Can Losing an election feel like a miscarriage?
"A miscarriage is a real loss that can affect you physically, emotionally, and spiritually. But those who haven't experienced a miscarriage may not understand how deeply it is affecting you because people rarely talk openly about pregnancy loss." (By Christiane...
When an individual becomes greater than a team
I am writing this from Dubai, we came to cheer our son and the team that is participating in the Dubai international Supa cup. This is a tournament that has over 20 teams from different countries participating. Of course this was a good excuse to come for another...
Read this if you want to make a quantum leap
Hey my friend, April 1st is not just a day for a few good jokes... it also kicks off the SECOND quarter of the year. That's right, the first quarter is just about history and your YTD results speak for themselves. Let's take a quick inventory...to see if you need to...
Are all dreams valid?
I spent my mid morning and early afternoon yesterday in some form of a school at some place deep in Mukuru kwa Njenga, a slum in embakasi. You drive past Imara Daima, then you pack your car in some school compound closer to Imara Daima than where you are going. You...
Do not conform
When Romans 12:2 say " do not conform to the patterns/ standards of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-his pleasing and perfect will" what does it really mean not to conform? This...
Unfortunately your career will die anyway
Now there were four men with leprosy sitting at the entrance of the city gates. "Why should we sit here waiting to die?" they asked each other.We will starve if we stay here, but with the famine in the city, we will starve if we go back there. So we might as...
Get a piece of your pie in 2017
Have you caught yourself at any time over the past few days daydreaming about what you plan to do in 2017? Maybe you have a new website idea you want to launch, or an old idea or project you want to complete. Maybe you want to double the size of your client base, or...
Acceleration downward
I don't know how many of you have heard this song " Chini kwa Chini, Chini kwa Chini......???? Panda, Panda......Panda. ...panda ????" many times you hear it and the body start responding to the beats involuntarily even those who don't know the words, they start going...
Does education makes us equal?
Yesterday I visited my primary school,my friends and I do this every year to meet and encourage the kids in class 6, 7 and 8. Sometimes we meet even the parents who now happen to have been my classmates or younger. Sometimes I wonder if this has any impact but we...
11 years married
Today as we celebrate our 11th wedding Anniversary, we have all the reasons to thank God for his faithfuless. We are not experts on this institution of marriage but maybe by the virtue of being together for 11 years we qualify to share a few lessons we have learnt...
Five BE’s from my son.
Today as I was going through my son's pictures, sweet memories in deed. My son was a very calm baby, for 3 months my neighbours did not know that I had a baby because he never used to cry in a loud voice, even if you were in my house you could not hear him. I was the...
Boy child the endangered species
Whenever I go for a parents event in my son's school, it worries me to notice that 90% of those who participate in entertaining the parents are girls. The last event I attended I could not help but complain to the teacher, my question is and has always been, does it...
Salo addiction
Every time I visit my village I find some of my primary school classmates who got into alcohol. There are these particular two, who always come to see me immediately they see my car stop. They only have one mission, get a ksh 100 and disappear. They have a common...
The law of supply and demand
Have you ever wondered why a brain surgeon/ neurosurgeon would earn an equivalent of one years earnings of a petrol station attendant or a watchman in one hour? I was not a very good student of business studies in high school but at least I remember we were taught...
Labor pains.
After carrying pregnancy and heading towards 9 months, every mother looks forward for labor pains and of course the delivery of the baby and live happily ever after. I have gone through labor pains in several occasions, when I say several, I mean more than once. The...
The worst form of poverty
Poverty is a state of deprivation, or a lack of the usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. (Wikipedia). To be deprived is to lack or be denied. Just in case you didn't know, i am a graduate of Mathematics and one of the units I did not...
The struggles and breakthroughs of a married insurance sales woman
When I got uncomfortable with my previous job and together with my friends we started a business, my husband was very supportive and he even bought me my first sales book by Zig Ziglar " The secret of closing a sale" the reason why he bought me the book is because we...
A sales person learning curve
So today as I was driving to work, I was listening to some audio, I got to town without realizing that i was driving. This happens most of the days even when am driving home, it's like the car is on auto pilot. Sometimes i leave office with a plan to pass somewhere...
How can I quit my job to follow my dreams?
Most of us are stuck in jobs that we do not like or love to do. We have big dreams, we know that God created us with unique gifts that if we only put them to work, the results would be amazing. You are sure and you are convinced that you need to be doing something...
Is selling insurance a lucrative job/business? what makes a successful sales agent?
Selling insurance in Kenya has been seen as the hardest, non prestigious and lowly job that one can do. 6 years ago when i joined the insurance industry i was told i had joined the profession of thugs. It was mostly seen as a profession of the uneducated , even the...
The grass is greener where you water
My mum being a teacher, she understands a lot when it comes to nutrition and balanced diet, this means we always had a balanced diet. At least every meal had a protein, starch and vegetables/fruit. This means we grew up as very healthy kids. For breakfast we used to...
Accumulating Money and Wealth
For anyone to become an expert in their field, is as a result of gathering information piece by piece until they become gurus in their field. This is also true with wealth, you have to gather hundreds and thousands each and every day and invest it and it grows to lump...
Definition of ‘Risk Management’
Risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in advance, analyzing them and taking precautionary steps to reduce/curb the risk. Definition: In the world of finance, risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in...
Taking a policy…
Taking an insurance policy is sometimes made to seem very difficult but more often than not just like making the simple choice of taking the right direction. The best thing about it is that an individual can choose the manner in which they want to travel down this...
Why is it that some people do so well financially then suddenly they become poor?
In my opinion I think it has to do with asset allocation. I can illustrate this using 3 baskets. 1. SECURITY BASKET This is where you can call on when other investments have failed e.g when the business is down or you have lost your job or you are disabled or loss of...
Is commitment disposable?
Gary Ryan defines commitment as the act of pledging or engaging oneself to do or to perform, once there is an authentic obligation. In my earlier post we discussed about interest and commitment, my question again is, are you just interested or passionately...
Are you interested or are you committed to achieving your goal?
Are you interested in buying that house? getting that education plan for your child? starting that investment plan?, getting that degree? buying that plot? making your relationship work? or are you committed? when you are interested in getting something, you are...
How much Insurance should I buy?
Most people buy insurance because they feel the insurance agent is nagging and therefore ask for the minimum premium so that they dismiss the agent. It is important that you evaluate your insurance need based on your financial responsibilities i.e your expenses and...
Self Discipline
In the year 2012, the month of October to be specific, i decided i was going to change my lifestyle after going through a very difficult experience in my life. I decided i was going to be excellent in whatever i put my hands to do but i discovered it was difficult to...
The Excuse Island
Most of the people live in the excuse island, they live in the fantasy that someday they will have what they want, someday i will be out of debt, someday i will have a degree, someday i will start the eduction policy for my children, someday i will start saving,...