JAMES PLOTI

Since 2007 I have been travelling to different states in Africa and Beyond. Allow me to share a few scary stories Kenyans and Africans in the diaspora happen to share with me. 1. MARRIED IN KENYA DIVORCED IN DIASPORA Someone once said You can move a man from the village but not the village from the man. This maybe only happens to the village man, on the other side, you can move an African from Africa and forever the "Africanness" (if there is a word like that) remains in Africa. These are two separate experiences one from a Brother in Diaspora and the Other one from a Sister in Diaspora. A) I Met 'Mfethu' in Czech Republic back in 2011. A former school mate, was a respected young family man back then in Kenya, he had this lovely young family, beautiful wife and both were pursuing medicine. When i met him he had a different wife and not the one i knew when i was in Kenya. Out of curiosity i asked him what happened, and over a cup of coffee in one of the tiny coffee sho...

 ADVICE TO ALL EMPLOYEES   1. Build a home earlier. Be it rural home or urban home. Building a house at 50 is not an achievement. Don't get used to government houses. This comfort is so dangerous. Let all your family have good time in your house.   2. Go home. Don't stick at work all the year.  You are not the pillar of your department.  If you drop dead today, you will be replaced immediately and operations will continue.  Make your family a priority. 3. Don't chase promotions.  Master your skills and be excellent at what you do. If they want to promote you, that's fine if they don't,  stay positive to your personal. development. 4. Avoid office or work gossip. Avoid things that tarnish your name or reputation. Don't join the bandwagon that backbites  your bosses and colleagues. Stay away from negative gatherings that have only people as their agenda. 5. Don't ever compete with your bosses.  You will burn your fingers.  Don't ...

Procrastination is the act of delaying or putting off tasks until the last minute, or past their deadline. Some researchers define procrastination as a "form of self-regulation failure characterized by the irrational delay of tasks despite potentially negative consequences." It's Friday afternoon and the clock is ticking. You're working furiously to complete a task before the five o'clock deadline, while silently cursing yourself for not starting it sooner. How did this happen? What went wrong? Why did you lose your focus? Well, there were the hours that you spent re-reading emails and checking social media, the excessive "preparation," the coffee breaks, and the time spent on other tasks that you could have safely left for next week. Sound familiar? If so, you're not alone! Procrastination is a trap that many of us fall into. In fact, according to research and speaker Piers Steel 95 percent of us procrastinate to some degree. While it may be...