NEVER SAY NEVER {WITH AN EXCEPTION}

I have grown to the point that I know better than to never say never ever, this is not because I am not rigid with my decisions, but because I have come to understand that life isn't black and white, things one felt they would never do in their lifetime maybe something they would have to hold on to for survival under different circumstances. This is why I am not quick to blame people for their decisions when results go south, I have in the past had a long list of things I said NO NO to, but later on I came to understand I was just a child, (Not literally, but in mind) now circumstances has changed and if I will survive I must drop my childish decisions, and I did.

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In terms of jobs, right now there are quite many jobs I wouldn't do or would not want to do no matter how hard things are for me simply because I don't think I even have the strength or capacity to do them. Then again I wouldn't say never to these Jobs, but can only pray I never meet a circumstance that would drive me into making them an option. Among many, I would like to highlight that I do not see myself doing the following jobs

• Teaching

• Caregiving

• Factory Jobs.

I really admire people doing any of these Jobs, because of the effort one will need in getting them done. I can teach, but please not in a classroom as a subject teacher. Instead, I would prefer teaching a skill or something more realistic to life. Caregivers and factory workers are another set of people I hold in high esteem, I can't even imagine myself doing their kind of Job. Factory workers have to bear the heat and pressure of the factory, caregivers… My God, these sets of people are a gift to mankind. I mean I can't begin to imagine myself helping a handicapped person do the stuffs… I could probably for a loved one, but I do not know if I could do it as a job. I really hope I never get to do it as a Job.

But again there's one job I think I will put as an exception. I will never do it at all costs, and that is because I have had the opportunity to do it at some point In my life, also attempted it, and later made a decision never to do It. That is no other than the common internet fraud we see daily. I remember some years back, someone came to me with a very rare offer, my full name was the name of a Nigerian multimillionaire who had just passed on, and the bank manager saw that the man didn't have any close family members that could inherit his wealth. The bank manager along with some of his colleagues and lawyers had everything planned and wanted to use me as bait.

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All I needed to do was appear in court to testify that I was related to the deceased and according to them, they will take over from there. There was an instant 10 million dollars worth of cash, an asset to my name (if it went as planned) that they would leave for me, with a deal that I sign off over 80 million dollars worth of cash and gold assets in the bank's possession to them. I was really scared at first, but they assured me nothing would go wrong as even the judge was on their side. But then I gave it a second thought, I asked myself a question; If I get rich today from this man's wealth, how would I tell my children tomorrow I made my money when I want to teach them about the benefits of hard work. With that thought in mind I told them I was no longer interested in any of it. They tried to convince me that nothing would go wrong and there was nothing to fear, but I let them understand it was no longer a matter of fear, but my principles.

They were really disappointed with my decisions and the bank manager expressly said that I didn't know what I was throwing away because I wouldn't see such an opportunity again. But I told him if that was what would make me rich, I would rather die poor. My words were tested a few months later when all hell was let loose on my dad's finances and I was hovering around the internet until I saw a product a lot of people were looking for. I thought of an idea to start up a Ponzi scheme with that product which I did on my own, and in three days I was already having almost $1000 in my account. But then on the night of the third day, I was restless, I knew I was going against everything I stood for, so the next morning I sent everyone back their capital and told them the project had crashed. Some people even believed so much in the project that they reached out to me so they could sponsor it, but I turned down their help and insisted I wasn't going back on my decision to stop the project. It was at that moment I decided I would never partake in any form of fraudulent activity for any reason on earth.

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