OdetoYouth #16: Quiet Quitting is the worst move for a growing professional Quiet Quitting is not a new phenomenon. For generations, there have been professionals who have chosen to do no more than is required of September 28, 2022 11:12 am 4 Comments
A teenager’s pregnancy changed the destinies of two people forever. Here’s the story of how Benjamin Katana dropped out of school to become a breadwinner When I started telling you the stories of Kenyans August 11, 2021 8:11 pm No Comments
#OdeToYouth Lesson 15: Start saving today! Seriously, you’ll thank me later. By Wandia Gichuru / Adapted from her Nation Interview with Thomas Rajula (June 30, 2015) I was 21 when I graduated from university, so I July 10, 2016 9:08 pm 4 Comments
#OdeToYouth Lesson 14: Be Present in your life today, don’t let go of your youth too fast In the course of my journey, in which I reflect on my adult life, these past 18 years or so, I open up my July 4, 2016 3:39 am One Comment
#OdeToYouth Lesson 13: Take time to do something – while you have it It has been a while since I last posted something on this series that I started months ago. The delay is a combination of things July 2, 2016 10:52 pm No Comments
#OdeToYouth Special: Why I choose to boycott University of Nairobi graduates Last week, I posted a notice on my Facebook page, stating that in the companies and organisations that I have influence in, we shall be May 22, 2016 5:23 am One Comment
#OdeToYouth Lesson 12: Ignore the drama, focus on the gold My inspiration today comes from the story of Kenyan Gold Medalist Jemimah Sumgong, who during the London Marathon, fell and banged her head, got April 27, 2016 6:10 am 2 Comments
#OdeToYouth Lesson 9: Think differently about money Guest blogger, my friend from Passionately Kenyan just sent me the blog that I could never have written better. Lesson 10 of the #OdeToYouth series. January 23, 2016 10:16 pm 3 Comments
#OdeToYouth 8: Your 20’s “TurnUp” turns up in your 30’s At some point when I was in my twenties, I did very many jobs – at one time, I had five jobs: I was working January 4, 2016 10:20 pm 4 Comments
#OdeToYouth: Lesson 7 – Have a healthy respect for booze, it has the power to ruin you “Happiness is having a rare steak, a bottle of whisky, and a dog to eat the rare steak.” These words by famous TV show December 26, 2015 12:49 am 9 Comments