Qazini Quiz
parental absence
Life Lessons

The Impact of Parental Absence in a Child’s Life

Working hard to afford your children’s fees, and a good life is truly noble. However, given the dynamics of raising children in this generation, it’s more important to spend time with them, teach them the proper behaviour, and listen to their challenges. ...
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Mourine Odongo February 25, 2021
Quit before It’s Too Late
Personal Development

Quit, Before It’s Too Late

Always remember, no matter how dreadful change is, there’s still something you’ll learn from it either positive or negative. Whichever the situation, you won’t be where you were yesterday. ...
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Mourine Odongo February 19, 2021
Conflict Resolution, Confrontation, Mental Health
Mental Health

Avoiding Confrontation: Does It Serve or Harm You?

We have been conditioned to believe that confrontation is ‘wrong’ and that one will hurt someone’s feelings, be deemed disrespectful or cause upheaval if they do it; the safer route is to be dishonest, hypocritical and compromise our integrity. ...
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Tazim Elkington February 9, 2021
Careers

Who Are You?

Self-awareness is the ability to see or have a crystal-clear understanding of who you are as a person. It gives you a chance to reflect on your abilities, strengths, talents, interests and uniqueness. ...
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College of Career Guidance and Development February 8, 2021
Expectations, potential, beliefs, personal development
Personal Development

The Power of Your Prophecy

We trick ourselves into living below our potential to protect our ego and our identity. And then when we do try to set high expectations for ourselves, we only kind of sort of do it so we still have that out. ...
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Ayodeji Awosika February 8, 2021
Your Eulogy
Just life

Write Your Own Eulogy Now

But what if we took the responsibility of writing our own eulogy? Imaging our death and knowing exactly what we would want to hear from our loved ones and then living our lives in this same light.  ...
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Mourine Odongo January 29, 2021
Are You Still on Track?
Personal Development

Are You Still on Track?

When you slip, don’t make it some sob story, just understand what happened and use those insights to try again. ...
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Ayodeji Awosika January 26, 2021
What next after high school?
Careers

What Next After High School?

No one way is the right way because every choice means sacrifice and every path leads to more than one destination. ...
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College of Career Guidance and Development January 25, 2021
The Power of Journaling
Mental Health

The Power of Journaling

A gratitude journal allows you to look beyond the daily challenges and into the achievements and blessings that would otherwise go unnoticed. ...
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Mourine Odongo January 15, 2021
5 New Years’ resolutions for 2021
Just life

5 New Years’ resolutions for 2021

For all its horrors, Covid-19 has taught us a very important lesson on personal responsibility. Separated from friends, family, and colleagues, you simply had to learn to stand on your own feet. ...
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Peter Gatuna January 4, 2021
Lesson Learnt from 2020
Life Lessons

7 Lessons We Learnt in 2020

As social beings, social distancing, lockdown, and isolation could have shattered us, but we came out stronger than we went in. ...
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Mourine Odongo December 23, 2020
Black skin women
Arts & Culture

Melanin Too Dark? Where Is the Lie?

The skin lightening market was valued at 4.8 billion US dollars in 2017. The market is projected to reach 8.9 billion US dollars by 2027; companies are making millions on the back of black people who feel their skin colour isn’t good enough. ...
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Mourine Odongo December 16, 2020
Dowry payment
Arts & Culture

The Dowry Nightmare in Kenya

Society holds in high esteem those whose dowry cost an arm and a leg. In fact, they’ll be the benchmark for other members community to follow. ...
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Mourine Odongo December 15, 2020
Fear of Death
Just life

When Death Calls

It’s high time we look at death with a different lense. Not to understand it, but to bring it to our awareness. ...
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Mourine Odongo December 10, 2020
Who told you that you are not good enough?
Personal Development

Who Told You That You Are Not Enough?

Society has reinforced a precise description of success, intelligence, talent, beauty, and happiness. Subconsciously, we’ve picked up these “truths” and owned them. ...
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Mourine Odongo November 12, 2020
How to Get Started With a Job Search During COVID-19
Careers

How to Get Started With a Job Search During COVID-19

Some of the opportunities you’ll come across may be beneath your education qualifications. Other employers may pay less than expected. But with the end goal in mind, you can grab these opportunities in anticipation of your dream job. ...
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Mourine Odongo November 10, 2020
Prepare for the golden age
Personal Development

Prepare For the Golden Age

Feel fortunate that you live in a gatekeeper free world where you have so much access to education, technology, and other people that your limits and oppression are almost entirely psychological. ...
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Ayodeji Awosika November 5, 2020