What would you tell your 19-year-old self? In June 2026, two conversations at DICE Ministry reminded me that while audiences change, the questions rarely do. How do we prepare for adulthood? How do we survive lean seasons? How do we remain standing? My answer keeps coming back to three relationships: Faith. Finances. Family. Sometimes theContinueContinue reading “Transformative Conversations: Insights from DICE Ministry”
Category Archives: Career Reflections
How Financial Coaching Transformed My Life
Money talks, but with Brenda, it listens. Discover how The Square-Bracket is helping everyday people turn financial chaos into clarity. One breakthrough idea at a time. Here’s my journey with financial coaching, and why more of us need it now. Where clarity begins, one honest conversation at a time When Life Pauses, Money Talks LoudestContinueContinue reading “How Financial Coaching Transformed My Life”
Finding Wisdom in Waiting: Lessons from Meaningful Conversations
When life puts you in a waiting room, you should to talk to those who’ve already survived the surgery. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been doing exactly that. Coffee by coffee. Conversation by conversation. Three meetups in Nairobi with remarkable people: Joshua Wathanga, Emmanuel Nandokha, and Esther Muchiri. Each conversation left me wiser andContinueContinue reading “Finding Wisdom in Waiting: Lessons from Meaningful Conversations”
🧪 From Science to Startup: A Biomed Graduate’s Journey
When a Biomedical Science graduate Enrolls in Entrepreneurship School Accelerating faith-driven entrepreneurship. Building people and systems that grow communities. I studied diagnostic microbiology and recombinant DNA technology. 🧬 Now I’m learning customer acquisition costs and elevator pitches. How did I move from microscopes to marketplaces? From dissecting cells in a lab, to scribbling storyboards Here’sContinueContinue reading “🧪 From Science to Startup: A Biomed Graduate’s Journey”
Forced Reset: When Losing a Job Becomes Finding Yourself Again
Losing a job is painful.Losing yourself in the process is worse. Leonora Mbithi’s Forced Reset is the book I wish I had during my career transitions in 2015, 2022 and 2025. The pause that rewrites your story At Ksh. 2,500, this is not just a read. It’s a roadmap. It’s therapy. It’s perspective. It’s aContinueContinue reading “Forced Reset: When Losing a Job Becomes Finding Yourself Again”
Mastering Mentorship: Insights from Kingston Ogango’s Guide
Geared to the times. Anchored to values. Built for leaders who choose people over positions. Mentoring is not about power. It’s about alignment. In Mentoring: A Practical Guide for Developing Leaders, Kingston Ogango offers a book that moves beyond theory into practice. Thoughtful. Grounded. Right on time. Some books shout. Others whisper. This book doesContinueContinue reading “Mastering Mentorship: Insights from Kingston Ogango’s Guide”
One Year Since I Lost My Job
From biometric doors to wilderness prayers, and the God who still sees. On January 27, 2025, I walked into a glass building in Westlands feeling like a king. Biometric doors. Phone-tap access. A shiny new laptop. A 15% pay raise. Big dreams. Twenty‑four hours later, I walked out unemployed. This is the story of howContinueContinue reading “One Year Since I Lost My Job”
50 Blogs Later: Writing My Way Through Faith, Loss, and Becoming
When life got loud, I kept writing. In 2025, I wrote 50 blogs. Half of everything I’ve written in ten years. It was a year of transition, faith, family, sermons, hospital corridors, and unexpected open doors. Writing helped me make sense of it all. And along the way, it created real connection and impact. StillContinueContinue reading “50 Blogs Later: Writing My Way Through Faith, Loss, and Becoming”
Between What We Wanted to Be and What We’re Becoming
What did you dream of becoming? Career detours, quiet resilience, and the rediscovery of purpose in unlikely places. A Small Team. Big Stories. Honest Conversations. On Saturday (Dec 20, 2025), I had the privilege of attending Shamba Connect’s end-year staff retreat. I left reminded that some of the most profound leadership conversations don’t occur inContinueContinue reading “Between What We Wanted to Be and What We’re Becoming”
🌱 From Closed Gates to New Purpose: A Journey of Faith, Hustle and Small Wins
How a sermon, a blog, and a webinar sparked an unexpected calling. When Closed Gates Open New Doors Losing my job was unexpected. If someone had claimed it would start a new calling, I would have advised them to check their temperature. 🤓 But here we are, ten months later, and I can’t deny it:ContinueContinue reading “🌱 From Closed Gates to New Purpose: A Journey of Faith, Hustle and Small Wins”