I have spent a considerable amount of my adult life consistently getting reminded by both wise counsellors and life experiences that feelings are terrible decision making markers. Granted, they are part of what makes us human. They tell us when …
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Some years ago, I had a mentor who possessed the annoying habit of correcting what seemed like perfectly harmless English. Every time I found myself excited about something, like promotion I was hoping for, a holiday I had planned, a …
Read more →My adult life has largely been financially sufficient, where what I made met my needs and the needs of my loved ones, with a little something left to put away or enjoy the pleasures of life. Except for two instances. …
Read more →In the book of Hebrews 11, a number of historical figures are commended for their Faith, as examples of believing in a Truth when observable facts seemed insufficient to justify their hope. From Abel to Enoch to Noah to Abraham …
Read more →A stranger visited my house recently, and marvelled at the books in my Library. He said he could tell the kind of person I was by the kind of books I read. I’d never thought about that, so after he …
Read more →2015 was a good year. I had more Media mentions that year than I can remember. People would stop me on the corridors, or send me messages saying they’d seen me on this or the other publication. The admiration in …
Read more →I consider myself a smart fellow, but i’m rarely the smartest person in the room. Somewhere along my adulting journey, I realised that being the smartest person was a liability, not an asset. Our brain power grows by being stretched, …
Read more →My father believes I am destined to do great things. So much that he nicknamed me Alexander the Great as a young boy. Over the years, he cheered me on as I took on audacious missions, some notable ones including; …
Read more →I am part of the generation that grew up in the 8-4-4 Education system. Anyone who came through the rigor of that system will be familiar with the mantra, ‘Knowledge is Power’. This was such a pervasive dogma that to …
Read more →The worst thing I’ve ever been accused of, one that stings to this day is, ‘You say a lot of nice things, but don’t have much to show for it’. It happened once, and it was said to me by …
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