I put about 16-18 hours of each day into my business because I am building my dream. I want to be significantly successful by the age of 40 and then retire to do only the things I love to do for society while I earn passive income. But as I do this, I want to avoid the mistakes that many successful Africans have committed – i.e. forgetting to prepare their children for success. Some very prosperous people die and everything they worked for dies with them. I don’t want to be like those; I want my prosperity, wealth and legacy to be carried forward to the next generation. That’s why my wife and I doing a lot to prepare our daughter for success.
There are many Ugandans who toil everyday to provide for their children and take them to the best schools, buy them the best luxuries and give them everything money can buy, but never pause to think of how to inspire their children to succeed on their own. But like T. D. Jakes likes to say, it’s not what you leave FOR your child, but what you leave IN your child that matters.
There are about 5 things we are doing to prepare our daughter for future success on her own. Today, I will share one and that’s the culture of saving. Tereza is only 4 years old, but knows money and what it does. She knows that it can be saved and used well. We taught her this principle using a drawer and a piggy bank where she would watch us drop in money every evening. Today, if she sees any money outside her mum’s bag or my wallet, she drops it in. Even when you give her money, that’s where she will keep it.Three year's ago, I got the shock of my life when I went to bookshops to see what Ugandan children were reading. I found stories on vampires, ghosts, dragons, magic and wizards. Most of the books were about evil and negativity. Other stories were too foreign. For instance there we
re stories about skyscrapers of New York even when our children don’t know about the gorillas in Bwindi National Park!
Being a #DoItNow person, I immediately, realized that as WORLD OF INSPIRATION, we needed to take action. We had all along been inspiring multitudes of adults, but sadly forgetting the young ones. I decided to start ‘Inspired Child Series’ where we produce powerful inspirational materials for children. The books under these series inspire children aged 6-13 on themes such as understanding and valuing money, loving work, positive attitude towards life, being polite, respecting people, keeping time, faith in God, developing talents, moral principles, values in life, assertiveness and leadership.
Under these series, we so far have 2 books on the market and the parents who have bought them say their children’s minds have totally been transformed. The first one is ‘WISE MONKEYS’, a story that uses animal characters to teach children the value of saving. The monkey family represents the people who plan for the future. The second book is titled ‘RICH TOFA’. It is an interesting story of a boy from a poor background who is inspired by his parents to work hard at school and in life generally and from early childhood he decides that he must prosper in future.
These books are available at WORLD OF INSPIRATION Centre, located at LLOYDS MALL Ground Floor, Entebbe Road Opposite Kamu Kamu Plaza. You can also reach me personally on 0704666851, 0774107287 to order for your copies to be delivered. Each one costs only 15k.
Other children's books that we have in stock include:
1. Friends (15k)
2. The Adventures of Musigi
3. Brave Prince Michael (15k)
4. The Bad Touch (25k)
5. My School (15k)
And here and the must-read books that we have in stock for parents.
1. Top Secrets of Educating Your Child by Fagil Mandy (30k)
3. Learning from Home - the Mother of all Schools by Fagil Mandy (30k)
3. Maximising Learning in Primary & Secondary Education by Fagil Mandy (30k)
4. Parenting this Generation by Dr Monica Etima (30k)
5. Principle-Based Parenting by Janet Makanga (45k)
#SpecialOffer: If you add up, the cost of the 12 books mentioned above is 267,000 shillings. However, today, I am giving them to you at only 190,000 shillings. Simply come over to our inspirational centre or call the numbers given above. It will be my pleasure to help you inspire your children to success.
Stay blessed and inspired!
#Bake aka #MrInspiration
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