Reasons that make me a businessman

In this post, i talk about entrepreneual and other things that i’ve done that have earned me money, expectedly or unexpectedly.
My first business came when i was in primary school. I was not in much need for money. My mum gave me the business idea, to sell something that my friends would like to eat. I thought of making mandazi’s for sale but the thought of coming up with a whole production/cooking set put me off. The other option was to sell sugar canes. They were very popular with us kids. I personaly bought one every evening on my way from school and shared with friends. This business was easy, i bought canes on wholesale price at the market place and brought them home to sell at our compound gate. Passers by and my friends playing around were my main customer, their parents also bought occasionally. I made about 40 to 50 percent profit for each cane sold.
While in high school, i sold snacks from my locker box on a few occasions when the business conditions were favourable i.e. When students had disposable pocket money in the first month of the term. I and other merchants would sneak out of school, pretending we were going to a health dispensary located at the school’s market place, but instead, we would be going to the market place itself to source our supplies which in this case were snacks. They were wrapped in polythene sleaves. Each sleave had 10 snacks (‘kangumu’) that sold for kshs 5 each. That made a packet worth for kshs 50, and we bought it for kshs 40. I used to get kshs 5 profit because i would eat one snack for my teabreak. On normal days i’d finish my packet and sell out in hours when there was a games event at our school. Some other merchants who hawked their wares made more sales than me. Of the profit i obtained, i would buy myself sour milk for supper and forgo the overcooked veges that were served by the school, other times avocados did the trick. This business allowed me to let my pocket money, given by my parents, to rest with the school bursar. The task of selling was sometimes demanding, denying me time to play, study or hang with friends. I folded up the business when it became more risky than it was to sneak out of school. I’ll later talk about opportunity for business i net while in campus.

Four ways to get things done

Doing things in time will make you happier and most people want to be happy. Therefore it goes without question that it is important to get things done. In order to get things done we need to get out of our comfort zones, and this makes doing things difficult. This is evident by the fact that people often recall that they had an idea once and failed to implement it, after they see some else has implemented it. They then go on to tell others how much the idea was their own, however the fact is that they did no implement it and that makes them unhappy.

According to the ‘done manifesto’ and the cult behind it, developed by …and available at… getting things done is a matter of recognizing that everything is a trial or draft and that the small steps make up the actual process of getting things done. The done manifesto should be printed and placed in a strategic position where it can be read as one goes with their daily routines. The manifesto reminds us that it’s important to do something now. It doesn’t have to be big or small but has to be done now. We fail to get things done i.e. not get what we want, because we keep looking at perfection, and tend to give our power away to perfection. Instead we should note that perfection is boring. It’s important to just do it.

Here are four ways to help you in getting things done:

1. Fix your eyes here; you have already determined in your plans and that’s where it should be until it comes to reviewing your goals. Meanwhile, keep your focus here, on the step you are making. By focusing on the here, you are putting your power to your goal, because you are stepping forward. Looking at the end result only serves to show you how far from it you are and looking at a step actually takes you a step closer.
2. Take a step: The notion ‘one step at a time’ is a cliché. You should just take a step or steps. You should make decision and move. Just participate in your plans however small your participation. Break it down to the smallest steps and make them.
3. Make it a hobby; because these are things we like to do. Making your task or initiative a hobby changes your mentality towards it. Making it your hobby is simple. Just tell yourself and others that it feels like a hobby every time you do it. Think of the task at hand as a new development in your interests.
4. Smile; smiling changes your facial appearance, relaxes your muscles and makes you think you are a master at what you are doing. This is very effective in enabling you to follow the above mentioned ways. Smiling at something makes it exiting to some degree, so the best way to make your task interesting is to smile at the prospect of doing it.

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Thumb

It’s late, it’s calm

The sun sets in the land of the dumb

I wonder, what’s in my palm?

No catch! Just a rod, size of my thumb

We are hopeless, helpless and worthless,

Who cares about us poor weak lambs?

None! They have rings on all except their thumbs,

They preach of love endless, but behave a people heartless

I’m distinct in my appearance

I form a symbol of approval or disapproval

My identity is unique, mainly used for clearance

Justifying my owners acceptance of the existence of a system

I am part of the system at hand

Wherever place my life may land

Always remember I’m blind and numb

To all that to me say, “We are fingers, you a thumb!”

Although am part of a system, not governed by I

I exist individually, with my thoughts controlled by me

For there exists nothing, until meaning is given by me

Truly I say I am as thinketh I

I may be invisible in this world of yours

Yet am tall and strong in this mind of mine

Give me some color, something called ours

Let’s fill this divide; let beauty of the heart define our kind

My owner’s colors are many

A show of beauty, that makes the world go round

And my prints don’t show variety among my owners

I show that all are children of the universes

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Why you keep refering to yester days.

Hello, did you just say you miss the good old days? Are you aware that the old days are that? Yes they are. So why do you keep yourself old and claim to be young. In a day, how much time do you spend, thinking of those days. If you continue like this, you’ll be talking about today next year. Only that you will be talking about today in regret of why you did not live it to your full. Narrow your thoughts to what great is happening now. Think about what you are doing now. If you are reading this blog, then stop peeping into other tabs until you are through with this. Concentration is key. Thats the most simple solution. Thank you.

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