We need to start clearing things up and stop this delusional thinking. Packaging is destroying us as a people. There are so many high value women in our society that the girl child can look up to and model their lives after. It takes a lot of hard work, time and diligence to get there.
High Value is not words of affirmation. I don't want any clown telling the girl child that she should see herself as high value if she can find a man that can dash her money to start one small business. This is 2026 where there are many high flying career women. There is nothing a person can achieve that women have not been able to achieve. If you have true ambition, shoot for the moon.
Ever since I moved to the UK, this year happened to be one with the most expenses for me, like it hasn’t stopped since the beginning of the year.
It never affected us in anyway, never led to packing of shift here and there because of those expenses.
This is possible because of the consistent investment we have made in the last 5 years.
Yes! Invest like your life depends on it.
Adam's parents sent him to school. After graduation, he started hustling and building himself. You didn't rate him when he was struggling. After he has made it, you rate him as high value snd want to date him to leverage on his financial capital.
Your own parents sent you to school. After graduation, you start claiming high value because you have one small idea you are waiting for man to fund. No go find eba to warm.
“Marry the man who calls you after an argument just to make sure you re okay.”
If you carry your phone and call him after an argument to find out how he is doing and make sure that he is okay, what will happen?
i was one of the busiest men ever dated back then, yet i was also the most responsive.
one day my woman asked me, why do you always reply so quickly? & i told her something she'll probably never forget. i said "communication is a form of respect. if i respect you, i'll respond as soon as i can. being busy isn't the problem, lack of priority is.
everyone carries their phone everywhere. they check it when they wake up, while they eat, during breaks and before they sleep. if someone consistently leaves you waiting for hrs or days, it usually isn't cos they forgot you exist. it's because responding to you wasn't high enough on their list of priorities. men make time for what matters to them.
they don't forget to reply to the people they genuinely value. they choose where their time, attention and energy go.
After Hagar fled from Sarah for maltreating her out of jealousy, she went to the wilderness where God appeared to her and blessed her because the child she was carrying was a seed of Abraham. After God blessed her, she called him ‘El Roi’ - meaning, the God who sees me.
Prior to that time, no one had ever seen her. Her only identity was Sarah’s hand maid. Sarah saw her as a maid. Abraham saw her as Sarah’s maid. People saw her as Sarah’s maid. But for the first time in her life, someone saw her. Someone saw her enough to bless her. That is also the very first time someone gave God a name - El Roi.
I don’t know what you’re going through but I know many of you are at your lowest point and nobody sees you. I pray God sees you. El Roi ❤️
One of the fastest ways to crash a marriage is to take someone who has never had to sacrifice their own earnings for a household, move them to the West where survival demands it, and expect them to embrace the change overnight. In many cases, resentment sets in first, and respect for the relationship begins to erode.
The biggest culture shock is not the weather. It's discovering that love doesn't exempt anyone from shared financial responsibility.
Because that’s about the only one we can get at the expense of nothing at least..
- Quality time ? - Bills still on us
- Words of affirmation ? - Feels like we’re begging for reassurance so we’ll rather not be labelled ‘insecure’
- Receiving gifts ? - From selfish ‘people’ that only want to be gifted ?
- Acts of service ? - Y’all call it ‘sl@very’ now.
So…
One of the biggest misconceptions about marriage is believing that if a wife doesn't want sex, she must not be attracted to her husband.
Sometimes that's true.
But often, it isn't.
Many men (and women) work hard to stay attractive while they're single.
They have fewer responsibilities.
They stay in shape.
They flirt.
They create novelty.
They put effort into attraction.
Then marriage, kids, and life happen.
They gain weight.
They stop dating their spouse.
The pursuit disappears because they think, "I'm married now."
That's no different than the person who says, "I'll never get married."
Both come from people who don't want to do the work.
Marriage exposes character.
On the other side, pregnancy and childbirth can affect a woman's mind, hormones and libido.
Add stress, exhaustion, and raising children, and desire often drops even more.
Men and women also respond to stress differently.
Many men want sex to relieve stress.
Many women need stress reduced before they desire sex.
A healthy marriage requires both people to own that reality.
A husband should never stop pursuing his wife.
A wife should nurture intimacy and communicate her needs.
The internet loves shortsighted complaints.
That's why the internet lies about marriage.
Marriage isn't maintained by feelings.
It's built by two imperfect people choosing each other, over and over again.
In your wealth building journey, you will grow as an individual in knowledge and even attitude towards wealth building.
In my first 2 years, I consume any contents on youtube and elsewhere about wealth building, podcasts, anything that talk about money, I am there but as time passes, I outgrow some of them that immediately I see the tittle, I already know what it will be about. I’m now very selective of what I consume.
In terms of my savings, at the time, I believe the only way I could save anything meaningfully with discipline is through Ajo, I started one for a group of 6 people, worked well for me, it was £500 per person, we would contribute and then you collect £3k, I would then put that in the stock market, that made sense to me at the time until it made no sense again and instead of doing Ajo, I changed to contributing monthly into my investment, that’s still what I do today.
You will evolve, learn, make mistakes and grow. Don’t be too hard on yourself.
@Mirkwood1712@4kaszz@UtdFaithfuls Na so them push for the Gbagarte signing too, such a loud yet clueless fanbase😂😭
If not anything INEOS signings have been good so far and I'd rather trust them than random Twitter tacticos
Every man must meet his humbling phase in life, it’s better you meet your own quicker and when you’re young so you can get back on your feet than to meet it at the later stages of your life.
As I was driving home this evening, I was tuned into Naija Info FM.
They were discussing one's source of joy in marriage.
Then listeners were calling in.
Then I remembered one time, I was asking my lovely wife how she felt about me handling this page and coming here every day.
This was way before I monetized my page.
"Sweetie, I used to have a silent problem with it because I know how wicked people can be on social media. But after some time, I observed that you were getting some form of fulfillment from it.
Especially when you tell me about how you were able to do this and that for people you do not even know.
I concluded that you were happy doing it, and you still did not neglect our needs, and you are mostly at home as well.
I also stopped complaining about your going out almost every evening to relax and have some beer.
Even though I know that sometimes you go there to flirt with women, I just overlook it because you have been very careful not to bring shame or disrespect to us as your family.
You have grown and learnt a lot from your mistakes.
And you do not have most of your closest friends in the country anymore."
Those were the exact words of my lovely wife.
I sat down and thought about what she said for a while, and realized how truthful she was, and how open-minded she was towards expressing herself.
She was right.
I recall one time, I taught about the source of joy.
And I did say that men should not make their wives or children their only source of joy.
Because for women, they can hurt you deeply, and if she's your only source of joy, you may not have the courage to walk away when you should have.
For the children, they will not always be with you. A time will come when they leave the house to be on their own. They will visit at intervals, but it will no longer be an everyday affair.
I have also taken time to understand my wife's sources of joy aside from being a good wife, a good mother, and a homemaker.
She derives joy from watching movies in her free time and listening to educational and health content.
For that reason, I always make sure that there is no shortage of data in the home.
Every married person needs to have a source of joy or fulfillment.
You must find something that brings you special happiness when being married sometimes weighs you down.
When you feel that you have given your all and you just want to run away, don't give up.
When you feel that your efforts or sacrifices are not being reciprocated or appreciated, please understand that sometimes marriage can be overwhelming.
You need to find something else to do to add extra value to your life, and by extension, to society at large.
End.
Dear young people (graduates) in the corporate world,
If you're working in a firm where your:
1. Pensions are significantly delayed in being remitted to your PFA.
2. You don't have basic health insurance packages.
3. Your salary doesn't come when due.
4. You do not see any career path or growth.
5. Your firm doesn't organize trainings, seminars, or webinars that can help you grow in your career, and improve your skills.
6. You don't get any bonuses or proper, structured leave days.
7. You don't get a salary raise each year.
Please start looking for another job.
If you stay in that job for too long, you may become redundant and demotivated.
Go work where you will be appreciated, not where you will be tolerated.
Your employer is not helping your life or career.
End.
One of my friends said, "you have interesting view about marriage. But we know you to be a generous person. You don't even know how to be unkind. All this one you are forming that your woman will invest her money in the home, we know she will enjoy your money. Your guys and people you don't even know are enjoying your kindness. Haba!"
I just smiled and explained to him. I'll write down what I told him.
You are looking at it monetarily. It is not about money. I don't have any attachment to money. The only reason I want to be rich is to expand my reach of kindness. If I'm always kind to strangers and friends, then you should know my partner is enjoying my money too. But it is not about money, it is about commitment. Whether I need her money or not, is irrelevant. Her money must be invested in the home the way mine is invested in the home. I'll eat her money the way she is eating my money. The point is, where your money is, that is where your heart is. You cannot buy love and commitment by footing all the bills. Someone who isn't giving to you habitually, is not in love with you. It is not a male attribute to give, it is a love attribute. Odogwu is not a flex. The whole point of marriage, is to do life together.
Everything I have belongs to her and the kids. If she doesn't know that, it is disappointing. Remember the story of the prodigal son? The one that stayed with the father was angry the father forgave the prodigal son because he didnt know that everything the father had, belonged to him.