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08/12/2018

TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE

One of the most pervasive myths in our society today is that we are entitled to good life, that somehow, somewhere, someone is responsible for our happiness, joy and fulfillment. Some of us still think that our parents, spouse, uncles, aunties, sisters, brothers, employer or the government are supposed to guarantee our happiness. We blame everyone and everything else except ourselves for whatever unpleasant situation we find ourselves in.

But the truth is, there is only one person responsible for the quality of life you are living right now; that person is YOU. If you want to be successful, you have to take 100% responsibility for everything that you experience in your life. No one owes you anything; any support you get from anywhere should be treated as a bonus not an entitlement.

How many people have you heard about that were abandoned by their parents, barely got any form of education, started with nothing in life and all odds were against them but have beaten all those odds to realize their dreams and live successful lives?, I see many of such people everywhere I go. So, stop looking for all those possible outside things to blame for your current situation and start looking at the real problem; YOU.

There is a story told of a man who was out walking one night and came across another man down on his knees looking for something under a streetlight. The passerby inquired as to what the other man was looking for. He answered that he had lost his key. The passerby offered to help and got down on his knees and started searching as well. After two hour of fruitless search, the passerby said to the man, “we have searched everywhere and we can’t find it, are you sure you lost it here?.” The other man replied, “No, I lost it in my house, but I saw more light out here under the streetlight.”

It’s time to stop looking outside yourself for the answers as to why you are where you are in life. It’s you who created the kind of situation you are in right now and it’s only you who can change it by taking 100% responsibility. Nothing else will.

Be blessed.

FOR EVERY NEGATIVE SITUATION, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING POSITIVEEarly this month, I travelled to Moroto, Karamoja region...
27/05/2016

FOR EVERY NEGATIVE SITUATION, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING POSITIVE

Early this month, I travelled to Moroto, Karamoja region on some official duty. As we were coming back, the driver opted to use Amuda-Namaro short cut off Moroto-Nakapiripiriti road (from Lorengdwot T/C). This would enable us bypass Soroti and connect direct to Mbale, reducing our total return journey by over 80KMs. At approximately 5:30PM and 20KMs into this short cut, the road got so bad and our vehicle got stuck in the mud. We tried pushing it out in vain. It could neither move forward nor in reverse. That was not all; we were on the outskirts of a national park, there was no network coverage whatsoever, the road had been abandoned for weeks so there was no bodaboda or motor vehicle passing by, no pedestrians passing by and no home in the vicinity. It was the three of us (myself, the driver and a turn man) and the wild. After making several attempts to rescue ourselves in vain, we opted to rest and look for help at day break. This was the most peaceful night I have had in recent times.
The next morning two of us set off (on foot) to search for help and possibly a site where we could access network to inform our Kampala Office, our families and the Moroto office of what had transpired. For over 10KMs, there was no homestead found. Finally we landed on a UPDF detach along the way. The officer in charge directed us to a nearby mountain where we could access network and we were able to communicate and expect help (at least it was promised to come within two hours from our Moroto office). We were wrong, it would not come that fast. Five hours later, we were still there. Hunger had also started biting. We agreed that we would make the best out of our situation and set out for a tour as we waited for help. We moved several kilometers, climbed hills and had excellent topographic views of the vast green flat karamoja, looked at wild animals grazing, visited kraals and interacted with the karimajong who in turn served us milk as our only meal. Close to the end of our day two while stuck, one of the locals we had interacted with coordinated a farm tractor that finally rescued us at past 7PM. Each one of us agreed that we had had a great time. It was a great experience. We made friends in the Karimajong community and even discussed some future opportunities. Even the help we needed came from the locals not our Moroto office as we had tought.
Had we confined ourselves at the site we had gotten stuck at and started feeling self pity and sorry for ourselves , we would never have enjoyed the excellent topographic views of Karamoja, we would never have appreciated their hospitality, we would suffered at the hands of hunger and most certainly we would have spent there several days waiting for help from Moroto.
I can never trade that experience for anything.
No matter how hard the situation you are in is, with a winner’s attitude, you will always find something positive, something to remember.
God bless you.

Richard.N.

YOU COULD BE JUST ONE OBSTACLE AWAY FROM YOUR TAKE-OFF POINTThe other day I had a scheduled appointment with my business...
26/05/2016

YOU COULD BE JUST ONE OBSTACLE AWAY FROM YOUR TAKE-OFF POINT
The other day I had a scheduled appointment with my business associate David in Bugolobi, Kampala at 8PM. I finished my daily work at around 6PM and set off from Entebbe for the same. The traffic was so heavy that one and half hours later I was still in Katwe. At 5 minutes to the appointment time, I was still at Clock Tower. David is very principled and very time conscious. So I had to find a way to get to Bugolobi in at least less than 15 minutes. I got out of the vehicle and directed the driver to find me in Bugolobi. I stopped a boda boda and asked him how much he would charge to drop me there. “15,000 Shs” he replied. “Ridiculous” I thought aloud. How on earth can I pay 15K from clock tower to Bugolobi.
I crossed Entebbe road and moved along to Nsambya road. I stopped another motorcycle and his price was 4,000 Ushs. Now, I only crossed Entebbe road to Nsambya road. Only around 20 meters and the transport fare dropped from 15K to 4K (60% reduction).
One simple action, crossing the road and I saved 11K. That’s how real life can be too.
At times, you only need one simple action to get transformed completely. You need to cross only one obstacle to get to your take off stage. My obstacle was a busy Entebbe road which I had to cross. Your obstacle could be fear that is stopping you from asking that Lady you admire for a date. It could be lack of a certain skill, which is hindering you from getting that job you so love. It could be the poor attitude you have that is pulling you back from being your best. Whatever your obstacle is, identify it and take a step with determination to overcome it. You will be amazed at how much more you will achieve and how much better life will become.
God Bless You.

Richard.N.

STOP FIXING THE BLAME, FIX THE PROBLEMIt’s natural and normal that everything we do has associated challenges (you may c...
28/04/2016

STOP FIXING THE BLAME, FIX THE PROBLEM

It’s natural and normal that everything we do has associated challenges (you may call them Problems). Whether a student at University, a businessman in import business, a corporate, civil servant, a casual laborer, housewife, the unemployed, name it, each one of us gets their own share of challenges. Important to note is that challenges will always be there. What matters is how we handle them. How do we react when we are challenged by situations?
Often times, majority of us respond by looking out for someone or something to blame for whatever problem we have. We blame the Lecturer for our retakes, our stress and non productivity on the husband, our lack of money on the employer (low salary), the government for our lack of employment, the traffic jam for getting late at work, your boss for underperformance, electricity for your looking shabby, E.t.c.
Come to think of it, if you wake up late and find Traffic is already heavy, you end up reaching work late and your boss reprimands you, is the problem traffic jam?. No, the problem is you. You woke up late. Next time wake up very early, beat the traffic and you will be at work much earlier. Your boss will instead compliment you. Life is too short for us to keep looking for whom and what to blame for our own failures.
Successful people identify and isolate the problem and direct all their energies at fixing the same.
Today, I implore you to start fixing the PROBLEMS you personally face in whichever field of life and completely stop fixing BLAME and you will be amazed at how easy, better and enjoyable life will become.
GOD BLESS YOU

WHAT OTHERS THINK ABOUT YOU IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That is what...
29/02/2016

WHAT OTHERS THINK ABOUT YOU IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That is what makes you a winner”. Venus Williams, Tennis champion.
If having others believing in you and your dream was a requirement for success, most of us would never accomplish anything. You need to base your decisions about what you want to do on your goals and desires – not the goals, desires, opinions and judgments of your parents, friends, spouse, children and coworkers.
Stop worrying about what other people think of you and follow your heart.
It may interest you to know about Dr. Daniel Amen’s 18/40/60 Rule: “when you are 18, you worry about what everybody is thinking of you; when you are 40, you don’t give a dam what anybody thinks of you; when you are 60, you realize nobody has been thinking about you at all”.
Well, that is the surprise: Most of the time, NOBODY is thinking about you at all. Everybody is too busy worrying about their own lives, and if they are thinking about you at all, they are wondering what you are thinking about them. People think about themselves not you.
Wake up; spend all that time thinking about how you can improve yourself and achieve your goals rather than worrying of “what other people could be thinking of you”.
Have a fruitful day.

LEARN TO LIVE FOR YOURSELF: A lesson from babies.Just look babies, look at what they do and how they act. They know what...
27/01/2016

LEARN TO LIVE FOR YOURSELF: A lesson from babies.
Just look babies, look at what they do and how they act. They know what they want and they go for it. They know when they are hungry, they spit out the food they don’t like and devour the foods they love. They have no trouble expressing their needs en wants. They simply cry loudly without inhibitions or holding back until they get what they want. As they grow, they crawl around and move towards whatever they are most interested in. They are clear about what they want and head straight for it with no fear whatsoever.
So, what happens as we grow up?, later in life we stop living for ourselves and waste too much effort trying to figure out what others want us to do or be, we get stuck looking for other people’s approval before accomplishing anything; REASON: Somewhere along the way, someone said to us one or a number of the following things….
Don’t touch that; Stay away from there; Keep your hands off that; you should be ashamed of yourself; you are good for nothing; you must eat everything on your plate whether you like it or not; among others.
So how do you reclaim yourself and your true desires? How do you get back to what you really want with no fear, shame, or inhibition? START on the smallest level by honoring your preferences in every situation, no matter how small or large. Do not think of them as petty. They might be inconsequential to someone else but they are not to you.
Do not settle for less, reclaim your power and get what you really want out of life. Own up; stop using terms such as; “I don’t know”, “I don’t care”, “it does not matter to me”, “whatever”. When you are confronted with a choice, no matter how small or insignificant, act as if you have a preference.
Not being clear about what you want and making other people’s needs and desires more important than your own is simply a habit. You can break it by practicing the opposite habit.
Be blessed.

Let’s talk about something we often ignore in life; PURPOSE.Have u ever set out for a journey without any reason and des...
27/01/2016

Let’s talk about something we often ignore in life; PURPOSE.
Have u ever set out for a journey without any reason and destination? You will definitely not reach.
Now, let’s put it in perspective; Life is like a journey, it has a destination and a purpose. Each one of us was created to fulfill a particular purpose in life. Without purpose in life, it is easy to get side tracked on your life’s journey. It is easy to wonder and drift, accomplishing little. Decide on what you want to achieve on earth and organize all your efforts towards that. Even if you fail to land on the target, you will land somewhere close.
Without purpose as the compass to guide you, your goals and action plans may not ultimately fulfill you. You don’t want to get to the top of the ladder only to find out you had it leaning against the wrong wall.
Wishing you a purposeful day.

Today I will address something familiar to all of us. Something all of us have done at one time, some of us have overcom...
22/01/2016

Today I will address something familiar to all of us. Something all of us have done at one time, some of us have overcome it while others are still struggling with it and have thus lost a lot of time, energy, opportunities, name it.
This one thing is COMPLAINING
All of us at one point in life, we have found ourselves in unpleasant circumstances that we do not love. For example, you are jobless, you don’t like your current job, you feel not loved by your spouse, you feel you are under paid, you feel you are overweight, the list is endless. But always, instead of doing something about the situation, we sit in our comfort zones and just complain about it.
Let’s take a look at this equation by DR. Robert Resmick,
E+R=O; E-Event, R-Reaction, O- Outcome
The basic idea is that every outcome you experience in life (whether success or failure, wealthy or poverty, health or illness, intimacy or estrangement, joy or frustration) is a result of how you have responded to an earlier event or events in your life. If you don’t like the outcomes you are getting currently, there are two basic choices you can make;
1. Blame the event (E) for your lack of results (O), in this you will stay where you are, complaining and you will not get far or anywhere near to achieving your goals.
2. Simply change your responses (R) to the events (E) until you get the desired results (O).
Take an example, as you’re preparing to leave home for office in the morning, you give your son a glass of milk and as he climbs to sit in his chair, the glass slips out of his little hands and milk pours on the carpet, wetting it. You react by shouting at the boy and beating him up. You get out and start your car or take a tax only to reach Kampala and remember you forgot an important/urgent file at home. You head back, pick it and by the time you reach office, it is already 11AM. Your boss reprimands you and the whole day is a mess. The cause of this mess here is not because the baby poured milk, it’s because you reacted poorly. You could have chosen to; tell the boy sorry, clean him up and advise him to be a little more careful next time. You would then pick up your file and be at work in time yet maintaining a good relationship with your son.
Everything you think, say, and do needs to become intentional and aligned with your purpose, your values and goals.
Stop blaming events. No doubt they exist but if they were the determining factor, nobody would ever succeed. For every reason why it’s not possible for you, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same and succeeded, moreover exponentially. Like Author Wayne Dyer said, “All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will never change you”.

There are three things you have control over in life;
1. Thoughts you think
2. Images you visualize
3. Actions you take
You thought the thoughts, you created the feelings, you made the choices, you said the words, and that’s why you are where you are now. The circumstances you complain about are by nature situations you can change, but you have chosen not to. I mean, you can get a better job, make more money, live in a nicer house, find a more loving partner, eat healthier foods, exercise, lose weight, etc. But all these things would require you to change. There is a risk to take and this bleeds fear.
You are complaining to the wrong people
Have you ever noticed that we always complain to the wrong people; people who can’t do anything about our situation? We go to work and complain about our spouses, and then we come home and complain to our spouses about the people at work. Reason: It’s less risky. It takes courage to tell your spouse that you are not happy about the relationship. It also takes courage to tell your boss to plan better so you don’t have to spend the whole weekend at office. Learn to replace complaining with making requests respectfully and you will be surprised with the results.
Make a decision to stop complaining now, to stop spending time with complainers and get on with creating the life of your dreams. Take 100% responsibility of whatever happens around you.
REMEMBER: “99% of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses”. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER – Chemist.
A beautiful and fruitful day with less and less complaints.

Comrades, it does not matter who you are en what you do in this world. Whether you are a business owner, an employee, a ...
21/01/2016

Comrades, it does not matter who you are en what you do in this world. Whether you are a business owner, an employee, a student, a house wife, a politician or even a job seeker. All of us share a thing in common. Every morning, we wake up to chase something or we are being chased by something; Take the scenario of a Lion and a Gazelle;
"Every morning a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest Lion OR it will get killed. Every morning a lion wakes up, it knows it must overrun the slowest gazelle OR it will die of hunger. Friends, it does not matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle, when the sun comes up, you had better be running".
A wonderful time.

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