“Leaders need many qualities but underlying them all is good judgment. Those with ambition but no judgment run out of money. Those with charisma but no judgment lead their followers in the wrong direction. Those with passion but no judgment hurl themselves down the wrong paths. Those with drive but no judgment get up very early to do the wrong things. Sheer luck and factors beyond your control may determine your eventual success, but good judgment will stack the cards in your favor”, wrote Sir Andrew Likierman of the London Business School in the Harvard Business Review, Jan/Feb 2020 issue.…
The covid-19 presidential address many people expected
President Y. K. Museveni made yet another presidential address to the nation, specifically on the state of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite a long speech, many people were left with their mouth open. The fact on the ground is sour. Poverty is on the rise, one day at a time. Many people, especially the youth, are helpless. Folks who run restaurants, saloons, bars, and so many teachers in private schools are having tough times. Uganda does not track unemployment numbers in terms of people lining up at the Ministry of Labour or Finance to claim for unemployment benefits. If that was…
Homily for Tuesday, Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
In the gospel reading Jesus reduces all of the Jewish Law and the Prophets to a very short maxim, ‘always treat others as you would like them to treat you’. Jesus invites us to imagine how we would like people to treat us, to ask ourselves the question, ‘what do I really want from another person?’ Most of us would answer that question along similar lines. We want from others respect, tolerance, loyalty, understanding, compassion, justice. Having engaged in that exercise of imagining how we would like others to treat us, Jesus then declares that we should act towards others…
The best of WhatsApp 100 YEARS FROM NOW !!!
100 years from now will be the year 2120. By then, every single reader of this piece will be underground, our bodies have become part of the soil. During that time, our fate in respect to paradise or hell would have been made known to us. Meanwhile above the soil, our houses that were left behind would have become either home for others or demolished for better structures. Our clothes would have become destroyed or rags for others and replaced by more recent trends; our cars will be on display as historical artefacts by others or recycled for more advanced…
If you are above 40 yrs of age or approaching the mark, health hints for you
The best of WhatsApp A. Two things to check as often as you can (1) Your blood pressure (2) Your blood sugar *B. Four things to reduce to the minimum on your foods (1) Salt (2) sugar (3) dairy products (4) starchy products C. Four things to increase in your foods’ (1) Greens/vegetables (2) beans (3) fruits (4) nuts *D. Three things you need to forget (1) Your age (2) your past (3) your grievances *E. Four things you must have, no matter how weak or how strong you are (1) Friends who truly love you (2) caring family…
