A journey of personal growth of an aspiring billionaire entrepreneur
Marriage & Relationships
The Apprentice & The Family Man’s Creed
Mar 17th
This is the Family mans Creed. It goes out to all the men out there, married or single, we are still charged to live to these standards.
With Gods help I will do my best to:
Praise and Honor God daily in my thoughts, my words and my deeds thus establishing the foundation for my success as a true family man.
Honor and Respect my Wife, loving her as Christ loves the church and faithfully demonstrating my life long commitment to providing for her needs.
Spiritually protect my Family, by consistently interceeding in prayer for their needs, establishing the Word of God as our homes final authority. Boldly declaring “As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord”
Emotionally protect my Family, by speaking words of blessings and encouragement, spending lots of time together and remembering to be slow to anger and quick to extend mercy.
Physically protect my family, through hardwork, preparedness and diligence, understanding that my call as a family man requires daily sacrifice.
Be faithful to my Family by ensuring regular weekly church attendance and faithful giving of my time and resources in addition to maintaining relationships with other Christian men for accountability and edification.
Ask the Lord daily for Wisdom and His empowerment that I may More >
The Apprentice & the 13 unbreakable laws of success
Nov 6th
Today in my mail, I discovered a pleasant bonus in one of my weekly inspirational newsletters. The 13 absolutely unbreakable laws of success by Brian Tracy, one of my favorite motivational speakers. Here it is in simple and no nonsense breakdown of things you must learn to do to achieve great and lasting success in your life. I give you, the 13 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Success.
1. The Law of Control:You feel good about yourself to the degree at which you feel you are in control of your own life.
2. The Law of Responsibility:You are completely responsible for everything you are and for everything you become and achieve.
3. The Law of Direction:Successful people have a clear sense of purpose and direction in every area of their lives.
4. The Law of Compensation:You are always fully compensated for whatever you do, positive or negative.
5. The Law of Service:Your rewards in life will always be in direct proportion to the value of your service to others.
6. The Law of Applied Effort:All things are amenable to hard work.
7. The Law of Overcompensation:If you always do more than you are paid for, you will always be paid more More >
Let It Be You by Jim Rohn
Sep 15th
I was richly blessed by this. We often ask ourselves, Why can’t I ever be the one who succeeds, why can’t I ever be the one with great relationships, why can’t I be the one interviewed in African Woman… Well the great news is it can be you. Jim Rohn puts it so nicely in this almost poetic piece which I thought i’d share with you today. Let it be you.
Each and every day, there are people all around the country and world who are living their dreams. Millionaires are made every day. Families are experiencing tremendous relationships. People are becoming more and more healthy. Lifelong learners are growing intellectually and improving their chances for success.
The fact is, living the life of your dreams is possible. People prove that every day. Someone somewhere is going to get rich, get healthy and improve their life. My recommendation is this: Let it be you!
Have you ever wanted to make more money? Have you ever looked at someone who has money and wished it could be you? People think about getting wealthy all the time, when only a small percentage actually do. But any of the masses could. Someone is going to start a More >
Celebrating one year of marriage and pondering the lessons learned.
Sep 7th
On September 5th, my wife and I celebrated our first year anniversary. It’s hard to believe that a whole year has actually past. It feels like only a few days ago that we were stressing over guest lists, decorations and insane parents. I still remember how things came to a head the day before the wedding and my then fiancé and I had a major blowout and didn’t speak till 2hours before the service. At the time, I wished doubted everything in my life except gravity but today we are so much stronger and better people than we were back then.
The bible in the Book of Deuteronomy 24:5, advises that recently married couples should take the first year off to learn to love one another. I cannot overstate how vital this can be towards a successful marriage in the long haul. I thank The Master that He has orchestrated events such that I have been able to enjoy several months uninterrupted by work or war to learn to love my wife. I wish I could have had a proper year but someone needs to put food on the table right?
To put it simply, the past year has been such a More >
Truths about borrowing money that I’ve learned from loan sharks
Aug 24th
It seems like in this world we live in today, it’s impossible to actually live without borrowing money. Everywhere you turn either yourself or someone you know is indebted.
Well over the last several weeks, a series of events all related to loan sharks and borrowed money have opened my eyes to certain truths that I’d like to share with you today. It’s my hope that you and I will see the fallacy of this dangerous lifestyle of borrowing that we are unconsciously comfortable with.
Lesson 1: Luzira express. Failure to pay debts is a criminal offence punishable with jail time.Ok, this one I honestly didn’t know but it’s a scary fact. Even if you owe someone 10,000UGX and they take you to court over failure to pay, well you can be sentenced to jail time. I came to learn this lesson by the unwarranted instruction of a two loan sharks to whom my brothers were indebted. Suffice to say, they both have been arrested and only released upon lots of lobbying. I never used to get it but the basic principle is that getting you arrested is a strong arm technique by the sharks to force your friends and family More >
Ridiculosity of Weddings ii: Aftermath
Jan 27th
Greetings all, it was a hectic weekend indeed as we had to do this wedding I spoke of in my last post which you read here. Well Praise The Master, cause it turned out to be a beautiful wedding. I was tremendously happy for my bro. I even made the speech that stole the occasion
But thats not to say it was easy function. Even till 9pm we were discreetly going around trying to solicit money from anyone in order to pay the music provider! Food run out and about 60 of the 300 or so people didn’t eat. The rain was a b***h all day. And it was an open air reception so you can imagine how that messed us up. Looking for tents at the last minute, trying to change the venue to indoors and then back again…sigh.
All in all, God really used those in the committee to do an amazing patch up job.These people were fantastic. Inspite of all the dramatic drama, insult hurling power plays and blame-gaming, the couple are now married. And I’m blessed by that. They have made a major spiritual victory because both groom and bride come from parents who weren’t married. So More >
The Ridiculosity of Weddings
Jan 23rd
Is it just me or is getting married more popular than ntinda pork joints nowadays? Everywhere you turn there’s at least like 5weddings your aware of at any given time. Don’t get me wrong. Marriage and pork are great but getting wedded, most certainly is not.
You see, people are so ridicously obsessed with the wedding day. The cars, the decorations, the clothing, the guest list–who’s who, the cake, even the party poppers!!! Lo but the financial, emotional and spiritual cost of these things is staggering.
I’m married and I assure you that it’s a nightmare putting a wedding together. Surprisingly, the main reason isn’t the cost or logistics. No. It’s the humans involved, from the in-laws, out-laws, friends, service providers to even the bride and groom. Selfishness and self-centeredness are at the root. When it comes to weddings everyone forgets what’s really truly important, and that is, making an eternal commitment to one another before God and men. We actually forget about the bride and groom.
I am incensed at this. I don’t care much for weddings. Marriage is a sacred and immensely important. Everyone deserves to start it on a good footing. Today’s wedding preps strain even the strongest foundations More >
