Sheila Maweu

[KEBS KENYA @KEBS_ke]

The @KEBS_ke Managing Director, @EstherNgari11, today hosted Ms. Christine Ambetsa, Country Director of Technology at @Oracle, for a courtesy call.

The engagement offered an opportunity to exchange insights and reaffirm the cordial relationship between @KEBS_ke and @Oracle, with discussions focusing on the vital role of ICT in enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and integration of @KEBS_ke internal processes, ultimately improving service delivery to the public.

This visit highlights the spirit of goodwill, partnership, and mutual respect, while reaffirming KEBS’ dedication to safeguarding standards and quality for the benefit of all Kenyans. The meeting also reinforced KEBS’ commitment to leveraging technology to enhance public service delivery and uphold quality standards for all Kenyans.

#StandardsForQualityLife ^LM

[Michael Dell 🇺🇸 @MichaelDell]

41 years ago today, I was supposed to be studying for freshman finals. Instead, I started @DellTech with $1,000 and a dream. What an amazing journey it’s been thanks to our incredible team, customers, and partners. The next 41 will be even bigger and more fun power by AI and beyond. Onward! 🚀

[$hells Sutherland. @sensationalgyal]

I love being optimistic because why wouldn’t everything work out for me.

[Sheila Maweu @missmaweu]

@taitangetich Congratulations @taitangetich and all the best to the entire @synnefa_KE team!

[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

“A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”

— Tyrion Lannister

[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

A new podcast on Christopher Nolan is available now

A few things I learned from reading about Nolan:

1. Mute the world and then build your own

2. Be a craftsman not an artist

3. The only sensible way to live in the world is without rules

4. Some ideas will take half a lifetime

5. Obsess over one project at a time

6. Dream with your eyes open

7. Combine punctuality, discipline, and secrecy

8. The first thing to do with an idea is flip it

9. Nothing works if you can’t trust your instincts

10.Don’t encourage dependency

11. A product can be defined by what it lacks

12.Shoot in any weather

13.Look at yourself through your children’s eyes

14.Infinite space is good for the soul

15.There’s more to the world than meets the eye

16.Constraints breed resourcefulness

17.The highest form of creativity is found by improvising within a set of restrictions

18.Assume it will be a failure and then start working to prevent that

19.Big companies encourage waste and don’t give you the control you desire

20.Maintain control. You might have to buy it

21.Create your own curriculum

22.Give your mind space to think — in the dark

23.Imagination can be trained to fill in the gaps

24.If you are obsessed with it you can make other people obsessed with it too

25.The more stripped down a document the better it is

26.The best product is the one you *have* to make

You can learn more by listening to #313 Christopher Nolan:

https://t.co/yQi6SDUvqO

[Sheila Maweu @missmaweu]

@njiranjeri Well done @njiranjeri! 👏🏽👏🏽 congratulations to both you and your team 💪🏽💪🏽

[Turpentine @TurpentineMedia]

.@reidhoffman to @danshipper: "[A] background of philosophy is more important for entrepreneurship than an MBA."

"It's understanding how to think crisply about what are theories of human nature ... and as they may be modified by new products and services, and new technologies."

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"The measure of wisdom is how calm you are when facing any given situation."

@naval

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"I’m not going to be the most successful person on the planet, nor do I want to be. I just want to be the most successful version of myself while working the least hard possible."

@naval

[William Samoei Ruto, PhD @WilliamsRuto]

This announcement underscores Oracle’s commitment to Africa and is aimed at driving the digital transformation of government, public institutions, businesses and start-ups in Kenya.

Kenya will continue to facilitate technology companies seeking to set up their footprints in Africa. In line with the government’s strategy to lay 100,000km of fibre optic, provide digital jobs and digitise government services, Kenya continues to be a prime destination for international IT companies.

[William Samoei Ruto, PhD @WilliamsRuto]

American technology company Oracle Corporation has announced it will set up a regional data centre in Kenya. It will be the second such data centre in Africa.

Met Oracle delegation led by Senior Vice-President (OCI Product and Industries) Scott Twaddle. Present were ICT Cabinet Secretary @EliudOwalo and Principal Secretary @tanuijohn.

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"When working, surround yourself with people more successful than you.

When playing, surround yourself with people happier than you."

@naval

[Zafar Mirzo @zafarmirzo]

You will develop true life satisfaction if you are persistent in your self-realization and strive for a full life, marking your achievements every day.

[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

Do the best you can with the opportunity in front of you.

Opportunity handled well leads to more opportunity.

[TONI TONE @t0nit0ne]

I’ve never been someone who tried to convince myself that the things I want don’t exist or are unattainable. As far as I’m concerned, as long as I’m living and breathing, the things I want for myself will always be within reach.

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

“Confidence comes from preparation.”

~ Kobe Bryant

[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

14 ideas from Buffett and Munger I don’t want to forget:

1. The one thing that has surprised me all my life is how many people with high IQs do massively stupid things.

2. Berkshire was a small business at one time. It just takes time. It is the nature of compound interest. You can't build it in one day, or one week.

3. Unfortunately, Bertrand Russell's observation about life in general applies with unusual force in the financial world:

"Most men would rather die than think. Many do.”

4. The sign above the players' entrance to the field at Notre Dame reads:

'Play Like a Champion Today.'

I sometimes joke that the sign at Nebraska reads

'Remember Your Helmet.'

Charlie and I are 'Remember Your Helmet kind of guys.'

We like to keep it simple.

5. You need an ability to not be driven crazy by extreme success.

6. It's so easy to get so busy that you no longer have time to think—and you pay a huge price for that.

7. We've had enough good sense when something was working well we keep doing it.

8. While an excess of self-regard is often counterproductive in its effects on cognition, it can cause some weird successes from overconfidence that happens to cause success.

9. We have been a student of other's folly, and it has served us well.

10. I like to deal with people where I feel a one-page contract would do the job.

11. Always try to simplify things to their essence–the fundamental or most important aspect of something—the core.

12. Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

13. In almost sixty years of investing, we've found it practically useless to give advice to anyone.

14. The real issue is mediocrity. There are too many .240 hitters on boards.

Businesses often settle for a notch or two above mediocrity.

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Learn how to lose. Learn how to disagree.

Not everything needs to be taken as if it's an attack on your beliefs/values/sense of self.

One valuable lesson sport provides is getting your butt kicked, even though you gave your absolute all. And being okay with that.

[Anna Pepe @iamannapepe]

my life is a continuous series of glow ups.