A young man that has influenced me the most

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My life story and how far I have gone is a result of the influences around me.

As much as people refuse to believe it, the company you keep does have an impact and influence on your choices

One of the people I will say has influenced me the most is @gamsam...

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@gamsam was my roommate in my last year of school.

We stayed together during the covid 19 lockdown and I learnt a whole lot from him.
The funny thing about him is that he is a very quiet person and for you to understand or get influenced, you need to put your mind to it.

During the covid lockdown, we were sent out of school.
We didn't have anything to do. There was no school and work was mainly for essential workers.

Luckily he was selected amongst other people to work with the government in eradicating covid in the state.

He was being paid a good sum as a student.

With that kind of pay, most people won't want to do anything extra.
Truly, most of the people who also got the job didn't do anything.

They solely depended on the job.

@gamsam was doing 3 other things at that time.

He was designing websites, writing and gaming.

He didn't stop any of them.

At a point, they were all laid off and he continued with his life and the other guys went back to scratch.

One of the things I learnt from him is that when you are doing something learn it till the end.

@gamsam started learning programming in our 4th year and he learnt 3 languages to the end and this brought food to his table.

He also taught me that you have to be consistent with what you are doing

@gamsam is one of the most consistent humans I know. He has shown me that over time consistency pays.

He taught me that you can't live with one source of income and for you to do well, you need at least 5 sources of steady income.

Most people in my class were only students, @gamsam was a graphic designer and a coder.

Recently, I travelled to Port Harcourt because y needed some motivation from him and guess what? I got it in full.

The last thing he taught me was that if you are going to be rich, you have to be willing to read a lot. However, reading a lot is not enough, applying the knowledge is the secret.

On a final note, the reason why I was influenced by him was because I tried my best to humble myself and not compete against him.

A friend told me that if you are going to be successful you need to do these things

  • Be humble
  • envy no one
  • hate no one
  • stay focused.

I guess that's all as regards the one person that has influenced me the most.

Thank you for reading.



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Awww.... emotional🥺 Learnt a lot from him too

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Good to see you here tho.

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