3D SUCCESS

In early 2002, after collecting my previous school terms results, I had yet again performed 'poorly’, and my mother was clearly disappointed. That day when we reached home, she sat me down and had a long conversation with me. At the time, I didn't know why she wasn't happy because for me the results were Ok. At least from what I saw from my friends, I was within range if not slightly better. She then realized where the problem might be and asked me to make new friends, start spending time with the best students in class. She advised me to pay attention to the results most of my friends were getting and went on to paint a vivid picture of what my life would look like if I continued to hang around them in addition to quoting the bible book of 1st Corinthians 15:33 . "Do you want to be like that?" She asked as I fervently refused at the thought of the image she had painted. After that encounter, I decided to give her advice a try though not sure how it was goin...

I recently attended an online training focused on bidding for tenders. Towards the end of the session, one of the participants made a request to the trainer who had over 25 years’ experience in this field: "Are you able to assist us with a standard/best template which we can use when working on any future tender?" I concurred with the participants question and looked forward to the trainer assisting with request.   However, the feedback was not what I was expecting: "Why are you looking for a template that was done by others?..... That is why we are teaching you so you can learn the key fundamentals and then create your own ‘best’ template according to the requirements of the tender...…. There is no perfect template to suit all situations. It is your job to create the best one based on your assessment of the situation." His response didn't resonate well with me. I am one person who likes making use of existing work and modifying it. In my university da...

I attended a wedding last week and I was excited not only for the couple getting married but my own selfish interest-to be reminded of what I needed to do to keep my marriage happy. This has now been my approach when am invited for these occasions since my meeting with our Managing Director at a wedding earlier this year where he gave me this wonderful insight.  encounter which was shared in this article   The guest of honour perfectly summed up the exquisite occasion in his opening remarks of his speech: "This wedding is lit! Harrison and Towani, you have nailed it! Jealous down!"   The speakers from both sides of the family and the guest of honour had a collective over 80 years in marriage and so much can be learnt from the wisdom shared by them. The speaker (29 years in marriage) from the groom’s side of the family in his speech made it clear that he is not a conformist, and some people may not agree with what he was going to say.  He gave the couple two lessons a...

  Two weeks ago, a good friend of mine complained about some of his phone apps (WhatsApp, Zoom, etc) not working well. Either they were too slow or were freezing (stalling) while in use which was frustrating him. The phone had been working well until then. I figured that perhaps the apps didn't install correctly and advised him to re-install them. But the same challenges persisted. I then thought that it could be the internet connectivity challenge, but he said he tried different service providers with no success. We then thought we need to take it to a phone repairer  for a "specialist" to check and fix the problem. Last week, my friend came to me all smiles that he found the phone had been updated with the new OS (iOS 15.1) and since then all apps have been working well. Before the app challenges, a message prompt had popped up on his phone requesting to update but at the time he was busy with the phone and ignored the message. This prompt message came up 2 more t...

In my junior high school days at Kabulonga Boys Secondary School, I had a classmate who had a hearing impairment (found it difficult to hear). As a result of this physical limitation, he always sat in the front row desk directly in the center of the classroom and paid close attention to the teacher to benefit from the lectures. On many occasions when the teacher would not be present, the students would be chatting and laughing, and the class would be filled with chatter (noise) from all corners of the room. In this time, it was very difficult to study as you would get caught up in the conversations which were very interesting and could not help but laugh along or join in the dialogue. During the same period, my classmate would be studying detached from this unconducive environment for doing anything productive. At that time, I thought he was missing out on being part of the "fun" in class. Life went on from grade 8 to grade 9 until a time came when the JSSLE results w...