The World is changing and you don’t want to be left behind

Covid-19 has changed the world and things will never be the same.

• Everybody wearing face masks like we are characters from mortal Kombat
• We now greet with our elbows and not the conventional handshakes.
• Most interviews are been conducted virtually(you don’t want to be caught wearing pyjamas)
• The naira has become even more useless
• People cannot eat in restaurants anymore and have to order their food online.
• Smart Businesses taking their businesses online and marketing aggressively.

I’d suggest we prepare ourselves for post Covid because as a young Nigerian living in Nigeria, things are going to get pretty rough(things are already rough by the way.

You have to learn to take care of yourself so you can also be capable enough to take care of your neighbour.

You have to understand that we are in a country that doesn’t care about you and they are not coming to save you anytime soon.

The lockdown was recently suspended but most people lost their jobs because most businesses or firms were not Built for this kind of emergency.

Most businesses get their revenues from daily transactions to take care of recurring expenses like rent, electricity bills, payment of workers and so on.

So I’m sure this questions would be running through your mind.

How do I earn in this tough times?

You can lose your job but there is one thing that can never be taken away from you and that is your SKILL.

In these times, Acquisition of skills are very important or if you have one you should think of using it as a side hustle because one thing this lockdown has thought us is that you cannot depend on job security.

There are a couple of online platforms you could learn skills from and with constant practice you could perfect those skills and earn good money from them. These are a couple of them:

• Udemy
• Coursera
• Hubspot
• LinkedIn learning
• Future learn

Because of the pandemic, the cost of these courses have become very low considering the financial situation of most people.

These are the top ten skills to learn online today:

• Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
• Web development
• Affiliate marketing
• Email marketing
• Graphic design
• Copywriting
• Photography
• Translating and languages

You just need to pick one of these skills, be consistent with it and continue practicing until you become a master at it and the good thing about these courses is that you can work remotely and deliver your work.

I believe you shouldn’t be left off guard when these situations try to threaten your way of life and you should armed and ready to take the offensive approach by mastering a skill today.