You can change the external environment by changing yourself first

Changing the world requires unique characterististics

Save the artist by buying their work

Three most important words

Yes I can

Listen to your Children

You are always selling something

When did the term entrepreneur come into existence? What does the term an entrepreneur mean?

The word entrepreneur made first appearance as a distinct concept in France in 1750’s. It was introduced by Richard Cantillon twenty years before Adam Smith published his work on wealth of the nations in 1776. Richard Cantillon suggested that the entrepreneur is someone prepared to bear uncertainty in engaging in risk of buying goods and services at a certain (fixed) price in one market to be sold elsewhere or at another time for uncertain future prices usually in another market . Furthermore, Schumpeter (1934) described an entrepreneur as a person who can convert new idea and invention into innovation; a product that can be commercialized.

Moreover the entrepreneur is described as as a “dot connector” a man who can connect the dots to identify opportunities that create profit and wealth. Additionally, the entrepreneur is an individual who brings about improvement both for other individuals and for society as a whole. An entrepreneur is known for what he/she does; activities that entrepreneurs do include creating new products, processes and services in the market. 

Poem about courage on the journey of life

The Journey’ by Mary Oliver

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice--
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
‘Mend my life!’
each voice cried.
But you didn’t stop.

You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible. It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.

But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,

And there was a new voice,
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do--
determined to save
the only life you could save.

Difference between Entrepreneurial ability and Managerial ability:Are both important for entrepreneurs?

Entrepreneurial ability is the ability to recognize an opportunity and acquire the necessary resources to exploit it while the managerial ability is the ability to maintain the profitability of a business.

The successful entrepreneurs need both abilities as they determine the destiny of their businesses.They enable the entrepreneur to recognize a business opportunity,acquire necessary resources to exploit it and then formulate a business while ensuring that the business is making profit.

Reference

Firtzsimons J.R & Douglas E.J.,(2005).Entrepreneurial attitudes and entrepreneurial intentions cross cultural of potential entrepreneurs in India,Thailand,China and Australia. Babson-Kaufman Entrepreneurial Research conference,Wellesley MA

What should it be called environmental degradation,negative entrepreneurship or entrepreneurship?

This is one of the things that is going on in developing world.Making charcoal which implies cutting down of trees is order of the day.This is done at the expense of environment and sustainable development.

Alternative energy could be the good solution as people must use energy for food preparation

UNETHICAL MARKETING BASED ON LIE

This is one of the announcement on HIV AIDS cure that I saw in South Africa.This is a lie of the highest order.Many marketers are marketing things they can't deliver just to get cash.This is absolutely unethical marketing.

With such type of marketing one can win some quick money for a while but in the long run such marketing campaign can not deliver.

Time Management Lesson

What you have to realize is that we are all human, we are all born and we will all die in 200 years period time. 

It’s what we do with our time in between that makes us special. Moreover, it’s our habits, actions and beliefs that separate us — not anything else.

Is it true that we don't accomplish much due to lack of resources?

May I please comment to the above well sugar-coated “catchy” photo with caption which says, ”Never start a project unless all resources are available”

May I start with the question; do you think all the successful people start and accomplish their projects with enough resources at hand?

Though the words in the above photo sounds well and good, no project will ever come into being with this type of thinking as the resources are always not enough. Remember the economists’ old adage that resources are scarce.

In my opinion, this type of thinking is good for economists, accountants, marketers, sociologists and even to strategists who have no idea of how the Morden economy is run; for entrepreneurs this type of thinking is not reasonable and credible because in entrepreneurship field project accomplishment is opportunity creation based rather than resource driven because if the opportunities are perceived as significant, resources will be found and mobilised to exploit on discovered opportunities(project).Entrepreneurship is thus idea driven rather than resource driven.

Thus, we don’t have any reason to think that we don’t accomplish much because of lack of resources because many successful people had as little resources as we had at a certain time in their lives yet they accomplished great feats.

May I also put forward a definition of what entrepreneurship consist of, a definition given by Stevenson, Robert and Groesbeck (1985) they argued that entrepreneurship is a field that is concerned and driven by perception of opportunity rather than resources currently controlled by individuals.

This implies that instead of saying I can’t start a project as I don’t have much resources; it is better to do a homework on what should you do to capitalise on the opportunity found in the project. The former thinking will make one to postpone every project that comes on the way, while the latter will make one think of the way or possibilities to capitalise on opportunities found in every project that he/she finds on the way.

‘’WHEN YOU BLIEVE, YOUR MIND FINDS WAYS TO DO IT’’

Reference

Stevenson H.H., Robert M.J., & Groesbeck H.I.,(1985).New business ventures and the entrepreneur. Homewood, IL: Irwin.

Dreaming and Doing your dream

"There are those who work all day. Those who dream all day. And those who spend an hour dreaming before setting to work to fulfill those dreams. Go into the third category because there's virtually no competition." 

~ Steven J Ross.

Why many famous entrepreneurs struggled with their early formal education?

Q: I am an architect and a young entrepreneur. It’s fairly obvious that most of the world’s great entrepreneurs had issues with their early education. Why is this the case? -- Akosu Paul

This is a very good question, and one that I am often asked by students around the world as they weigh continuing their studies against starting up their own ventures and diving into the world of business. In addition, many also want to know how I was able to start my own career while I was a young student struggling with my schoolwork, and how I eventually got people to take me seriously as an entrepreneur.

Looking back, I believe that the qualities that make for a great entrepreneur -- such as boundless energy, a curious nature and, sometimes, an obstinate streak -- are not often attributes demonstrated by top students in the classroom. So it should not be very surprising that many of the world’s great entrepreneurs and business leaders had difficulties with formal education.

Often, their frustration in the classroom was a result of impatience: The greats were eager to get out and build their businesses, which pushed them to drop out of high school or forgo college in order to follow their dreams. For instance, Walt Disney famously dropped out of school at age 16 to found his animation company, while the great American tycoons of the late 19th century -- Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Thomas Edison -- had little or no formal education before they set out to seek their fortunes. Some entrepreneurs, including Carnegie and Henry Ford, the 20th century industrialist, came from impoverished backgrounds and did not have the support at home to start -- let alone complete -- their formal educations. Rather, they set up businesses to make ends meet and eventually flourished.

More recently, the retail entrepreneurs Philip Green and John Caudwell made their fortunes in the U.K. after leaving high school and building businesses at young ages. And in the tech industry, Steve Jobs of Apple, Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Inc., and Oracle’s Larry Ellison all dropped out of college to create their companies, and they all reaped the rewards of getting an early start.

One thing that entrepreneurs have in common is a talent for seeing things differently. This allows them to identify important gaps in markets or the need for new sectors to serve specific customer demands. But this ability often leads budding entrepreneurs to rebel against the conformity that is common in traditional education.

I was no exception, and I have written in previous columns that I was not great at school. I constantly pushed against rules and authority, and I liked to challenge the way that things were “always” done. My curiosity often got me into trouble with teachers.

But it was not just my attitude that was different -- I had dyslexia. When I was a young student, this learning disability was poorly researched and was often mistaken for laziness or a poor ability to learn. At school I was thought to be slow, and indeed I struggled to keep up. I initially channeled my youthful energy into sport, then after an injury, I got into early business ventures, which failed to take off.

But my learning disability has never been a setback -- it actually gave me a great advantage in business, since I have been able to bring a different perspective to problems and challenges, which often enables me to see solutions more clearly. For example, I have always hated jargon, and I am confused by long and wordy drafts of plans. So in Virgin’s early days, I would ask simple questions that others did not. Over the years, asking the simple questions and striving to answer them have become some of Virgin’s most important characteristics.

When I was a young student, my restlessness and curiosity prompted me to set up Student magazine when I was just 15. Running the magazine actually served as an entrepreneurial education - I learned to effectively build a team, sell advertising, create content and market a product. I was my own boss and never needed to ask permission to try new things, and if I got things wrong, I did not have to fear the wrath of a superior. After all, a willingness to try new things and fail is important to becoming an entrepreneur, yet making mistakes flies against the expectations of traditional schooling.

So in many ways, my education has been my career. For almost 50 years, Virgin’s varied collection of businesses and nonprofits means that I have studied and come to understand many sectors - aviation, banking, media, hospitality and the fitness industry, to name a few. More recently, my career has also given me interesting new perspectives on many significant issues such as climate change, conflict resolution and global health care.

In the end, solutions to big problems such as these won’t come from doing school reports, but by getting out there, asking questions, seeing things differently and finding the answers ourselves.

 Source: Richard Branson

Success and Poverty

Success and poverty are not respecter of  profession,nationality and family name.They are respecter of principles of responsibilities and creating value for others.
So dream big to a success by being responsible and create value to the entire world!

MENTAL GROWTH: A RESEARCH ON HOW A BRAIN IS LIKE A MUSCLE

My 5-year-­old son has just started reading. Every night, we lie on his bed and he reads a short book to me. Inevitably, he’ll hit a word that he has trouble with: last night the word was “gratefully.” He eventually got it after a fairly painful minute. He then said, “Dad, aren’t you glad how I struggled with that word? I think I could feel my brain growing.” I smiled: my son was now verbalizing the tell­-tale signs of a “growth­ mindset.” But this wasn’t by accident. Recently, I put into practice research I had been reading about for the past few years: I decided to praise my son not when he succeeded at things he was already good at, but when he persevered with things that he found difficult. I stressed to him that by struggling, your brain grows. Between the deep body of research on the field of learning mindsets and this personal experience with my son, I am more convinced than ever that mindsets toward learning could matter more than anything else we teach.

Researchers have known for some time that the brain is like a muscle; that the more you use it, the more it grows. They’ve found that neural connections form and deepen most when we make mistakes doing difficult tasks rather than repeatedly having success with easy ones. What this means is that our intelligence is not fixed, and the best way that we can grow our intelligence is to embrace tasks where we might struggle and fail.

However, not everyone realizes this. Dr. Carol Dweck of Stanford University has been studying people’s mindsets towards learning for decades. She has found that most people adhere to one of two mindsets: fixed or growth. Fixed mindsets mistakenly believe that people are either smart or not, that intelligence is fixed by genes. People with growth mindsets correctly believe that capability and intelligence can be grown through effort, struggle and failure. Dweck found that those with a fixed mindset tended to focus their effort on tasks where they had a high likelihood of success and avoided tasks where they may have had to struggle, which limited their learning. People with a growth mindset, however, embraced challenges, and understood that tenacity and effort could change their learning outcomes. As you can imagine, this correlated with the latter group more actively pushing themselves and growing intellectually.

The good news is that mindsets can be taught; they’re malleable. What’s really fascinating is that Dweck and others have developed techniques that they call “growth mindset interventions,” which have shown that even small changes in communication or seemingly innocuous comments can have fairly long­-lasting implications for a person’s mindset. For instance, praising someone’s process (“I really like how you struggled with that problem”) versus praising an innate trait or talent (“You’re so clever!”) is one way to reinforce a growth ­mindset with someone. Process­ praise acknowledges the effort; talent­ praise reinforces the notion that one only succeeds (or doesn’t) based on a fixed trait. And we’ve seen this on Khan Academy as well: students are spending more time learning on Khan Academy after being exposed to messages that praise their tenacity and grit and that underscore that the brain is like a muscle.

The Internet is a dream for someone with a growth mindset. Between Khan Academy, MOOCs, and others, there is unprecedented access to endless content to help you grow your mind. However, society isn’t going to fully take advantage of this without growth mindsets being more prevalent. So what if we actively tried to change that? What if we began using whatever means are at our disposal to start performing growth mindset interventions on everyone we cared about? This is much bigger than Khan Academy or algebra — it applies to how you communicate with your children, how you manage your team at work, how you learn a new language or instrument. If society as a whole begins to embrace the struggle of learning, there is no end to what that could mean for global human potential.

And now here’s a surprise for you. By reading this article itself, you’ve just undergone the first half of a growth­-mindset intervention. The research shows that just being exposed to the research itself (­­for example, knowing that the brain grows most by getting questions wrong, not right­­) can begin to change a person’s mindset. The second half of the intervention is for you to communicate the research with others. We’ve made a video (above) that celebrates the struggle of learning that will help you do this. After all, when my son, or for that matter, anyone else asks me about learning, I only want them to know one thing. As long as they embrace struggle and mistakes, they can learn anything.

No quick wins in Business

Business is all about Relationship

It is easy to forget that people do business with people they like.This implies that business is all about relationship.
This implies successful business are those which are prone to make friendship and networking.Thus,relationship involves among others,shaking hands,do lunches,spread your good will,trying whatever you do to touch people's hearts and evangelizing your message

Quotation from Jay-Z

 "I am not a businessman.I am a business, man"

Some Benefits of Failing

The only failure in life is the failure to try.
Failure has its own benefits as it reflects an increase in your reach and it also reflects risk taking.
Thus, it is better if you fail often.Additionally, who cares if you win or lose so long as you get another experience to add to the inventory?!
SOMETHING TO NOTE:
All successful people you see they fail many times than less successful people who fail to try lest they fail

TECHNOLOGY AND BEST HUMAN QUALITIES:WHICH SHOULD DOMINATE THE RELATIONSHIP?

Blessings such as creativity, imagination and intellect are unique to human beings and these human qualities and skills are irreplaceable by technology.For example, Architects  fear that by using technology they may lose control and ultimately lose their creativity.

There is however a strong need to develop a balanced relationship between technology and creativity, in order to gain the advantages technology has to offer. Various philosophies exist as to how the relationship between humanity and technology should exist. There are debates around which element should dominate the relationship.  All considered, due to the inevitability and length of the close relationship of the two,technology should be viewed as a means by which to enhance life by making it easier, as opposed to being the opponent by captivating time and energy and ultimately being in control.

An Amazing Opportunity!!

If someone offers you an amazing opportunity and you are not sure you can do it, say Yes-then learn how to do it later- Richard Branson

Dreams Fulfilment

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality.If you can dream it, you can make it so (Belva,B.,1932)

However, so many are afraid to be themselves, thus most give up their dreams to follow the crowd.
Shakespeare once said "to thine own self be true"

Therefore, have the courage to be your true and greatest you.
Warren Buffet once said," there cant be true yous"

DREAMS

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them (Walt Disney 1901-1966)

Dreams

You should nurse your dreams and protect them through bad and tough times to the sunshine and light which always come!-Woodrow Wilson(1856-1924)

Alikuwa DJ sasa anamiliki vyombo vya habari

Source: Habari leo

“BAADA ya muziki wetu wa vijana kukataliwa kupigwa katika vituo mbalimbali vya redio nchini, niliona njia pekee ni kuanzisha kituo cha redio ya burudani ili kutangaza kazi na vipaji vya vijana.”  Hiyo ni kauli ya Joseph Alex Kusaga 'Joe’, Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa kampuni ya Clouds Media Group inayomiliki vituo vitatu vya redio vya Clouds FM, Choice FM, Coconut FM, na kituo cha televisheni cha Clouds.  Pia anamiliki makampuni tanzu kadhaa. Kwa ujumla, Kusaga si tu kwamba amefanikiwa kisanii, bali amefanikiwa pia kimaisha kiasi cha kuwa mmoja wa vijana wa kupigiwa mfano nchini.  Hata hivyo, katika mazungumzo na HABARILEO Jumapili, Kusaga anakiri safari yake ya kuyafikia mafanikio aliyonayo haikuwa rahisi hata kidogo.  Alianzia mbali, akiwa mchezeshaji disko, yaani DJ tangu akiwa mwanafunzi wa Sekondari ya Mzizima, jijini Dar es Salaam mwaka 1985.  “Kupuuzwa kwa muziki wa vijana ndiko kulikochangia kuwa na wazo la kuanzisha kituo cha redio,” anasema Kusaga, miongoni mwa wasanii wanaojishughulisha na muziki wa kisasa tangu miaka ya 1980 na 1990, lakini huku nyimbo zao zikipingwa kwa kile kilichokuwa kinaaminika kuwa ni muziki wa kihuni.  Kusaga, ambaye wakati huo alikuwa kama kamanda wa muziki wa kizazi kipya alikwazika kwa kuwa hakukuwa na njia rahisi ya kutangaza muziki wa vijana bila kupitia kwenye redio.  Hata hivyo hakukata tamaa, aliamua kuweka mikakati ya kuanzisha redio ya burudani kwa lengo la kuwapatia vijana fursa ya kutangaza kazi na vipaji vyao bila vikwazo.  Tofauti na wasanii wenye tabia ya kufuja mali kwa lengo la kujipatia umaarufu, Kusaga alizingatia usemi wa wahenga kuwa `Fahari ni Mama wa Ujinga’. Hivyo alidunduliza fedha zake kwa lengo la kukusanya mtaji wa kuanzisha redio.  Anasema kwamba, ingawa kila alipozungumzia suala la kuanzisha redio, watu wengi walitilia shaka uwezo wake hakukata tamaa kwa kuwa aliamini anaweza kutimiza ndoto yake ya kumiliki redio kwa ajili ya sauti za wanyonge.  Ili kutimiza lengo hilo Kusaga aliandaa matamasha mbalimbali kwa lengo la kuwajumuisha wanamuziki chipukizi kutoa burudani kwa mashabiki wa muziki wa kizazi.  “Niliendelea kuandaa matamasha huku nikifanya utafiti wa kuanzisha redio…baada ya mtaji wangu kuongezeka niliomba mkopo benki niweze kufanikisha azma yangu,” anaeleza. Hata hivyo haikuwa rahisi kupata mkopo ila hakukata tamaa. Alivuta subira na kuendelea kuhangaika hadi alipofanikiwa kupata mkopo huo. Pia alianzisha club za burudani katika hoteli mbalimbali kwa lengo la kutunisha mtaji wake.  “Pia nilipata changamoto kidogo wakati wa kuomba leseni ya kufungua kituo cha redio…walitilia shaka umri wetu, lakini waliamua kutupatia kwa kuwa tulifaulu kujibu maswali na kutimiza masharti yote.  Baada ya kupata leseni Kusaga na timu yake walikaa mwaka mzima kabla ya kufanikisha lengo lao.  “Baada ya kupata leseni niliamua kujikita katika utafiti wa kina na kutafuta njia ya kuhimili ushindani wa muda mrefu kwa kuzingatia matumizi ya teknolojia ya kisasa na mahitaji ya Watanzania,” anaeleza.  Katika utafiti wake alibaini kuwa asilimia kubwa ya magari yaliyopo Tanzania ni ya Kijapani na yana redio ambazo hazina uwezo wa kukamata stesheni mbalimbali za redio.  Hivyo alitumia mbinu kuhakikisha kuwa kituo chake cha Clouds kinasikika katika magari jambo ambalo lilimuwezesha kuvuma kwa haraka.  “Wakati redio Clouds ilipoanzishwa mwaka 1998 iliweza kusikika katika magari yote yaliyopo Dar es Salaam hivyo ilikuwa rahisi kufahamika,” anaeleza.  Hivyo ndivyo ilivyozaliwa Clouds FM yenye kauli mbiu 'Redio ya Watu’, hivyo kutimiza ndoto ya muda mrefu ya Kusaga aliyoianza wakati anaanzisha disko lake katika ukumbi wa Hellenic jijini Dar es Salaam mwaka 1985.  Miaka miwili baadaye, baada ya kupata ujasiri zaidi alianzisha disko lililoitwa Clouds, wakati huo yeye mwenyewe akiwa mchezeshaji, yaani DJ, akitumia jina la DJ Emperor.  Hakuna shaka kwamba, disko la Clouds lilitia fora na kuliteka Jiji tangu lilipokuwa linaporomoshwa katika kumbi za Motel Agip `Shimoni’, New Africa, Twiga House, Kilimanjaro Hotel (Pool side) na Hotel Seventy Seven mjini Arusha kabla ya baadaye kuanzisha klabu yake iliyoitwa Mawingu Club huko Arusha.  Ni disko la Clouds ndilo lililotamba pia katika kumbi kama TAZARA pale Kinondoni na kumbi nyingine za ndani na nje ya Dar es Salaam.  Mambo yalikwenda yakiongezeka na kufikia mwaka 2000, alianzisha studio yake ya kisasa iliyoitwa Mawingu Studio eneo la Mwenge, Dar es Salaam.  “Mitambo hiyo imesaidia kurekodi nyimbo sanjari na matumizi ya kisasa ya mitambo ya kisasa ya kurushia matangazo. Pia Studio hiyo inapunguza vikwazo vya vijana ambao wanaimba nyimbo nzuri, lakini wanakosa sehemu ya kurekodia,” anasema.  Ujio wa studio hiyo ulikuja miaka miwili tangu kuanzishwa kwa kituo cha redio cha Clouds FM ambacho hakuna ubishi kwamba, ni moja ya vituo bora kabisa vya burudani nchini. Aliwakumbuka `vijana wa zamani’ kwa kuanzisha kituo kingine cha redio, Choice FM pia cha jijini Dar es Salaam, lakini kikiwa maalumu kwa muziki kwa watu maalumu, hasa wale wa kuanzia miaka ya 1950 hadi sasa.  Katika kituo hiki, ndipo utakapoweza kuusikia kwa kina muziki wa wakali kuanzia akina Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Bon Jovi, Prince na Celine Dione hadi Heather Hedley, Norah Jones, Oliver Mtukudzi hadi muziki wa kizazi kipya.  Ubunifu wake ulimfanya kuibuka na Coconut FM, kituo cha redio kinachotamba katika visiwa vya Zanzibar tangu mwaka 2001.  Baada ya kukamilisha ngwe ya kwanza ya mipango yake mingi, angalau sasa Kusaga anaweza kupumua na kusema kwa asilimia kubwa, lengo la kuwapatia vijana sehemu ya kutolea sauti zao na kutangaza kazi zao za kisanii limefikiwa ikiwa ni pamoja na kutoa fursa za ajira kwa zaidi ya vijana 100.  “Wasanii wengi maarufu na watangazaji wenye vipaji wamefahamika kupitia redio Clouds akiwamo Amina Chifupa (sasa marehemu)…ni wazi kuwa Clouds inaibua vipaji vya vijana,” anasema Mkurugenzi huyo kijana ambaye kiumri ndiyo kwanza yuko mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 40's.  Mafanikio ya jumla katika vituo vya redio yalimsukuma kuanzisha kituo chake cha televisheni ambacho tayari kimeshaanza kuwa gumzo jijini Dar es Salaam, Clouds TV.  Na uthibitisho wa mafanikio hayo ni tuzo ya SuperBrand ya hivi karibuni ikitambua mchango wa kituo hicho kilichopewa hadhi ya ubora miongoni vya vituo vya redio za burudani nchini.  Anafahamisha kuwa mafanikio yake yanatokana na dhamira aliyojiwekea tangu akiwa na umri wa miaka 17 kuwa atatumia kipaji na nguvu zake kutatua matatizo ya kijamii kwa kuwasaidia vijana hususani wanaojihusisha na muziki.  “Namshukuru Mungu baba yangu aliniunga mkono kwani asilimia kubwa ya vijana wanaojihusisha na muziki hupigwa vita kuanzia ngazi ya familia…hivyo naahidi kuendelea kuwasaidia vijana wanaoibukia katika muziki,” anaeleza.  Akielezea uzoefu wake katika masuala ya muziki, Kusaga anasema ameanza kazi ya U-dj angali mtoto.  Kwa kuwa baba yake alikuwa mpenzi wa muziki nyumbani kwao kulikuwa na vifaa vingi vya muziki hivyo akiwa shule ya msingi alitumia vifaa hivyo kuchagua nyimbo mbalimbali kisha kuwaalika rafiki zake kucheza disko.  “Baba yangu alikuwa mpenzi wa muziki hivyo nilipokuwa mdogo ilikuwa nawaalika rafiki zangu kuja nyumbani kucheza muziki ambapo mimi nilikuwa DJ kwa kuchagua nyimbo na kuzipiga,” anasema Kusaga aliyeongeza kwamba, baba yake ambaye kwa sasa ni marehemu, alimnunulia vifaa vya muziki vya kisasa hivyo kupata uwezo wa kupiga muziki ambao mashabiki walisema unapasua mawingu, hivyo kuzaliwa jina la `Clouds’, yaani `Mawingu’.  Lakini kabla ya kujikita katika biashara hasa ya burudani, alipata fursa ya kusomea ufundi umeme katika kilichokuwa Chuo cha Shirika la Umeme Tanzania (TANESCO) mjini Morogoro ambacho kwa sasa ni Chuo Kikuu cha Waislamu.  “Nilisoma ili niweze kutengeneza vifaa vya umeme katika redio na mitambo ya muziki….pia nimesomea masuala ya ujasiriamali na kozi fupifupi za uongozi na utangazaji,” anasema Kusaga, mume wa Juhayna Ajmy ambaye pia ni mkurugenzi wa kitengo cha burudani cha Clouds na ofisa mwandamizi wa Primetime Promotions. Amebahatika kuzaa naye watoto wawili, Natalia na Zalex.  Pamoja na kazi nyingi, Kusaga hutenga muda wa kujumuika na familia yake, ana anapopata nafasi anapenda kuogelea. Pia anapenda kusafiri na kujifunza mambo mbalimbali katika nchi za wengine hususani matumizi ya teknolojia mpya.  Ana ushauri gani wa vijana katika kutimiza ndoto zao za maisha? Anasema: “Vijana wajiingize katika shughuli wanazozipenda badala ya kufuata mkumbo. Na kwa wasanii chipukizi wajenge tabia ya kujiheshimu, kufanya kazi kwa bidii na kuweka malengo katika bora katika maisha.  “Wasanii wanapaswa kuvaa vizuri, kuwa na tabia nzuri na kuweka malengo na mipango endelevu katika maisha kwa kuzingatia kuwa ujana unapita,” anasisitiza. Pia amewataka wasanii kujiendeleza kielimu, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuhudhuria matamasha na maonyesho ya kimataifa ili kupanua wigo wa kufikiri.  Kupitia kampuni yake ya Primetime, Kusaga akishirikiana na Mkurugenzi mwenza, Ruge Mutahaba, wameweza kufanikisha ujio wa wasanii nyota wa kimataifa nchini kwa udhamini wa makampuni mbalimbali, miongoni mwao wakiwa Youssou Ndour, Angelique Kidjo, Fally Ipupa, Mbilia Bel, Fat Joe, P Square, Shaggy, 50 Cent, Kevin Lyttle, Koffi Olomide, DNA, Jay Z na mchumba wake Beyonce.  Pia wamo Ja Rule, Hugh Masekela, Mya, 2Face Idibia, Miriam Makeba, Wayne Wonder, Sean Paul, Wenge BCBG na nyota wengine wengi wa nchi za Afrika Mashariki na Kati.  Anamalizia kwa kuwashauri vijana wanaohisi wanaonewa au kudaiwa rushwa ili nyimbo zao ziweze kupigwa katika kituo chake watoe taarifa kwa uongozi wa juu.  Hata hivyo anasema redio inatoa kazi za wasanii kwa kuzingatia viwango hivyo wasanii ambao hawajafikia viwango wanaimarishwa kwa kupitia matamasha mbalimbali.  Huyo ndiye Joseph Alex Kusaga, `mtukutu’ aliyejipangia aina ya maisha tangu akiwa mtoto, na leo hii ana kila sababu ya kujipongeza kwa kutimiza ndoto yake ya kumiliki kituo cha redio.

SUCCESS MEANS DOING THE BEST WE CAN!

FROM GRASS TO GRACE

Magdalene and her husband Gamaliel and their child lived in a one roomed shark without electricity and other modern comforts.

“I still remember the worst day when our child ate a bar of soap because she was hungry and we had no food. It was bitterly cold in June 1998” Magdalene said.

Gamaliel had a temporary job as a security guard, but Magdalene struggled to find job to do. In 2000, they were so poor that they often went to sleep without having food to eat.

As they were focusing on how to change their status in their life, a friend gave them an old car to offer transport to workers. This gave them income and I started selling chicken, vegetable and washing mini buses. We then managed to move to a decent home in town,” said Magdalene.

They then started a security company and in 2006 they bought their first four roomed house in town. Their businesses grew and they could build more houses.

“Gamaliel had a plan to own a mine” Magdalene said. Gamaliel and Magdalene visited one of the gold mines back to their home in Geita region.”We visited the area with geologist and decided to sign all the paper work needed to buy the mine, after only a month we had a certificate saying the gold mine was ours” she said.

The mine now employs 16 people. 

Recently, Gamaliel and Magdalene bought a plot in Upanga Dar es Salaam where they plan to build a glass house. Today the family that had vitually nothing lives in a mansion and owns six cars including a four-wheel drive Ford Ranger 2.4., two BMWs, two Coaster buses and Isuzu double cabin pick up.

The Magic of Starting Small in business start ups

“Though your beginning was small, your latter end would increase abundantly”

“I was trained as electrical technician holding a certificate in electrical engineering. However, my life was miserable and I faced income poverty for more than five years. I lived without job either permanent or temporary. But I knew living without working is like dying without knowing”, said Ignatius Ejiro.

One day he decided to visit his uncle who is a very successful businessman and ask him any amount of money so that he can start a business. His uncle Mr. Zebuba asked him what type of business he wanted to do. “I want to start shoe brushing business”. Ignatius replied. His uncle lamented, “why chose such a humble job or business while you have a certificate”. After much discussion, Mr. Zebuba told him that he would give him money but the money would not be a grant but a loan. He thus loaned him some amount of money equivalent to USD 250.Then he began a business of polishing people’s shoes for a living while selling some juices and cold drinks in a city square. That was in 2001. Through that business he raised enough money to pay his tuition fee at a computer school. When he graduated, he was jobless again and heard a voice saying to him,” You can create a job for yourself”. He then decided to gather people and taught them how to operate a computer.

Seven years later, he recorded his success that he has his own building and in addition he has three cars and three kiosks, one for selling and repairing electrical equipments and other two for selling general merchandise. Two of his cars are used for hiring and one for personal uses and family.

“My advice to all young  people who have graduated in any form of school; rather than complaining that Government does not provide employment, it is better to  look at our environment and see different opportunities that surround us. There are many opportunities in our environment if we dare to open our eyes and capitalise on them” Ignatius said. 

Ignatius Ejiro is one among ten of thousand of graduates who complete schools and colleges without jobs. However, by looking at the surrounding environment, one can spot opportunities surrounding their environment and acting boldly in setting up a business that can solve pertinent surrounding problems. Thus graduates can solve problems and thereby fight poverty and kick it out of their lives. However, many wait until they gain huge capital while they can start small and move on to greatness.

“The pending and personal questions are, do you have determination? Are you able to persevere and persist to realise your dream(s)?” asks Ignatius Ejiro.

Think like a Lion

A man is what he thinks all day long.As a man thinks in his heart so is he.

STRENGTH AND LIMITATION OF TEACHERS

Wafanyabiashara muwe na ndoto kubwa

Mengi: Wajasirimali muwe na ndoto kubwa

By Tanzania daima

MWENYEKITI Mtendaji wa Kampuni za IPP, Reginald Mengi, amewataka wanawake wajasiriamali nchini kuhakikisha wanatumia bidhaa za ndani wanazozizalisha wenyewe kujitangaza kimataifa.

Mengi alitoa rai hiyo jijini Dar es Salaam jana wakati akifungua mafunzo ya kuwajengea uwezo wanawake wajasiriamali waliotoka katika mikoa yote nchini yaliyoandaliwa na Mfuko wa Fursa Sawa kwa Wote (EOTF).

“Wanawake mnatakiwa kutumia fursa mnazozipata pamoja na kujitangaza kimataifa kupitia bidhaa mnazozalisha wenyewe hasa mkiheshimu mawazo yenu, kwani idadi kubwa ya watu wanakata tamaa kutokana na kudharau mawazo yao,” alisema.

Alieleza kila mwanamke anatakiwa kuwa na macho ya kuangalia fursa zinazomzunguka, kwani uwezo wa kufanya vitu vikubwa wanao kama kumiliki vitalu vya gesi, lakini kutokana na wengi wao kuwa na mawazo madogo yanachangia kuzidisha umasikini.

“Ni lazima muwe na ndoto kubwa ambayo itaweza kunizidi mimi, ukiwa na mawazo madogo utaishia hapo hapo. Usiseme unataka kuwa kama Mengi utashindwa, bali sema unataka kuwa juu zaidi yangu hapo utashinda,” alisema.

Aliwataka wajasiriamali hao waepuke kujivuna na kujiona kama wanajua kila kitu, bali wazidi kujifunza mambo mbalimbali yanayohusu ujasiriamali.

What happens to you in life

Intelligent People and Stupid people

No Elevator to Success

The Different Habits Between Successful And Unsuccessful People

The Different Habits Between Successful And Unsuccessful People

Reported by Money Stuna

Unsuccessful people criticize: They will find something wrong with everything and will blast your failures and shadow your successes. They will be the negative voice that doesn’t believe in anything and is narrow-minded.

Successful people compliment: They understand when they should give constructive criticism or not. They will talk with positivity and see the future in something rather than just talking down about something. They don’t keep much negativity in their lives.

Unsuccessful people blame others for their failures:(Govt dis govt dat) These people love to point the finger on anything and anyone when something goes wrong in their lives. They constantly look for excuses and reasons as to why something didn’t happen, rather than looking into what they did wrong. This makes them feel better about failing; finger pointing is the easy way out.

Successful people take responsibility for their own actions: They learn from their mistakes because they look at what they did wrong, recognize it and figure out a way not to make the same mistake twice. They understand they are responsible for their own actions.

Unsuccessful people think they know it all. It’s funny because these pedestrians walk around with their heads high as if they have the answer to every question that life has. They are stubborn; they always think they are right and that they know it all, while they know nothing.

Successful people are constantly learning: Successful people understand that everything in life is about experience and the day you stop learning is the day you are dead. They are always asking questions and are always looking to attain more and more information. They may play dumb, but that is just to get what they want out of you.

Unsuccessful people don’t know what they want to be: They love spitting out the line “I don’t know what I want to do with my life.” They never have any direction and instead of looking for some direction or some sort of target, they just sit and complain about it. They are crybabies that lack action.

Successful people have a target and goals: They understand there is one fundamental in life, you need to understand where you are aiming so that you can start shooting towards it. It’s having a target and the shot is your actions towards that target.

They know exactly what they want out of life, where they want to be and what their purpose is. They are constantly doing, and their actions speak louder than their words — and if they are chasing something, there is nothing that will stop them.

Unsuccessful people fear change: They think that what they are doing right now will never change and they are content with where they are in their lives. As long as they have the bare minimum of their basic needs, they are okay with it and don’t really change their lives much because they are afraid to lose that consistency.

Successful people love innovation and change: They are always thinking about what is next, not what is going on right now. They welcome risks into their lives and are okay with sacrifice and risking it all for the greater good of their goal. They understand change is what brought humanity to its current advanced state, so they are always looking for it.

Unsuccessful people procrastinate: They will look for any excuse to take a break from what they are doing. They get distracted easily and they love putting things off until tomorrow. They waste their time with nonsense TV, their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and are not focused on their lives and what they are doing right now. They are constantly letting unimportant things get in the way of what is important.

Successful people value their time: They will not let a minute go to waste for nonsense. If they are not doing something to benefit them in the long run and help them in some way, shape or form, they are not going to waste their time. They understand that time is the most valuable commodity that they have and they use it wisely

Unsuccessful people don’t understand hard work:(mon-sunday church ) They look for miracles, they look for free handouts and they look to get lucky. They want things to come easy to them, they get frustrated when they don’t have instant gratification and they most likely will give up when things get tough. They think that success is only granted to those who are lucky. They have no work ethic behind them and will do the bare minimum just to feel like they did something.

Successful people know things take time and hard work: They understand that nothing happens over night. They know that the hard work that you put in will become the output that eventually emerges. They understand that success takes time and that they have to perfect their craft and work their hardest to get there. Hard work is the old-fashioned way of attaining success and they know that.

Unsuccessful people are negative(Most university graduates) They are constantly pouting, calling themselves depressed and have severely negative outlooks on the way life treats them. They actually believe that everything will not go their way — and it eventually doesn't. It is their negative belief and the lack of confidence in themselves to ever amount to something.And its annoying when they say there is no money in Nigeria. mr and mrs graduate, are you sure?

Successful people are positive: They look at life differently, they are optimists and their beliefs are strong behind them. They believe that they have the ability to do anything they set their minds to and they eventually do so. Their will-power is what pushes them, they’re ambitious and they believe that they can conquer whatever they want.

Closing Thought:

What you have to realize is that we are all human, we are all born and we all die. It’s what we do with our time in between that makes us special. It’s the habits, actions and beliefs that separate us — not anything else.