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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