Posted by: Steve
on Jun 4, 2010
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You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something. Richard Feynman, 1918-1988
A couple of days ago, a friend allowed me to drive his mini-truck to deliver some luggage to the country side. By the time I was getting ready to drive back, darkness had already crept in. Although I got back to the city safely, I did have a rather unusual rough drive. The truck’s full lights were as good as dim lights.
Posted by: Steve
on May 28, 2010
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Don't underestimate the power of a vision. McDonald's founder, Ray Kroc, pictured his empire long before it existed, and he saw how to get there. He invented the company motto -- 'Quality, service, cleanliness and value' -- and kept repeating it to employees for the rest of his life.Kenneth Labich
I am sure you are pretty very much aware that you are a sum total of all the choices that you have made so far in life. However, very few of us also reflect on the fact that we are also products of the choices that we have not made and choices that we keep postponing.
Posted by: Steve
on May 25, 2010
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The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947
I will say it today out loud that you can never succeed in this earthly adventure if you ignore the power of an idea. The dividing difference between where you are and where you want to be is an ‘idea’. There has never been anything big created except that which was hatched as an idea in the mind of whosoever did it.
Posted by: Steve
on May 19, 2010
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The most significant moment in your life is the current ‘now’ moment.
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Over the short time that I have been on the globe, I have learnt that to live a life of fulfillment, you have at times and more often than not, do things contrary to the ‘wishes’ of most people.
Posted by: Steve
on May 12, 2010
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In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it. Robert Heinlein, 1907-1988
I have always wanted to own a getaway countryside home. At the beginning of this year, I enlisted the expertise of an architect for that project. He came up with a perfect impression of what I exactly wanted. I brought on board an experienced foreman to commence the project. Five months down the road, I am now doing the final touches.
Posted by: Steve
on May 11, 2010
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The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. Horace Walpole, 1717-1797
Your ability to define and isolate a specific activity that you are best suited for gives you leverage in life. I call it Focus. Focus or lack of it greatly determines the level of success that you will experience. There is absolutely no way out of narrowing down your effort into one particular thing. The achievers of yester years and those of our times are men and women who were very particular about what they wanted to accomplish in life.
Posted by: Steve
on May 3, 2010
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“To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it,
requires brains.” Mary Pettibone Poole
In the 70s, Kipchoge Keino won the world accolades as a great athlete. Four decades later, although he is still renowned for his exploits then, there are certainly other greater champions who have emerged. Even if he wanted to keep at it, there is practically no chance that he can be competitive.
Posted by: Steve
on Apr 30, 2010
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“Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourself –your strengths and your limitations.” Judith Barwick
Today afternoon, I went for car wash in a particular place in the western side of Nairobi. A gentleman who was driving what seemed like a brand new, elegant and beautiful Land rover drove in to refuel. Few minutes after refueling, the engine wouldn’t start. The car had to be towed from that gas station to the dealer’s place. The same thing happened to a land cruiser VX.
Posted by: Steve
on Apr 26, 2010
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Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890-1973
I was driving with my five years old son yesterday from church and he asked me a question that triggered some flow of thoughts long after answering. He had asked, “Dad, my bike has breaks. Does your car has breaks?” without much thought, I simply answered, “everything that moves has breaks otherwise it would never stop.” He quickly responded by asking whether human beings have a breaking system. Now, that question made me think for a while.
Posted by: Steve
on Apr 22, 2010
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Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they don't bite everybody. Stanislaw Lec
More often than not, you are likely to find me in upcoming places prospecting or viewing properties during my free time. This is what I was doing last evening at Kigali. One thing that has always fascinated my mind is the fact that a piece of the earth anywhere is just but a piece of the earth. However, you will agree with me that the value of that piece of the earth is always different everywhere you go. Do you know why? I will tell you!
