Alice Kimani

Thinking about life...

[Alice Kimani @alligraphy_]

@KenyaPower_Care Hello, the lights at Githurai 45 have had an issue since Saturday... They go out at 7:00 and come back around 11:00.. Right now, it seems they are blinking... Can you please check the issue?

[Alice Kimani @alligraphy_]

@georgediano 😂😂😂

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

Dear Recruiters,

If you’ve already decided who’s getting the job, please, let’s normalize not holding interviews just for the sake of it.

People are out here borrowing money for transport, buying clothes they can’t afford, and building up hope they can’t afford to lose. It’s rough out there.

A little transparency goes a long way. It’s not just about the job; it’s about respecting people’s time, effort, and dignity.

[Alice Kimani @alligraphy_]

Word!!

[blue @bluewmist]

i have no desire to be rich so i can buy a rolex or a lamborghini.

i want to be rich so i can control my time and go to the gym at 3pm on a monday.

sit at a cafe and relax for an hour on a rainy afternoon.

so i can cook meals at home with fresh ingredients.

spend on my family and friends without worrying about a budget.

that's my idea of a rich life, not the fake consumerist idea shoved down my throat.

[Zoom Afrika @zoomafrika1]

Former Vice President of Zambia at independence in 1964

[Dax @thatsdax]

A lesson I learned this year is that a person's capacity for growth is directly linked to how much truth they can face about themselves without running away.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Everyone needs to hear this…

[Alice Kimani @alligraphy_]

Wow!! The amount of truth in this one!!!

[Steven Bartlett @StevenBartlett]

this is probably an unexpected opinion coming from me... entrepreneurship is over-sold and self-awareness is under-sold 👇🏾

The not so popular truth is, most people would be happier with a good salary than a successful startup.

But social media continues to push a generation to optimise for lives they don't actually want.

Entrepreneurs like me get a lot of likes and followers when we tell people to quit their jobs and chase their dreams.

But here is the context that we nearly always miss👇🏾

Entrepreneurship can be really really boring - you will have to do things you do not enjoy.

You will deal with big, hard, stressful problems, every day - including bank holidays, christmas and any other time off - for years.

If you're lucky enough to be successful, the problems will get bigger, not smaller.

You will not have one boss. You will have hundreds - every customer, every investor, every employee. You will answer to them 24/7.

You will probably work 3x the hours you do now, have 10x the stress and a tiny probability of significant success.

A recent survey found 87.7% of founders deal with at least mental health issues. That's not a bug. It's a feature of entrepreneurship.

You'll see your kids less. You'll probably earn less (for years, maybe forever).

You will probably pay yourself last and as little as possible.

You'll struggle to switch off. Forever. Your phone will probably become a prison.

And here's the punchline: If you succeed, it all gets harder.

More money = more complexity. More growth = more anxiety. More success = more people depending on you.

In life, when you find yourself following someone else's playbook, you are at risk of winning someone else's prizes. All I'm saying is be intentional.

I'm not AGAINST entrepreneurship, I'm FOR self-awareness.

Truth "wealth" is probably👇🏾

✅ Knowing what game you want to play and why
✅ Having the courage not to play other people's games
✅ Understanding your real strengths and weaknesses
✅ Designing within them, not against them

Happiness is not about the structure, the social media post or the story.

Happiness is about alignment. Building a life that's aligned to whoever you are!

This does the beg the question, why do I do it?

If I'm honest, the answer is probably....I don't know.

It's probably some blend of lower t trauma, my inability to fit inside normal structures like school and conventional work-places (I was fired a few times), my adhd brain that makes working on something for 14 straight hours feel like 7 minutes and some childhood self-esteem issues.

Whatever the reason, this is who I am and what works for me.

This is the weird way I make myself happy and fulfilled.

To someone that is not me, it would probably feel like torture.

And to me, their life would probably feel like torture.

And that’s the thing… when you create a life that feels like home to you, it will probably look like hell to tourists.

Please know what you are not!

[Steven Bartlett @StevenBartlett]

what. the. f*ck! 😳

I woke up to a text from my brother telling me Spotify had announced that my podcast is the 2nd biggest show globally behind Joe Rogan....

i genuinely don't know how to say this, so I'm just going to word vomit it out...

How f*cking weird is that? Like truly... how weird is that!?

The Diary Of A CEO started in my spare bedroom at 2am back in 2017. Episode 1 was edited by me on Garageband (sorry about that episode) and I used a sock as the pop-shield 🧑🏿‍💻🧦

We got 40 downloads in the first week 🤗

I kept going because I loved it. It was therapy - as an introvert, I love deep meaningful conversations, and they're rare in a world full of small talk - so I found my own little place to connect with people on the level that I enjoy.

It turns out so many of you - like those kinds of conversations too!

If my mates Ash Jones and Oliver Yonchev - who are always the first to tell me when something is crap - hadn't told me they thought it was decent, I probably wouldn't have had the confidence to continue...

isn't it crazy how a few supportive words from someone you trust can genuinely shift the trajectory of your life...

Life is so weird man

thank you. For the feedback, for tuning in, the comments, the guest suggestions, for showing up every week, for enabling all of this, for coming to our events, for your kind words, and for being there through the sunshine and the rain!

I won't let you down ❤️👊🏾

anyway, back to work

P.S. shoutout to all my incredible friends on this list @ChrisWillx @hubermanlab @jayshetty @melrobbins ❤️

[Luke Belmar 👽 @lukebelmar]

Jesus came to save people from religion but people made a religion out of him.

If you want to get to know God you have to build an intentional relationship and realize that you dont need a middle man telling you what God wants.

[Alice Kimani @alligraphy_]

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[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

Learn how to do it yourself before you let AI do it for you. If you don't, you will not understand why it was done that way, why it got results, or why it didn't. You will become more and more dependent on a tool rather than your own creative ability.

[Alice Kimani @alligraphy_]

@lukebelmar Very simple!!

[Luke Belmar 👽 @lukebelmar]

Make money online

Invest in Bitcoin & HODL

Build an Online Business

Travel the world

Marry a good girl

Enjoy time with family

DONT COMPLICATE IT. ITS SIMPLE.

[Alice Kimani @alligraphy_]

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[Alice Kimani @alligraphy_]

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[Alice Kimani @alligraphy_]

@oelma__ Bile
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[Alice Kimani @alligraphy_]

@comfortcafex Courage the Cowardly Dog 🐶

[Alice Kimani @alligraphy_]

@oprydai This is so true!!