chapter 2
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School Life
Sohail was an average student in school, but he was excellent at solving practical problems.
Teachers often noticed his creativity.
One day, the school organized a small fair.
Students were asked to set up stalls and sell handmade items.
Most students treated it as a game.
Sohail treated it like a real business.
He convinced his friends to create decorative keychains using colorful threads.
Then he designed a simple banner and attracted customers.
By the end of the day, their stall had earned more money than any other.
His teacher was impressed.
"You have a business mind, Sohail," she said.
Those words motivated him even more.
The Internet Changes Everything
When Sohail turned sixteen, his uncle gave him an old smartphone.
The phone wasn't new, but for Sohail it felt like a treasure.
For the first time, he had access to the internet.
Every night, after finishing his studies, he watched videos about entrepreneurship, marketing, and successful business owners.
He learned about people who had started with nothing and built million-dollar companies.
The stories inspired him.
He realized that the world was much bigger than his village.
Opportunities existed everywhere.
The challenge was finding them.
First Attempt at Business
At seventeen, Sohail decided to start his first small venture.
He noticed that many people in his village wanted mobile accessories but had to travel far to buy them.
Using the little savings he had collected, he purchased a small stock of phone covers, chargers, and earphones from a wholesale market.
Then he began selling them from home.
At first, sales were slow.
Some days he sold nothing.
But he refused to quit.
He learned how to talk to customers.
He learned which products people liked.
He learned how to manage money.
Slowly, customers started returning.
Word spread across nearby villages.
Within months, he had doubled his investment.
For the first time in his life, Sohail experienced the thrill of earning money through his own effort.
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