Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha
and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared
the Lord. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as
slaves.” “What can I do to help you?”
Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” “Nothing at all, except
a flask of olive oil,” she replied. And
Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and
neighbors. Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door
behind you. Pour olive oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one
aside when it is filled.” So she did as
she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled one after
another. Soon every container was full
to the brim! “Bring me another jar,” she said to one of her sons. “There aren’t
any more!” he told her. And then the olive oil stopped flowing. When she
told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil
and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.” 2nd Kings Chapter 4 verses 1 to 7, NLT.
Sell knowledge
Sell expertise and knowledge for a fee. How? Knowledge can
be packaged in books – print, audio, and e-books; as fee paying courses taught
at seminars, workshops, conferences, as messages in audio formats such as
teaching messages of pastors, motivational speakers, life coaches, music in
either audio or MP3 formats, as movies, TV series, talk shows, documentaries,
reality shows, cartoons, etc. King Solomon, Daniel and Joseph sold knowledge in
different formats.
For instance, I was instructed by God to write my way out of
poverty. As I commenced writing, first the Olives International magazine and
later the website, followed by my YouTube channels, I also discovered that
there were other streams of income embedded in these platforms. For instance, I
could earn additional income on my websites and channels through ad sales,
affiliate marketing or outright sale of these platforms. But what shocked me
most was the fact that I could create a networking platform for wealth creators
to interact and socialize online. I could also design wealth creation courses
which eventually birthed the wealth creation institute – Olives College
designed to teach people to create wealth, build entrepreneurs, as well as
create wealth by engaging in wealth building activities.
I realized that all I had to do when people come to seek requisite
knowledge and wisdom to solve some of their problems is to give them tidbits
and direct them to my books and websites for additional information so that
they can study and only return if they do not gain full understanding to
request full understanding for a fee. This is where workshops, seminars and
coaching services came in. I simply ask the people to find twenty nine more
people for the seminar and then teach for a fee. This way, people learn to work
through and solve their problems. They did not have to delegate the work of
solving their problems to me.
Sell Information
Judas Iscariot sold information about Jesus Christ to the
Pharisees. Though this is not a positive example, it speaks volumes of what
people can do with information. The gossip tabloids, blogs and what have you
sell information about people and events. Though some of these information
portrays the people they talk or write about in bad light, the authors make
money. But beloved, you do not have to sell such information. You can market
and sell positive life transforming information to people and institutions as
well as communities and governments. You can share positive information which
moves people up the ladder of life and still make money and a name.
You can sell your prowess, skills and talents. David
literally sold his prowess when he offered to take on Goliath and kill him. One
of the judges sold his military prowess. The virtuous woman sold her great
sewing and designing skills. Huram sold his designing skills to kings.
You can sell products. The widow of the indebted prophet
sold her packaged oil and made money not only to pay off the family debt but
also earned money to live on. The family no longer had to borrow to live. Lydia sold purple and was an affluent woman in
her community.
The late Sam Walton sold diverse items and is still selling
through the Walmart chain of stores located in many countries in the world. He
made a lot of money doing that. Jeff
Bezos, currently the richest man in the world sells about every good on his
amazon platformhttps://www.amazon.com/
while Jack Ma, another billionaire also sells about everything you can think of
on his alibaba platform https://www.alibaba.com/.
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