Dreams of Destiny

I woke up very early today to ensure that i catch a bus to go and celebrate Madaraka day with my family.Home sweet home.East or west home is the best.
There is this place we call home,this place full of love,comfort,peace,providence,embrace i.e full of life.This place was my destination this morning.
Every person has a virtual home called destiny,everyone longs to reach there no matter what.
Abraham Maslow  in his hierachy of needs should have included destiny as the first and  last need that everyone has.
Look around and see! Every one is trying out something to get a catch of his/her destiny.Some are in college,trying out a business idea,some looking for partners,and all these things we do everyday.Thanks to the Bible it tell us that God safeguards our destiny period!
Do you know,destiny is born out of fruitition of dreams and visions.
Think about this,Martin Luther dreamt of an American nation where everyone would long to live in 'Canaan' for you.As a leader he saw a destiny for his country.What about you?Do you see a destiny for your life?
Start dreaming now!Write that vision!With determination and persistence it will surely come,like America you will be a favourite to many,in short you will be in control.
Those who have dreams but are about to give in, give patience and faith a chance, a new dawn is coming carrying destiny on its wings.
Though the tree is cut it will surely sprout again.
N/B Success is preparation meeting opportunity at dreamland.

GOOD STEWARDSHIP

Every one has a responsibility to empathetically and inquisitively contribute for the betterment of others this is *STEWARDSHIP*. In literal meaning ‘You have a responsibility’. A parent is responsible for her child, a teacher to his student, a preacher to her congregants’, a president to his citizens. As a person you’re responsible for your education, family relationship, environment, neighbor etc.

You are called to nurture

There is a guarantee for life fulfillment to a good steward but not without challenges from the things you so much value; friends will forsake you, your child will despise you, your politician will play trickery on you for your vote. But you know what? A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him’ (David Brinkely)

Every one is called to stewardship through his purpose. One can’t fulfill his purpose without scratching others.

Every one was created to fulfill a certain purpose. Gods plan are so successive and interdependent such that no single action will lack precedence and thereafter a reactive result.

In this world everything you do will in one way or another affect another person. This is the reason today we have problems with climate change, terrorism, poor leadership and diseases such as cancer and other pandemics.

Today no organization or government or individual can work without ethics and related policies to help tame the externalities.

DO’s for a good steward.

• Be willing to sacrifice self interests for the good of others
• Cultivate a natural desire to serve others and to make a difference for others.
• Nurture, motivate and empower others through honest praise and supportive recognition, avoid flattery.
• Put yourself in other people’s shoes.
• Be approachable your responsible for the success of others. You are a bridge to someone’s success.
• Think, evaluate and understand the consequences before you act.
• Be led by truth and love in your acts not the accruing benefits for your actions.
• Mentor others along the way.
• Let your conscience be alive

DON’Ts for a good steward.

• Never be self-centered at some point you will need a bridge called people.
• Never despise simple advice. If God wanted you to achieve it all one he could have separated you from others.
• Never walk alone. Props are important.

*Parting shot*

Praise and glory lasts for sometime but legacy lasts forever. Don’t live to please everyone only puppets can achieve that.

Stars Shine in Darkness

What would happen if there were no challenges in life?

A challenge is an objection,a test a dispute.
In life nothing happens with perfection or our expectations are challenged by life events.You wake up in the morning to get to the job early only to get late in traffic,your car gets a puncture,you receive a call that your friend got sick.Challenge is the current that flows against us in life.
But did you know that the greatest gifts are borne in challenges.Similarly, stars shine at night they need the darkness for their presence to be felt.
The level of one's strength ids determined by the challenges he can withstand and conquer.
The story of MacDonald's
The greatest fast food company McDonald's was born after the great depression when the people though that All was lost economically.When back in 1954, a man named Ray Kroc discovered a small burger restaurant in California, and started the great journey to build an empire (This was done when the depression had hit hard on the American economy and there were no signs of blossom)from that humble start as a small restaurant, The world today's is proud to enjoy the delicacies each day at these joints.Today,MacDonald is proud to have become one of the world's leading food service retailers in more than 100 countries, with more than 36,000 restaurants serving approximately 69 million people every day.

Doing a small thing in a big way!

Extraordinary is born from ordinary when value is added to the ordinary.

On 23^rd May 2015 a big celebration is going down in Kenya, Nyeri County to be precise. One woman a missionary nurse, seventy years ago got on a mission as a volunteer nurse in Kenyan underdeveloped rural villages in the Highlands of Nyeri. She made a decision to sacrifice all her privileges and embarked on a passionate mission to rid off the poor of the poor chronic diseases such as rabies, malaria and other common sicknesses. She could move from one household to another treating, encouraging and sharing the love of Jesus Christ with community members. She died of an infection she got from a community member, since protective gears were not available then.

Today over seventy years later long after her death she’s being celebrate as she undergoes the most prestigious or honorary convocation under the catholic faith i.e. beatification for sainthood.

#Sister Irene Nyaatha has given precedence for all of us in this life that no matter, who you are? Whom you are? Where you are? What you do? You can leave a mark in this world.

Sister Irene

‘The world is celebrating her today as she is beatified to sainthood’

 *They call it legacy*

Her experience is a recipe for success in everything we do whether individual or organizational. It’s imperative that we get quick tips on how to beat the world detractors and usher ourselves to victory:

v  Embrace service to humanity

v  Identify a problem and solve it

v  Let passion drive you!

v  Learn to sacrifice.

v  Don’t compete. Stay original

v  Move against the currents.

v  Value life. The other person needs you.

v  Die doing it.

Mother Teresa did it, why not me? Steve Jobs did it ,why not me? Billy Graham did it ,why not me?

Martin Luther King did it, why not me? Moses did it, why not me?

Let these questions clog your thought system and thrust a mental shift

*People, who live for nothing, achieve nothing and have no legacy. Some say it’s better if they didn’t exist in the first place*Anonymous

HOW TO SPEND YOUR WEEKEND

Only celebrate after an  achievement.

#Celebration is at the finishing line not at the starting line#
Don't celebrate if you haven't achieved anything throughout the week.

How to spend your weekend

• Take time to reflect on the achievement you had in the week whether big or small.
• Evaluate what went wrong or right i.e when?why? and how to solve it!
• take time and go out and bond with family and friends.This improves your social skills.
• Read that book or watch that movie you have always longed for.
• For those undertaking a career advancement course got to school and enjoy.+Remember sacrifice is important+
• Catch up with your long lost friends it does no harm.
• For the singles take your potential partner out,don't talk much just enjoy your time being together.
• If you had a week full of juggles take a nap at least 2 hours.
• Go for a hike with your friends or family it will help you enjoy mother nature*burn some calories & cut weight*
• Visit your parents in the country side.
• In the end go out for shopping but make a shopping list to avoid impulse buying leading to overspending

Addressing the current career crisis.

‘’Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over, if you just sit there’’ Will Rogers

Lately, I have counseled and encountered a bunch of youth in need of career counseling & guidance

Most of them are armed with good grades but have no idea on the career path to take.

Lately, there has been a laxity in the way institutions’ give career guidance to the students, today the information given is more of persuasive rather than informative. Learning institutions’ mushrooming in every corner of our country care less on the passion of the students they admit in their different courses. This has worsened to the extent that some institutions’ are even offering substandard courses and even fake papers. This has been partly addressed by the government move to regulate partnerships between universities and private learning institutions’. Kudos! For that.

A backlash has arisen between learning institutions and employers whereby the latter are accusing the former of producing half baked professionals. Graduates are now left at the mercy of Mother Nature and employees in getting a job.

Who will salvage the situation! I ask?

The recruitment firms on the flipside have found a money minting avenue by exploiting the desperate graduates who are not confident enough to compose a cover letter or a resume by themselves. Human resource agencies have mushroomed in every corner of the country offering bespoke (as they call them) Resume and job application letters. They even conduct mimic interviews to the clients (desperate graduates) and coach them on how to answer questions in the interviews. In the end the clients end up getting the job but no sooner as they settle in the job than they are fired or assumed redundant. Today we have all over our nation desperate youth who have never been employed or can’t sustain a job every day they are in the streets insisting that the government is not keen to provide employment opportunities.

Way Forward!

To end this menace, one, should take a foundational orientation to tackle it. First, let the students be taken through a rigorous purpose and passion coaching. This will ensure that they get a foundation within which they can build their career beyond an 8 to 5 job. The High school teachers and students should focus more on purpose and passion training, rather than mere motivational talks towards better grades. This will lead to motivated students who have a better picture of their career path….

More to follow………………………………………………………

*My career my choice*

The Writer Is a Purpose Coach And Career Mentor @mureithimentor

For any questions write to him @ williammureithi@yahoo.com

PERSONAL COMMITMENT

Better fail 1001 times in commitment than succeed once without commitment.

Commitment is the fuel that drives and lubricates the cogs of success.

In the tenets of success, commitment is a major pillar for success.

A person may be on the right track but if he's not committed he will never achieve anything.

In Strategic management whether organisational or individual commitment is key.

Safaricom Ltd Reported 32 billion profits not because its the best company or has the best talents but its because it's committed to customer satisfaction and continuous innovation.

A family will succeed when a man is committed to loving his wife,the wife is committed to submitting and respecting her husband and the children to obeying their parents period.

Nelson Mandela was so commited to ending apartheid that he forgave his oppressors.

Wangari Mathai was so committed to conserving the environment that she risked confrontations with the government to conserve Karura forest.

'You can sacrifice without committing but you can't commit without sacrificing'

BULLS & BEARS

Most people today never know that their attitude determines their actions.

ATTITUDE IS THE MOTHER OF PREFERENCE.

People with low self esteem will obviously have a bad attitude towards their personality and that is why the will hide behind the introvert nature and even make it their lifestyle.

Successful people (people who get satisfaction in what they do) have a bull attitude (fight until you win the war not the fight)Mayweather won the fight but his war with Pacquiao is not won probably they will fight much more in future

These are their attributes

They Face Things Head On. They have killed the fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of meeting new people and fear of fulfillment.

Don’t Take NO For An Answer. They believe that if things get bad you don’t throw them away but you fix them.

Branding Part 2

Settle permanently in positivity and possibility.

When you get rid of the negatives give yourself into positivity start appreciating who you are.make it your habit to see the small or negligible achievements you make daily since a brand is built by small bricks of daily targets achieved effectively and with passion.

Draw you self image, See yourself in the lenses of who you want to become, write you vision. Don’t fear though it may tarry *VISION* it will surely come. Work smart. Anonymous’’ Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try’’

TALK OF VISION………… (PLEASE THINK ABOUT YOUR LEGACY BECAUSE YOU ARE WRITING IT EVERYDAY)

Vision should dictate every action you take.

How to boost your vision:

Step 1-Identify 3-5 areas which if attended would be of a great impact to your life.

Step 2-Look at your areas of weaknesses and zone them. Do not fear to discover your weaknesses it’s the first step to overcoming them.

Step 3-Look at the level of your skills development;

Ø  Career skills,

Ø  Business skills,

Ø  Social or people skills,

Ø  Soft skills

Ø  Life skills

Step 4 -Ask yourself the following set of questions!

·         What am I in this life?

·         Who am I?

·         Where am I?

N/B: Be candid in answering these questions no flattering.

STEP 5-Ask yourself the following set of questions!

·         What do I want to be?

·         What do I want to be called?

·         Where do I want to be after a particular period maybe 1 year?

Step 6-Determine the activities if done would result to realization of the vision.

More steps to follow in part 3 be in the loop…………………….

Live By *Vision*It Helps You Stay Original #Its Better To Fail In Originality Than To Succeed In Imitation.