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My Quotes
Here is a compilation of some of my favorite thoughts: If you are broke you are most probably not solving enough problems. If you are frustrated with your life then most probably you are not helping other people. The love of money is not the root of all evil. It is the lack of character. What people do…
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The Solution to Schooling
After a long life, and thirty years in the public school trenches, I’ve concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress genius because we haven’t yet figured out how to manage a population of educated men and women. John Taylor Gatto In a previous article, I talked about the difference between schooling and education, and…
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Caring for Community With Impact That Lasts
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” James 1:27 NIV In 1984, a young Canadian missionary couple together with their three little children left the comfort of their pristine home country to…
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Navigating the Twenty First Century Leadership Landscape Amidst Quandary
Average leaders are obsessed with holding on to every aspect of decision making. They fear that if they delegate, they will lose their power. Effective leaders however believe in empowering others to make decisions through empowered execution In 2023, we live in a world that is like never before rapidly changing and increasingly becoming complex.…
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Africa Has a Values Problem – Not a Money Problem
The heart of the matter is the matter of the heart Unknown “This country doesn’t have a money problem. It has a values problem.” That comment was somewhat confounding to me. But then, I stopped and pondered on those words. “Yes, think about it.” I was having a conversation with a policy consultant who got…
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Where are the Men?
It’s OK for women to step up and take leadership positions, but it’s not OK for men to abandon their post as God-ordained leaders. Bright Onapito At about 6:00PM I arrived at Speke Apartments in Kololo, an upscale suburb in Kampala. I had to manoeuvre through the evening traffic to get there. After signing the…
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The Road to Nirvana
What I have learned from a traveler, there’s no road that can lead to Nirvana. There’s a world to discover, but home is love. Slow Up by Jacob Banks Sometime in February 2023, I was watching National Geographic (arguably my favorite channel). That night as a stretched my legs on the couch, I ominously followed…
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The Succession Curse
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk For centuries old, human beings have obsessed about the idea of immortality . They have toyed with the idea of living forever so much that The mythical Fountain of Youth has become stuff of legend. In…