MEN and WORK The man invented work so that he can fortify his kingdom, protect his family and provide for his lineage. Therefore, work is masculine. Women hate to work, not because they are lazy but because nature designed women to sit and nurture. By work I mean having goals, pursuing them and achieving them. Work is only given to a man who is competent. Only men who show discipline, order and commitment should be given work. Work is NOT about a salary or money but work is about the competency of your skills. Your skills are meant to solve problems. Once you solve a problem, the person whose problem you solved will say "thank you." This " thank you" is today personified by a value known as money. The more "thank you" you receive, the more money you are paid. A man does not look for work because he is "work". If he does not get into a system that accommodates his work, then he builds his own system where he accommodates his work. If you have read what I have written up to here, you will notice I am talking about " WORK" not "jobs". A job is not work. A job is a by-product of employment. While employment is a product of work. Therefore, work creates employment and employment creates jobs. A man is work; therefore, he creates employment. Many men go to school because they anticipate being employed. They are looking for jobs. They sit on their potential, discard their skills and walk from office to office looking for jobs. Countries where there is massive unemployment, are countries where men have refused to work. Men in these countries go to college to be trained how to be employees. Then when they don't get jobs, they begin throwing tantrums and abusing their Government. Governments have jobs but don't have work. These jobs reach their limit, and Governments fail to employ more. So, these Governments begin creating other unnecessary jobs to absorb people who have refused to work. Governments are supposed to create an enabling environment for work. However, since modern men have become lazy, they want to be employed in jobs where they just go, sit and wait for a monthly salary. A man who is begging for a job should never be given any job. A man who is standing at a corner of a street with a placard begging for a job should never be given any job. A man employed out of sympathy will never help the owner of the work to deliver the goals. This is a man who will be whining at the job or if his performance is questionable, he will be reminded that he was given work out of sympathy. A man is work. A man does not look for work but work looks for man. Because man is the embodiment of skills. He doesn't require anyone to sympathize with him because a man is the embodiment of work. A man is work, and work is man. That's why workers are men. Plumbers, electricians, loggers, carpenters, masons, mechanics, farmers etc are men at work. They are not men at jobs. If you are a teacher, being a teacher is a job, but teaching is work. That's why we have competent teachers and incompetent teachers. If you are a president, being a president is a job but leading is work. That's why some presidents are incompetent, and others are competent. A job is a title, while work is responsibility. A father is a title, while fatherhood is a responsibility. If you don't know your work, and build your work, you will suffer in this earth. Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter. He was a worker. He used the skills of his work to preach the gospel. Work is the vehicle to your dreams. Work is production. Work is productivity. Work is skilled work. Work is a craft. Work on your work! #MasculinitySaturday.