Sunday 27 March 2016

WANT TO BE AN ACHIEVER? STOP THESE HABITS

           Stop the Victim-speak.
One morning while on my way to work, I sat close to an old woman. She looked frail and weary. As usual, I do not like sitting close to someone I haven’t known. So I said hi to her and I introduced myself. This was my biggest mistake of that morning, so to speak.  I can’t remember her name because I am positive that she did not introduce herself. But I can still remember all the whining and complaining. It was such a painful one hour. I couldn’t wait to get to town and literally run away from her. She was poisonous. She did nothing but complain about everything and everyone. This then got me thinking……

Saturday 12 March 2016

FIVE UNDENIABLE TIPS THAT WILL GUARANTEE YOU PERSONAL GROWTH

Last weekend a friend of mine posed the question, ‘what is personal growth?’ after a long while of thinking, I came up with what I thought was a genius answer. ‘Personal growth is the only evidence of life’ Growth must be the justification of our means. Growth in all aspects of our life is what puts meaning to all our efforts. In fact, the only business that humans have on earth is to grow. You are like a tree and all seasons of the year, both harsh and gentle conspire to help you grow

Sunday 6 March 2016

THE PARADOX OF SIMPLICITY

These weekend we had a staff retreat at olepolos. The scene at this place is the most amazing. The valleys and the bushy hills and the horizons with blurry mountains are the most breathtaking scenes I have ever set my eyes on. I must confess that I did not have these thoughts at the beginning. What I saw was bare land, old tired shrubs, animal forsaken planes and hot hilly semiarid environments. I did not fall in love with it.