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The 17k Strategy

The 17k Strategy started out as a method for scaling wealth using the internet of value and gradually evolved to seek understanding into the integral parts of an individual's mind whereby through attention or inattention the eventuality of their life is hinged on. The 17k Strategy is founded on the inseparable relationship between the behavioral pattern of the individual and the gross outcome of their life. [Thompson, 28-March-2025 to 28-March-2026]

The 17k Strategy in Perspective

For 300 days with the sponsorship of Tom Haven International Resources, and VSS Marketplace (some of the companies founded by Thompson) the 17k Strategy initiative successfully invested $11 an equivalent of #17,000 Naira daily, a net total of $3,300 for a period 10 months. This investment consistently grew an average interest of 3.42% monthly with estimated average interest of 34.20% during the 10 months period.
In March 2025 when the group kicked off with the investment plan, their selected stock was trading at $618 per unit while at the peak of the market rally in October, just 7 months into the plan they experienced an upward market rally and the investment more-than doubled as the stock price went up to $1375. They later sold in profit when the market retraced to $906 in January 2026 indicating the bull market was over, they saw this as a necessary decision considering that they were working with an aggressive strategy in a highly volatile investment space. This translated into a final closing of the position with a 66.03% interest which translates into $2,178.00 gross profit on the initial investment of $3,300.
In this period, the strategy revealed its ubiquities which were not limited to but richly covers major aspects of life whereby-through repeated actions a person can become utterly miserable or profoundly admirable. That is to say, one should not be watched away beckoning solely to the financial breakthrough of the strategy but also sought the value of its relatives which are more concerning to our everyday lives. The 17k strategy is founded on the inseparable relationship between the behavioral pattern of the individual and the gross outcome of their life. Together, let us examine this statement with these four relatives;
1. Finance: For example, a person who never complains that a serving is too much and always empties their plate, (considering the pace at which this is done) such a person is displaying the trait of an individual who by chance can be financially irresponsible, and this goes on to buttress why the 17k Strategy do not recognize hope as one of its relatives. The preposition of run it dry today because tomorrow is going to take care of itself has proven to be completely unreliable. It remains a great defeat to our collective ego to discover that Ants and Rodents has a better understanding of seasons, and does a better job at saving for Gawd-knows-when than 90% of the human population, which is why the Strategy moves further to say a person who has no logical understanding of what it means to have what they need at every given moment might very well not know how to turn excess into more value. Best no other time but now, Thompson uses these illustrations to rekindle a basic fact that the actual existential habits of an individual compounded over-time can imperceptibly interfere with their financial emotional impulses (the impulse to be financially wasteful), whereas it is highly necessary for the wise to be able to tarry at any given moment and put into perspective the forgone cost of any financially implied action.
Retrospectively, when a person pays maximum attention to their thought-impulse-actions and charge them under voluntary control, they invariably build their intuition, and when that habit repeats a good number of times it is cemented into the mind in such a way that a life full of regret as a result of poor decisions becomes less likely.
2. Marriage: Finance has deliberately been addressed before marriage as we consider the interdependent relationship of the 17k Strategy and the basic principles or disciplines that shapes the outcome of our lives. It is now widely accepted that finance and sex are the two major causes of most divorce cases in recent past, and the chart still looks trendy judging from our gross irresponsibility and financial unaccountability. Thompson sights the instance of a person who did not have wealthy grandparents with a sustainable financial structure or wealthy parents with a sustainable financial structure, there is no doubt such a person is highly unlucky and handicapped by more than 140 years of history-not plotting a financial autonomous path for him/her.
Speaking of a financial autonomous path, Thompson also sights that one can think of this as;
• A sole-proprietorship with multiple income farming investments.
• A partnership through Joint Ventures with income receivables through rent and royalties.
• A trust that warehouses assets of multiple trustees with a management structure that is tested and trusted to custody/ manage and multiply the value of those assets over-time while paying dividends to stakeholders.
Thompson sees this question as a very crucial one, if two can work together unless they agree?
Money, as postulated by a wise economist-in its essence is the measure of a man’s choices and without it there wouldn’t be an evolved society. At this point he calls on our collective ego, since that is the organized conscious mediator that stands in the way of one's willingness to be submissive and truly present or put aside most of the age-old hang-ups. This is to the men, get used to it that a woman from times memorial is an efficient multi-taxer but rarely go into unknown/ dangerous terrains without some sense of security to bank on.
Thompson advises Men to talk to their wives/ partners no matter the nature of the business they do so long as that is the source of provision because Women just want to be informed, they can handle more psychologically and they care very little about getting practically involved. Submission is not demanded where there is understanding, it is no more an idea in the times we live that there are conditions where the woman is a better provider-bringing the better chunk of money home but because the man is a proven protector, highly resourceful and dependable in some other way harmony is not short-lived. The 17k Strategy says, when there is no need for one to flex their strength-coupled with a clear definition of values, competition is less likely.
Finally, the strategy identifies marriage as a complex institution, but a marriage that lacks financial inclusion, psychological transparency, and clarity is a complex complicated union.
3. Health: The people who say “until they can boast of having constructive thoughts, none of which involving how to make money they will not exercise or prioritizing any habits with a high margin on sustainable healthy living. Are they really serious?
Without mincing words, the 17k Strategy does not take sides when it comes to how an individual decides to prioritize the various aspects of their lives which altogether constitutes the totality of the status of their life as a result of decisive planning or outright neglect. The brain can be imperceptibly reactive in an attempt to create order without applying the same logic to understanding the root-course of disorder. Never think people lack the potential to discover what is good for their health but still choose not to prioritize their health - because of the craftiness of some short-lived benefit. History has it in her archives - stories of men who have been diligent with healthy habits and still did not make it to 40 years of age, while there are those who lived a perpetually catastrophic life of constant abuse that lived above age 70, because of such occurrences which beats medicine and logic, the 17k Strategy perceives it a commendable act to take the position of an observer when one truly do not have enough data from the point of requisite personal experience to say to another how they should live their lives.
What Thompson will rather tip you is a moment of truth you can live with for the rest of your life, that there is a market for your habits, your habits which are beneficial to the event of your ecology be they ill or sane. It is an actuality the world is a conglomerate of structures, with every structure having sub-structures, and every structure is pervaded by series of events which are fundamentally symbiotic for the purpose of keeping the energy within that ecological structure at equilibrium.
4. Branding: Here, Thompson begins with a bible verse he finds interesting, 2nd Timothy 2:22 , “Run away from the evil things that young people long for, try HARD to do what is right. Have faith, love and peace. Do these things together with those who call on the lord from a pure heart”. But he would rather paraphrase the last part as "do these things together with those who are innocent" as he has found out the first trait of an innocent person is rarity of judgement. Humanity is already divided into many categories – ethnically, racially, economically, educationally, socially, geographically, and so, in Thompson's opinion, showing compassion is perceived a higher quality than being hostile because by our programming, humans are consciously or unconsciously always erecting artificial barriers.
If somebody walks up to you now and ask; how can I identify you? Majority of people will give answers that are basically superficial, subjects that holds meaning to them according to certain borrowed values and morals with no substantial historical preservation or connection as practiced by a particular family unit, a group or a community. Judging from the vagueness of these responses the authenticity of a persons identity becomes largely questionable. The 17k Strategy proceeds to highlight, that in this age and time when the world is washed afloat with change leaders, giving any room for one's brand to be second-guessed is enough proof that they are unfit to lead others or compel others to prioritize their services.
Thompson sighted an example with Virgil Abloh’s Off-White Flagship after his passing. Big enough was the flagship right, and luxury followed due to his history of working for and collaborating with big names and brands. In his research preparing this text, he discovered that inasmuch as Virgil had an attention catching idea that was making its way to the top of a particular culture, he worked very little on the generational framework to keep the trademark alive as a precaution for the unpredictability of the always swinging life's pendulum. History delineates, the messiah Jesus only lived for 33 years, but he was wise enough to not let momentary gratification sway him from picking 12 worthy partners to collaborate with to make concrete his gift of a generational brand. The honorable teacher Jim Rohn said, work harder on yourself than you do on your job, conversely, the 17k Strategy says, work harder on modeling the systems that will sustain your brand/ identity than you do on the aspects of your branding that brings short-term benefits. Let us address the more important part, it usually takes a while before a person refines themselves and become impeccable in the areas where their expertise in the form of a service will be best delivered and in return, appreciated. As one of my favorite minister back in the days and I still listen to, Pst. Chris Delvan Gwamna, a Christian gospel minister puts it-he said “worship is like a river flowing from everlasting to everlasting, but from generation to generation the universe randomly gives men straws to pipe down this atmosphere of worship. Now, contrasted to the subject of our dialect the 17k Strategy warns that a person is entering into corruption the moment they cannot identify the value of structure be it physical or psychological once they discover they have been honored with an idea that can potentially become a generational brand.
Many a times we vulnerably accept the doctor’s judgement that some particular constituents that makes up the organic capsule of the human organism are more important-compared to others but contrary to that, the organism invalidates such deductions owing to its organic nature, else an individual may be inclined to spend more than 85% of their living days from the moment of birth in the ICU due to constant conflict over these priorities if thus ever become a conscious thesis in their organic structure. We now understand, as every cell’s existence is dependent on the existence of another, such should the individual organize their growth trajectory, and branding in a manner that promotes equanimity and never undermining the implication of continuous improvement.
In conclusion, the 17k Strategy has uncovered that the best approach to creating lasting innovation in the context of branding is through the proper understanding of WHAT IS. That is to say, to see lasting innovation as an incremental process (a rhythm), and not an outcome that is fastened to one big leap forward or the invention of a unique idea-but consciously making small things better in small ways everywhere you can on a daily basis.

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