Are teenagers lost?
Does society have any clue what the future holds for our children and grandchildren? Are we impotent to this onslaught of negative influence on our young?
By James Gitau 8 years ago
Are teenagers lost?
Protect your children from negative content
The Kenya Film Classification Board is launching a programme aimed at protecting the youth against broadcast content meant to promote terrorism and pornography.
By James Gitau 8 years ago
Protect your children from negative content
Give your child the gift of love
Love is in the air. For many, today is a day of showing love for their relations in a more open and expressive way.
By James Gitau 8 years ago
Give your child the gift of love
Stay sane in a mad world
I have been led to believe that humility is forced upon us when we are in under privileged circumstances. How then could you possibly explain the about face when a formerly very down to earth commoner is elevated to a position of privilege and a year later he becomes unapproachable.
By James Gitau 8 years ago
Stay sane in a mad world
To excel in exams, create a balanced study plan
I remember this student who underwent a miraculous metamorphosis. He was from a well-to-do family, loved to have fun and was considered a bit of a rebel
By James Gitau 8 years ago
To excel in exams, create a balanced study plan
Ready your child to face life hurdles
I recall this guy who underwent a miraculous metamorphosis back in high school. This guy, from a pretty well to do family, loved fun and was a real rebel in our first two years of school
By James Gitau 8 years ago
Ready your child to face life hurdles
Education systems can kill creativity
When I was growing, I had a classmate who had an incredible sense of rhythm. He would use his hands, pencils, sticks to drum out the most amazing beats.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Education systems can kill creativity
Exam cheats will pay dearly later
The margin of error is usually something that is imperceptible.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Exam cheats will pay dearly later
Retirement is not a jail term
He prepared for it so well that he says these are the best years of his life.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Retirement is not a jail term
Plan for retirement to enjoy life
Sometime back, I was involved in a voluntary rural development project with an element of fund raising and support from the private sector and the government.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Plan for retirement to enjoy life
View retirement as well deserved dessert
At a recent high performance leadership workshop I was conducting, I invited a guest speaker who has had a very illustrious career in the corporate world.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
View retirement as well deserved dessert
Are you programmed to become wealthy or poor?
Researchers posing as TV journalists once set out to interview a homeless person to find out what the poor man would do if he came across a large amount of money.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Are you programmed to become wealthy or poor?
Children learn from parents
What parents do and say, provide their children with the experiences that the children interpret into beliefs.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Children learn from parents
Learn to shape your child's life
School holidays are coming to an end and parents can be relieved that order will return to their homes.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Learn to shape your child's life
Leadership is not about being popular
As I watch the counties clamouring for more resources, I am belatedly realising that we were actually picking Chief Executive Officers when we elected governors
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Leadership is not about being popular
Servant leadership begins with a vision
This diminutive person with a huge heart left home at 18 to pursue her calling, gave up all her worldly possessions except for the necessities of life to live and work among the poorest of the poor in a remote and faraway country.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Servant leadership begins with a vision
Poor leadership on display
There are some things that mystify me. Ever since the fight against illicit brews was initiated by the President, MPs have been falling all over themselves to show they can eradicate moonshine from their backyard.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Poor leadership on display
Learn to lead by example
“I serve with honour on and off the battlefield...I lead by example in all situations —Navy SEAL Creed
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Learn to lead by example
Learn from failures of other people
In this piece about overcoming failure, I will refer to my conversations with a friend who has been struggling with a drinking problem for some time.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Learn from failures of other people
Discover your purpose in life
I have delved in various businesses in my life with a varying degree of success. While I was able to gain some satisfaction from the successes I enjoyed, it is what I do now that gives me the most satisfaction.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Discover your purpose in life
You can salvage yourself any time
Some changes are cosmetic and may seem petty but they hold a certain symbolism and signify a changed you and the evidence shall be seen in bigger things.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
You can salvage yourself any time
Be clear, be heard, be understood
No matter how well intentioned and intellectually compatible the group of people may look, inevitably, there will be squabbles over this or that.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Be clear, be heard, be understood
Deal with trauma at your own pace
By God’s grace, I have never had a traumatic life-threatening experience. I have, however, spoken to people who have been exposed to such or dealt with victims of traumatic experiences.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Deal with trauma at your own pace
Terror attacks cause trauma
A few Sundays ago, one student was killed and 140 injured at the University of Nairobi’s Kikuyu Campus.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Terror attacks cause trauma
Stop existing and start living
Where before work was exciting and each set of students a new challenge, now it is a never-changing routine that is threatening to stifle her.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Stop existing and start living
Venture out and add spark to your life
I watched something very inspiring on Youtube the other day. A prison officer, decided to audition for the very popular X-Factor television series.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Venture out and add spark to your life
Failure can be the key to success
Recently, a friend went through some of the most challenging weeks in his life. He felt overwhelmed, frustrated and pissed off at himself because of some mistakes he had made.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Failure can be the key to success
Proper planning can set you free
A friend told me how planning had changed his life. This man has a large family. He has four children of his own and he supports five others from his extended family.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Proper planning can set you free
Your child could light up the world
When he was a school going boy, his teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything. He is said to have dropped out school at an early age as teachers considered him nearly retarded and a waste of time trying to teach him.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Your child could light up the world
Increase your child’s IQ and confidence
You have probably heard some one say, “This chap has no foresight.” This could mean the fellow cannot plan well ahead or visualise the next couple of hours or days.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Increase your child’s IQ and confidence
Start the journey of maximising brain power
Do you at times feel deep inside you lies a smarter person who could think faster, be wittier, and solve complex problems with ease? I mean when you are sober.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Start the journey of maximising brain power
Help children increase brain power
Schools are now closed and children are just beginning to enjoy a well deserved holiday.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Help children increase brain power
Do you know your best learning style?
Our system of education to date lays a heavy burden on young children by subjecting them to subjects and examinations that have serious ramifications on their future. Some of the topics taught and examined in my view are not very useful in the future.
By James Gitau 9 years ago
Do you know your best learning style?
Mid-brain activation is good for children
A few years ago, while attending a training programme in Minneapolis, I heard a story about children who could read and even ride bicycles while blindfolded.
By James Gitau 10 years ago
Mid-brain activation is good for children
Share finance details with a spouse
This happened to one of my friends, and it served to bring out the fragility of relationships. My friend had married young, soon after leaving college and had beautiful wife and two children he loved very much. By the time he was 36, his wife only slightly younger, their children were eight and six years old.
By James Gitau 10 years ago
Share finance details with a spouse
Use simple strategies to gain wealth
Last week, I reiterated that one needs to develop the right habits if he/she wants to create wealth.
By By James Gitau 10 years ago
Use simple strategies to gain wealth
Making money is not hard
I was talking to a United States-based friend recently and when I inquired about his well being, he said that he was “still in the rat race, chasing the dollar.”
By James Gitau 10 years ago
Making money is not hard
Do not be afraid of giving
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others — Mahatma Gandhi
By James Gitau 10 years ago
Do not be afraid of giving
More money, more problems?
It is a disturbing trend that those in power and in control of legislation over salaries spend a lot of time devising ways to increase their pay and allowances.
By James Gitau 10 years ago
More money, more problems?
Who is taking care of our girls?
The other day I had an interesting conversation with a nurse about her first job where she served as matron of a girls’ school.
By James Gitau 10 years ago
Who is taking care of our girls?