Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Starting a Daycare as a Business - Questions and Answers
Question and Answer session with Maria Otiso
Question: You said something about having furniture for parents. Could you please expatiate on it?
Answer: The furniture I was talking about are chairs and tables where they can sit when waiting for their kids. Some daycares do not have a place a parent can sit. Sometimes you just need to sit and listen to the teacher rather than standing while the teacher or director is talking to you. Remember some of these parents come from work very tired. It’s something like a waiting place or a reception area with two or three seats
Question: I believe not everyone is qualified character-wise and temperament-wise to run a day care. So what kind of person should run a day care?
Answer: Each one of us have areas we are so good at which may not be so with others. Please do an assessment to know which area you are good at. Some of us can be very good farmers, engineers, professors and doctors. Check which area you are good at and start the business. Also, you can start and get the right staff to run the daycare even if you are not directly involved with kids. You can just decide to be a director and make sure the daycare is running smoothly.
Question: So, is there no possible means of starting small because I think the installation of those gadgets may cost a lot of money? The licenses are so many; won’t that deplete one's starting capital?
Answer: Yes, in one of the points I said you should start small. So, you don't have to start with everything that is laid down here. You develop it slowly. Some of the licenses require very little money so that is not a problem.
Mariapia Otiso is the mother of a beautiful girl and the wife of a handsome man. You can reach her by sending an email to mariapia.kagendo@gmail.com
Saturday, April 1, 2017
She Does Not Eat The Bread Of Idleness
"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.” Proverbs 31: 27
Once again, someone has asked me for more information about myself. I will oblige you this time BECAUSE IT TIES INTO WHAT I WAS GOING TO WRITE ABOUT ANYWAY. I’ll let you know, though, that I am at liberty to reveal what I wish to reveal about myself when I want to. I also realise that you have the right to choose your friends, real or virtual. If you need more information than I’m willing to divulge, please use whatever buttons Facebook has given you to protect your privacy…
Now to the real gist of the post…I grew up in a family with strong women. I have/had aunts, cousins and other female relatives who went through terrible pains in the name of marriage. I decided not to get married because I didn’t believe I could stand the crap that these wonderful women endured in the name of marriage. Eventually, though, a young man swept me off my feet and I almost made him my ‘god’.
Thankfully, he is a firm believer in women empowerment because I really would have considered dropping it all and staying in ‘utopia’ with him (Hint: I’m not looking for another man to ‘sweep’ me off my feet). I’m back on earth now because my ‘knight in shining armor’ has some dents in the said armor. The focus of this post is not marriage so I’ll hurry to my point.
These strong women had to deal with all sorts of crap from the men they married. We can debate till we’re blue in the face on whether they deserved it or not because they
1) snatched someone’s boyfriend,
2) saw the traits yet went ahead to marry the dude or 3) whatever else tickles your fancy…
One thing I learnt from these women that I hope to pass on to my child(ren) is the fact that they didn’t let the crap their husbands or family members/in-laws were dishing out keep them down. They still went on to make and are still making successes of their lives.
I can’t deal with the way some women’s life ambition is to get married and have kids. I have no qualms with having a family and looking out for the well-being of the family (that’s the first part of the verse I quoted). What I have issues with is how some women hand over their financial future to a man, who at his very best, is still a man.
Then there are those sisters/mothers that won’t stop pestering their married brothers/sons for financial support. With all due respect, you’re causing strains in your brother/son’s marriage. In the name of all that you hold dear, please get a life. I don’t mean to disrespect you; it’s just that your conduct leaves a lot to be desired and someone needs to tell you. Please, get past whatever hurt, disappointment or whatever and make something enviable out of your life. I’m sorry you had to/have to deal with crap; God will see you through as you prayerfully endure. While you’re praying for a change in your situation, please can you get busy?
Many, if not all, of the heroines in the Bible had to deal with crap in their family lives yet they went on to give us wonderful role models to look up to. Sarah had no kid; Rebekkah had no kids and was married to a passive man who was possibly an over-pampered dude. Leah was in a loveless marriage, Rachel had to contend with her blood sister for her husband. We have no clue what Lappidoth was up to yet Deborah judged Israel and together with Jael and Barak led Israel to a victory that resulted in 40 years of peace. Please feel free to add your favorite heroine’s story to the mix.
I trust that there are men who give their wives as much as they can; they sacrifice for their families. I salute you, sirs. However, I have an issue with you…I hope you’re not enabling your wife or any of your female relatives to eat the bread of idleness. I hope you haven’t become their “Alpha and Omega”. If that’s the case, please sir, repent and encourage her to get busy…She needs some empowerment.
If you’re a woman on my friends’ list and you don’t mind connecting with other women who are not idle, rude or generally poorly-behaved people, please let me know if you’re interested in joining a Facebook group created with you in mind. We share business/career tips and opportunities that are particularly targeted at women. I’ll need you to either leave a comment or send me a private message. I’ll add you ASAP. Please note that there are specific market days so please don’t post adverts on non-market days. I’ll recommend to the Admins that they take disciplinary action against anyone that does not comply with the rules and particularly anyone that puts up posts seeking non-business/career related counsel. My pet peeve is all those mindless BCs requiring people to send to a certain number of people so that there will be no evil outcome…That’s the #1 symptom of idleness and a serious infraction, in my opinion. My sisters, abeg don’t fall my hand when I add you to the group. Thanks in advance.
My darling brothers, I am only a member in the group so my influence in the group is minimal. If you think there is value in creating such a group for men and women, please let me know in the comments. If I see enough interests, I’ll start the group though I won’t be the major Admin. It’s the first man and woman to indicate interest in such a group that will be the Admins ooo, lol #NoTime.
Enjoy the day and be the change you’re expecting…
Once again, someone has asked me for more information about myself. I will oblige you this time BECAUSE IT TIES INTO WHAT I WAS GOING TO WRITE ABOUT ANYWAY. I’ll let you know, though, that I am at liberty to reveal what I wish to reveal about myself when I want to. I also realise that you have the right to choose your friends, real or virtual. If you need more information than I’m willing to divulge, please use whatever buttons Facebook has given you to protect your privacy…
Now to the real gist of the post…I grew up in a family with strong women. I have/had aunts, cousins and other female relatives who went through terrible pains in the name of marriage. I decided not to get married because I didn’t believe I could stand the crap that these wonderful women endured in the name of marriage. Eventually, though, a young man swept me off my feet and I almost made him my ‘god’.
Thankfully, he is a firm believer in women empowerment because I really would have considered dropping it all and staying in ‘utopia’ with him (Hint: I’m not looking for another man to ‘sweep’ me off my feet). I’m back on earth now because my ‘knight in shining armor’ has some dents in the said armor. The focus of this post is not marriage so I’ll hurry to my point.
These strong women had to deal with all sorts of crap from the men they married. We can debate till we’re blue in the face on whether they deserved it or not because they
1) snatched someone’s boyfriend,
2) saw the traits yet went ahead to marry the dude or 3) whatever else tickles your fancy…
One thing I learnt from these women that I hope to pass on to my child(ren) is the fact that they didn’t let the crap their husbands or family members/in-laws were dishing out keep them down. They still went on to make and are still making successes of their lives.
I can’t deal with the way some women’s life ambition is to get married and have kids. I have no qualms with having a family and looking out for the well-being of the family (that’s the first part of the verse I quoted). What I have issues with is how some women hand over their financial future to a man, who at his very best, is still a man.
Then there are those sisters/mothers that won’t stop pestering their married brothers/sons for financial support. With all due respect, you’re causing strains in your brother/son’s marriage. In the name of all that you hold dear, please get a life. I don’t mean to disrespect you; it’s just that your conduct leaves a lot to be desired and someone needs to tell you. Please, get past whatever hurt, disappointment or whatever and make something enviable out of your life. I’m sorry you had to/have to deal with crap; God will see you through as you prayerfully endure. While you’re praying for a change in your situation, please can you get busy?
Many, if not all, of the heroines in the Bible had to deal with crap in their family lives yet they went on to give us wonderful role models to look up to. Sarah had no kid; Rebekkah had no kids and was married to a passive man who was possibly an over-pampered dude. Leah was in a loveless marriage, Rachel had to contend with her blood sister for her husband. We have no clue what Lappidoth was up to yet Deborah judged Israel and together with Jael and Barak led Israel to a victory that resulted in 40 years of peace. Please feel free to add your favorite heroine’s story to the mix.
I trust that there are men who give their wives as much as they can; they sacrifice for their families. I salute you, sirs. However, I have an issue with you…I hope you’re not enabling your wife or any of your female relatives to eat the bread of idleness. I hope you haven’t become their “Alpha and Omega”. If that’s the case, please sir, repent and encourage her to get busy…She needs some empowerment.
If you’re a woman on my friends’ list and you don’t mind connecting with other women who are not idle, rude or generally poorly-behaved people, please let me know if you’re interested in joining a Facebook group created with you in mind. We share business/career tips and opportunities that are particularly targeted at women. I’ll need you to either leave a comment or send me a private message. I’ll add you ASAP. Please note that there are specific market days so please don’t post adverts on non-market days. I’ll recommend to the Admins that they take disciplinary action against anyone that does not comply with the rules and particularly anyone that puts up posts seeking non-business/career related counsel. My pet peeve is all those mindless BCs requiring people to send to a certain number of people so that there will be no evil outcome…That’s the #1 symptom of idleness and a serious infraction, in my opinion. My sisters, abeg don’t fall my hand when I add you to the group. Thanks in advance.
My darling brothers, I am only a member in the group so my influence in the group is minimal. If you think there is value in creating such a group for men and women, please let me know in the comments. If I see enough interests, I’ll start the group though I won’t be the major Admin. It’s the first man and woman to indicate interest in such a group that will be the Admins ooo, lol #NoTime.
Enjoy the day and be the change you’re expecting…
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
BEFORE YOU QUIT YOUR JOB
If you are planning to quit your job to face your business, please note that business rarely starts booming immediately you start. Don't let "motivational speakers" fool you with their power of persuasion. You're going to have some trial and error period.
Don't let some destiny wasters lie to you that it's the "powers of your father/mother's house" or your spouse that are contending against your destiny and waste your already lean resources pursuing solutions to nonexistent problems. Don't let anyone play ping pong with your money and future.
Entrepreneurship does not start out rosy but if your products or services are providing value and you maintain the right attitude, your customers will find you.
Before you quit your job, plan carefully abeg. Look at your expenses critically and confirm how long your savings can sustain you, assuming you don't generate any income from your business. If your savings won't go far, abeg start the business as a "side hustle". Use that period to grow your savings AND your business. You can take some time off from work when the demands of your business are high and focus on your job when business is not booming.
After some time, offer to become a freelancer for your current employer. When they need your expertise, you can go in. At other times, you devote your energy to growing your business.
That's all the business tips I have for today. Please share your thoughts in the comments.
Enjoy your day.
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Don't let some destiny wasters lie to you that it's the "powers of your father/mother's house" or your spouse that are contending against your destiny and waste your already lean resources pursuing solutions to nonexistent problems. Don't let anyone play ping pong with your money and future.
Entrepreneurship does not start out rosy but if your products or services are providing value and you maintain the right attitude, your customers will find you.
Before you quit your job, plan carefully abeg. Look at your expenses critically and confirm how long your savings can sustain you, assuming you don't generate any income from your business. If your savings won't go far, abeg start the business as a "side hustle". Use that period to grow your savings AND your business. You can take some time off from work when the demands of your business are high and focus on your job when business is not booming.
After some time, offer to become a freelancer for your current employer. When they need your expertise, you can go in. At other times, you devote your energy to growing your business.
That's all the business tips I have for today. Please share your thoughts in the comments.
Enjoy your day.
Join the Real Estate Revolution today
Saturday, February 25, 2017
SUNDAY SERMON - FOLLOW THE MAN WEY SABI
TODAY'S SERMON
Good morning. Here is today's sermon
1. Obey the Golden Rule. Do unto others as you want them to do to you. Don't dish out senseless advice to others then cry when you receive seven fold harvest of senseless advice. #BeGuided
2. Don't lie about your marital status just to get laid. It's just plain evil.
3. Don't meet a stranger online, sleep with them and give them money then start forming victim when they break up with you. This is 2017. I'm really struggling to understand how ladies can say that they didn't know that a man was married.
4. Don't defend a man that denied you publicly, sister. Jesus said if you deny Him on earth, He will deny you in heaven. Follow the Man wey sabi, abeg...
Happy Sunday.
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Good morning. Here is today's sermon
1. Obey the Golden Rule. Do unto others as you want them to do to you. Don't dish out senseless advice to others then cry when you receive seven fold harvest of senseless advice. #BeGuided
2. Don't lie about your marital status just to get laid. It's just plain evil.
3. Don't meet a stranger online, sleep with them and give them money then start forming victim when they break up with you. This is 2017. I'm really struggling to understand how ladies can say that they didn't know that a man was married.
4. Don't defend a man that denied you publicly, sister. Jesus said if you deny Him on earth, He will deny you in heaven. Follow the Man wey sabi, abeg...
Happy Sunday.
Sunday, February 19, 2017
ABOUT ROMANTICIZING WITCHCRAFT
I was just thinking that Goldie & Bear would be a perfect replacement for Sophia the First. I was even imagining how it would be a great talking point for my daughter when she's in her twenties and running her own blog (or has inherited one or more of mine, lol).
Sofia got knocked off the list when I discovered that she is a witch. No matter how 'friendly' she is, a witch is a witch and needs to be delivered. My own liberal views will not allow me romanticize witchcraft... My Christian values no gree...
Anyway, I was warming up quickly to Goldie and Bear. Today of all days, they chose to romanticize witchcraft. This is my yellow card....
I think Christians should make cartoons that promote Christian values and invest in television. If you put out good quality content, I promise to patronize and to use my space to promote.
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Sofia got knocked off the list when I discovered that she is a witch. No matter how 'friendly' she is, a witch is a witch and needs to be delivered. My own liberal views will not allow me romanticize witchcraft... My Christian values no gree...
Anyway, I was warming up quickly to Goldie and Bear. Today of all days, they chose to romanticize witchcraft. This is my yellow card....
I think Christians should make cartoons that promote Christian values and invest in television. If you put out good quality content, I promise to patronize and to use my space to promote.
This is the Sunday School sermon. Main sermon is loading.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
When You Have Erectile Dysfunction
My blog post that has had the highest views so far was titled "When Your Husband Won't Make Love To You". The other one that has come close to it is the one about Yewande Oyediran (nee Fatoki), the lady that allegedly murdered her husband. I guess if I was a blogger interested in monetizing my blog, I'll focus more on those kind of stories. That's not where I'm going today, though.
Yesterday, I saw a post on my Big Sis' wall about a man who patronized those people selling 'gbogbonise' to enhance his sexual performance because his wife was always taunting him. He eventually died because some of his nerves were damaged. Her conclusion about men with Erectile Dysfunction (ED) consulting with trained medical doctors is faultless. Her conclusion about wives of men with ED is almost flawless. I have a few more recommendations, which are in the blog post I talked about in the opening paragraph.
What I want to shed some light on today is how the sexual frustration of the wife of the man with ED is waved away by both the man and people around. There is the camp that will ask her " Is sex food?". Then there's the camp that will ask her to seduce him bla bla bla. Do you honestly think she hasn't tried that?
The responses from some of these men can make someone commit adultery, murder or suicide. One lady told me that when she raised her concerns with her husband (who may or may not have ED, he has refused to see a doctor as he does not think there is a problem), he asked her to find a lover to satisfy her.
I read about a young man who claimed that if his wife disrespects him in public, he will punish her by starving her sexually for about a year. He claims he would get himself a side chic to satisfy him but she won't be able to get a side guy because their tradition and faith will not allow her get one. This guy is yet to get married o.
I read of a lady that burned down the house because she had been sexually starved for 5 years. I think she made the confession to the police.
For a woman trying to conceive, I think the men with ED who refuse to get medical treatment are just being wicked. Please let me know if I'm too harsh.
We keep harping on women denying their husband sexually (I don't think we should stop) and skirt around the issue of men sexually depriving their wives. I think they should get the same amount of attention, honestly, considering the fact that ED is treatable.
Enjoy your day.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
OBEY THE GOLDEN RULE
You think you're cheating on your spouse and they decide to make it an open relationship... Why are you vexing?
If you say cheating is bad (like me), then don't cheat (and expect your spouse to stay in the War Room, praying against the strange man/woman). If you say it's natural for a man/woman to cheat, then understand when your spouse cheats too.
Personally, I think if you believe you can't be faithful to a partner, either stay unmarried and continue fornicating or let your partner know that your vows don't include faithfulness. Be reasonable enough to understand that your partner also cannot be faithful to one partner for the same reasons that you can't be.
If you think (like me) that your partner has the capacity to be faithful, then you also have the capacity to be faithful. Go ye and do likewise.
If a man can be forgiven for cheating, a woman can also be forgiven for cheating. If a woman should be lynched for cheating, so should a man. A man's cheating is not better than a woman's cheating and a woman's cheating is not worse than a man's cheating. No amount testosterone, oestrogen or progesterone can change it.
The child a cheating woman conceives may belong to her husband or the side guy. A DNA test will cure the confusion. That's the same test that a cheating man needs to conduct when his side chic tells him she's pregnant. One is not more expensive than the other. If you choose to have more than one partner, at least have enough sense to use protection so that you will not involve innocent children in your selfishness. Also, you need to help us reduce the spread of STIs/STDs/AIDS. Your behavior is not helping...
Someone told me of a radio show where women were asked to choose between A) Faithful and Stingy Husband and B) Benevolent and Unfaithful Husband. As usual, I chose C) Benevolent and Faithful Husband.
While I am averse to A or B, there is still an option D - Unfaithful and Stingy Husband. That's double jeopardy mehn... My friend, choose a struggle...
The bottom line for me is "If you can't take it, don't serve it to others". Obey the Golden Rule , my friend... Have you eaten?
If you say cheating is bad (like me), then don't cheat (and expect your spouse to stay in the War Room, praying against the strange man/woman). If you say it's natural for a man/woman to cheat, then understand when your spouse cheats too.
Personally, I think if you believe you can't be faithful to a partner, either stay unmarried and continue fornicating or let your partner know that your vows don't include faithfulness. Be reasonable enough to understand that your partner also cannot be faithful to one partner for the same reasons that you can't be.
If you think (like me) that your partner has the capacity to be faithful, then you also have the capacity to be faithful. Go ye and do likewise.
If a man can be forgiven for cheating, a woman can also be forgiven for cheating. If a woman should be lynched for cheating, so should a man. A man's cheating is not better than a woman's cheating and a woman's cheating is not worse than a man's cheating. No amount testosterone, oestrogen or progesterone can change it.
The child a cheating woman conceives may belong to her husband or the side guy. A DNA test will cure the confusion. That's the same test that a cheating man needs to conduct when his side chic tells him she's pregnant. One is not more expensive than the other. If you choose to have more than one partner, at least have enough sense to use protection so that you will not involve innocent children in your selfishness. Also, you need to help us reduce the spread of STIs/STDs/AIDS. Your behavior is not helping...
Someone told me of a radio show where women were asked to choose between A) Faithful and Stingy Husband and B) Benevolent and Unfaithful Husband. As usual, I chose C) Benevolent and Faithful Husband.
While I am averse to A or B, there is still an option D - Unfaithful and Stingy Husband. That's double jeopardy mehn... My friend, choose a struggle...
The bottom line for me is "If you can't take it, don't serve it to others". Obey the Golden Rule , my friend... Have you eaten?
Sunday, January 22, 2017
About Erectile Dysfunction
There is gist on Facebook about Erectile Dysfunction and this is my response:
Dear man,
If you are dealing with Erectile Dysfunction (ED), I understand that you feel ashamed. I don't think you should feel ashamed but I guess you've been told over and over again that you are worthless if you can't get "it" up. It's not true but let's not even focus on that.
Many women will stay with a man who is open and honest and tries to fix the issue (ED can be treated, so you're not hopeless). What frustrates many women is when the man ignores her sexual urges with words like "Sex is not food" and it's variants. Don't listen to those that claim that women don't have sexual urges. It is not true.
Please open up to your wife and see a urologist, if you are dealing with Erectile Dysfunction.
Wife, please show your husband the necessary support and love as he works through the issue. Don't wound him emotionally with mockery. If you are guilty of this, you need to fall on your knees and repent. Apologize to him and ask for his forgiveness. Then show him support in the ways that matter to HIM as he seeks medical solutions.
Please feel free to share what you know that is PROVEN about Erectile Dysfunction.
Good morning.
Dear man,
If you are dealing with Erectile Dysfunction (ED), I understand that you feel ashamed. I don't think you should feel ashamed but I guess you've been told over and over again that you are worthless if you can't get "it" up. It's not true but let's not even focus on that.
Many women will stay with a man who is open and honest and tries to fix the issue (ED can be treated, so you're not hopeless). What frustrates many women is when the man ignores her sexual urges with words like "Sex is not food" and it's variants. Don't listen to those that claim that women don't have sexual urges. It is not true.
Please open up to your wife and see a urologist, if you are dealing with Erectile Dysfunction.
Wife, please show your husband the necessary support and love as he works through the issue. Don't wound him emotionally with mockery. If you are guilty of this, you need to fall on your knees and repent. Apologize to him and ask for his forgiveness. Then show him support in the ways that matter to HIM as he seeks medical solutions.
Please feel free to share what you know that is PROVEN about Erectile Dysfunction.
Good morning.
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