Thursday, 29 December 2011
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Emerson once said “nothing is ever accomplished without enthusiasm and the more enthusiasm the better. Besides waiting to start anything is always wrong. Get it going now, once you break the inertia and start it rolling, an idea takes on a life of its own and starts going into areas you never dreamed it would fit in; it creates opportunities; it bowls over barriers and leapfrogs objections and overwhelms logic.” I thought I would illustrate Emerson’s words better but one man once said “the words speak themselves” hope you have been to Africa and met street dwellers who pretend to understand this language that they say ‘came by ship’. Any way that’s how they eke out a living, forgive me for story telling, back to business now.
I once asked myself, ‘how did I come to know KiBO foundation’, if you are an avid reader of my posts you will bear me witness that it was a process, and life is all about processes by the way, nothing is “boom” and if it is, then try and question the “boom” I don’t mind a recap if this is the first time you are enjoying this blog. Sometimes back I was so much possessed with some micro finance ideas; in fact I had laid down a model that would replicate that of the famous Nobel peace prize winner Prof Yunus of Bangladesh. My hypothesis was to come up with a program that could offer free entrepreneurial skills to traders in Kampala. I remember sitting in my room every day for a fortnight struggling to come up with a pleasing proposal that could see all the micro finance institutions scramble for it and of course me! They say (I won’t tell you who in particular) “the hardest part when chewing a piece of meat is near the bone” Hahaha I had managed to chew all the tendons by developing a fantastic proposal but the meat adjacent to the bone was rocky and bloody leave alone being hard.
I remember quite vividly how some ‘dude’ told me after my meeting with him.” Thank you, this is a good idea and I will discuss it with my boss, could you also send me a soft copy of the work via my email address?” Right away I knew that was a stale deal. That very week while still trying to sell my idea I found posters all over Kansanga. The KiBO 4th class was advertising calling upon the public to turn up for a car wash in great numbers. That was the beginning of a journey I LOVE TO HAVE BEEN PART OF. After the KiBO program I have been through lots of opportunities, as Emerson said break the inertia and start rolling.
Let’s love what we do, if you don’t love what you do or where you work look for a means of doing so. I once hated an apartment that I once lived that was two years ago, guess what today I believe that was the best I have ever lived in.
Would you mind to know what I do? Watch out my next post I will tell you what I do, what I aspire to be and lots more, If I delay to put it up I don’t mind you giving me a shout via my email address (paulnjuguna87@gmail.com).
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