HOW TO PREPARE YOUR CHILDREN FOR SUCCESS

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR CHILDREN FOR SUCCESS - By Robert bake Tumuhaise

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

THE DANGER OF THINKING YOU ARE WORKING SMART

#EntrepreneurshipSeries: There is no short-cut to success that does not involve hard work. Don’t be too fast to talk about smart work if you haven’t persistently worked hard on your dream.

There is a very wrong attitude cropping up in Uganda these days. Some people want to earn without working. I often get people begging me to buy them lunch and when I tell them to come and I give them work so that they can earn that lunch, they look at me with the ‘you_think_Iam_that-cheap’ look and walk away. They somehow think they are entitled to getting money without working.

When you send such a person with 150,000 shillings to WORLD OF INSPIRATION to buy for you books, he will bring you only 3 books and tell you that the prices increased and hence there is no balance. In fact, he will tell you how he used his own money for transport and ask you for a refund. Yet this week WORLD OF INSPIRATION is selling 5 books at 100,000! So he will make a difference of over 50,000 from you and call that smart work. But that's not smart work. It is not even work. It’s stealing.

For some people, working smart means earning without working. That’s far from the truth. Working smart means that you persistently worked so hard, got results, but with experience kept learning and figuring out how to put in less time and effort yet achieving the same results or even more. So, smart work, does not exclude hard work; it builds on hard work. Hence, if you want to earn good money, start by working hard and along the way you will master how you can bring in smart work. Money is a tool that facilitates exchange of value, meaning that to get it you must give some equivalent value back. If you see rich person, know that he/she has been consistently giving great value to society. Even if you inherit wealth or win it, you cannot maintain and grow it if you are not adding value to society.

Today, I recommend for you HE TAUGHT ME TO DREAM, written by Dr Rosemary Byanyima, featuring the success story of her dad, JOSEPH BYANYIMA. The book was written in honor of Mzee Byanyima at his 90th birthday. I took that photo on the cover about 2 months to his 90th birthday, but see how young he looks. He is healthy and still drives his car! This is a man who rose from being a simple primary teacher to a teacher's tutor and later to a head of a Teacher Training College. Today, in his retirement, he owns a school, a great farm and a mega tree plantation.

Following in his footsteps, his daughter whom he taught to dream, became a leading scientist in the field of radiology (diagnosing disease using scans and x-rays). She sits on international boards in that field. In fact she is one of the owners of KAMPALA IMAGING CENTRE, which is a fast growing business with 4 branches in Uganda.

This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to dream big and also inspire his/her children to also dream big. If you have interest in the school/education business, you urgently need this book. A copy costs only 30k. Remember, this week, we have the #Save50k promotion in which we are giving you 5 books (worth 150k) at only 100k. Include this book #HeTaughtMeToDream in the package you choose. I am at WORLD OF INSPIRATION (located at LLOYDS MALL Entebbe Road) waiting to serve you. If you need me to send your package, call me on 0704666851, 0779911844.

#Bake aka #MrInspiration

MD WORLD OF INSPIRATION

The Trusted Source of Inspiration

HOW TO SUCCEED THROUGH BLESSING OTHERS

#SuccessPrinciple: You want to succeed in business, career, leadership, investment, spiritual life etc? Here's a principle: You cannot prosper unless you become a spiritual solution provider to the people in your territory.

When I arrive at WORLD OF INSPIRATION, before I do anything, I make the sign of Jesus' cross at LLOYDS MALL and declare that by the victory from the precious blood of Jesus there's no power other than the power of God that will operate in the building where I work.

I proceed to ask the angels of God to stand on top of LLOYDS MALL and the roads leading to it - Entebbe Road, Luwuum Street, Kampala Road Nasser Road and Nkrumah Road - to watch over and protect everyone who steps in the area whether they're coming to my business or not.

I dedicate myself, my workmates and all our products that WORLD OF INSPIRATION shall be a point of contact for all our customers to experience the power and divine intervention of God in every area of their lives. I learnt this from my friend Dr Edward Kazaire of #KazireHealthProducts who spends an hour in Holy Mass every morning praying that God will use his products to heal and deliver his customers. No wonder Kazire is now among the top 5 fastest growing brands in Uganda. So I use the same principle to pray that God will use our inspirational materials and courses to change lives.

I invoke the fire of the Holy Spirit to terminate every negative spirit in the spiritual realm across my territory and then I make prophetic declarations, blessing everyone connected to me by business, friendship, faith, blood, physical contact etc. Often, either that same day or in the next few days, I get testimonies from people confirming exactly what was declared in the prayer.

Why do I labour so much to pray for other people? It's because God has not blessed me for myself alone, but for his kingdom. Your purpose is bigger than you. WORLD OF INSPIRATION is bigger than me. It's God's tool to bless his people. Hence, wherever a child of God is, the fact that you are there alone is a reason enough for God to bless the people there. Joseph was just a houseboy but his master's entire household prospered because of his presence. The Bible goes on to show that even the nation of Egypt was blessed with food when the entire middle East was having a stinging famine simply because Joseph was there. He was their point of contact with God's realm.

Start today to be a blessing to the people in your territory. If you do not put in effort, you'll find yourself being negatively affected. You will carry the bandage of others. You'll be a casualty of wars you do not understand. Imagine if you don't pray for your landlord and he brings a witchdoctor to make sacrifices in the building you are renting? What happens when your customers or service providers keep dedicating  their money to the devil through human blood sacrifices simply because you did not pray for them? What happens to you, if you are not praying for your workmates and they begin bringing fetishes at your workplace to 'protect' their jobs? At the end of the day, praying for others people is actually praying for yourself.

In the name of Jesus, I cover you and everyone else connected to me with God's pillar of fire. I decree that by the shed blood of Jesus you are protected from all harm. I declare that whatever has been hindering your spiritual and material progress breaks under the weight of the Cross of Jesus. You shall prosper wherever you go. Today, because of the power of God you are receiving through this prayer, doors that had been closed are now opening before you. You shall be accepted where you were formerly rejected. You receive divine wisdom to implement all your Godly plans. You cease to toil with no results. From today on, the favor of God brings results in the work of your hands. Every verbal, legal, spiritual and physical threat to you crumbles at the sounding of this prayer. Because you are connected to me and to WORLD OF INSPIRATION, you receive courage and faith. Every spirit of discouragement, fear, worry and panic leaves you now. You receive righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth I have prayed with thanksgiving. 

#Testimony – How Books Transformed Phillip from a Drug Addict to an Inspirational Giant

When we tell you that success is possible, there are life stories to prove it. Last week, BAITWA PHILLIP, one of my long-time social friends passed by WORLD OF INSPIRATION to check out our resource centre and get to see our reading space and the inspirational materials (books, magazines and videos) that we have. Apparently, he runs book reading clubs which I will tell you more about later. But first, let me tell you the testimony of how this young man’s life got transformed from a drug addict to an inspirational giant.

While in school, Phillip got involved with bad groups and was introduced to drugs and alcohol. He ended up becoming a drug addict and dropped out of school. In order to manage the situation, he was handed over to his uncle who is a soldier. Apparently, staying under the watch of a military man was thought to be handy in managing the worrying situation that was growing from bad to worse.

Finding himself locked inside his uncle’s home, Phillip decided to check everywhere in the house, specifically looking for money to steal so that the moment he gets an opportunity sneak out of the compound he would run away and go to find drugs. Instead of finding money, he found 2 books – RICH DAD POOR DAD by Robert Kiyosaki and MILLIONAIRE by Napoleon Hill.

Bored to the bone marrow, he started turning the pages of these books. He felt a lot of wisdom from what he was reading and so he read on, devouring all the words and chewing on them like a cow chews the cud. What followed was a great period of transformation that saw Phillip totally delivered from drugs, alcohol and everything related. In fact, that very day he started reading the books, he decided that he would never take drugs again and he never did. Who says deliverance is not possible?

Phillip went back to school, starting from ‘A’ Level. He went to UCU where he qualified as a lawyer. In the meantime, he kept reading every good book he found; his uncle was so instrumental in buying him more books. By the time he finished university, his level of engagement was already very brilliant. Along the way, he became a leader in various positions. At the university, he contested for Guild President and won. Today, he is a Human Resource Manager of a progressive coffee company in Uganda.

Given his background, he wished to help as many people as possible also benefit from reading like he did. He started mentoring young people, sharing with them the wisdom he was mining from books. One time, while in Kenya and was invited to a book fellowship. He was so surprised that an enthusiastic group of people was reading books as though it was a celebration. Remembering that it was reading that changed him, he decided that he must also mobilize Ugandans to read massively.

With mentorship from his friends who were running book fellowships in Kenya, he started book a reading club in Ugandan in March 2016. He mobilized 35 people and when the day came, only 4 (including him) turned up! But a focused person is never discouraged by initial low results. He pushed on. The second week, they became 5. They kept meeting at the Uganda Museum, once a month, to read for personal growth, national development and community development. The number kept increasing; by the end of 2016, they had reached 100. Today, membership is over 300 people.  

As 2017 started, they decided to split the club into smaller groups (35 of them) that are now spread across the country. Each group meets every Monday. Then, once every 2 months, they all meet for a networking event. His organization is called ‘League of Young Professionals.’ The target age for membership is 18 to late 30s. The idea is continuing to grow and now looking at expanding to the rest of East Africa.

Imagine what an honor it is for me and for WORLD OF INSPIRATION to get involved in this transformative cause? I am ready to offer full support to this revolutionary idea. Just like Phillip, reading changed my life. Most of what I do I did not learn from school but rather through reading. Many people can’t believe that I never studied literature as a subject at school and yet I’ve written a dozen books and my company has published more than 300 books for other authors! I have been able to avoid many fatal mistakes simply because of reading. Because of reading, I’ve conceived many great ideas that have pushed my dream forward. Reading is almost divine. It opens our minds to a realm of possibilities. While you are struggling with a problem, someone went through it, overcame it and wrote the solution in a book.

Because I know how much great books can change your life, I do all I can to invest a lot of money into writing, publishing and availing local inspirational books to the East African population. This is the very reason we organize promotions where you can get yourself the best books cheaply. For example, the whole of this week we are running a #Save50k campaign where we give you any 5 books of your choice at only 100k instead of 150k, thereby helping you save 50k. In stock, we have tantalizing books on money, business, investment, jobs and career, spiritual life, leadership, health, education, farming, personal development and so on. 

You only need to visit us at LLOYDS MALL Ground Floor (Entebbe Road Opposite Kamu Kamu Plaza). My team and I are there waiting to serve you. We shall give you all the information and advice you need and also help you choose the best books that will meet your needs. If you are not able to physically come, call me on 0704666851, 0779911844. I will still attend to you and even send you the materials you need.

How I love this! 9 months in my mother’s womb just to inspire!

#Bake aka #MrInspiration

MD WORLD OF INSPIRATION

The Trusted Source of Inspiration

HOW TO GIVE POVERTY A BLOW THROUGH FARMING

HOW TO GIVE POVERTY A BLOW THROUGH FARMING

Written by Robert Bake Tumuhaise

I dare say: Poverty is a curse. I grew up among people who somehow normalized poverty and made it look like a blessing. I thought that poverty was humility. I thought that a poor person had more chances of going to heaven than a wealthy guy. Until I saw wealthy people funding crusades, sponsoring ministry, building hospitals for the poor, while poor people sat back complaining and cursing God asking “Why me?” In fact I found that it’s hard for a materially poor person to go to heaven. I now know that there are two kinds of poverty – the poverty of choice and the poverty of lack. Mother Teresa and St Francis of Assizi had a lot of resources but they stripped themselves of all materialism in order to serve humanity. That’s poverty of choice – it’s a blessing to God and humanity. It’s actually wealth in terms of love and sacrifice. Mother Teresa’s impact on humanity is more than that of most billionaires. The poverty of choice is different from the poverty of lack; where a home eats meat only on Christmas; where your child is always the first to be sent home for school fees.

My friend AMOS WEKESA the tourism mogul confesses that one of the reasons he has worked extremely hard and prospered is because he was originally too poor that he ended up hating poverty with passion. Those of you who follow him you know his stories of stealing sugar and walking for a long distance to fluke a wedding in order to eat meet. He got holy anger and turned it into action. Today, I do not know any Ugandan who is more successful in the field of tourism than Wekesa. And he doesn’t stop at tourism; he’s also earning big from properties. The same with my other friend LIVINGSTON MUKASA, the inspirational giant behind Clean Consult, Mulyazawo Bus Services, Mazima Retirement Plan and the book INVESTING FOR THE FUTURE. He grew up in the slums of Katwe and that made him hate poverty with all his might. Today, he’s not only prosperous; he’s also helping thousands of Ugandans also enter the realm of prosperity.

I too have had a fare share of poverty. Mine may not have been absolute poverty because I was born in a home where there was enough food, school fees and other necessities. But I studied most of my primary school barefooted. After university, I took on a job where I earned UGX 80,000 per month. I spent some good time in Kampala walking with no transport and no lunch. I recall those days when a nice meal meant that someone has taken me out or I’ve visited a relative. I know what it means to walk and your throat gets too dry and you need a glass of water but you can’t have it because you have no money in the pocket. I know what it means to put on the same shoe till its soles are off and water soaks your feet, making noise as you walk. I know what it means to have a friend or relative dying in hospital and you can’t even buy him/her juice. I know what it means to hide from people because there’s absolutely no help you can offer them. If you are going through such a condition, don’t feel pity for yourself because it’s not unique to you; I went through that. Just develop holy anger like me, like Wekesa, like Mukasa and determine to put a long distance between you and poverty.

Today, the government of Uganda has, in its Vision 40, a target of transforming Uganda into a middle-income economy. Well, in my view, there’s one way to kickstart that process. That’s promoting modern farming. There’s no way a middle-income economic status can be achieved when most of the working class is still spending over 75% of their income on food. That’s working for the stomach. Mukasa calls it a food war. It’s survival. That’s subsistence. You hear people saying “Nalya ki” (“What will I eat) if I don’t work today? That state of mind cannot promote investment, employment, export and industrialization which are needed for economic development. That’s why I am now an ardent promoter of modern farming. If just half of the Ugandan population can practice modern farming, even if for only production of food for their households, there would be much money saved. That money can be invested in what’s productive. And of course, after seeing how farming gives them food and peace (you know how much stresses hunger causes), some of them would be encouraged to produce more food for sale. And that would end up being commercial farming which would usher in an era of massive production, aggroprocessing and export. Judging from the quantities of products exported to Uganda, I used to think China is full of giant factories everywhere until I went there. What they have are mainly small scale cottage industries that are home-based. But when each household produces and they combine their output, they export in massive amounts.

Today, the real estate sector has collapsed. These malls and arcades you see in town are empty from 3^rd floor upwards. If you hoped to put your money into rentals, do so only for a cashfow but not profit. Do you know that to buy a plot of land in Kampala and build a house where you can earn rent of UGX 1m per month you need to invest at least 300m? And how long does it take you to recover that? 300 months! You are talking in about 30 years! Leave alone the costs of renovation and losses when tenants ‘disappear’ without paying. Yet, when you leave that money on the bank account and fix it, with a good interest rate, it can double in 15 years. That means the real estate business is down at the moment. When you read American books they will tell you that to get wealthy, invest in assets (buildings) and shares. Well, in our Ugandan context, I am telling you, to grow wealthy, invest in farming. Research has shown that there are two industries ruling the world – that’s food and technology. You want to succeed, tap into at least one of them. I am already tapping into both.

Let’s divert a little from traditional farming and talk about growing of trees. Some people say, “I don’t have time to supervise animals and growing of crops. Growing trees could be your solution. Trees do not require regular supervision, except when they are still too young. When you grow a tree, it may take 10 years, but after that, for a good specie, you can earn between UGX 700,000 and 1.4m from it (for instance if you sell it to those making electric poles or any other heavy construction work). I have a friend who has close to 10,000 trees and another who has over 300,000 trees each (calculate the billions; the figures of their wealth might not even fit on your calculator). I have invited both to come and share their insights with you at the Authors’ Forum – a magogomus inspirational event that WORLD OF INSPIRATION has organized on Wednesday 7^th December, 6-9pm, at Hotel Africans. We shall crown the year with swagger as we declare an #EndToPoverty, #EndToFamine, #End ToDebt through embracing modern farming.

Those who attended the last episode of the Authors’ forum your minds must still be blown. We hosted ROBINAH SSEMITALA, a Ugandan poultry farmer who started with 700 chicken 10 years ago and has grown to the level where she now has 40,000 chicken! If you do your calculation well, you will realise that she is no longer in millions of shillings but billions. What she shared at the forum was mind-blowing and she is coming back on 7^th Dec! We also had, SSALONGO WASHINGTON MUGERWA and DR EMMA NALUYIMA, a couple that’s doing wonders using only one acre of land. On that acre, they produce over 700 piglets a year, over 35 bunches of matooke a month, they keep 10,000 fish, rear chicken, keep cattle and grow maize, fruits, tubers, herbs and several other crops. What they practice is what’s referred to as organic integrated farming. They do so many things on a small piece of land, all in a system, using locally designed technology (the details of what they do is in the book MILLIONAIRE FARMER which I will later tell you about). With their approach you can even earn money from farming when all the land you have is your compound and verandah. This couple will also be back for the 7^th Dec Authors’ Forum! Those who were present, you also heard the tantalizing wisdom of WYCLIFF NATWEETA, one of the top managers of Housing Finance Bank. He too will be present to throw light on the aspect of funding commercial farming projects and of course also share more about his own farming experience (he rears hundreds of local chicken).

For those getting to know about this forum for the first time, on 7^th December, we shall be having PART II of the theme: EARNING BIG FROM FARMING. Don’t worry about what you missed last time; it was all caught on camera and on that day a DVD will be available at UGX 15,000. Remember the venue is Hotel African and the time 6pm to 9pm. Last time, the panel could not exhaust all they had for us. We still needed to know more about how to start a farming project, issues of how much capital is needed and how to raise it, how to prioritize activities, record-keeping in farming, how to recruit, train and supervise workers, how to get the best seeds and parent animal genetics, how to deal with disease and pests, how to make organic manure from urine and fish pond water, how to employ technology to maximize output, how to benefit from farm waste e.g. by making biogas the way Washington and Naluyima are doing, how to get the best market for one’s produce and much more. All these issues and much more will be discussed at on 7^th December. So planning to miss is simply committing inspirational suicide.

The Authors’ Forum event is open to the public as long as you can secure your entry ticket before they run out (we have less than 50 left). A ticket goes for UGX 40,000. However, today, we are running a promotion where we give you 3 tickets at the amount of 2 tickets (meaning you pay only UGX 80,000 but get 3 tickets worth 120,000). For tickets, visit WORLD OF INSPIRATION centre at LLOYDS MALL, Ground Floor, that’s Entebbe Road, Opposite Kamu Kamu Plaza or call me (Bake Robert 0779911844 / 0704666851) or Winnie (0774107287 / 0700714369) for delivery. Delivery of tickets (or any other products we offer such as books) is free, so if you are busy, instead of waiting and you lose out on the opportunity, call and we find you where you are. You can also use those phone numbers to order for a copy of the book MILLIONAIRE FARMER which captures the story, ideas and discoveries of Dr Emma Naluyima that will totally transform your mind and equip you to make money out of modern farming. It goes for only UGX 30,000. #DoItNow

I wish you the best. I love you and I pray for you.

#LoveLotsBake

#YouAreAChampion

#SuccessIsYourBirthRight 

BAKE’S INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE OF THE YEAR

Dear inspired friend! I am sharing this inspirational message with you because you have been part of the AUTHORS’ FORUM – an inspirational event that I organize. My dream is to see every member of this forum unleashing their potential, prospering and reaching at the top. As we wait to gather again at Hotel Africana for the Grand Finale of the Authors’ Forum on 7^th December, let this message fire you up to end this year a different person – a person of big dreams and big results.

In the last one year, I have been able to achieve goals that under normal circumstances would have taken me at least 10 years. It is because I discovered the secret I want to share with you. This is a secret that all successful people in history – from the ancient rulers of Kingdoms to modern leaders, from spiritual leaders to business leaders, from those earning billions from their talents to those changing the world with technology – have discovered.

Today, I am giving you this secret and it is what I take as my major message of the year. Take your time and read it to the end and then take action. I can guarantee you unprecedented results. Part of this message is fully shared in my book UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL and the other in my other book TAPPING GOD’S BLESSINGS. It’s a message is about DEFIANCE. In Uganda when you talk about “defiance’ some people think you are talking politics. Well, I am not a politician. I am talking inspiration. I am talking about disobeying failure. Defying fear. Challenging status quo. Disobeying reckless appetites. I am talking about refusing to be party to traditional patterns of thinking that tell you, for instance, that you cannot get rich while still a youth. I am talking about refusing to be refused.

When Donald Trump joined the presidential race, some of us thought he would not even go through the primaries. He won. We said he won’t get even 30% of the votes. Well, he refused to be refused and today he is the president elect of the United States of America. That is DEFIANCE. Whenever you see anyone succeeding at anything, never think it happened by chance; they defied failure. Think of Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Oprah Winfrey, Billy Graham, Bill Gates, or any other achiever. None of them reached where they are by accident; they did things differently. Everyday we see men and women registering fascinating achievements, one after the other. To the surprise of many, these achievers seem not to look different from other people. They aren’t necessarily taller, fatter, darker or lighter than others. They are just ordinary people who are achieving extraordinary success because they decided to think and act differently (defiance).

When I went to a leader of publishers in Uganda asking him to help me publish my book and he told me that I could not sell even 500 copies in a year if I dared go ahead and publish it, I went ahead and published it and sold over 3,000 copies in a month. That was DEFIANCE. I am talking about the stamina to defy every limiting factor. In my books, I also refer to this principle as ‘Divine Disobedience’. This does not mean disobeying God, but rather disobeying anything that disobeys what God wants me to achieve.

Divine Disobedience means turning a deaf ear to negative voices from within or outside our lives. It means disobeying every limiting theory, tradition, belief, culture or thought. It means, sometimes putting faith above reason. When I declared that I am expanding WORLD OF INSPIRATION and opening an inspirational centre, it was 2 years ago and I did not have even a hundredth of the money it needed. But I believed in my heart that once I achieve this, I will be able to touch lives as millions of people from all over East Africa will be served by this centre. Well, last month, which is 2 years later, it happened and now WORLD OF INSPIRATION is at LLOYDS MALL, surrounded by 5 banks and people keep asking how I did it. Well, I practiced the principle of DEFIANCE. I refused to fail.

Many people ask me: What’s the best business for me to do with such and such an amount of money? Well, I tell them: Every business can create a billionaire. It is about how you do it. Winners do it differently. Winners don’t follow the bandwagon. Crowds can be going in one direction and a winner is going in another. To prosper you must be willing and ready to take the risk of doing things differently, whether other people approve of it or not.

You could dig into the past for even to the time of the first civilization in the world where Egyptians invented the art of writing and constructed pyramids. You won’t find any of them who did not practice this principle of DEFIANCE – doing things differently from the common methods. Abraham Lincoln lost elections for various posts more than seven times before he finally became one of the greatest presidents America has ever had. Great thinkers like Aristotle, Plato and Archimedes were thought to be mad because they thought ahead of their times. But till this day their names are still remembered by history. Napoleon Bonaparte was in the class of peasants, who were never supposed to rule, but he challenged that tradition and ruled not only France, but also nearly conquered the whole of Europe.

You don’t have to do things like everyone else. Don’t open a salon because it’s what others are doing. You don’t have to rush to the music industry because your friends have said it’s the in-thing. Don’t let your life rotate around someone else’s way of doing things. Tap into your uniqueness and watch your potential explode to unimaginable magnitudes.

While most of my friends were stuck in the small talk of jobs, appraisals, promotions, salary increments and the like, I shocked them by resigning my job to enter the scary world of business. I had to defy all the traditional beliefs that give jobs undue prestige. Today, those who laughed at me have come back to laugh with me. Some of those who vowed that I could not make it are the ones testifying that they knew very well that I would make it.

I am challenging you to start disobeying all the cultural, intellectual, and contemporary patterns of thinking that limit your ability to achieve your set goals. If your colleagues call you a woman for taking a soda while other men are drinking beer, insist and continue disobeying them. If people say no one can start a business with no money, disobey that. If your relatives think your whole kika (clan) was not carved out for business, disobey that.

My most selling book is a novel entitled ‘TEARS OF MY MOTHER: The Success Story of Nyamishana, the First Female President of Uganda’. Even before being put on the market, it had already generated a big debate amongst my friends and colleagues, especially because of its title. People were tasking me to explain why I wrote about what hasn’t happened and cannot happen – a woman becoming president of Uganda. But who says it can’t happen? Just because it hasn’t happened doesn’t mean it will never happen. Why should I limit my thinking to what has happened before? Why should I write what everyone else is writing? Why should I think like everyone else? By not writing about the obvious, the content will trigger the minds of my readers to think. If you must prosper, at some point you have to part ways with popular opinion and think differently.

As I wrote that book, TEARS OF MY MOTHER, I knew that out there, there are infinite possibilities. I wanted the mind of the reader to enter the hitherto uncharted territory. I wanted the reader to enter into another dimension – a realm where nothing is impossible. No wonder, this book has fueled the dreams and ambitions of people from all walks of life – entrepreneurs, spiritual leaders, investors, parents, teachers and everyone else who is looking for secrets of success. This reminds me of the great words of the former South African President, Nelson Mandela, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

I have put together 10 powerful books that will make you master this principle of defiance and prosper no matter your field. Some of these books are written by myself, while others have been written by other great authors. Today and tomorrow I am giving them to you at a throw-away price. Each book goes for UGX 30,000, meaning the 10 books would have cost you 300,000, but I am giving them to you at only 180,000. You can also choose any 5 books at only 100,000 3 books and have them at 65,000. This offer lasts for 2 days only. You can visit me at WORLD OF INSPIRATION (LLOYDS MALL Ground Floor, Entebbe Road, Opposite Kamu Kamu Plaza). For those unable to come, we are able to deliver anywhere. Simply call me on 0704666851 / 0779911844 or Winnie on 0774107287 / 0700714369

Now here are the magogomus books:

1. UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL: In this book, I give you the real killers of potential that you must and how to deal with them and then I share keys that will unlock your potential in record time.

2. TAPPING GOD’S BLESSINGS: This book contains nearly all that I know about work, career, business and success from God’s perspective.

3. TEARS OF MY MOTHER: In this book I use a fictious character of a woman called NYAMISHANA to present success principles that will make you a leader in whatever field or trade you are in. It’s my most selling book.

4. COURAGEOUS WOMAN: This is the amazing story of how Prudence Ukkonika grew BELLA WINE, a business she started with 5 liters of wine in a relative’s kitchen using UGX 100,000, into a multibillion shilling company.

5. INVESTING FOR THE FUTURE: This is a powerful book on saving, investment, preparation for retirement and general understanding of money – how to earn it, how to retain it, how to spend it and how to grow it. It was written by a successful investor, Livingstone Mukasa.

6. MONEY MISTAKES TO AVOID: Written by FRANK KATUSIIME the CEO of Business Initiatives International, a man who has earned national and global reputation in the areas of real estates and financial investments, this book will sharpen your mind to make the best financial decisions.

7. YOU ARE NOT DESPERATE: In this book, Stephan Kiyemba, an accomplished sales and marketing consultant, farmer and businessman, packages timeless lessons for success into 18 powerful stories.

8. I AM NOT SORRY FOR MY MISTAKES: In this book, Dickson Mushabe, shares his business journey and the lessons he has learnt that every starting/young entrepreneur must know.

9. SUCCESS IS GUARANTEED: This book captures the life and ideas of H. E. Prof. Boney Katatumba, a man who made so much money that he bought a fleet of aeroplanes and invested in properties in London, and also lost quiet a lot of money (he frankly shares everything).

10. MILLIONAIRE FARMER: This book captures the story and ideas of Dr Emma Naluyima, a Ugandan revolutionary farmer who is using one acre of land to earn what some farmers have never earned even on a hundred acres of land.

I am waiting for you to come and get these books for yourself and also for your loved ones. If you give them to someone as a gift, that might be the best gift that person will ever receive in this lifetime. I am waiting to serve you personally. I have many staff, but when you come to WORLD OF INSPIRATION in these two days, I will serve you myself.

Otherwise, keep the date 7^th December market in your calendar because that’s the day we shall hold the last episode of the Authors’ Forum in 2016. As usual we shall be at Hotel Africana starting 6pm and ending 9pm. Tickets are still at UGX 40,000 (but today we are giving 3 tickets at the price of 2). You can team up with your friends and grab the offer. The numbers to call to secure your tickets have already been shared above.

Stay blessed and inspired!

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#YouAreAChampion

#YouAreAWarrior

#SuccessIsYourBirthRight

#WithLoveBake

WHY DO SOME UGANDAN BUSINESSES FAIL?

WHY DO SOME UGANDAN BUSINESSES FAIL?

Uganda has been ranked as the number one enterprising country in the world, but you and I know that many businesses started don’t see their first birthday. Why? When I was joining business, people advised me that to succeed I should: 1. Offer good customer care 2. Package my products well 3. Do good market research 3. Create solutions 4. Build a great team 6. Persevere 7. Follow my passion… (the list goes on). I was told mostly about what I should do. Unfortunately no one told me what not to do. For instance, I did not know that by spending without a budget I could end up eating my capital. I was never told that some businesses can fail because of trying to grow at a faster rate than normal (I now know at least 4 Ugandan businesses that were ruined by the excitement of success).

I want to know why certain businesses have succeeded, but I also want to know why some businesses have failed. My latest discovery is that there are at least 5 characteristics of businesses that have failed and of course those that are on their way to failure (I will be sharing that insight). For this reason, WORLD OF INSPIRATION has organized a special evening where a panel of experts will lead us in a mind-provoking discussion on the REASONS WHY BUSINESSES FAIL. There will be emphasis on areas such as bank services, recruiting staff, dealing with taxes, branding, customer relationship management, advertising without spending and so on.

The panelists include Diamond Trust Bank’s Head of Branches as well as a reknowned entrepreneur. We have also invited many other entrepreneurs and investors who have had experience in both success and failure to share with us their experiences. You can’t afford to miss. All this will be happening at the AUTHORS’ FORUM on Wednesday 4^th May, 6-9pm, at Hotel Africana. This forum is an open platform for every Ugandan who wants to grow in creativity and entrepreneurship. All you need is an entry ticket which you can get in advance at UGX 40,000 by calling Robert Bake on 0704666851 / 0779911844 or by Visiting WORLD OF INSPIRATION office (Luwum Street, MM Plaza T33). Note that subscribed members enter freely (so if you have your membership card, you don’t need a ticket).

Share this invitation with all your networks via email, social media, word of mouth etc. Miss this life-changing event only if you are sure you will be using the evening of next Wednesday for something better. Henry Ford, the inventor of the modern car, once said: “It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.” Don’t waste the evening of 4^th May. Invest it in yourself by attending this life-transforming event. You will thank me later.

Stay blessed and inspired!