By George Wachiuri

Around the month of October 2019, Optiven placed an advert on the dailies, seeking to fill 30 new marketers’ job positions. Out of this advert, our Human Resource shortlisted 60 young Kenyans for interview. Among these was a lady who had very impressive academic qualifications.

I take this opportunity to wish all mothers around the world, a Happy Mother’s Day. A majority of us will unfortunately be celebrating it without our mothers, many of whom remain cornerstone in our lives. I can’t hesitate to reinforce the key role played by Mothers the world over.

We are experiencing a situation that is almost what was only seen or experienced in 1918 where millions of lives were lost. At the moment we are not there yet by the grace of God. However at this time the worst enemy is actually the fear originating from numerous sources of information. Our communities need to know how to cope with this fear.

This is the time that the Society must come together to fight a common enemy. Those who have capacity to lift the less fortunate in the society now have a divine task, to extend their hand of generosity, especially to families that are directly or indirectly affected by Covid-19.

Popular American poet Emily Elizabeth Dickinson once said this about hope – It is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words — And never stops at all. Despite the fact that the world is going through a tough patch courtesy of the current Covid-19 Crisis; the world is anchored on deep confidence that this temporary crisis, just like all other preceding crises will go away.

Kenya’s political noise is at an all time low, probably at a negative 10 degrees, amidst this tough ravager by the name Covid-19. Amidst the current depressing turn of events, innovations are cropping up like mushrooms on a Virgin land. Let me share with you three innovations and top creativities, amongst many others that are coming up in Kenya.

We are in a season that each of us must be counted in caring for the dramatic changes happening. No one is spared at this time. However we need to remember the thousands of people who need one Key basic need – food.

There is always a silver lining behind any dark cloud. The current Corona crisis is not an exception. Given, this pandemic will permanently change the way businesses are done across the board. The beauty about this is that it is already changing some of our behaviors and culture for the better.

A wise man once said that there is a season for everything under the sun – even when we can’t see the sun. Seasons are part of life just like day and night or winter and summer. Seasons of crisis, for instance the current Covid-19 pandemic, come to necessitate change. Crises are not permanent but the question is: How do we overcome such a season of crisis?

Covid-19 pandemic has brought the whole world into a situation that was unprecedented and has never been experienced by anyone during our lifetime. Experts say that the cycle could take about more than another 8 weeks to overcome and we trust God that it will end at least earlier than that.

Over the years, I have been engaged in numerous media interviews and one of the most common question has always been: “What Keeps you Awake“. My answer has constantly been “creating 30, 000 jobs by the year 2030“. Now what is keeping me awake has hit the inner me when I see looming Job losses in coming days.

It is factors such as climate change, our growing population and increased world interconnectivity and travel that have rapidly made humans more vulnerable to global pandemics such as Covid-19.  Today, the world is more susceptible than it was a few decades ago. No wonder an infection that sprouts at one corner of the globe will easily make its way to the furthest opposite corner, within a single day.

Whether you are just starting your journey towards your life’s purpose or you have just realized that you need to make a turn-around and head towards the right direction; here are 7 practical ways to help you achieve immeasurable success in your life.

We are living in a world that is full of challenges, a world where many people are increasingly caring less about each other’s plight. A world that can easily cause you to habour self-doubt, which may highly hamper your growth and trajectory towards success.

“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible,” these are the words of one Sir Winston Churchill, a man who not only led Britain to victory in the Second World War, but who would become famous for his refusal to give in, even when things were going south.

We always recognize and celebrate great individuals who impact notable positive value in our society. These are persons such as Prof. Wangari Maathai, Dedan Kimathi Wachiuri, Teresa Nyawira, Nelson Mandela among others, whose contribution and influence can never be waived off.

A wise person once said thus: “To the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind.” Now, in order for you to succeed in any sphere of your life, you need to have a well-written and concise vision, to which you must align all your activities.

This month of February has been a time of mourning for the former President Daniel Arap Moi. As a leader he is mourned by both his friends and foes.  I have noted with eagerness that thousands and thousands of Kenyans w have been talking about his generosity and as a writer and an author, this topic of generosity keeps lingering in my mind.

Even if you are on the right track, you will still get run over if you just seat there. For you to become a top consistent performer, you are always required to press the accelerator pedal with your eyes uninterruptedly trained on your vision.

The year 2020 has started in earnest.  As property developers, we are extremely Optimistic in regards to the year 2020.