Rajah A. Smith inspires youth group members to become pioneers
It is with this in mind that Virgin Islander businessman Rojah A. Smith decided to offer a few words of inspiration and motivation when he met last evening, October 26, 2012 with an exuberant bunch of mostly nineteen-year-olds, who happened to be Seventh Day Adventists.
Mr Smith, who is the owner and manager of No Limit Business Services which provides services such as cleaning, construction and excavation, said his business was started when he was the same age as most of the youths that were present.
Smith told the youngsters that he was very committed to assist in any way he could with the development of other young persons and expressed that it was not an easy ride on their way up since he had been there.
“Your hopes, dreams and whatever you aspire to be are achievable with consistency and will,” he advised adding that no one could mortgage their future but themselves.
He stressed the importance of early preparation for the toil ahead towards becoming innovative pioneers by setting new paths and avoiding paved roads.
The progressive business owner directed them to set their sights on becoming employers someday and not just employees by denying their fears, showing up and standing up to speak with courage.
“There is no shortcut to success,” he stated, “you have to put in time; you have to put in work.”
His encouragement to them was to not be deterred by stress and frustration as no one was perfect. “Let your critics critique and take in your criticism,” he said, “but never let that get you down…”
“Instead harness your criticism into energy, energy you need to move forward,” he said “by the time you got there you would realise that you have surpassed your expectations.”
He encouraged them to seek help and advice while setting their goals and executing them.
The youths questioned him on his path to success and shared some of their individual goals and aspirations as well as the evening progressed.
Most of them had already started working towards their dreams; some by studying at the local college and others in offices to get the experience they felt was needed to climb higher in their prospective fields of endeavour.
One particularly outspoken young lady, Murcella, said “the discussion was really interesting and important” since she felt that there weren't many adults that volunteered their time to meet small youth groups like theirs to provide guidance. The aspiring lawyer and psychologist said, “I always wanted to own my own business, but never really sat down in a discussion… to understand how you could start and also [have the process explained], so the information was valued and accepted.”
BJ, who was also vocal at the group meeting, said “In one way, it motivated me to start a business, a small business and will help me a lot in starting it.” He said if Rojah hadn't come by he wouldn't have felt motivated to start a business and was grateful that he did.
The group leader, Cassandra, revealed that she had started the group about a year ago on her own initiative and watched the numbers grow over the period. The group meets every Friday at 7 P.M. at the Breezeway of the Central Administration Complex building in Road Town.
Cassandra noted that the talk was thought provoking and felt many of the youths were left motivated to strive for even higher goals after listening to Rojah.
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