ABOUT THISDAYLIFE LESSONS

In the past couple of days, I have received enquiries from a number of the readers of this column wanting to know what THISDAY LIFE LESSONS are all about and how they could be admitted onto the platform. The requests to join THISDAY LIFE LESSONS started to stream in shortly after publishing the story of one of the elders on the platform who shared prison experience and how that experience shaped his spiritual life thereafter.

THISDAY LIFE LESSONS, a part of the THISDAY MEDIA GROUP is a LEARNING and NETWORKING platform specially created to allow the free, undoctored, uncluttered flow of concepts, ideas and information on all the key wheels of life: Spiritual, Finance, Health, Business, Career, Relationship, Fun -Time, Community Contribution and Mind Development.

At the top end of the information, chain are successful individuals in the country who have reached (or almost) reached the pinnacle of their endeavours and are ready and volunteering to share the lessons of life they learned on their way to the top. They also take questions posed by members of the forum around the lessons they have shared. We call them THISDAY –LIFE LESSONS MENTORWS (LLM).

Typically, people in this category are people who are above 60 years of age, but in some cases, we also accommodate individuals who are younger but have outstanding lessons of life they are willing to share with others.

At the second level of the chain is another category of individuals called THISDAY LIFE LESSONS ADVISORS (LLA) who have developed expertise in specific areas of the wheels of life. They help to expand and give perspectives on issues and questions raised around the life lessons shared by the Life Lessons coaches.

The third category consists of career professionals, entrepreneurs, small business owners, senior-level executives in government and private sectors and a host of others who simply want to drink from the wealth of knowledge made available by the mentors and amplified by the advisors.

Apart from sharing Life Lessons from successful people, the forum also initiates some debates around policy issues from time to time and the summaries of viewpoints are circulated to a wider audience.

What makes the platform unique is that all members have kept to the rules we mutually set from the beginning. It is instructive that no single member has opted out since 2018 when it was created.

I was scanning the contact dashboard for the platform recently and I was amazed at the galaxy of highly-placed individuals that we have been blessed with in the platform. On how to join: We usually insist that current members recommend individuals they believe could be admitted.

SPECIAL REPORT ON MUTUAL FUNDS

“Investing in mutual funds is a game changer: it is like engaging the services of the very best experts in investment to work for you without being asked to pay for the real values they deliver. It is like eating your cake and still having it back” – Abimbola Olashore, Director, Lead Advisory Partners Limited.

“One key advantage of investing in mutual funds is the low investment threshold: You can invest in Nigerian mutual funds with as little as N5,000. Due to the relatively low investment threshold, the market has grown because of the industry’s appeal to retail and individual investors” – Aigbovbioise Aig_Imoukhuede, President, Fund Managers Association of Nigeria.

“On the question of why you think wealth builders should be willing to hire quality advisers, the straightforward answer is that if a wealth builder prefers to be self-dependent, he would be heading for failure in his quest. Human successes are best achieved through the utilisation and coordination of the expert input of others to optimally achieve set goals” – Prince Yemisi Shyllon, a successful and enlightened stocks investor.

On Monday, September 18, 2023, THISDAY ECONOMIC INSIGHTS UNIT (TEIU) shall be publishing a special supplement on Mutual Funds in Nigeria. With many Nigerians now more aware of the dangers of Ponzi schemes, guided investments have now become a clear alternative investment option for individual and corporate investors.

The report will answer these questions:

1. What is a mutual fund?
2. What differentiates investment in mutual funds from investing directly in stocks and financial instruments?
3. How can one invest intelligently in mutual funds?
4. And many more…

In the report, top fund managers will be sharing their views and perspectives on the concept.

Don’t miss it.

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