if you are struggling to find your gift in life as a young person, walk through this piece.
& pay solid attention;
i have a working theory and this is it: i don't think your gift is hidden from you, i believe you can't find it cos you've seen it every day of your life. it is called the curse of familiarity. listen to me. familiarity doesn't only breed contempt; it also causes blindness.
i'll tell you something fascinating about your brain. do you know that right now your nose is in your field of vision? you can see it. you've always been able to see it but your brain quietly edits it out cos it is familiar and i believe many people suffer from the same problem when it comes to their gift.
the things that make us remarkable often feel ordinary to us cos we've lived with them for so long.
we assume they can't be valuable cos they don't feel rare anymore. look, familiarity has a tendency to hide significance. we get so busy searching for our future that we overlook the evidence we've been carrying all along.
the first person to undervalue your gift is usually you. yes, you and while everybody else experiences your gift as a miracle, you're busy experiencing it as muscle memory.
i've been there and it has happened to me many times. people will call it exceptional and you'll call it normal. the things that come naturally to you may be the very things that have been supernaturally assigned to you & that which you cannot acknowledge, you cannot maximize. i will always tell the younger generation the truth.
in this short life, during your hard times and good times, pay close attention to patterns and to what has followed you through all those seasons. pay attention to what people consistently come to you for. what is that thing that has become invisible through familiarity?
there is a difference btwn when something is hidden from your sight and when something is hidden by your sight, buena suerte 👍
A man who reads old books cannot be fully captured by modern stupidity. He has dead kings, prophets, poets, killers, saints, drunks, generals, and madmen whispering in his bloodstream. The feed has no chance against this.
"Comrades, there is no true social revolution without the liberation of women."
Thomas Sankara linked feminism with anti-colonialism and social justice. He argued that women’s liberation was essential for national progress and challenged traditional gender roles in Burkina Faso.
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Some years ago I wrote that African politicians can loot state coffers and once in while, organize a charity event. And people will still celebrate them and say “well at least he is a generous thief”.
That is how most of our first ladies on this continent became distributors of sanitary pads and plastic buckets in so-called charity activities, handing back crumbs of what was stolen from the very people receiving them, and being applauded for the generosity of the gesture.
I realised today that the exact same logic applies to foreign powers looting our resources. They can extract hundreds of billions over decades, assassinate our leaders, control our currencies, poison our waters and then return with a token pledge of meager investments at a summit they organised to rehabilitate their own image, and people will say: “well, at least they were kind enough to host the event here because hotels were sold out”.
When you have been conditioned long enough to expect nothing, a crumb looks like a banquet.
As the Africa Forward Summit opens in Nairobi, Kenya faces a defining question: will foreign partnerships drive sovereign industrial progress or deepen dependency?
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What could Sudan’s future look like with peace? With strategic reforms and sustained investment, recovery could drive economic growth and lift millions out of poverty.
Read our latest analysis:
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What does a US–Iran standoff mean for Kenya? From rising oil prices to inflation risks and supply chain disruptions, global tensions are already hitting the Kenyan pocket. Featuring insights from Andrew Franklin
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In the spirit of reflective inquiry, we invite you to our History & Archaeology Seminar Staff Series (April –May 2026) on Memory, Identity dentity, and Transformation. The series shall be hybrid, both onsite and online, to foster inclusive scholarly engagement.
We look forward to your participation.
Onsite : University of Nairobi Towers, 4th Floor Room MLT404
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Dear person in corporate or government,
Please stop saving your employers costs by promising to “call in favours” because you know people. We, the people you “know” do not enjoy the comfort of a secured income, bonuses, or institutional safety nets.
We sell our time. We invoice for our expertise. We survive on the work we deliver.
Every “quick favour” you volunteer on our behalf erodes the very livelihood we are working hard to build.
Be kind. Be sensitive. And above all, be fair in how you leverage professional relationships.
Find non exploitative ways of ingratiating yourselves to your employers and clients alike.
Luphumlo Ngcayisa
Conscious Leadership | Strategic Conversations | Organisational Culture
DO NOT BEG.
I watched a movie where a man was about to be fired from his job.
He went on his knees like a slave and begged his employer for his job.
You could see the look of disappointment and disgust on the employer's face.
He fired him.
Begging is always a mistake.
I shall explain.
That man begged for his job because he had a scarcity mentality. He believed that without that job his life would be screwed.
It was a lie.
There were millions of jobs and opportunities he could access, but scarcity mentality made him lose his dignity and beg like a slave.
Don't beg anyone for anything.
Don't beg for love, affection, relationship, friendship or attention.
Don't beg for opportunity, help or advantage.
Begging makes you subservient to whomsoever you beg.
Begging diminishes you, dehumanizes you, demeans you.
To think that without someone or something you will fail is telling yourself a lie.
There are a thousand ways to your destiny.
When one door shuts, another door opens.
You are never at a loss.
All things are working together for your good, to your benefit and to your advantage.
Having a scarcity mentality makes you beg idiots who are beneath you for help and opportunity.
Having a scarcity mentality makes you kowtow to fools because they are in a position of power.
There's abundance in the universe.
Let your intuition guide you to greener pastures.
When you are in the wrong environment, with the wrong group of people, with the wrong person, with the wrong organisation, with the wrong project, with the wrong job, you will beg.
Begging humiliates you.
Begging degrades you.
Begging shames you.
Do. Not. Beg.
Create value to attract what you want.
Always give some of value in exchange for what you want from people.