it’s time for us to have a heart to heart talk……
I know I am not your parent or your spouse or even your school instructor, but what I have to say to you is quite important because it is time that you deal with some things that might be holding you back from creating the business and life you truly desire..
You know you want to Uplevel, but you have not been able to take the step and make the jump, or you don’t even know the step to take, what is holding you back?.
Before I go on with our talk, I want to digress to let you know that I am starting a weekly show live on Facebook! If you don’t follow our Facebook page, you can do so HERE..

If you do, kindly turn on notifications, so you will know when I am live every Wednesday at 12 noon..
I look forward to this weekly opportunity for us to interact so we can dialogue. I look forward to ‘seeing’ you on the page tomorrow for the first show..
I have wanted to do this show for a long time, so I had to address the things that were holding me back from starting the show before I had this heart to heart talk with you..
Now back to our heart to heart conversation………….
I will like to share some scenarios with you, you might fall into one of this categories: .
Scenario 1. You are stuck in a job or career that you don’t really care about. You complain every time, but you keep going back because; it pays the bills, you should be thankful because others don’t even have jobs….sometimes you allow yourself dream and say; if I could only just start that business I have always dreamed of. Then you wake up to your current reality and tell yourself to ‘be real’. The issue is you go back to the same routine and continue to complain. What is holding you back?.
Scenario 2. You finally get the courage to start your business either as a side hustle or you take the big plunge and go in fully! Wow, you did what a lot of people are afraid to do. However, you seem to be sinking into a deeper sea because surprise, surprise, your dream didn’t quite turn out how you thought. You suddenly find yourself not having ‘enough’ capital to put things in place…Or the customers are not responding to your products or services like you thought….you didn’t know it was going to be so hard and you seem to be trying ‘everything you know’ but yet it does not seem to be working. What is holding you back?.
Scenario 3. You are the real champ, not only have you started your business, but you have run it a few years and made quite a good amount of money. To the outside world, you are the real hero/heroine. You are a business owner/entrepreneur/CEO. The challenge is your business in not growing! You have a desire to scale and build a business empire, but something is not working. You know it and on the down low, you are doing your best but the truth is, it is still a struggle. However, you don’t give up easily and you will keep going at it because you are a fighter. It gets weary at times and you know you are capable of more and your business is capable of much more….What is holding you back?.
Before I go ahead with this talk, which category do you fall into?.
Now for some real talk; 80% of what is holding you back is your mind-set..
Let’s take a common complaint I hear from business owners: I don’t have capital..
My first question: What is capital? Is capital money? (This is what a lot of people call capital) or is capital the equipment you need or the customers who will buy your products?.
My second question: how much capital did God use to create the world? Okay I know you don’t want me to get spiritual on you, but the truth is entrepreneurship is a creative venture and who better to reference than one who created such a vast world?.
Now back to this mind-set business, your mind-set was formed by programming and you have been programmed by information you have repeatedly heard..
I don’t want to push this conversation too deep so I won’t offend your sensibilities too much…just yet. .But I have a simple assignment for you;
1. List all the things that are holding you back? (Be truthful with yourself, I won’t be looking over your shoulders)
2. Examine if they are really challenges or mind-set issues..
If you have the courage, comment below and share them with me, or better still, can you can email me and share privately (tale@talealimi.com). I will keep your response private if you don’t want me to share your response..
Before I conclude, let me share how I confronted something that was holding me back personally. I have always wanted to do a weekly live show so I could interact with you and other members of this tribe closely, but I thought I could not do it just yet…..
Why you might ask? “Well I don’t have the right production equipment, I don’t even have a TV station to air it and I don’t have the sponsors to sponsor my show….I don’t want the same thing that happened to my radio show to happen again (I had a radio show for 5 months last year that had to go off air because the sponsors did not come through).”.
I kept getting a nudge in my heart to start the show, but I thought it was not realistic until one day after hearing a message in Church, it suddenly dawned on me that I had all that I needed!.
I had A Facebook page with over 4,000 followers (Even larger than my audience on radio), I had internet and I had a phone/laptop!.
I knew I no longer had excuses so I am starting my show! Wednesday 6th September by 12noon on Facebook. Join me on FACEBOOK. I will be sharing a bit more about my business journey on the first show and how I overcame many more factors that held me back from succeeding in business..
Also, I want to give you early notice of our upcoming business growth class: mastering the inner game which will hold on Saturday 30th of September in Lagos Nigeria..

It is for people who are tired of being held back and are ready to really GROW their business. I will share more details and the registration page next week..
See you on Facebook!.
‘Tale..

P.S: If you feel you are not good enough to build a successful business, READ THIS: NOT GOOD ENOUGH.