In recent times, Paddy Adenuga, son of Nigerian Business Magnate, Mike Adenuga shared his experience attempting to acquire the Chevron of Netherlands at age 29. This was an exceptionally inspiring and well written story with many lessons to learn. This article highlights 25 major lessons learned from Paddy’s story as listed below;

1. Don’t be comfortable with the status Quo
2. Challenge yourself
3. Have a Vision
4. Be Passionate about your vision
5. Invest in your vision
6. Carefully setup a team that believes in you and your vision
7. Trust your guts
8. Take risks
9. Don’t limit yourself
10. Be Confident
11. Have a Mentor
12. Grow your network
13. Associate with credible people
14. Always dress the part
15. Know what you want
16. Do due diligence
17. Prayer is Key
18. Be relentless
19. Go big or go home
20. Live and have fun while striving for success
21. Be strategic
22. Don’t let your pride get in the way of success
23. Be open-minded
24. Don’t under-estimate anyone
25. Let your mistakes empower you

To read Paddy’s Adenuga’s original story, click this Link and carefully take note of other lessons not included in this article; this is a must-read for everyone.