Underrated life advice: Become a purveyor of encouragement. Notice what's good in people. Tell them when they do something well. Celebrate their progress. Root for them to win. Be inspired by their success. The world already has enough critics. Be different.
Major cheat code for life: Be fully where your feet are. When you're at work, work. When you're with family, be with family. When you're resting, rest. Most people are physically present and mentally everywhere else.
I just love seeing people put the work in for years and finally have their moment. Everything is so fast paced now, and no one wants to wait for their dreams to come together, but meaningful work is supposed to take time.
Having a good conversation is one of life’s joys. Speaking to someone who understands good banter, flow and proper back and forth in a conversation is just so pleasing to my brain.
People fear loss more than they desire gain. This single fact explains politics, markets, even love. Threaten to take away what they cling to, and they obey. Promise them rewards, and they hesitate.
Fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.
Hide your intentions not by closing up (with the risk of appearing secretive, and making people suspicious) but by talking endlessly about your desires and goals-just not the real ones.
Be the person who surprises others with your genuine interest in them, the respect you extend, and your disregard for unnecessary formalities or status symbols.
A major cheat code in life: Being a pleasure to deal with. Kind when others aren’t. Calm when things go sideways. Reliable under pressure. Intelligence alone is overrated. Be someone who lightens the load for folks around them. People value people who make their lives easier.
To you who just came into money, may you resist the old temptation of seeing land as the ultimate investment. Kenya doesn’t need more landlords. It needs builders, creators, and innovators. Rent-seeking isn’t wealth creation. It’s just inherited laziness with better shoes.