Musings on Life, with a Dash of Inspiration
50 days to 50
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50 Days to 50: Favourite Things (Day 21 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: Favourite Things (Day 21 of 50)A life well lived is not only made of milestones and lessons. It is also made of small, faithful pleasures,…
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50 Days to 50: The Day They Took My Desk (Day 27 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: The Day They Took My Desk (Day 27 of 50)If you are currently in a season where someone has taken your desk, literally or otherwise, do not confuse their…
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50 Days to 50: Leading Like Someone Is Watching (Because Someone Is) (Day 29 of 50)
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≻: 50 Days to 50: Leading Like Someone Is Watching (Because Someone Is) (Day 29 of 50)Everyone leads from something. Whatever sits at the centre of you will eventually run your leadership — it always leaks…
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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 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…