Create your own opportunities, open doors for yourself and others

hard work, Opportunities, risks, unemployment

Melanie Mwangi's avatarmeltivated

Three years ago a friend got the job of his dreams, working as a Public Relations practitioner for an international firm.

Everybody thought he had made it in life.

It’s one of the best, every PR person in Kenya dreams of joining the company.

He worked for two years, but decided to quit his job to pursue his own dreams.

But he first withdrew from his family and friends because he was afraid of what people would think.

We were catching up a couple of weeks after his resignation but he never told me a thing until after we met again the following week.

He told me he had not yet told his parents he quit because he was afraid they would be disappointed in him.

He was also afraid of how people would judge him.

“Are you insane? Here you get a good salary, why are you quitting?”

He…

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Making to-do lists that work for you!

goal setting , goals , help , improvement , new year , productivity , self help , self improvement , tips , to do lists

winniemarlo's avatarWinnie & Marlo

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Goals are difficult to accomplish when you are unclear of the path that is needed to achieve them. It is much easier when the path is set out from the beginning. To-do lists are perfect for long-term goals, short-term goals, and even day-to-day tasks. Almost every student that I know has some way of organizing their priorities in to-do lists. I am going to share tips to make to-do lists that are functional and some new ways to use to-do lists in your everyday life.

Tips to make to-do lists that you complete

  1. Set a time frame
    1. Making your to-do lists with a time frame in mind of when you want the tasks to be completed keeps you on track. I can’t even begin to tell you the number of times that I have abandoned to-do lists because I didn’t continue to come back to it.
    2. It helped me when I started creating them on a schedule…

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