Frugality is a trap. You don’t get rich by cutting lattes, you get rich by building leverage. Focus on scalable income, not pennies saved. People waste years budgeting instead of creating. Time is your most expensive currency. Spend it multiplying, not minimizing.
Part of growing up is realizing you’re not above anything. Homelessness, job loss, heartbreak, illness, failure, even death can happen to anyone. Life can humble you overnight. Stay grateful, stay grounded, and never look down on someone struggling.
The most researched winning strategy in game theory isn't kindness or retaliation. It is tit-for-tat: open with trust, then mirror what you're given. Reward cooperation instantly. Punish betrayal instantly. The simplest strategy that has beat most complicated games.
It’s not just you.
We’re walking into a time of meaninglessness.
You’ve probably noticed it.
Holidays don’t hit the same anymore.
Weekends are just for sleeping.
School trips are about money now, not adventure for the kids.
Cars, phones, accessories — all of them break down in a few years. Nothing has a story anymore. Nothing lasts.
Families are shrinking.
The gap between your youngest and second youngest keeps getting wider. Some homes now have 15 years between kids.
This is what happens when capitalism crawls into every corner of life.
Every social gathering. Every relationship. Every commitment.
Did you know you now need money to be a good child to your parents?
It boggles the mind.
Winter is coming.
The night will be cold and long.
This aged well.
The only person who understood the game is Kasamueli @_KasKazini and that’s why y’all hate YOURSELVES.
Even @FaithOdhiambo8 is just now learning the rules of the game and is aligning herself with those already in power, in government inside the system.
Shida ya kenya ni siasa ya tumbo. The curse of Martin Shikuku
I agree! Singapore without RULE OF LAW, ZERO TOLERANCE TO JurisPESA judges, ZERO TOLERANCE TO THE 4 DOLLAR BILLIONAIRES AND THEIR ILK, ZERO TOLERANCE TO CORRUPTION is fantasy in la-la land. Singapore was built on Rule of law and zero tolerance to corruption. The skyscrapers came later...much later.
Veteran NSE investor Paul Wanderi Ndungu has made a massive gain from Car & General.
The stock has gone up 885% in a year, from Sh26.40 to Sh285 per share.
His stake is now worth Sh1.8 billion, up from Sh170 million — a gain of Sh1.7 billion
It is 2026,
Don't study a worthless course.
Don't just go to college because you believe college is a "right of passage" or because everyone else is going to college.
Before you enrol or continue with your Diploma, Undergraduate or Postgraduate,
Ask yourself,
"Will this course withstand posterity?"
"Is it solving a future human problem?"
If it is Yes, continue.
If it is NO, drop it.
Focus on acquiring knowledge and skills that solve human problems around survival instincts,
• Food
• Clothing
• Shelter
• Reproduction
• Security, safety and protection
Human beings are scared by problems that threaten their survival.
Therefore,
• Food: Nutrition, Agriculture, Medicine. Humans must eat, and food can promote or threaten their survival.
• Clothing: Fashion and design, textile, footwear, image and branding. The textile industry is one of the oldest, and it will be here forever.
• Shelter: Building and construction. Masonry, Plumbing, Electricals, Roofing, Sanitation, Painting etc.
• Reproduction: Any skill that offers a solution to sexual health, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, and child care.
• Security, Safety and protection: Advancement of humanity, knowledge management, the use of technology to fix problems, Police Officers, Military.
These are the basic human needs.
Once you earn a skill that promises to promote these needs, you become a person of value.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
If I forgot something, you can add, but before you add, find out if it is in the hierarchy of human needs.
#ManDay
Dad buys land for $100K. Today it's worth $5M. Dad doesn't sell because selling triggers huge tax bill. Dad borrows against it instead. A loan isn't income. So no tax. Dad lives off the loans for decades. Dad dies still owning the land. Kids inhert at $5M basis.
Kids sell & owe nothing to the lRS. The $4.9M gain? Gone This is exactly what wealthy
families do to avoid taxes and build generational wealth.
Yesterday's vote in Ol Kalou doesn't sugarcoat for President William Ruto the plain and transparent truth on the torturous road to 2027. It gives him a binary choice. Continue listening to the effusive and praiseful lullabies by Kiambu politicians whose support is in single digit and not beyond immediate family members, stick with Prof Kithure Kindiki and believe their false narrative that he will get 40% of the Mt. Kenya vote and know that a humiliating defeat is certain. Or act the political fox you always have been, pick a Luo or a Luhya runningmate(preferably the latter) and hit the read running. The choices are clear. And President Ruto must smell the coffee...by force.
The brain does not hate hard work. It hates unclear effort. If it cannot see where the work is going, how long it will last, or why it matters, it starts treating the task like failure instead of a challenge.