SUCCESS? PAY THE PRICE

BAHATI! The stage name that the young Kelvin Kioko goes by, a name that I do not have to take a real precious 5 minutes and at least try to knock the sense into anyone of who he is. His name just sells him. Watching him perform at the Groove Party (of course on You Tube), his #TeamBahati fans were literally jumping for at list a finger-print. My main focus isn’t the shows he goes for. It’s about him coming up to the light in his Gospel Entertainment career. He released a whopping 3 singles, one after the other. First came, SIKU YA KWANZA, then WANGU, and the big jam MAMA. He was shooting up, and no need to say accepted by the industry, but he never stopped at that. MACHOZI with the very popular “Bahati Bahati tenaaaaaa” start tone hit every air wave with such vigor which in the words of HopeKid, The General, I would say, inatesaaaaa. Not tired, BARUA ya Bahati was out climaxed it all with such many requests that it stayed on the charts for the better part of 2014. And just in case you don’t have the word that is all over, the new LOVER single is ready and will be out in no time(How I am waiting for this).  SUCCESS story for reals. Look at that kid. So humble yet so big. Meeeen. They made it. Why not you? Obviously, by all definitions, no one can argue that BAHATI is a real success of persistence, hardwork and faith in God.
I am not for the idea that everyone makes a musician. No. What a miserable world we shall have when our children shall lack a teacher, when our sick grand-parents shall lack a doctor, when our country shall become a playing field for terrorists, when our country shall lack good opposition leaders and presidents, when our country shall lack good pilots and ma3 conductors; all simply because everyone ran to be a musician. Whatever you do, give your best. You may not be the first in the industry, but just be the best. If everyone opts and chooses to be the best them, what an amazing world we shall have. Some people ask how? Just begin, the plan shall come to you. Begin with small amounts of success. Begin with the small amounts of effort. Ever seen someone sooo determined to reach to a destiny? Yeah! That’s what am talking about. Will it be hard? YES! That’s a part of it. There is no greater joy like drinking from the toil of your hardwork? From your hard earned toil? What a joy.
In the words of Caroline Mutoko, SUCCESS IS NOT CHANCE, BUT CHOICE.
Go For It! Go! Go! Go!

THE GUARANTEE

A lot of time, when met by obstacles and challenges, we start crying. we start blaming others for the things that went wrong because maybe it's them that inflicted the pain on us. And we spend a really good sum of our lives in tears and agony while everyone is out there and hustling hard to make things work for themselves. Can we really hang on to our tears for success and prosperity in life? Wake up and stop crying. you can never change anything no matter how much you try to when you are in tears. Either we can choose to act or life acts on us. But we are assured that, if we don't, then life will act on us.
By the guarantee that if we don't act, life will disappoint us, we ought to at least do a thing. Hard work isn't a guarantee that success will come your way, but it increases the chances. We have to try. We have to run away from that self-inflicted pain. We have to live life as conquerers and not sufferers.
The problem with most people in life is not that they do not have the opportunity or the zeal to begin, it's their way of thinking. Most people think of themselves as the victims rather than the victors in any single event.They question how the other party shall gain at their expense, rather than questioning on how they shall reach their goals. Stop it and start having the VICTOR-MENTALITY. If you live your whole life hoping that you ought to gain more than those you meet along your journey of life. Start your journey with the mentality of the GUARANTEED SUCCESS. Start by saying that if you don't do anything about your situation, definitely you shall lose. Wake up and run with your goal. Run with it. Run and Run...

IT'S ALL UP TO YOU

Have you ever, for a moment or so looked at this world from the other people's point of view? Have you ever wondered why so many are busy sorting stuff in their own lives? Yeah! Am talking about how everyone is just so busy to make their lives better. And in this quest for success, sometimes we tend to forget that these are people too. Sometimes we are in tears, and it's like no one is seeing you tears. Sometimes we wonder whether these people care about us as we really ought to be cared for. Bana, everyone is just too busy with their lives to concentrate onto your whining. Wake up and for a moment live in the reality.
It's a bad thing to start crying about how life is so unfair yet you are doing nothing about it. It's a total waste of your precious time to keep complaining how people are neglecting you. Of course it is at the time of adversity that we learn who are our real friends. But when you start shouting about how people have left you, you act desperate about life. Life will deal with you as an individual. Deal with it and stop running away complaining about this and that. The world holds great prices for those who are willing to fight for them. Yes. Ask any successful man and you will learn that this world is a place where you have to define your worth by your own effort. You have to pass through the adversity, sometimes have to cry when the others are smiling, that is the definition of success. And it's all going to be done by you. You and you alone.

ADVANCING BEYOND YOUR WISHES book to be out by Sunday

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The World Ain't No Place For Cowards

A couple of days ago I was watching a documentary on one of the world's most influential figures. Aaron Swartz, popularly known as The Internet's Own Boy, was all just passionate about change from the very moment he was born. He questioned why things had to be done just one way and not the other. From a very tender age, he was introduced to computers and coding. With so much zeal combined from inside, he shot up like a mushroom in a land plenty of water. Imagine a 14year old was the one behind all the RSS feeds you get? Yeah! That was Aaron Swartz. He believed that the world's knowledge was supposed to be free information. And soon, he found himself brushing shoulders with the government because he was just simply releasing information to the world and making it free. Long story short, he passed on at the age of 26. He died for what he believed in. He died in the line of duty. It's said that he committed suicide, Did He lose or had he just concluded what he believed in?
His story much speaks to us. Are you so passionate about what you are doing that you would bet your whole life to committing to it? People who are ready to die for what they believe in. What's in your mind? Is it that dream? Is it the perfect work you wish that one day it will be published? Is it the perfect job you are wondering how it's ever going to get in the lime-light? Don't you ever give up on that dream. Every other big thing was once formed in someone's mind. No one ever thought that a university drop out could ever make a big brand like Apple. No one ever imagined that a Harvard dropout could make the OS that runs the entire computer world. No one ever thought that a school expulsion is all Mark needed to create this big room called FaceBook, Virgin Atlantic, WikiPedia, WikiLeaks, talk about it all, it all passed through a period of total inability. When dreams seemed impossible. And then one morning things changed. Believe it and live it.

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PAIN IS TEMPORARY

Sometimes in our lives we are hit hard by the pains of life and we just do not know where we shall move next to. Sometimes the people we cared for betray us and walk away from us. We are left all on our own to suffer the bouts of the pain they have inflicted on us. At times we are in a situation and when people tell us to move on, they sound strange to us. Because it's not them that are going through it all. You know, some time you are in a storm, and you just don't know when it's all going to end. Pain! Pain that can't be seen, but our hearts feel it all.

But have you ever wondered how long this pain lasts? It's not forever going to be there. Pain may last for a minute, a day, or a year. But it can't last forver. It's the moment when we are going through pain that we are closest to the goals of our lives. Sometimes those trying to tell us not to give up don't make sense. But you know what? It all shall be over some day. Our lives are not meant to be bound by limited pains and hardships. It's going to be there but not forever. It shall pass. It shall move away some day. Just hold on. It doesn't matter how hard it seems to be, just hold on to that goal. Someday you will shine. Some day you shall be on the Dailies for your victory. You are more than a conquerer. Stand strong.