As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.
'What we love deeply becomes a part of us that we can never lose...'
@LNMafuru, fare thee well, with love and fond memories.
@AliLeadership@ALIWestAfrica
“Almost every idea that you have is downstream from what you consume. When you choose who to follow on Twitter, what book to read, what podcast to listen to, you’re choosing your future thoughts.”
-Tim Ferris
Today we celebrate @ALIEastAfrica Fellow and @AspenAfrica Director @LailaMacharia who was the Key Note speaker at the 17th @eLAconference in Kigali focused on 'Unleashing Africa’s Human Potential through Education and Technology'.
Congratulations are in order. Keep shining!
Most of us are born with a natural affinity toward shallowness, lacking a concrete moral vocabulary, a clear understanding of how not to live a deeper meaningful inner life, or even a clear understanding about how character is developed and depth is achieved. From @nytdavidbrooks
Sad news that one of our luminaries, sister and comrade in the long struggle for liberation in Africa and the diaspora, Professor Micere Mugo, has succumbed to a protracted fight with cancer. Go well, our darling sister. You live an indelible track record!
Asante!
We also needed the education to stop being tied to exams, because it was making teachers drill and torture students so that parents are happy with exam results. But that is a philosophical and economic problem, not a curriculum one. Exam obsession is fixed OUTSIDE the classroom.
We bet you probably never knew that the Tilapia on your plate might be from Machakos. Learn more from Anthony Ndeto on how he’s been able to undertake fish faring in Ukambani here.
#KCBVenture
Congratulations Patricia on your appointment as CEO/Executive Director WPP Scangroup. Good luck as you take on this new challenge!
From your loudest cheerleaders and supporters - Mueni, Makena and Leo
Give yourself full permission to interview your future managers back. When they ask "Do you have any questions for me," take the opportunity to expose what your next 1+ years under this person might be like.
Here are 5 questions I have or wished I'd asked of my future managers: