The time is moving at a faster pace each day as we rise and rise towards meeting our resolutions. Perhaps it is not all of us who are on course but for Kenya as a country, all seems set to move forward and fast. April has been a time for us to reflect on our individual and corporate plans towards meeting our overall goals as citizens and countrymen.
This is the determination, resilience and focus towards results. Majority of us live in the past, but with this you can’t conquer the future. We must let go of sunken costs and think of the future.
Sometimes things don’t work but the fact remains all of us get discouraged. Unfortunately, discouragement is contagious. Check who is around you because the greatest liability are the people who discourage you. How do you know you are discouraged?
By Geoffrey Muturi
Associate Director
The important if financial management continues to be a core factor in mental wellbeing. Money has been described as a source of problems if it controls our mind.
To remain at the peak in this quarter.
A. Action
Nothing happens if you don’t act. Being action oriented takes you to the next level. Be a doer, making the wheels move so as to achieve more. Challenge yourself in doing new things.
Take time to weed out weeds in your life. For example taking care of worries and fears in order to establish yourself.
We thank God for the dedication of the new offices and for the prayers by Bishop Phillips Katutu. Indeed prayers are a part of the culture at the Optiven Group and we have seen the favor of God.
You must make a decision. We are a product of the decisions that we make every moment. What decisions must you make?
Culture of Saving to Change Fortunes
George Wachiuri, Chairman of the Optiven Foundation and Founder of the George Wachiuri School of Mentorship has called on parents to educate their children on debt management. Speaking on K24, Wachiuri advised that the same should be replicated in learning institutions in order for debt management to be a culture.
By Faith Murugu
Emotion has to do with strong feeling derived from circumstances or moods around you. Stability has to do with maintaining your emotions despite what is happening around you. Emotional stability is powerful and not to be ignored.
Farmers are planners because nothing happens by accident. Similarly nothing comes easily. Patience is a virtue. Farmers till, plant, water, harvest and sell then the cycle begins. Good things come to those who wait.
People who get inspired live longer and attract other people. They also achieve their targets easily, are motivated, energized, and grows. Teams that are inspired dominate. Leaders inspired can lead a movement that can topple power. So how do you dominate?
The big question is why should an enterprise consider creativity and innovation? I have found that these two are key ingredients with immense benefits for those that are keen to embrace and roll out both.
It’s always a happy new year as per the culture in Kenya upto and including the last day of January. 2022 is no different except for the need for all of us to start the year on a strong footing in order to make it to the end successfully.
It’s a new year and with it you must have a new perspective for the remaining days of 2022. What do you see? How do you perceive it? What are you going to do about it?
The year 2021 is about to end. In a few weeks time we will bid bye to 2021 and we shall welcome the incoming year. For some individuals, the yearly date change — adding another year to life’s count — puts a more prominent spotlight on long haul objectives than occupied lives generally permit.
It is said that you are the product of the books you read, the company you keep and the thoughts you harbor. At the moment am reading a great piece of work in the form of a book by Chip Ingram titled “Good to Great in God’s Eyes: 10 Practices Great Christians Have in Common”. It is in this book that am looking at the power of great things in life and today I will share a number of them with you.
Leaders from all walks of life gathered today for the 7th edition of the Utumishi Bora Awards. The awards ceremony was held to honor the distinguished servant leaders who had worked around obstacles to provide direction and create a difference in society.
The 7 habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey is a self-improvement book. Covey states that the way we see the world is entirely based on our own perception. He goes ahead and says, “In order to change a given situation, we must change ourselves, and in order to change ourselves, we must be able to change our perceptions.” (Stephen R. Covey, 1989)
This is the last series on the topic how to move yourself forward which I kicked off this November 2022. We have learnt from the different sessions and now we are looking on how best to improve ourselves. How can we do this?