Oil your financial goals with guts

TUNDE OYEDOYIN  

Tunde Oyedoyin is a London-based personal finance coach and founder of Money Intelligence Coaching Academy, a specialist academy of personal finance. He can be reached as follows: +447846089587 (WhatsApp only); E-mail: tu5oyed@gmail.com

I’ve always loved passing through Paddington station, be it to just unwind, meet up with someone or for breakfast. The atmosphere’s always a blend of real buzz and beauty. But there was even an added flavour to it while passing through during one of the freezing days of the first half of this month.

It started as soon as I heard Leonard Cohen’s song “hallelujah, hallelujah, ..” on coming up the stairs from the eastbound platform of the Hammersmith and City line tube on the penultimate Saturday evening. Boy oh boy! l was longing to see where it was coming from. After passing through the ticket barrier, the waiting was over.

Clad in a long, brown, winter jacket similar to one of those on display while recently at a Marks and Spencer store, was the busker serenading commuters in her element. The woman in her late 30s struck the strings of her guitar like a pro and sang as if she was at an X Factor audition in front of Simon Cowell and other judges. While the music itself and her carriage could have earned her the needed number of “yeses” to progress to the next stage of the audition, as I walked away towards the black cabs’ area and the music faded, it was her effort that lingered on.

You can take this to the bank, she’s not the only artiste dreaming of a better 2025. But guess what? Not only has she hit the ground running, she has started earning as well. Londoners always appreciate buskers by dropping cash. Forgot to drop some, though. Will surely invest in her effort next time. Believe you me, she’s on the way towards realising part of her financial goals.

Folks, you need guts to oil those financial goals of yours. Irrespective of whether you want to make your first American holiday this year or to launch that business, take a cue from that busker and put yourself out there. Get to work immediately. Set things in motion for turning those financial goals into reality.

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