Monday, January 10, 2011

Feature #9: Don Philip, CEO...


Name: Don Philip

Current Job Position Title (ex. Librarian, Teacher, etc.): MD/CEO(POD OF DIAMOND LIMITED)

Company Name: POD OF DIAMOND LIMITED(WWW.PODOFDIAMOND.COM)

Contact Information: maildonphilip@yahoo.com, donphilip@podofdiamond.com.+2348137726623

Special skills: INVENTOR,SINGER/RAPPER,FOOTBALL AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER.
Describe your job story:
I STARTED MY COMPANY IN 2006 I WAS IMPORTING ELECTRONICS TO NIGERIA,LATER THE IMPORTATION BUSINESS WENT SOUR AND I BECAME FRAUSTRATED CAUSE I WAS INDEBTED BUT NEVER GAVE UP.I DECIDED TO RUN TO MY PASTOR IN CHURCH FOR HELP AND WHEN I GOT TO HIM I ASKED HIM FOR MONEY TO OFFSET MY DEBT AND HE TOLD ME THAT WHAT I NEED NOW IS GOD AND NOT MONEY SO HE ADVISED ME TO WAIT ON THE LORD IN A FAST,WHICH I DID FASTED FOR 14 DAYS ASKING GOD MY PURPOSE HERE ON EARTH AND ON THE LAST DAY OF THE FAST WHILE I WAS LEAVING THE CHURCH PREMISES I QUICKLY GRABED A NEWS PAPER TO SEE WHAT WAS ON THE NEWS,WHEN I OPENED THE FIRST PAGE I SAW A KIA AUTOMOBILE ADVERT,ADVERTISING THEIR VARIOUS BRANDS OF CARS AND IMMEDIATELY I SAW IT I HEARD A CLEAR INVINCIBLE VOICE SAY TO ME THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO.

I PAUSED FOR A WHILE CAUSE THE MESSAGE WAS NOT CLEAR TO ME, I GOT HOME THAT DAY AND DISCUSSED IT WITH A FRIEND AND HE SAID GOD JUST SPOKE TO YOU AND IF THE MESSAGE IS NOT CLEAR WHY DON’T YOU WAIT ON GOD IN A FAST AGAIN FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MESSAGE,SO I DID WAIT FOR 7 MORE DAYS IN A FAST AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE FAST AT ABOUT 2AM I FELT A HAND TOUCHED ME AND WHEN I WOKE UP THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE ROOM WITH ME,MY WARDROBE IS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE MY BED,INSTEAD OF SEEING ME WARDROBE I SAW A SCREEN ON THE WARDROBE DOOR AND IN THE SCREEN I SAW A HAND CREATING SOMETHING,I KEPT SEEING THIS FOR 10 DAYS AND ON THE LAST DAY I SAW THE COMPLETE PRODUCT THE HAND WAS CREATING AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WAS NOT IN EXISTENCE AND AT THAT POINT I UNDERSTOOD THE MESSAGE THE VOICE I HEARD WAS SAYING, I STARTED MY RESEARCH CAME UP WITH THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURED THE PRODUCT AND I HAVE THE PATENT OVER THE PRODUCT,WHICH OPENED MORE DOORS FOR MORE INVENTIONS THAT TODAY I HAVE DESIGNED A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE UNIMAGINABLE WHICH AM PROCESSING THE PATENT FOR IT.

THE FIRST PRODUCT I DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED GAVE MY COMPANY THE BOOST THAT WE NEVER HAD THAT TODAY MY COMPANY’S ANNUAL TURNOVER IS OVER 50 MILLION DOLLARS,TODAY WE RUN THE LARGEST FLEET OF COPERATE TAXI IN NIGERIA AND ALSO THE BEST MOBILE DIGITAL ADVERT PLATFORM IN THE WORLD,TO GOD ALONE BE ALL THE GLORY.

What did you want to be when you were a child/ teenager?
A BUSINESSMAN

Are doing your dream job?
YES AND HOPE TO SOAR HIGHER

What do you like MOST about what you do?
KNOWING THAT I PROVIDE SOLUTION TO PEOPLES PROBLEMS AND PUT SMILES ON THEIR FACES.

What do you like the LEAST?
NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM MY CLIENT IS FACING.

Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?
TO BE ON THE FORBES LIST AS ONE OF THE WORLDS RICHEST MEN AND A BILLIONAIRE OR THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD.(LOL)

Are you happy with where you are in life?
YES AM VERY HAPPY AND HOPE FOR THE BEST TO COME.

What more do you want to do with your life?
TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST

What drives/motivates you?
THE ALMIGHTY GOD HAS BEEN MY MORTIVATOR AND INSPIRATION,AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE.

What else do you do?
I RUN AN NGO WERE WE TAKE CARE OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.

What is your advice to those who are seeking employment and have no hope?
MY ADVICE TO THEM IS NEVER GIVE UP NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH,WHATEVER STATE YOU ARE IN IS ONLY THE DARKEST NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE,IF ONLY YOU CAN HOLD ON THERE IS A THE DAWN OF ANOTHER GLORIOUS,BLESSED AND DIFFERENT DAY AROUND THE CORNER.EVERY BEING ON EARTH HAS A SPECIAL GIFT FROM GOD,LOOK DEEP INSIDE AND ASK YOUR CREATOR TO HELP YOU ACTIVATE THE GIFT HE DEPOSITED INSIDE OF YOU SO YOU CAN FULFILL YOUR DESTINY.

http://www.podofdiamond.com/

1 comment:

  1. You gave some wonderful advice! Everything we need to be successful and change the world is already inside of us, we just have to activate it. Wonderful words of wisdom.

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