Unlike this present age in this
present world, parents of those days in Africa dazed the world with the number
of wives and children they have all because of one major reason. Men of those
days don’t marry more wives and give birth to more children because of pleasure
as priority; the anchor reason why they embark on this kind of lifestyle is
because of their farming empire, which they envisage will grow beyond
subsistence farming.
As illiterate as they are, they
are laying their hands on the cheapest form of labour and nonnegotiable form
labour that is certain to them and their farming business. Tough they
approached it wrongly by marrying many wives, which they didn’t consider that
the more labor they are raising, the more responsibility on them that cannot be
evaded except if they want to become irresponsible, which some of them became.
The hit point I want you as my
reader to learn from this is the fact that they carry their family along; their
family isn’t a novice of what they are into. It is a taboo in this age for you
to be in a business or industry and your immediate family isn’t part of it. You
don’t need to marry more wives, nor give birth to more children, your present
number in your immediate family is potent enough to bring about unimaginable
transformation especially in a time and season like this, when you need extra
manpower, you will reduce expenses by employing your family members into your
daily business and essence of living.
My late dad – Mr. L.O.A Olaleye,
got a contract from Nestle Nigeria in 1991, it was the sewing of covering tarpaulins
meant for new machines bought by Nestle, Agbara then. My daddy will not have
made such huge money, which he made then because he took his family along in
that contract, so he made money that transformed our lives and living.
My mother who used to be a tailor
had to forgo all other sewing to concentrate on this high demand tarpaulins,
which all of us as children helped our mummy in cutting including my father, my
mother, elder sister who could sew as at then and myself who could help in
things that will fasten the sewing activities never cease to do the little I
could do as well. This enabled money that would have been paid to tailors of
those days and staffs who aided the cuttings, parking and delivery was retain
in our home, it was evidenced.
Let your family be well informed,
trained, and equipped for the business you do, don’t make it a you and not
others affair, it will crash the day you crash and also limit sales as to the
limited you can do, there some secrecy you might not be free to open to employee
but you will be free to reveal to your family members. This will help the work
to gain more speed, it will attract more sales than usual as the demand
requires at present.
Benefits of Carrying
Your Family Along
a.
Secrets Exposed: There are some secrets you will
have been hoarding that you will be free to open to your family especially your
children and wife. Password that other people aren’t privy to, process that
hasn’t been clear to others will be cleared before these people, terms and
technologies that have been hidden will be exposed.
b.
Productivity Acceleration: Productivity is
boosted at this point. Family members tend to be more committed for
productivity knowing that it what you sow that you will reap. There will be
increase in productivity at a time like this when handled by family members who
don’t have an alternative for your business than for it to prosper.
c.
Salary Expense Reduced: Salary schedule that needs to rise due to
additional manpower hired will not because they are most times voluntary
workers. It is easier to manage your children and wife to work with no pay
because their allowance might be prepared for.
d.
Passion Extravagant: I was with my eldest
brother in September this year, I was there for few days but I am delighted to
coming in after his employees lives and offer my little help to see that
Impediments Against
Carrying Your Family Along
1. Lack
Of Love and Trust: It is always difficult for family to be carried along when
there is no love and trust amongst each other. It is heart breaking to hear
either parent to always argue the point of next of kin except on exceptional
issues, when it is an agreement to be taken amongst them to enlist any of their
children.
I was brought up
in a home, where my mother is the next of kin to any of my father’s property
until when both are growing old. Your spouse should be your next of kin, except
on both of you agreement on rare matter, then, there can be a negotiation of
which of the children should be enlisted.
2. Lack
Of Understanding: Lack of understanding is not you not knowing but when you
have a closed mindset about an issue. People have proven to have lacked
understanding to the extent that if they are asking questions on some issues,
they aren’t ready to open up their heart to underline the truth but have
discarded everything they will listen to even before they are said.
Some people lack
understanding and they belittle the power and might in their children, rating
them by their age. Jesse entrusted the family business unto David before he was
seventeen, at this age, he wasn’t monitored or supervised by any of his elderly
ones, which connotes what age, he has been opened up to such business.
An Evangelist in
our church in 1980’s was used to taking all his children to the site, when he
has a building contract that his female children could do anything you could
image a labourer on a site could do, it helped to an extent that before his
demise, his children also became building contractor and are doing well in
life.
3. Unavailability:
Another impediment is your unavailability to open your family to the intrinsic
of the business and company. You are too busy moving around to give your family
the joker of what your industry require. Your success isn’t solid and grounded,
if you don’t have any of your biological children who can do better than you
are doing in your field and industry.
A Pastor said,
“He was dazed to hear his son telling him that he wanted to become a Pastor at
a young age and eventually, he became a Pastor before 21years.
4. Polygamous
Family: I am yet to see a confused man like a polygamous man and ditto the
woman. A man or woman who has more than one wife or husband is on a confusing
stand because any of his steps is been traced by one of his wives or husbands
to ascertain his or her love for one out of them than the other.
Such individual
is convenient to hire an outsider than to pick any of his family to his
business except he carries all of them. When he does, he is always diplomatic.
Dapo Olaleye, an
Associate Pastor in Balance Gospel Ministries International Headquarters. He is
the President of Business Xploit Group with Nine Subsidiaries through which
lives are blessed around the globe. Chancellor of Business Xploit institute, Facilitator
in School Of Discovery (Gospel Dominion Prayer Ministries), author of seven books
(Unlocking Your Potentials To Profits, Uncommon Sense Guide To Making Money,
Woman! You Are A Blessing Not A Burden, Ladies Of Dignity, More Than Money, A-Z
Secrets Of Academic Excellence, Becoming An Academic High Flier and Generating
God’s Ideas For Business, Ministry, Career (CD)). He is an alumnus of Daystar
Leadership Academy and Daystar Business Academy and Student of Word Of Faith
Bible Institute. He can be reached via: bizxploit@gmail.com, 08122927079.
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