WinningMindspark
1092 articles filed under WinningMindspark.
Models for managing family finances part 1
Life is about making choices of the things you will do and the things you will not do. You cannot choose to be everything to everybody and...
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Family Finances
Life is about making choices. People who succeed make choices at the right time. If you don’t make right choices at the right time, you...
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How can we tame hunger?
For any country, the primary stakeholders are her citizens. Next are her strategic allies. What is our country doing to make life so light...
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Problem solving
Most of the time, organizations are faced with challenges and need innovative ideas to fix them. And if you are innovative, you must be...
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Effective leadership
If you get people, blind fold them and ask them to begin throwing stones, can they hit the same target? This is why many leaders have the...
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Women: The heroes of the world
Mugisa. Mugisa. Mugisa. Where are you? You did it. Went a loud voice calling out my name. It was a Tuesday afternoon in 1996. I had just...
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Managing yourself
Many of us do not know how to bring ourselves to order. This is one of the biggest challenges of so many people. But even those ones who...
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Innovation vs creativity
Most people tend to confuse these two words. What is innovation? When somebody else is doing something great, you study it so that you can...
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Personal finance: How do you spend monthly earning of Ugx1m?
Many of us especially accountants and people who are well educated have a feeling that we are so much literate about money. But issues of...
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How do you make decisions?
Most people especially leaders make decisions based on hearsay. Hearsay might be good but it can’t be a basis against which you make...
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Thinking proactively, standing out
On Thursday 23rd February 2017, I had a privilege of speaking to over 80 Head teachers at their regional meeting in Namagunga. We discussed...
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Your personal success formula
To succeed, you need passion, skills and experience and market need. Focus on what you love, and acquire skills, as explained below: The...
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The fisherman’s credo; deserve your seat
The fisherman’s credo states that ‘if you are not doing anything in the boat, don’t stay there.’ The fisherman will require you to deserve...
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The cost of a small leak
As a fraud investigator, my finding is that many small businesses do not collapse or stagnate because they are not having revenue. They...
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Leadership: Farmer vs. servant model
Are you a farmer or servant leader? Farmer leadership is a concept that looks at leaders (or farmers) who have good farms. They are always...
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Thinking proactively
Success through employment is one of the options you have. I recommend that your objective is to have clear career focus of the corporate/...
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Specialisation Vs Generalisation. What does great look like?
In Uganda but also anywhere in the world, people who earn high incomes are those who have expertise in their area of specialization. If you...
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A Q&A with Mustapha: You are a Certified Fraud Examiner, how come you talk more about success and strategy and not fraud?
A: In life, you have to find your forte. But also which side do you want to be remembered for or where do you add most impact. When it...
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Daily insights with Mustapha - To succeed, show up often
In life, trying is the most important thing that cuts across all winners. Why? Because if you don’t show up, you don’t register any...
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Planning to succeed daily. A Q&A with Mustapha
Qn: Most people make an annual plan at start of a New year. Is that effective? A: Strategy is different from a plan. When you are making a...
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Thinking Big
What do you think is the number one reason why many people are struggling to survive? Why is it that most people attain only 40% of their...
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What is your plan?
A plan without a strategy is not effective. First clarify the future you want (dream). Put that future into your context – your unique...
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ReachOut Mbuya needs you!
As a community of Our Lady of Africa Mbuya church, what comes to mind when you hear the name ReachOut Mbuya (ROM)? That is the question we...
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Plan to achieve happiness in 2017
If you are a regular reader of this column, I hope by now you have a clear personal strategy. My experience is planning for five-10 years...
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