No is not a reason to give up on a good thing!

Many of my prized accomplishments in life have been because I have been told NO enough times to find another way getting it done. Frustration has its place. It can be intimidating and depressing. But perhaps it is telling you something – to be more creative, adaptive or persuasive. If it be a good thing, it may just mean you need to find an alternative; take a longer and perhaps more challenging road to realize your objective. NO is never a good reason to give up on a good thing!

The Gender Question

The gender question in cities has merged the roles of the sexes. Men and women do the same things. The social distance between the two has been shortened to the extent that a look, a handshake and a hug are equated to intimacy. The urban setting challenges the benefits of the natural diversity of men and women built in by the creator. Unfortunately, because men and women are equal and no different there can be no such thing as promiscuity.

Choose life

The moment you refuse to work with your hands is the moment you choose the life of a beggar.

Give me a man

Give me a man who works with his head and he may become a smart worker. Give me a man who works with his hands and I will teach him a trade. Give me a man who works with his heart and you can teach him anything!

Too many great men are dead!

Too many great men are dead!

Allan Bukusi is the author of the following ebooks

Thinking Leadership in Africa
How to Prosper in employment
Transforming Africa
The Master Trainer

Share the amateur leader’s prayer.

The Amateur Leaders Prayer

Lord I want to serve you.
Give me a heart to do your will.
To work hard and not complain;
to be brave when it doesn’t make sense to take another step.
To do the best I can with what I have.
And when my strength is gone and my zeal to wane;
please come and fan me back to flame.
Give me the courage to try and try and try again.
And when there is nothing left to gain, please ease the pain to give again.
And when the day comes, when I face shame, stand by me and defend your name.

AMEN

Allan Bukusi is the author of the following ebooks

Thinking Leadership in Africa
How to Prosper in employment
Transforming Africa
The Master Trainer

 

 

The long and the short

While long terms thinkers may tend to gloss over details and look for possibility in opportunity, short term thinkers consider any opposition to be the enemy and may believe that victory in a battle is equivalent to winning the war.

Allan Bukusi is the author of the following ebooks

Thinking Leadership in Africa
How to Prosper in employment
Transforming Africa
The Master Trainer