By Robert Bake Tumuhaise
I believe if you have a brain you can think; if you can think
you can generate ideas; if you have ideas you can earn from them. So everyday,
the people you see are walking around with ideas worth millions and billions.
Some people have cracked the puzzle and now earn big from those great ideas,
but the majority continue to live, and if nothing is done, I am afraid, they
will die with those ideas untapped.
I am a practical person who only likes talking about what has
worked for me or at least some people close to me. So when I talk of converting
ideas into money, I am not going to bring theories that I have read in books or
the internet; I will speak about what I know because all I have earned in my
life has been out of my ideas. I have authored and sold 8 books, printing in
thousands of copies and earning a net profit of Shs 10,000 to 15,000 on each
copy. I have earned millions from writing songs, movie scripts, proposals,
business plans… I have earned big even from just speaking to people!
WORLD OF INSPIRATION, my business, itself was born out of my
idea of writing and now it has products that are impacting millions of people
across the region. Imagine how many people have read our published books; how
many people watch our inspirational videos; how many people attend our
inspirational events; how many people listen to us on radio or watch our
programs on TV; how many people we reach via the internet! The bottom line is
that I am not earning from gold or silver, but rather from ideas (intellectual property).
Hear this loud and clear: In the 21st Century,
success is no longer based on natural resources such as land, gas, oil, steel,
e.t.c, but rather on ideas. Companies like Facebook, Amazon and Google are simply
based on ideas. You don’t even need an office to start such a company;
customers don’t even need to know where you are based. All they need is value
from your idea. Every game has rules and once you’ve mastered the rules, you
can play it. I am talking about the secret that people like Dr Mitch, a Vet
Doctor, learnt and is now one of the highest paid MCs in Africa; the secrets
that comedians like Kansiime Ann and Pablo, some musicians, authors, poets,
radio/TV presenters e.t.c have learnt and are now earning more than the serious
people you find in big office.
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