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Choices Have Consequences, Lesalon Kasaine

Life Lessons

Choices Have Consequences: Part 3- the End of the Road

If you are a teenager reading this and you believe in the power of sticking together and never snitching, kindly do re-think. All it takes is a slap. ...

Lesalon Kasaine September 22, 2020

Personal Development

The Brutally Honest Truth About Success

Remove this idea from your head that there is some fairy tale answer to getting what you want. ...

Ayodeji Awosika September 21, 2020

Culture

Why All the Hate? Influencer Gatekeeping and the Zoomers Coming to Kill It

Elsa Majimbo’s success is proof that there is room for creatives to break away from the mould and do wonderful things. ...

Joy Matiri September 18, 2020

Personal Development

How Can You Finally Just Start Improving Your Life Once and For All?

Alain De Botton described the way the ethos of society permeates in the most perfect way possible. He calls it a “colorless, odorless gas.” ...

Ayodeji Awosika September 16, 2020

Life Lessons

Choices Have Consequences: Part 2- Alcohol, Truancy, and a Night in Police Cells

I saw my mum cry in church sometimes, in the company of other women, praying for me. Some family members berated her for my ill upbringing. ...

Lesalon Kasaine September 15, 2020

Careers

Kenyan Youth Will Continually Be Frustrated by the Job Market Without Professional Career Guidance

Studies have revealed that many Kenyan students join universities, colleges and technical institutes to pursue careers that do not match their capabilities. ...

Kevin Doyle September 14, 2020

Personal Development

Cornerstone Qonversations: Vulnerability

In our present-day society, vulnerability is often viewed as a show of weakness. However, it takes courage to be true to who you are and what you’re feeling. ...

Damaris Agweyu September 12, 2020

Business

Cash Flow Over Profits — on Why We Gave up on Consultancy

In order to scale a consultancy, you either have to charge a premium or increase the man-hours — both of which come with trade-offs. ...

Henry Onyango September 10, 2020

Entrepreneurship

Stop Lying to Our Youth. Starting and Growing a Successful Business Is Hard!

How often do many of us who have had bosses who lack good management skills and often make our jobs more frustrating than rewarding find ourselves uttering, “someday I am going to be my own boss”? ...

Kevin Doyle September 9, 2020

Life Lessons

Choices Have Consequences: Part 1- Rebel Without a Cause

I was a troubled teenager who found fault in little things, who wanted to stoke flames of unrest just for fun and so I could be away from school. Call me a fool, because that’s who I was. ...

Lesalon Kasaine September 8, 2020

Entrepreneurship

Let’s Stop Romanticising Entrepreneurship

There’s a lot more to running a company than simply having an idea, even if it’s an amazing idea. ...

Henry Onyango September 7, 2020

Money Matters

Best Saccos to Join in Kenya

Choosing whether or not to commit your savings in a sacco is not a simple decision. However, there are few savings options that make better fiscal sense. ...

Steve Muriithi September 2, 2020

Personal Development

The Secret to Changing Your Life’s Story

Your mind is this self-fulfilling prophecy machine. Any time you try a new challenging situation, your mind digs into its mental cabinet to see when you’ve tried similar things before. It’s wired to look for failures because your brain wants you to be safe. ...

Ayodeji Awosika September 1, 2020

Personal Development

Cornerstone Qonversations: Judgements

We all judge and we all get judged, it’s a fact of life. But it is important to differentiate between what is a judgement and what is a fact… ...

Damaris Agweyu August 31, 2020

Health Matters

With a Little Foresight, You Don’t Have to Rely on Contributions to Cover High Medical Bills

Hardly a day goes by without someone soliciting for help to cover a medical bill on Kenyan social media. It can be a horrifying ordeal when you find that you cannot pay for something that your life depends on- literally. ...

BrandVoice August 30, 2020

The Workplace

Why is Monday a Moody and Gloomy Day for the Employed? Here’s Humour to Cheer You Up

If you’re doing a job you’re passionate about, where more than just earning a salary, you fulfill an inner itch stirred by talent and innate abilities, Monday will be like a weekend for you. ...

Lesalon Kasaine August 24, 2020

Brand Voice

Building Personal Relations and Networking for Business Success

Maintaining good personal relationships with the most important players in your career allows you to stay informed and plugged in, which allows you to take advantage of emerging opportunities to advance yourself. ...

BrandVoice August 21, 2020

Africa Rising

The Complexities Behind Africa’s Shared History

Africa, as with her people, has always been a complex continent. Tribal barriers separated us long before the slaver and the coloniser did. ...

Peter Gatuna August 21, 2020

Money Matters

Saccos as a Saving and Investment Avenue

Saccos have become increasingly popular among Kenyans who are looking to save money and gain access to credit facilities. ...

Steve Muriithi August 20, 2020

Just life

A Letter to My Fellow Men

If you are going through something unbearable, please open up and seek help. ...

Isaac Wambichi August 19, 2020

Cornerstone Qonversations

What Is Self Sabotage and Why Do We Do It?

We self sabotage because deep down we feel unworthy ...

Damaris Agweyu August 17, 2020

Brand Voice

How You Can Win in Business Through Gifting: 5 Proven Strategies From Giftpesa

People love choices. And gifts are no exception. Nobody wants to be stuck with a gift they don’t like if there is the option to choose something better. ...

BrandVoice August 17, 2020

Personal Development

What If?

What would your life look like if you decided to go as hard as you possibly could? What if you just went for it? What if you just decided today was going to be the day that you stopped BSing yourself and went all-in on a better future? ...

Ayodeji Awosika August 14, 2020

Money Matters

Investing in Treasury Bills and Bonds

For someone looking to invest their money for a short term, T-bills are the way to go. But if you want to invest in the long run then T-bonds are the better choice. ...

Steve Muriithi August 13, 2020

Personal Development

Innocent or Guilty of Murder? A Conversation for Time Killers

It was Abraham Lincoln who said, give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. We each have an axe in our hands, called time. How sharpened is your management of time? ...

Lesalon Kasaine August 11, 2020

Brand Voice

Why Employees Underperform and How You Can Motivate Them to Do Better

BrandVoice August 10, 2020

Personal Development

How to go From Zero to Hero and Rebuild Your Life

Keep your mouth shut, go about your business, and block the noise of society the best you can. ...

Ayodeji Awosika August 5, 2020

Personal Development

5 Simple Steps You Can Take to Help You Stop Procrastinating

Most people don’t realize the harm of their procrastination habit until they look back and notice all the opportunities they missed ...

Peter Gatuna August 4, 2020

Just life

An Intervention Prayer for a 9-Year-Old Boy

Kids being raised by both parents is something that most people often take for granted. ...

Isaac Wambichi August 4, 2020

Cornerstone Qonversations

The Hardest Work Is Self Work: Addressing the Baggage From Our Past

The hardest work is self work ...

Damaris Agweyu August 3, 2020

Brand Voice

The Exponential Benefits of Gift-Giving at the Workplace

Gift-giving is one of the most underrated human resource management techniques ...

BrandVoice August 1, 2020

Using technology to manage your financial goals

Money Matters

Leveraging Technology to Advance Your Financial Goals

In our fast-paced lives, keeping track of your expenses can be a daunting task. Thankfully, we have some local apps that you can use to monitor spending. ...

Steve Muriithi July 31, 2020

Personal Development

How to Thrive in Almost Any Situation

You have the power to adapt to whatever life throws at you, even if you don’t always feel like the most capable person. Why? Because you’re a human being. ...

Ayodeji Awosika July 28, 2020

Africa Rising

Africa Must Own Her History – but First We Need to Know It

When your history is written by someone else, it doesn’t really belong to you. And right now, our history as Africans belongs to Europe. ...

Peter Gatuna July 24, 2020

Money Matters

How Unit Trusts Work and Why You Should Invest in One

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now. ...

Steve Muriithi July 24, 2020

Personal Development

Who Moved My Cheese? The Need to Accept, Adjust, and Advance in Times of Change

Regardless of how formidable your business or career might seem, change will come knocking at your door. It is a respecter of no man. ...

Lesalon Kasaine July 21, 2020

Africa Rising

Who Owns African Art?

Up to 90% of Africa’s artistic heritage is outside Africa, a considerable amount of which was looted by colonial powers during the colonization of Africa. ...

Niels Tulleneers July 19, 2020

Money Matters

Purchasing Stocks: Tips to Help You Make the Right Decision

When it comes to purchasing stocks, your choice will, largely, be informed by your personal financial goals and investment strategy. ...

Steve Muriithi July 17, 2020

Money Matters

How to Start Investing in the Kenyan Stock Market: A Beginners Guide

The best time to invest was yesterday. The next best time is today. ...

Steve Muriithi July 10, 2020

Personal Development

The Counterintuitive Secret to Reaching Huge Goals

The perspective that life should be a serious endeavour, dominated by fear and conformity, is not the right way to go. ...

Ayodeji Awosika July 8, 2020

Personal Development

It’s Not Just About Trained vs Untrained; It’s Also About Content vs Context

You could have the best ideas but that will never be enough. To ascend to the apogee of excellence, ideas and capabilities require context. ...

Lesalon Kasaine July 7, 2020

Africa Rising

Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere: 10 Kenyan Activists You Should Know About

It is not easy to muster the courage to challenge the status quo and say no, even when the system is disadvantaging you. ...

Damaris Agweyu July 5, 2020

Money Matters

6 Steps You Can Take To Help You Achieve Financial Freedom and Success

The first step towards achieving financial success is examining your attitude towards money. Do you need a paradigm shift? ...

Steve Muriithi July 4, 2020

The Workplace

The Future of Employment and What Recruiters Will Be Looking For

The factory of the future will have only two employees: a man, and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. ...

Lesalon Kasaine June 30, 2020

We all think, but not all of us think deeply, which is thinking beyond what your mind defaults to

Opinion

Let’s Make Thinking Great Again!

We all think, but not all of us think deeply, which is thinking beyond what your mind defaults to. ...

Tim Mworia June 28, 2020

Personal Development

The Antidote to Outrage: How to Avoid Taking the Negativity Bait Society Dangles In Front of You

Always, always, always remember — two things can be true at the same time. ...

Ayodeji Awosika June 26, 2020

Entrepreneurship

10 Female-led Kenyan Startups to Watch – 2020

Coming up with a business idea is the easy part. Executing the idea is the brave part. Sustaining it is the hard part; harder still if you were born female. ...

Damaris Agweyu June 24, 2020

A typical evening on Nairobi's Uhuru Highway. Image Courtesy, Mwangi Kirubi

Environmental Sustainability

Towards a Car-Free Future? Reassessing Mobility in Cities Post COVID-19

Car-free days present a massive opportunity for cities to acknowledge the problems associated with our current preferred modes of transportation, but it was the Coronavirus pandemic that ultimately opened our eyes to the fact that we can and must course correct. ...

Niels Tulleneers June 20, 2020

Entrepreneurship

10 Reasons Why Youth Economic Empowerment Projects in Kenya Fail

One of the key drivers to successful and sustained projects is ownership of an idea. ...

Bentone Basil June 16, 2020

Just life

Of Made up Deaths and Real Feelings, Is Reading Fiction Good for You?

Readers of fiction do not read to be informed. They read to experience emotions, to escape their own lives and to be inspired. ...

Lesalon Kasaine June 15, 2020

Opinion

Finding Healing Beyond ‘Black Lives Matter’

Black people should not allow themselves to be consumed by anger at their historical and contemporary victimhood, both real and perceived. ...

Tim Mworia June 12, 2020

Personal Development

Something Is Missing: The Art of Finding Courage in the Face of Fear

Human strengths could be natural and innate, but they need to be deliberately developed even when the journey gets marred with pain and frustrations. ...

Lesalon Kasaine June 10, 2020

Personal Development

Easy Choices, Hard life. Hard Choices, Easy Life.

Each individual concession is insignificant, but look up a few years later, and the trap you find yourself in was built brick by brick with each little tiny concession. ...

Ayodeji Awosika June 8, 2020

Environmental Sustainability

Let’s Give Mother Nature Something in Return

The environment deserves our attention every single day ...

Niels Tulleneers June 6, 2020

Just life

The Hidden Role of Chance in Life

As humans, we all want to feel like we are in control — to believe that our actions truly have a direct consequence around how our lives turn out and that our destinies are really in our hands. ...

Henry Onyango June 3, 2020

Just life

Did You Hear Me? Did You See Me? Did I Say Anything That Mattered?

Conflicts are a healthy part of our human experience- they open our eyes to new ideas, help us differentiate ourselves, give us the space to verbalise our needs and the opportunity to do better. ...

Damaris Agweyu June 1, 2020

The Workplace

For Millennials Trying To Find A Job, Do This…

The recent 2019 census report found that a third of Kenya’s youth eligible for work have no jobs – that’s roughly 7-8 million, mostly millennial, people. ...

Tim Mworia May 31, 2020

Just life

The Invisible Change: Sometimes It Just Takes One Reason to Question Everything

Invisible shifts are happening in our minds, our emotions and our hearts, changes that we may not be aware of or talk much about. ...

Susan Njoroge May 27, 2020

Personal Development

The 3 Biggest Lies We Tell Ourselves About Life, Happiness, and Success

Ayodeji Awosika May 25, 2020

DVC AA Prof. Ogeng'o with the UoN students who developed the RADA App

Africa Rising

RADA App, the Student-Developed Platform That Is Bringing Help Closer to Young People

Lesalon Kasaine May 24, 2020

Leadership

Where Are All The Adults?

We’re learning very quickly that the ensuing uncertainty caused by the coronavirus curfews and lockdowns can be more harmful than the virus itself. ...

Tim Mworia May 22, 2020

Just life

The Power of Passion: How My Love for Football Changed My World

Your passion may not change the world, but it will change your world. ...

Niels Tulleneers May 20, 2020

Mental Health

Read This If You Feel Stuck and Want to Build Your Resilience

In the face of lost lives, lost dreams, lost jobs, lost business, lost social contact, all of which have been heightened by the Coronavirus pandemic, resilience is perhaps the one skill what we need now more than any other. ...

Damaris Agweyu May 17, 2020

The Workplace

Working From Home Is Good, But Work-Life Balance Is Better

Up until recently, work was a location. Today, it has shifted from a place to a space. ...

Tim Mworia May 16, 2020

Personal Development

How to Become Great

There are just certain lessons about life you can’t learn until you try to become great at something. ...

Ayodeji Awosika May 12, 2020

Patrick Juma is the soldier who is dismantling stereotypes about men in uniform

Africa Rising

Meet the Soldier Who Is Dismantling Stereotypes About Men in Uniform

As a Serviceman, I knew this wasn’t the time to fight with force, but with humanity. ...

Lesalon Kasaine May 11, 2020

Just life

Volunteering Never Changed Me, Kenya Did

Kibera taught me how to be compassionate, even if that means giving away the little you have. It taught me how to appreciate the small things, rather than to stress over things I have no control over. It taught me how to create beautiful things from limited resources, and how to take matters in your own hands ...

Niels Tulleneers May 10, 2020

The Workplace

Remote Working, The Next Step Toward A Robot Future?

Some insights from the crafters of the upcoming fourth industrial revolution show that we may not even be working at all in the near future. ...

Tim Mworia May 8, 2020

Personal Development

Tabula Rasa: How to Reinvent Yourself

If your old self isn’t serving you, why keep it? ...

Ayodeji Awosika May 5, 2020

The Workplace

Feedback: Fuel That Sparks The Millennial’s Flame

Unlike older generations who are wired with a ‘just get it done’ mentality, millennials have grown up receiving constant feedback from parents, teachers, and peers. ...

Tim Mworia May 1, 2020

The Workplace

Why Google Isn’t Your Friend

The danger with the internet is that one can easily find an opinion that reinforces any belief they hold, whether right or wrong. ...

Tim Mworia May 1, 2020

Life Lessons From The Gambler by Kenny Rogers

Just life

9 Key Life Lessons From Kenny Rogers’ Rendition of ‘The Gambler’

The gambler uses poker metaphors to teach us about life- the choices we make, the ones we don’t. ...

Damaris Agweyu April 23, 2020

Just life

Dispatches From Belgium: The Change That No One Saw Coming

This is an opportunity to spend quality time with your family members, to discover new passions and interests and to rediscover your neighbourhood. ...

Niels Tulleneers April 22, 2020

Personal Development

The Philosophy of Winning: How to Develop the Mindset of a Champion

You’d be amazed at what happens when you simply expect more out of yourself. ...

Ayodeji Awosika April 21, 2020

Mental Health

10 Conscious New Ways to Live During The COVID-19 Times

We have gone so far away from the intrinsic way of living that life is demanding we reconsider our personal existence as well as the world at large. ...

Tazim Elkington April 20, 2020

6 types of problem employees and how to spot them

The Workplace

Six Types of Problem Employees and How to Spot Them

Not only are the problem employees irritating, they also drain company resources and morale at a premium. ...

Tim Mworia April 18, 2020

Just life

The Story of the Man Who Didn’t Get the Job

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us”. ...

Damaris Agweyu April 13, 2020

The Workplace

Do You Want It Done, Or Done Your Way?

Free will and autonomy will more often than not result in higher productivity and ingenuity. ...

Tim Mworia April 10, 2020

Personal Development

How I Choose to View Productivity

When you start to look at your life as a series of decisions with opportunity costs, you tend to make better ones. ...

Ayodeji Awosika April 8, 2020

Just life

COVID 19: Life Lessons From ‘Unconcerned’ Millennials

A Sisyphean outlook might be what we all need to survive then adapt to what lies ahead during and after this pandemic. ...

Tim Mworia April 6, 2020

Just life

To Me, It’s About The Good Wolf and The Bad Wolf

In times of uncertainty, it’s easy to withdraw, to close off, not just physically but emotionally too; perhaps, it’s our instinct of self-preservation that we give permission to take over. ...

Susan Njoroge April 3, 2020

Mental Health

How to Use This Time to Build Mental Toughness

From the looks of it, this is going to take a while, maybe quite a while. How are you going to come out of it? ...

Ayodeji Awosika April 1, 2020

Just life

The Consequences of Passive Inaction

We are free to express ourselves, make our own choices, and become our own people, not because these things were donated unasked for by some generous, wise benefactor; its because some people saw it necessary to show up. ...

Damaris Agweyu March 29, 2020

The Workplace

The Shifting Workplace: How to Change Before Change Happens

You don’t want to be like the last stubborn horse salesman who thought cars were just a passing fad. ...

Tim Mworia March 26, 2020

Just life

Crisis = Opportunity = Change

Once survived, every crisis presents us with a unique opportunity; to create anew, start afresh, reconsider our views and find better alternatives. ...

Damaris Agweyu March 23, 2020

The Workplace

Disruptions: Why The Dodo Became Extinct

You may be moving from strength to strength in your career or business, stay wake, what hidden risks are you carrying? ...

Francis Mungai March 23, 2020

The Workplace

Use Me, Or I’ve Got No Use: The Holy Grail of Workplace Engagement

What millennial workers value is what everyone else values: doing meaningful work, autonomy, recognition, feedback and development opportunities. ...

Tim Mworia March 20, 2020

Just life

How to Deal with Uncertainty

I find myself pushing more into uncertainty every day. Why? Because I realised the goal of self-improvement isn’t to be able to predict the future and know exactly how to hit perfectly crafted goals. ...

Ayodeji Awosika March 19, 2020

Wellness

Covid-19: Here’s What These Nairobians Are Doing to Stay Centred Amidst the Storm

At this point, we don’t know what will happen next. And because of this, it becomes extremely important for us to turn inward and find ways to help us stay centred in the midst of the storm. ...

Damaris Agweyu March 16, 2020

The Workplace

The Test Generation: Do Millennial Workers Really Make for Feckless and Disloyal Employees?

With Millennials slowly becoming the dominant wave of employees in the workforce, the Kenyan office has become an interesting epicenter of the schism between varying cross-generational attitudes ...

Tim Mworia March 12, 2020

Personal Development

Do You Have a Job or an Opportunity?

Jobs pay the bills; opportunities create legacies. ...

Damaris Agweyu March 12, 2020

Maybe, instead of focusing on teaching the next generation about this elusive and esoteric philosophy of passion, we ought to focus more on teaching them about diligence, self-discipline, and mastery.

Careers

Follow Your Passion Might Have Been the Wrong Advice

Maybe, instead of focusing on teaching the next generation about this elusive and esoteric philosophy of passion, we ought to focus more on teaching them about diligence, self-discipline, and mastery. ...

Henry Onyango March 9, 2020

With the information we are exposed to on a daily, all evidence points to the fact we are living in the worst of times. Some have even argued that these are the end of times.

Just life

Too Many Problems, Too Little Hope: Why Meeting Life With a Sneer Is Not the Answer

I have learned that the more difficult life becomes the more important it is to greet it with an open mind. ...

Damaris Agweyu March 2, 2020

Wellness

Your Most Valuable Resource and How to Protect It

You need to know what you want out of life to get the most accurate idea of how to value your time. ...

Damaris Agweyu February 17, 2020

Just life

I Come as One but I Stand as Ten Thousand

The journey is meant to continue towards a country, an Africa, a world that is always getting better from one relay team member to another. ...

Susan Njoroge February 5, 2020

Entrepreneurship

7 Myths About Entrepreneurship and Freelancing That Seriously Need to Die

“Everyone is an entrepreneur, but employees sell their services to one client.” ...

Ayodeji Awosika January 30, 2020

Simple investments you can take right now to start building wealth

Money Matters

Little Bets: Simple Investments You Can Make to Start Building Wealth in Kenya

“When we are young, we all think we are going to score big; a home run that will give us an unfathomable amount of wealth where we’ll never have to work again a day in our lives”. ...

Henry Onyango January 22, 2020