The #covid19 suspects everywhere! It is not easy to stop a habit. Since 2011, I do road runs at least three times a week. It is now my habit. They say it takes 21 days of doing something repeatedly to form a habit, mine has been done for more than nine years now! When I don’t run, I feel general body weakness. That is the flipside of habits. When you stop, you feel it hard. You must find a compensating habit to overcome another habit. To cover up on the four days, I discovered on the Internet an app called…
Read books and research: Qualities of winning children Part 1
To research means to look for books i.e. search on the Internet, buy textbooks from the bookshop, and find practice books. If you can, go to the school library and borrow books. You must work hard and read to be among the top 5. This means you read all the books your parents bought for you or you bought for yourself examples, novels, textbooks, and exercise books. You must work hard and aim to be among the top five. Remember, always read the books for example, when they buy for you a textbook you have to read each and everything…
The children have surprised me; qualities of good children
I woke up early with a focus on Mindspark in my children. I wanted them to start thinking differently. I wrote on a flip chart, “qualities of brilliant children.” I realize that growing in the village, influenced my outlook on life. The psychologists call it nature vs nurture. I was brought up to confront challenges and never to run away. I see this quality in my several consulting projects. Once in a while, you realize the project was a bad deal. It is just too difficult to complete within the timelines. But there is no option. You cannot hire more…
The journey of my life, in your three keys to a worry-free life…, part 2
I agree that “it is not about falling, but what you do when you fall, that makes all the difference.” If you lack clear direction, it is difficult to proceed after falling. The point is you can always overcome any kind of setback as long as you have clarity of your destiny. Despite these and many more setbacks, I can say with confidence that I finally made it. After several years of trying, there is a process to a successful and worry–free life. It is summarized in The Three Keys you about to discover in this book. In your journey…
How to overcome a crisis
Have you ever experienced a crisis? Uganda has experienced three times of famine. The first one came from 1980 to 1981. We learned about this in stories and riddles. I was a baby then, just about two years. Then somewhere around 1994, another famine struck. I was a teen with a stomach working like the way a Hammer consumes fuel. This famine found us not ready for it. Our family did not know anything like storing food in silos and the like. I was in Munteme village, in Hoima District, when some tinned food arrived thanks to the World Food…
Always ask yourself: after worrying, what next? Part 2
In 2014, I published my first book, “Your three keys to a worry-free life”, below is an introduction to the book by Fr. Paulino Mondo, then a Priest at Mbuya Parish. During this tough period of the #covid19 pandemic, I am sharing the book chapter by chapter. Keep coming back and learn how to live a worry-free life or how to worry less. Here we go with the Introduction. Unhappiness, worry, and anxiety can have a huge impact on your health especially as you get older. Your mood is a very powerful force that can impact your daily life. To…