You might have seen several successful people who earned great respect and
wealth in their life. But at what age they could reach that level. It might
have cost 5 to 10 years or even more. Even many of them started establishing
their idea after the completion of their education or even after certain years
of job. Let us discuss about the life journey of a man who was quite desired
to convert his idea into reality.
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The man I was talking about is no one else than Iman Gadzhi who left his high
school, taking the toughest yet right decision of his life. Basically everyone
just talks about his luxurious lifestyle, very expensive watch collection and
tons of money spending just for fun. But a very little knows the work he had
put in along with his planning and vision which made him a multi-millionaire
by the age of 20. Let's discuss the life lessons we can learn from him.
Introduction
Iman Gadzhi is a 22 year old entrepreneur and self-made multi-millionaire
who owns several agencies and fashion brands.
According to him in his YouTube channel, he earned a profit of $10+ million in the previous year of 2021. He is the co-founder of GrowYourAgency which is among the largest education company for agency owners, IAG-Media, an advertise-providing agency and GADZHI which is fashion and clothing brand.
He has an estimated net worth of around $30 to $40 million dollars. He immigrated from London to Dubai last year. Though he loves Cape Town too and spends 1-2 months there too.
Now let us read the life lessons we can learn from Iman which we can too implement in our life even if we are to old to start.
According to him in his YouTube channel, he earned a profit of $10+ million in the previous year of 2021. He is the co-founder of GrowYourAgency which is among the largest education company for agency owners, IAG-Media, an advertise-providing agency and GADZHI which is fashion and clothing brand.
He has an estimated net worth of around $30 to $40 million dollars. He immigrated from London to Dubai last year. Though he loves Cape Town too and spends 1-2 months there too.
Now let us read the life lessons we can learn from Iman which we can too implement in our life even if we are to old to start.
1. Start Early
This point seems to be too simple but it isn't. It has a deep meaning hidden
in it and most of the people understands it in a wrong way. Let me explain
you this point in a bit deep.
From the point I mentioned, you might think that I'm encouraging you to start any idea early at a young age. Surely this is the case but not fully.
It is obvious that starting any new idea or plan without any knowledge or information regarding that field will surely result in the failure of your idea. So the first point which can be concluded is start early with required education and knowledge.
Even in this digital world, you can find many free resources and courses regarding the field you want to start. You may try paid courses for advance knowledge and concepts too. Learning new skill is quite easy in the case of high-school student as they have great excitement to learn something new.
Another point regarding starting early is that never give it more importance or time than your studies. Starting and implementing a new idea is an asset till the time it is not affecting your studies.
Try to complete your daily studies first and then work on your idea in the free time. You can even make a time table according to your daily habits and can differentiate between the right work you should do and the work which might be wasting your time.
Works which should be right includes studies, implementing new idea, doing regular workout or exercise and playing a sport with your friends.
Works which might waste your time comprises of random surfing and scrolling on social media without any fixed intention of what to watch. Even watching motivating and inspiring videos but not implementing it is surely a waste of time.
Try to manage all your important tasks and then invest your time in your idea. This way your studies and fitness wouldn't be affected and you can easily carry out your idea.
Now the last thing you should keep in your mind is that while you are working on your idea, don't just shout or tell your friends or relatives that you are working on an idea. You might tell them that you would be very successful in that and would earn tons of money easily. But if your plan doesn't goes the way you thought, all your friends and relatives will mock you and would discourage and demotivate you.
Instead I will recommend you not to reveal any one until you have fully implemented your idea and are getting better outcomes. Surprise them with your small success anytime they try to embarrass you.
From the point I mentioned, you might think that I'm encouraging you to start any idea early at a young age. Surely this is the case but not fully.
(i). Required Education & Knowledge
It is obvious that starting any new idea or plan without any knowledge or information regarding that field will surely result in the failure of your idea. So the first point which can be concluded is start early with required education and knowledge.
Even in this digital world, you can find many free resources and courses regarding the field you want to start. You may try paid courses for advance knowledge and concepts too. Learning new skill is quite easy in the case of high-school student as they have great excitement to learn something new.
(ii). Time Management
Another point regarding starting early is that never give it more importance or time than your studies. Starting and implementing a new idea is an asset till the time it is not affecting your studies.
Try to complete your daily studies first and then work on your idea in the free time. You can even make a time table according to your daily habits and can differentiate between the right work you should do and the work which might be wasting your time.
Works which should be right includes studies, implementing new idea, doing regular workout or exercise and playing a sport with your friends.
Works which might waste your time comprises of random surfing and scrolling on social media without any fixed intention of what to watch. Even watching motivating and inspiring videos but not implementing it is surely a waste of time.
Try to manage all your important tasks and then invest your time in your idea. This way your studies and fitness wouldn't be affected and you can easily carry out your idea.
(iii). Right Time to Reveal
Now the last thing you should keep in your mind is that while you are working on your idea, don't just shout or tell your friends or relatives that you are working on an idea. You might tell them that you would be very successful in that and would earn tons of money easily. But if your plan doesn't goes the way you thought, all your friends and relatives will mock you and would discourage and demotivate you.
Instead I will recommend you not to reveal any one until you have fully implemented your idea and are getting better outcomes. Surprise them with your small success anytime they try to embarrass you.
Let us now summarize what we discussed:
- Start on your idea but learn the desired knowledge prior.
- Manage your daily schedule by removing unwanted habits and add skillful habits.
- Don't work on your idea until you have some free time to invest in. By this I mean don't affect your studies as it is your first priority.
- Don't tell anyone that you are working on your ideas until you have received some good results.
Advantages of Starting Early:
- You will start earning a passive income and could spend it on your personal expenses.
- As you started early, so you have a lot of time to learn from your mistakes and correct it.
- Being young, you'll gain a lot of experience. Remember you can gain knowledge or information by courses but you can gain experience only when you yourself tried it.
- You'll be cautious about the mistakes you made in past and thus could establish a big business in your future.
- You will earn a lot of respect & popularity in your society and would even become self-dependent.
2. Be An All-Rounder
Now by saying to be an all-rounder, I mean that you should give equal time to each and every activity. All the habits should be given equal priority.
Here these activities could be studies, passion, fitness, enjoying time with family and friends and some time on self development too. You might think that we should focus on one core thing and stick to it. For example - Focus on your studies in your childhood, and then after getting a good earning job, focus on fitness or to start learning a new skill.
But my friends this idea is totally going to ruin you and you'll feel regret on your decision. Even your curiosity to learn something new would disappear and you wouldn't become a healthy and strong man both physically and mentally. Let's talk about all these habits you can implement in your daily schedule in detail:
Here these activities could be studies, passion, fitness, enjoying time with family and friends and some time on self development too. You might think that we should focus on one core thing and stick to it. For example - Focus on your studies in your childhood, and then after getting a good earning job, focus on fitness or to start learning a new skill.
But my friends this idea is totally going to ruin you and you'll feel regret on your decision. Even your curiosity to learn something new would disappear and you wouldn't become a healthy and strong man both physically and mentally. Let's talk about all these habits you can implement in your daily schedule in detail:
(i). Education/Job
Now let's start with the work we should give our most priority too. That is our studies, education or learning. You should surely give most of your time in it and start doing other tasks only if you completed this one. See the main motive of this point is to make you better in each and every field without affecting the growth in the major field.
Everyone knows that education is the most important as well as the right of every human being. So try to make a suitable time table which includes appropriate time for you studies and then design the time table according to the other habits which I am going to discuss.
Even if you are doing a job so try to first complete all the tasks assign to you and then try other activities in the free time. Don't risk your job for other work.
(ii). Sports/Fitness
Now surely apart from education or job, you should work on your body that is building your physical strength. Regular workouts & exercises or playing some sorts of sports would not only help you to build a strong body and physical strength but will also give you relief from studies or job stress.
Being fit not only includes to build a physical strength but also to be fit mentally and from within. To achieve this, we should follow a balanced diet comprising of appropriate carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. To build mental strength you should do meditation. Start from a small target for about 3 to 5 minutes and then you can extend it according to your need. Surely following all these things won't give you instant results but believe me they are going to help you in long run.
(iii). Social Life/New Skill
Now here's another important thing that most of the people don't give attention too. This is spending your time with your family or friends. From this I mean to enjoy a loving time with them. Currently you won't understand its importance and would be in a belief that I will become a successful person and then spend time with my friends and family and fulfill all their dreams.
But this won't work as good as you are thinking. Giving a short time in a day while talking to them about their day or sharing your idea can be a good start.
Apart from this, try to learn something new and helpful. Invest your time in the right skill such as learn to code, editing videos or images or just simply working on your communication skills and body language. There are several free resources available on Internet which will help to understand the basic level.
Let us now summarize what we discussed:
- Never compromise with your education or job.
- Apart from education, start focusing on building physical (Exercise & Workout) and mental strength (Meditation & Healthy Diet).
- Spend some time talking with your family and hangout with your friends.
- Invest your time in learning some new skill such as coding, editing and self-development.
Advantages of Being an All-Rounder:
- You'll be good in every field and your productivity level and focus would be also too high.
- You will be healthy and hence be away from diseases or any other discomfort/pain.
- People will become your idol and will be inspire from you.
- You'll look handsome/beautiful and will have a respectful and successful image in everyone's mind.
- Why to look in advantages? You yourself know how important it is. JUST TRY IT OUT!
Smart Purchases / Save Money
In the modern era, you can see many youths even at the age of 25, dependent on their parents. They are still unemployed and are just wasting their time in stuff like social media or fashion.
Surely fashion isn't a bad thing. Even it keeps us updated according to the new world. But if you are doing fashion to show someone, or you are spending money on something totally unnecessary just to look cool, then beleive me you are going to a wrong path and you'll going to feel this regret after years.
By spending money on right things, I totally mean to spend money on resources which will give you benefit in long run. Investing money on a skillful course or an educational course is totally good. Even purchasing an iPhone or MacBook is also right if used for video recording or editing.
The bad purchase ideas include the branded clothes you just purchase to look cool in front of others. Try to purchase the clothes which look better and cozy rather than relying on brand.
By taking responsibility I totally mean you to save money of your parents and spend it on useful things. Even helping out parents in their work will help you gain experience and they would also be happy.
Surely fashion isn't a bad thing. Even it keeps us updated according to the new world. But if you are doing fashion to show someone, or you are spending money on something totally unnecessary just to look cool, then beleive me you are going to a wrong path and you'll going to feel this regret after years.
By spending money on right things, I totally mean to spend money on resources which will give you benefit in long run. Investing money on a skillful course or an educational course is totally good. Even purchasing an iPhone or MacBook is also right if used for video recording or editing.
The bad purchase ideas include the branded clothes you just purchase to look cool in front of others. Try to purchase the clothes which look better and cozy rather than relying on brand.
By taking responsibility I totally mean you to save money of your parents and spend it on useful things. Even helping out parents in their work will help you gain experience and they would also be happy.
Learn to Face Failures
Have you ever seen a similarity in all the successful people?
They have something in common, that is, Not Ever Giving Up After Failure. This is something I totally agree with. Not only me you would surely agree with it.
See the main thing you should know is GOOD THINGS TAKE TIME! They will benefit you in long run with a long-lasting effect. Don't ever go behind instant pleasure or short term task. Though they will make you feel happy and good in no time but will have a long-term effect.
Let me explain you this with an example by asking a general question, What are bad things?
Of course the things which make us addicted to them.
These things include alcohol, drugs or social media. They give you a instant pleasure and make you happy. As a result, you start consuming it on regular basis which results in addiction and in long-term you have to suffer from many diseases or depression.
Now let us move to a useful thing. Suppose you learnt a new skill such as coding or editing. Now though in short term you have learn all these things which will surely take some time and won't give you any result thus making you unhappy. But once you completed learning it, it will help you in your job or you can use this skill as your passive income by making websites (code) and becoming a good YouTuber (editing, though it also requires content writing and the way to express it which is also a skill!).
Now I think you got the point behind why Good Things Take Time. Now let's come to our point again, that is, to try again even after facing many failures. You can even try a new idea if your interest is losing in the previous one. The main aim is to keep trying something new again and again.
They have something in common, that is, Not Ever Giving Up After Failure. This is something I totally agree with. Not only me you would surely agree with it.
See the main thing you should know is GOOD THINGS TAKE TIME! They will benefit you in long run with a long-lasting effect. Don't ever go behind instant pleasure or short term task. Though they will make you feel happy and good in no time but will have a long-term effect.
Let me explain you this with an example by asking a general question, What are bad things?
Of course the things which make us addicted to them.
These things include alcohol, drugs or social media. They give you a instant pleasure and make you happy. As a result, you start consuming it on regular basis which results in addiction and in long-term you have to suffer from many diseases or depression.
Now let us move to a useful thing. Suppose you learnt a new skill such as coding or editing. Now though in short term you have learn all these things which will surely take some time and won't give you any result thus making you unhappy. But once you completed learning it, it will help you in your job or you can use this skill as your passive income by making websites (code) and becoming a good YouTuber (editing, though it also requires content writing and the way to express it which is also a skill!).
Now I think you got the point behind why Good Things Take Time. Now let's come to our point again, that is, to try again even after facing many failures. You can even try a new idea if your interest is losing in the previous one. The main aim is to keep trying something new again and again.
Make Things as Assets
This is going to be the last and the most important lesson of this article. See in this modern world everything has become so easy to access and are free of cost that you can earn money damn easily. But the major difference in becoming rich and poor is the way you use the resources available to you.
If you are using is for your advantage then it would prove to be an asset in your life whereas if it is playing a role in ruining you life, then its a liability. Let's understand it with an example.
You all can use social media very often because it is free of cost and doesn't require much effort to access it. But is it giving you any advantage or is it working as an asset for you?
May be not. Let's see how you can use social media as an asset. You can start Social Media Marketing on it. Even you can upload your own content on it and express your thoughts to become an influencer. Even after establishing your business idea, you can spread it or reach out to people by the means of social media.
Same thing is with iPhone or MacBook. Youths buy it to look cool in front of their friends. But instead if they use it for recording videos or to edit, it will prove to be an asset. Even apple products helps a lot in running our business efficiently.
So the main aim of this point to tell that you are surrounded by a number of resources. Now it totally depends upon how you use these for your benefit.
If you are using is for your advantage then it would prove to be an asset in your life whereas if it is playing a role in ruining you life, then its a liability. Let's understand it with an example.
You all can use social media very often because it is free of cost and doesn't require much effort to access it. But is it giving you any advantage or is it working as an asset for you?
May be not. Let's see how you can use social media as an asset. You can start Social Media Marketing on it. Even you can upload your own content on it and express your thoughts to become an influencer. Even after establishing your business idea, you can spread it or reach out to people by the means of social media.
Same thing is with iPhone or MacBook. Youths buy it to look cool in front of their friends. But instead if they use it for recording videos or to edit, it will prove to be an asset. Even apple products helps a lot in running our business efficiently.
So the main aim of this point to tell that you are surrounded by a number of resources. Now it totally depends upon how you use these for your benefit.
Conclusion
From all the points I mentioned, I hope you find it helpful and would implement it in your daily habits. But let me talk about the main thing, TO GET STARTED! Yes that's one the most important because until you get started, these points won't be applicable and hence no be helpful for you. Just STOP watching motivating videos or articles to be inspire externally. Remember the zeal to do work comes from within when you realize the importance the that work in your life and how it will going to impact your life. That's all for today. Next article will be soon out here.
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