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 …
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Business affairs
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 …
Read more →I once spent about 3 weeks in the US, as a fresh faced young Man of 25. It was what many like to call an experience of a lifetime. We split our time between 2 cities, Chicago and Washington DC, …
Read more →‘Alright everyone, Cameras rolling in 5,4,3,2,1…” The room was as chilly as a mid July morning in the Highlands of Kenya, yet I could feel the sweat on my brow. My impeccably ironed shirt was beginning to stain with my …
Read more →Let’s play a game. I tell you one thing about myself, and you have to tell me something about yourself. Deal? I know I know, you are wondering how this works with you behind a computer screen and me probably …
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