I want to say this,
Before you marry a woman,
• Understand her family's taboos, traditions, values, morals and beliefs. This is important.
• Take her to your home, and leave her there for a while to bond with your traditions, values, morals and beliefs.
• Go to her home and introduce yourself. This is not you going. It is your uncle, siblings and aunts. You remain behind.
• Invite her brothers, uncles, aunts and otheŕ relatives to your home. This is when they see you for the first time. This is when you interact with them for the first time.
• After this, plan and go to her home. This is the first time you go there. Go with your friends, siblings and parents. This is where bride price talks are introduced. This is when you meet her father and mother for the first time.
Why do all these?
To protect yourself and your children's future.
But most of you are ignorant. You live in the city like vagabonds.
You meet a woman in the city and hide her in your city's house.
Impregnate her in the city.
Have children in the city.
Then, when things fail and her family take her away, you throw tantrums, loiter around court corridors and jeopardise your children's future.
Some of you shamelessly meet your father-in-law for the first time in a funeral.
Or some of you, casually meet your father-in-law in a bar.
Your children don't even know their village.
When will you be straightforward and subservient to our cultural norms as an African?
Stop being a bladifakin man.
DEALING WITH A WOMAN'S DRAMA
Know this:
Women are performers, and you, the man, are the audience.
They are addicted to their performance. It hooks them onto a loop of dopamine gush.
The performance is cyclical.
Calm, then silent, then inquisitive, then drama, then a storm, then calm again. It is a cycle. It is a test. It is a performance.
It is a biological performance scripted deep in their DNA for survival.
The performance is a circus full of suspense, terror and symphony.
It never stops.
The circus is an archaeology, where she digs deep into the history of your emotions to evoke your response, just like an actress on stage pulls you into her performance by pricking your emotions.
So, women are in a circus, which is a tranquillising drug that masks their flaws.
They are terrified to face their flaws; therefore, they engineer a circus that keeps them in a loop of self-validation.
"You are narcissistic."
"You hate me."
"You are emotionally unavailable."
"You are toxic."
"I hate you."
She is looking for social proof to crucify your frame and make you crumble in fear.
She is seeking public sympathy for herself and using it to tarnish your character and personality.
She wants you to crumble.
But refuse to crumble.
The public lynching will fizzle and she will be left alone, in her cloud of smoke, the darkness of her shadow and the coldness of your silence.
Don't join her circus. Refuse.
Don't be drawn into her puppetry; you will become her puppet.
The solution is to exit the circus. It makes her mad, chaotic, angry and livid.
"Why is this man not talking?"
"Why is he quiet?"
"He hates me."
"Am I ugly?"
"Am I not beautiful to him anymore?"
Switch off the button of attention and watch her burn in rage.
Let her self-inflicted fire consume her as her emotions burn into smoke.
Your silence is a mirror that forces her to look deep into her shadows.
She will cower in shame and guilt.
This terrifies her and will turn her into a helpless child begging for your armour of love.
She will beg for the tranquilliser that keeps her euphoric in her loop of dopamine gush.
She will squirm like an infant craving its mother's nipple.
But remain calm like a mountain in a storm.
When she builds a storm, remain unbowed, and she will forever respect your blood, bones, soul and frame.
Don't entertain disrespect.
Stay hard!
Peaceful protests is an oxymoron, just like sweet sorrows or religion of peace. Nairobi has a good number of thieves, burglars, hoodlums, and all manner of miscreants. Whether mobilized, paid or on their personal missions, they will always infiltrate any organized protests.
Men,
Two important skills:
• PUBLIC SPEAKING
• NEGOTIATION
The life of a man,
— in business, politics & marriage,
is about ascending the ladder of influence
Therefore, you must know how to speak, negotiate, & build coalitions to your advantage.
#MasculinitySaturday
I asked my mentor, “How do I become the man women desire and men admire?”
He said:
-Be decisive.
-Stay disciplined.
-Limit your availability.
-Own your mornings.
I asked, “How?”
Here is how he replied......
The government has suspended all gambling advertisements for 30 days across:
•TVs
• Radios
• Social media
• Newspapers & Magazines
• Fliers
Also suspended are celebrity endorsements & influencer marketing.
We fought a tough fight.
It is a good win. A good start!