Roseann Wawira

Congruity is a smooth and friendly robber who enters your house as an entrepreneur selling a service (a tutorial on how to be cool and fit in the clique). As an unsuspecting host you gladly welcome the guest and sit through the tutorial patiently. You pay for the service by giving up your personal convictions and off he (congruity) goes to hunt for the next unsuspecting culprit. He robs your house (willpower) clean and leaves you with a herd-mentality that sticks with you as long as you want to remain cool. The good thing (am not sure whether it’s really good) with our society (us) is that we’re really smart. We pride in our ability to remain on top of things. We aren’t intimidated by problems, (though we aren’t proactive in solving them either). So whenever we’re faced with a stubborn problem that’s likely to give us headaches, we tag it with a justification and quickly sweep it under the carpet (that’s smart, right?). For instance, in the case mentioned above, when our k...

You’ve cleared high school and the clock is ticking towards your eighteenth birthday. There is no doubt adulthood is fast approaching and soon you’ll be expected to defend your new status- ‘adult’, by acting like one (being independent and responsible). Gladly, your guardians/parents have your back. They have committed themselves to ensuring that when adulthood catches up with you, you’ll be in a position to pay your bills and probably manage your own family. For this reason, they pump their hard earned money into your tertiary/higher education; and your career journey begins. Have You Made the Right Career Choice? At this point, I would like to sneak in a question, for the purpose of redirection, in case you’re using a faulty compass. Have you settled on a particular career choice, because it’s prestigious, marketable, or affordable, or is it because it matches your abilities and potential?  Actually, any career can pay your bills, but a career that matches your ab...

Goals add meaning to life, but setting goals is one thing and realizing them is a different thing altogether. Wonder why some people succeed at everything they set their mind to while you remain stuck in your goals? Consider the following tips ('highly effective ways to achieve a goal') and learn their secret. Write down your goal and the basic requirements for achievement Set aside some time, pick a pen and a notebook and write down your goal. Be specific about it. Next, visualize the process and list down all the requirements needed to execute the goal.  NOTE: Requirements’ list should not be a wish list but rather list of things that are readily available and affordable. Break down the goal into mini-goals The next step is breaking the overall goal into small achievable bits, let’s call them mini-goals. Begin by creating a mental picture of what you want to achieve. Once you’ve the picture, visualize the process and break it down i...

To unlock your potential you definitely need a key. Now, this all important key is formed by mixing various ingredients to come up with a final product capable of unlocking any strong door harboring or hampering potential. I know you’re wondering and eager to know what this key is. Apparently, everyone holds the key but only a few get to use it. The reason why so many people lead below par lives is not because they don’t have the tools required for purposeful and fulfilling lives, but because they never realize the key to unlock their potential is already in their possession. I feel privileged to reveal to you the whereabouts of this key and I hope you’ll pick it up right away and release your potential to freedom.   Ladies and gentlemen, the famed, all important key is, ‘your everyday choices’. Yes, you heard right, your choices. You may be wondering, “but I make choices everyday and my potential still lies undiscovered or underutilized?” I agree with you, at least ...