Musings on Life, with a Dash of Inspiration
50 days to 50
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50 Days to 50: Twenty-Five Lessons from Twenty-Five-Plus Years of Working (Day 30 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: Twenty-Five Lessons from Twenty-Five-Plus Years of Working (Day 30 of 50)Twenty-five things more than two and a half decades of working have taught me, in no particular order, offered with…
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50 Days to 50: The Mentors I Never Asked For (Day 31 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: The Mentors I Never Asked For (Day 31 of 50)Mentorship is not a person. It is a posture. Stay teachable, and the whole world becomes your faculty.
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50 Days to 50: The Bet I Placed on Myself (Day 32 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: The Bet I Placed on Myself (Day 32 of 50)From the outside they look like leaps of faith. From the inside, they are years of preparation followed by one…
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50 Days to 50: The Vacation I Never Came Back From (Day 33 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: The Vacation I Never Came Back From (Day 33 of 50)A salary can buy my presence. Only meaningful work gets my mind.
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50 Days to 50: The Hardest Season (Day 34 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: The Hardest Season (Day 34 of 50)Some seasons are not assignments to complete. They are weather. And weather does not ask about your work ethic.
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50 Days to 50: The Pivot (Day 35 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: The Pivot (Day 35 of 50)In October 2022, at the height of a well-established career, I got restless. This time, the call sounded like: start…
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50 Days to 50: The Faith That Became Mine (Day 36 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: The Faith That Became Mine (Day 36 of 50)The things we inherit do not become ours by simply being handed over. They become ours the day we would…
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50 Days to 50: The Return (Day 37 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: The Return (Day 37 of 50)I experienced culture shock. In my own country. I had left Kenya at 21 and learned every skill of adult…
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50 Days to 50: The Duet (Day 38 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: The Duet (Day 38 of 50)Before he was ever the drummer, he was the guy at the piano. He was playing one half of a…
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50 Days to 50: The Girl Who Could Not Wait (Day 39 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: The Girl Who Could Not Wait (Day 39 of 50)Some restlessness is not discontent. It is direction. The girl who once could not answer which rivers we had passed,…