Success story

MY SUCCESS STORY NUR FIRDALIS BINTI NOR AZLI D20172079878 GROUP A PREPARED FOR DR. NADRATUN NAFISAH BINTI ABDUL WAHAB

LIVE THE LIFE Everyone has their own flaws, whether we At 16, I had the chance to enter a vocational want to hold-on to it or let it go to be a college where I decided to take up Business better person. When I was 14 years old, Management as my field of study. The college my parents divorced. I knew is not easy organized an activity for Entrepreneurship for my parents to make the decision when program whereby I eagerly took part together they already have 7 children, I am the with other enthusiastic colleagues. I specifically third. With the decision that had been sell pizza and ice cream which I baked and made made, we learn to accept it. Not easy but them myself. Business is my passion and I love that was what had been written and people interaction. I received a lot of certainly happened for a good reason. We customers, made my own money and at the believed that we would step out from the same time I had the opportunity to help my darkness and meet the rainbow. Every mother out by paying half of my tuition fees. ending is surely a new beginning. I started to open up my options in sales and consider anything that brings in more money For a lady to play the roles as a mother, a for me, thus help to reduce the burden of my father and man of the house - with one love ones. single wing and one man show, life ahead was not easy for my mother. I could feel Entering university life & becoming a university all the pains and struggles she had to go student was another challenge for me. My through to bring us up. From her eyes – I mother refused to take any study loan for me, could only see tiredness but never give up. neither do she wanted to get it for my other The major problem was none other than siblings. She firmly emphasized that she does financial. I could not help it as I was still not want us to be trapped with PTPTN loan, in schooling yet I promised myself to reduce which later we would have to pay them once we her burden. However, the big question start working. I usually brought lunch box to mark is what kind of help I could do to campus almost every day I trained myself not support her? to spend more than I could afford. My class schedule was very pack and I did not have spare time to be a part time worker, yet I still think that I need to help mother out of the burden she is carrying. Next question is what should I do to help?

It is extremely important to do some homework and research about the business, how well the business can bring me cash, to find out who my competitors are, to prepare for the bad and worst risks and my financial ability before starting the business. I could not deny that starting a business could be stressful. It needs a lot of hard work, time and countless effort. I totally agree with this motivational quote – “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”. This inspires me to put strategic planning before everything else. I decided to venture into a homemade corn juice business that later was labelled as - The Corn’tagious by Tía Lish. CHOCOJAR AGENT Least that I expected this business would be boomed in a short time. Promotion through I decided to become an agent for Chocojar social media was very much helpful. I received by Sisters. As I live in Tanjung Malim, many positive responses from friends and every weekend I went to KL for delivery. many prospects out there who wanted to AIthough it is extremely tiring as I would become agents. It was unexpected. I felt on return home late at about 12am, it is top of the world and so grateful to Allah. In worth the time spent for this business as I less than 2 weeks, there was one café at could generate roughly RM500 per week. Sultan Azlan Shah University in Kuala Kangsar I am proud to announce that with this in contacted me to become their supplier. This is mind – I become the top selling agent too good to be true. every weekend. As the time flies, I started to think about THE CORN'TAGIOUS building my own business. I want to be BY TIA LISH rich and have loads of money so that I could share them with my mother and siblings; they could buy anything they always wanted to have without looking at the price tag. The most important thing is to be able to offer them a better life. What business should I do?

In short, it took a year and half for me to have 2400 agents and joint partners with Bumblebee, Nilofa, Chatime, Petronas and some others well-known companies, because of that now I am a billionaire. I did not expect with such a short time, I managed to succeed in this business. Never thought I am gonna listed in Forbes, only sell corn juice can be the richest people on Earth? Nothing impossible as long as you have faith on it. My life has changed 360 degrees. You can do better when you have passion and do not have a word of give up’ in your life dictionary. Success is a journey and my journey continues….. LISTED IN FORBES My mum always said ‘the best will come at the right time when you least expected. Allah knows best. He doesn’t give you what you want, but He gives you what you need at the right time and place’. I’m nobody without my mother blessings and dua’. I am nobody without my family by my side. I am nobody without my friends. I am nobody without their support. They always give me words of encouragement to gain more and be better. And I am nobody without my passion because I know that – When you have passion you can do everything, when you don’t have it you can do nothing.

TIA LISH