Figurative speech is associated with high intelligence. If you want to be a great orator, you ought to have a stock of metaphors or figurative speaking capabilities. Studies show that people who use appropriate metaphors in their speech tend to be considered smarter or highly educated. You can use metaphors in your writing or speech. Below find some common associations that help inform figurative speaking or writing, as ably written in the Power of Metaphor, by Mark J. Landau, et al. “weight manipulations influence perceived importance smooth textures promote social coordination hard textures result in greater strictness in social judgment…

Everyone has experienced life-changing events. Mine happened many years ago, when I failed an interview for admission at Munteme Technical College (TECO), one of the top two leading carpentry, mechanics, and masonry colleges in the Hoima district at the time. That was way back early 1990s when I had just completed primary seven. I was considered too small for rigorous and physical training at TECO. Disappointed, and dejected, I went to my grandfather to deliver the bad news. With my limited exposure, I considered TECO as the only way to success, and missing admission was like being pierced with a…

I watched a documentary on the Dstv discovery channel titled, a mission to Saturn which was fascinating. I got to learn about the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft, which was launched in 1997 and stayed in Orbit from 2004 to 2017. That is 13 cool years in space from the Earth. That means, if you were to travel there, the trip would take 13 years in transit! I want you to take the time to think about that. If you are a science enthusiast, you already know from Wikipedia that: “At its closest, Saturn is 1.2 billion kilometres away from Earth. So, with today’s spacecraft…

On 25th December 2020, I made a trip to the Kyehooro landing site, on lake Albert to rekindle old childhood memories. As a young boy, I would walk that 60 something return trip. It was a tough journey, which was considered as a right of passage to adulthood of sorts. We would walk to the landing site to buy fish for resale at a profit. It was usually a two day’s journey. Just before the rift valley, lived a man who would allow us to sleep at his home, and wake us very early to begin the descent of the…

The Indians say that “It is not how much you have, but what you can give” that makes all the difference. Many times, people appear to be rich and living in abundance, yet they live a life as prisoners of their success. A prisoner of success is a person who spends a lot of their time minding about their businesses and how to keep growing it and lacks discretionary time to do other things that are important for a happy and integrated life like travel, family time, and peace of mind. Discretionary time is doing what you want to do…