Today we celebrate the International Womens day. What a special day it is. It is tough to imagine life without Women. The special ones are of course my first and only wife, Audrey Amumpaire; she keeps tolerating my shortcomings and has helped me grow into a man. “Almost is not enough. You must win or you must win”, this advice from my wife has helped me in many ways most of all to choose my battles wisely. If I know I don’t have what it takes to win the war, there is no reason of getting into it in the…
Live a worry free life insights with Mustapha B Mugisa, part 1.
Today’s insight is about focus To succeed in your business or career, focus on the results not the process. Many people are always obsessed about methodologies, approaches or the process. Remember all these are just a means to an end. What exactly are the intended results? And what is the easiest way to attain the specified results? Succeeding in business is about attaining the desired results in the shortest time and least cost possible. Before you do any activity, ask your client or immediate boss the following: What exactly are the desired results? When do you need the results? How…
Same old Kyehooro landing site!
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…
Make time for what matters: productivity hack, part 1
We all have 24 hours a day, of which you are recommended to spend at least 8 hours sleeping and another 8 hours relaxing with friends and family. That means you have 8 hours dedicated to working. As they say, much as Politicians earn a lot of money and respect, they are the poorest folks because they spend a lot of their life working. True wealth is having a lot of discretionary time, doing things you want to do when you want to do them. If you have to do certain roles to keep your job or win in your…
The birthday
To all my social media friends. Thanks for the birthday messages. Some of you made it special – you sent me a handwritten message digitally. Here you first handwrote the message on a piece of paper. You took a photo of it. And sent it to me via WhatsApp. I enjoyed such messages. It is good to know someone not only thought about you. They took time to do something about it. I also enjoyed the customized messages via LinkedIn mostly. You did not just send the ‘template’ message. You thought about me and sent a message that is addressed…
The cost of small comforts in an organisation
Way back in 2010, while living in Kitende just before Bwebajja, life felt simple and efficient. I had created a routine that made me feel in control. Every evening, on my way home, I would stop at Total Kajjansi, buy a cake as a reward for surviving the day, eat it while driving, reach home, switch on the news, and then go straight to sleep. No brushing, just sugar, noise… and then silence. At the time, it felt like I was winning. Until one night, everything changed. I woke up to a sharp, unbearable pain in my tooth. It felt…
