere
Money does not motivate me, many money I have left on the desk on my way to where I am now. I would have been a millionaire at 21 years old, if I had sold Doactalk for 10 million Naira. What motivates me is the vision, I first had before embarking on the project. My motivation is the Word of God, and the Word of God is God — we can all say, my motivation is God. I don't chase money, I chase purpose. The vision is bigger than billions of U.S dollars, I am telling you the truth.
Why am I doing this? What is the purpose of this? What problem are we solving? When I can get right answers to them, I move ahead. Executive, doacWeb was created to solve social publishing problem. doac, Invest. was established to solve investments and industrial problems of Africa as a continent. Et Cetera (Real Estate) Group was established to solve housing issues in Africa — making comfortable houses to be affordable for those in the informal economy.
The Organisation DIDI-OMAH was established to spread true love and true knowledge — solving the problem of people being far from God and struggling in the world. That's why our theme is 'Redeeming Love'. So money does not motivate me, I don't chased money. I graduated as a poor NACOS President at Federal Polytechnic Ekowe Bayelsa State — not because there is no money in the student politics, there are thousands of millions of Nairas in the system, because I have to accomplish the vision I first had before going for that position.
Thanks to God, I achieve 95 percent before I left office. Executive, when you want to earn money, don't evolve around money. Create something that attracts money, wrapped with a purpose, while solving a problem — that's it. It just like you want to be happy, you don't chase happiness; you do things that attracts happiness with a purpose you are achieving at point. That's how you get happiness, same with money.
It is pleasant in the eyes of God to have excess money but it shouldn't be your motivation, if what motivate you is money, then you are serving money — and that is error in the sight of God. You cannot serve God and money, you either love God or money, you either hold God of high esteem or money. My motivation is the Word of God, and money is a tool to me not the end means.
Jesus Christ said, it is difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God; “it is much easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to make heaven”. Executive, the reason is because the rich man will let the money own him, his trust will be in his wealth. The Bible encourages us to be super wealthy, with a caution so we will not missed out God's presence and heaven — the caution is: don't trust in your riches but put your trust in God, seek God first and keep His commandments.
I see money as a resource for me to achieve prosperity and freedom. Money is the tool, not the end means — that's my own view of money. Executive, a wise man once said “God is not against you having money, He's against money having you”.
Money is a tool, not a master. The danger isn't possession but obsession. When wealth controls priorities, values slowly shift and purpose gets compromised.
True freedom is being able to use resources without being owned by them. Prosperity should serve purpose, not replace it.
I am honest, money does serve my values, it does not quietly decide them? I decides what money should do for me, I don't work for work, money work for me — there must be a purpose why I am doing this thing as earning money as the tool. Executive, to most people money does not serve their values, they have let money quietly decide them, money is now a master of their worth. And that's wrong in the eyes of God and from the principles of life.
Billionaires don't chase money, they chased purpose; and that purpose is what delivers value to the society, and that values are what attract money. Like I usually said, money is not far from where value is delivered. I studied these billionaires from different fields of life and from different countries in the world; both from the Muslim faith and Christian faith — I discovered one thing in common, purpose driven not profit driven.
Examples like Mark Zuckerberg never chased money, Elon Musk never chased money, Bill Gates never chased money, Aliko Dangote never chased money, Mansa Musa never chased money, King Solomon of Israel never chased money, Father Abraham in the Bible never chased money, Isaac in the Bible never chased money, Steve Job founder of Apple Inc. never chased money, Pastor E. A. Adeboye never chased money, Bishop David Oyedepo never chased money, and more. All these people I just mentioned chased vision, purpose — not money.
They are not poor, they are wealthy in every country of the world they enter even in the richest nations in the world; they still ranked richer — so these are life principles that I am sharing today. Warren Buffett never chased money, and he is the richest investor in the world today. You can see how these people are getting riches by delivering values, being purpose driven while earning money as a by-product not the end means. Money is tool to me and not the end means.
You can never see me talk more about money, confess money all times; I talk about God and more on what I am doing. Because we are all preachers, it is just that we all preach what we want to. You can preach money, you can preach charity, you can preach love, you can preach wickedness. Every one is passing messages daily, and to the English man that's preaching.
— Didi-Omah Augustine Chinazaekpere
(Businessman, Industrialist, Investor)
Money does not motivate me, many money I have left on the desk on my way to where I am now. I would have been a millionaire at 21 years old, if I had sold Doactalk for 10 million Naira. What motivates me is the vision, I first had before embarking on the project. My motivation is the Word of God, and the Word of God is God — we can all say, my motivation is God. I don't chase money, I chase purpose. The vision is bigger than billions of U.S dollars, I am telling you the truth.
Why am I doing this? What is the purpose of this? What problem are we solving? When I can get right answers to them, I move ahead. Executive, doacWeb was created to solve social publishing problem. doac, Invest. was established to solve investments and industrial problems of Africa as a continent. Et Cetera (Real Estate) Group was established to solve housing issues in Africa — making comfortable houses to be affordable for those in the informal economy.
The Organisation DIDI-OMAH was established to spread true love and true knowledge — solving the problem of people being far from God and struggling in the world. That's why our theme is 'Redeeming Love'. So money does not motivate me, I don't chased money. I graduated as a poor NACOS President at Federal Polytechnic Ekowe Bayelsa State — not because there is no money in the student politics, there are thousands of millions of Nairas in the system, because I have to accomplish the vision I first had before going for that position.
Thanks to God, I achieve 95 percent before I left office. Executive, when you want to earn money, don't evolve around money. Create something that attracts money, wrapped with a purpose, while solving a problem — that's it. It just like you want to be happy, you don't chase happiness; you do things that attracts happiness with a purpose you are achieving at point. That's how you get happiness, same with money.
It is pleasant in the eyes of God to have excess money but it shouldn't be your motivation, if what motivate you is money, then you are serving money — and that is error in the sight of God. You cannot serve God and money, you either love God or money, you either hold God of high esteem or money. My motivation is the Word of God, and money is a tool to me not the end means.
Jesus Christ said, it is difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God; “it is much easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to make heaven”. Executive, the reason is because the rich man will let the money own him, his trust will be in his wealth. The Bible encourages us to be super wealthy, with a caution so we will not missed out God's presence and heaven — the caution is: don't trust in your riches but put your trust in God, seek God first and keep His commandments.
I see money as a resource for me to achieve prosperity and freedom. Money is the tool, not the end means — that's my own view of money. Executive, a wise man once said “God is not against you having money, He's against money having you”.
Money is a tool, not a master. The danger isn't possession but obsession. When wealth controls priorities, values slowly shift and purpose gets compromised.
True freedom is being able to use resources without being owned by them. Prosperity should serve purpose, not replace it.
I am honest, money does serve my values, it does not quietly decide them? I decides what money should do for me, I don't work for work, money work for me — there must be a purpose why I am doing this thing as earning money as the tool. Executive, to most people money does not serve their values, they have let money quietly decide them, money is now a master of their worth. And that's wrong in the eyes of God and from the principles of life.
Billionaires don't chase money, they chased purpose; and that purpose is what delivers value to the society, and that values are what attract money. Like I usually said, money is not far from where value is delivered. I studied these billionaires from different fields of life and from different countries in the world; both from the Muslim faith and Christian faith — I discovered one thing in common, purpose driven not profit driven.
Examples like Mark Zuckerberg never chased money, Elon Musk never chased money, Bill Gates never chased money, Aliko Dangote never chased money, Mansa Musa never chased money, King Solomon of Israel never chased money, Father Abraham in the Bible never chased money, Isaac in the Bible never chased money, Steve Job founder of Apple Inc. never chased money, Pastor E. A. Adeboye never chased money, Bishop David Oyedepo never chased money, and more. All these people I just mentioned chased vision, purpose — not money.
They are not poor, they are wealthy in every country of the world they enter even in the richest nations in the world; they still ranked richer — so these are life principles that I am sharing today. Warren Buffett never chased money, and he is the richest investor in the world today. You can see how these people are getting riches by delivering values, being purpose driven while earning money as a by-product not the end means. Money is tool to me and not the end means.
You can never see me talk more about money, confess money all times; I talk about God and more on what I am doing. Because we are all preachers, it is just that we all preach what we want to. You can preach money, you can preach charity, you can preach love, you can preach wickedness. Every one is passing messages daily, and to the English man that's preaching.
— Didi-Omah Augustine Chinazaekpere
(Businessman, Industrialist, Investor)
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