Hillary bamulinde
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Knows a thing or 2 about Oil & Gas and the energy industry in Uganda. Former farmer. Connecting dots is the day job.
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You can be very popular at your workplace, but if you're laid off today, no one from work will call you after 2 weeks.
Avoid gossip. Don't brag. Do your job. Get paid. Go home. Keep your private life to yourself.
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You're 23 and worried that you're already a failure because of watching many people faking it online, in reality even at 35, most people are still trying to figure it out.
Just live your life and let life happen to you.
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2022:
- Buy land whenever you can afford, it will not be cheaper the following Yr.
- Work hard, nothing is going to fall on you.
- Spoil yourself alittle, who do you work for.
- Carry an attitude of gratitude wherever you go.
- Insurance will save you some day.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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Being born in Uganda alone reduces your chances for success by 60% , now add on lack of education and you discover that even miracles will struggle to turn you around
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LESSONS THIS COVID SEASON:
1. Family first
2. Health is wealth
3. Jobs are temporary
4. Savings will save you
5. Mental health over everything else
6. Hard times will filter your friends
7. You can survive on little
8. We reconnect with our faith when scared.
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Your MUK entry story reminds me how i reported for my 1st time in boarding school with a box of Mukwano soap as a suitcase. The boys enjoyed kicking my property around the dorm 😂😂 .
You will not need RTs. DM.
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The company you work for is not your mother, they didn't employ you out of love or loyalty and will not be as forgiving when you fall short.
Give your best but not your all, spare a min for that side hustle, you will thank it later.
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40 already? I need a recount 😄🤣.
A toast to my family and friends that have walked the journey with me thus far. Thank you Lord for lifting me out of the pits, I don't take anything for granted. I'm blessed beyond.
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Born a Munyankore, raised a Muganda in Kirumba-Masaka by an Acholi guardian....
God's love transcends tribes and races.
Love | Humility | Gratitude.
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This country is not poor. You're just not on the priority list.
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Avoid having children when you're not ready, nothing will keep you in poverty, derail your career and turn your social life upside down like that unplanned child.
Don't listen to "Buli mwana ajja na liziki ye" nonsense
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Do you have something you contribute to the relationship or you're brown?
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Just because you can have a baby, doesn't mean you should have one.
Nothing alters a young person's life journey and dreams like that unplanned child.
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Survival hacks for young people:
1. Share a house to cut your bills
2. Attend every free seminar (network & free food)
3. Get out of the house daily, if nothing to do, just walk.
4. Shop local, they give credit
* There's no pride in poverty, beg for that job if you have to
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My former shamba boy left with some savings and 2 bodas & invested in ginger growing back home, he however mistimed the season & got a bad harvest. He sold a boda, topped up with a loan & went back the following season, he now owns 2 kamunyes.
Luck follows the resilient.
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Kenya lifts night curfew as they return to normalcy.
Rwanda to allow concerts and night clubs to reopen for the fully vaccinated.
Tanzania must be in it's '10th wave' since it never locked down.
Uganda....... The Lord is our shepherd.
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The era of the likes of Hajj Kawaase (Kibuli SS), Dr. Peregrine Kibuuka (Namilyango), Mr. Busulwa (Buddo) etc is long gone, these guys protected their students like their own children, poor or rich, you got similar treatment.
Nowadays everything is a deal.
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Retail giant Game Store will soon exit the Ugandan market because of high operating costs, reduced traffic and shrinking middle class.
No need to add anything here.
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Choosing to stay unmarried is a personal choice but don't preach it to young girls as a form of feminism.
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CV tips to help you on your job hunt:
1. Never send your CV in word format, Only PDF
2. Replace role responsibilities with accomplishments in each role
3. If sending soft copy, save it with both your names
4. Include key words that talk to the job you're applying for
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Dating is not parenting.
Don't just take on responsibilities you're not ready for, sijuyi paying people's rent or tuition. They will drain you and still leave you with a poor broken heart.
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No one looks for money like a young man with a new girlfriend 😂😂
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Wealth comes from Investments
Investments come from Savings
Savings come from Earnings
Earnings come from Working.
It starts with work.
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Guys in their 20's are excited about marriage because they've seen weddings. Guys in their 30's are hesitant because they've seen marriages.
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Uganda procures hundreds of pickup trucks to fight the pandemic towards the end of the pandemic.🤔
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10-15yrs ago, a masters degree esp from UK almost guaranteed you a job in Uganda, now even a PhD can't.
The jobs of tomorrow belong to those with skills not taught in school.
- Emotional intelligence and networking.
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A good salary may not be worth staying in a toxic work environment BUT before you throw in a towel, remember not having a job may be mentally worse than a toxic work environment and that it's easier to get a job when you have one.
Rise over emotions. It's called adulting.
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"A car is a liability, invest in land" .... is thinking twice this morning.
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Those who have it thru inheritance are quick to lecture others about values of hard work
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After you hit a certain age, all you want is good sleep, peace of mind and money.
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Living in Uganda should in itself be considered as valid work experience for fresh graduates..
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Depression might kill more people than Covid. 🙆♀️🙆♀️🙆♀️
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Majority of Ugandans can't survive a month without income, let's look out for each other. It's not time for personal growth, help your less able neighbour sail thru this.
We will prevail.
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A degree is very important when you don't have it, but once you get it, then it's not good enough without a masters.
Challenge is, once you get the masters, then booooom, you're over qualified for entry-level jobs and have no experience for senior jobs.
It never ends....
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Training with makeshift huddles didn't stop her from landing gold.
You can start from where you're with what you have and get to your "promised land".
Excuses are plenty, opportunities are not.
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People will travel from Kampala to Gulu for your burial but will not cross Kampala road to send you mobile money at a kiosk when you're sick.
Expect less and you won't be disappointed.
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Push that hustle till some people wish they had treated you better a few years back.
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Untill you're successful, there's nothing special about your suffering.
No inspiration. No memory. Just life.
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Maturity is staying on a job you don't like, working for a boss you despise than quiting on an outburst without a plan.
Always remember, it's easier to find a job when you already have one.
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Money saving tips:
1. Home food is cheaper than takeaway
2. Buy groceries in bulk
3. Avoid hanging with materialistic pple, it's contagious.
4. Look after your health, medical care is expensive
5. There's no cheap relationship
6. Spending is yr weakness?, get many sources
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How to rock your 20's.
1. Take some risks & get out of parents home, hard to grow in comfort
2. Know it's ok to fail
3. Be adventurous
4. Party the parties, avoid acting mature
5. Don't get pregnant to trap a man, you may trap yourself
6. Make friends outside your OB/OGs.
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LESSONS FROM UG INTERNET SHUTDOWN:
1. Without Internet, your phone battery can last 3 days without charging
2. Life is easier for those with real friends than virtue social media ones
3. The state is more powerful than we think.
4. Our lives now revolve around the Internet
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Stage 1. Save (start early in life)
Stage 2. Invest in safe even thou low return assets (mutual funds, bonds etc)
Stage 3. Invest is strategic but long term assets like land, property
Stage 4. Invest speculatively ( Stocks, Crypto, VCs etc)
Stage 5. Eat money, Live life
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Someone running a rolex stand will make 25k a day and religiously put away 10k each day but an office worker earning 2m per month will struggle to have anything left at the of the month.
Why?
Because more money won't fix bad spending habits.
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Cafe Javas operations and business model should be a whole course unit in business school or mandatory subject in secondary school.
Innovation. Continuous improvement. Customer service.
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Drop your EGO, go out and meet people, interact with the less fortunate, share opportunities with others, attend community events. Soon or later, you realise you're not as important as you feel in your head
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A degree will open doors but it's your personality that will create opportunities for growth. You were the best in sch nolonger counts, be warm, positive and a good communicator and you will go places.
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JOB SEEKERS WEDNESDAY:
If your organisation is hiring, or you have a link to some job openings or scholarships or internship opportunities, please reply or RT with the link, I will do my best to spread your msg far and wide.
Let's create future testimonies together.
#JSW
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History shows that in most African societies, a man was not allowed to marry unless he had acquired his own plantation, or cows or own fishing boat, in short, something of value.
Times have changed but expectations have not. First build yourself young king.
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One-Bedroom rentals are the best entry option for anyone looking to get into property investment space because they're cheaper to build, break-even in 5-6yrs and rarely run-out of tenants.
Caution: You can't build cheap houses on expensive land and call it low-cost housing.
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MONEY LESSONS DURING LOCKDOWN:
1. Assets are good but cashflow is king
2. Health insurance is a priority expense
3. Need to keep 6 months worth of family expenses in near cash form (you can't sell land to sort an emergency)
4. Borrow and spend wisely
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A minute of silence for that 20yr old who thinks the person they're doing 20 shots of tequila with and 5 pots of shisha, will marry them.
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If this economy has not yet made you talk less, drink less, visit less, do everything less, then you're special.
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Very many years of doing life together, may the next 16 bring you lots of love, laughter and endless adventure.
Happy anniversary Mrs. Bamulinde
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Why most small businesses fail:
1. Owner rushes to buy land with profits instead of re-investing
2. Emotional hiring e.g relatives, so you struggle to fire them
3. Introduce too many products quickly so lose brand identity
4. Failure to separate biz & personal money
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In the end, there're no trophies for who suffered the most, if you get an advantage, take advantage of it.
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If you resign your job for better salary somewhere else and your employer offers to match your new salary, do not take the counter offer, because the wheels to replace you would have been set in motion, if you stay, you will have no job a few months down the road.
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Have watched this young boy work for 4yrs as a helper at construction sites, saved enough to buy his boda boda and is now the go to errand guy for any errands, making more than 40k a day without sitting at a boda stage. Being trustworthy & reliable will earn you your place.
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To the ordinary heroes that strive everyday to give their homes financial independence. A toast to you. 👏
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Uganda has come up with a new coffee law which among other provisions will require you to have a license to operate a coffee shop & prescribes a 2yr jail term if you dont look after your coffee garden well.
This country specialises in putting solutions where there're no problems
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I stopped at Shell to refuel & decided to pick a drink from the select shop, on exit, I entered my car and drove off, 10km later, I remembered I hadn't paid & came back to find the girl who had served me teary.
Our small inconveniences could be someone else's trauma.
#empathy
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You spend 3yrs doing a bachelors degree. 2yrs on masters, 8yrs in the field of your expertise.
But write a post about the field of your experience and ......
Social media guy: Tolina byo'tugamba. 🤣
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Remember those that gave you a chance for your 1st job or gave you that opportunity that opened up other opportunities, esp during the time that many didn't give you a 2nd look.
#gratitude
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Seen school reports where 92% is now a D2, I think we continually push the narrative that excellence is about passing an exam but in the process kill curiosity and creativity.
The system portrays any failure as fatal yet to be creative you must be willing to fail, many times.
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Buy cheap land anywhere and plant trees on it, so you won't have to curse your children later for not sending you money.
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A high salary is good but your sanity is important too.
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People struggle to make meaningful business connections after leaving their salary jobs because while still at their jobs, they took themselves as semi-gods and treated everyone else as rubbish.
Don't let your position get to your head, the streets bake Karma everyday.
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You have better chances of securing income with a vocational course than with a university degree but peer pressure will make you go to university for 3yrs, stay jobless after then enroll for a vocational course.
Ability to earn an income is more important than any degree.
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Case studies of local firms like Jesa, Ugachik, and Cafe Javas should be mandatory topics for students to learn product diversification, packaging, continuous improvement, market growth, etc
We need to appreciate our own and learn from them. Local solutions for local problems.
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There're many people trying to build something from scratch, no inheritance, no connections, just sheer grit, sweat and a dose of luck.
These are people who have decided they will not blame their past for their tomorrow.
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You don't have to prove to anyone how tough your journey has been, it's not a competition of who suffered the most .
Your journey. Your story. Your lessons.
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It doesn't matter if you grew up in poverty or riches but if you have manners, kindness and compassion, you were raised well.
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You're 28 but have nothing to your name, have no stable relationship, please, don't let other people's timelines become your deadlines.
You're only a failure when you stop trying.
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Bazungu see her as black. Now imagine what they see when they see you 😅
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Kampala's new shiny malls running on empty. Even if you got free space, you could still be loss making with these empty hallways.
We just don't have enough middle class that was the target market.
Social media yabalimba
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If you have done a job, it's not impolite to demand payment, don't be so gullible that people view paying you as doing you a favour.
In this world, you have to fight for what's yours.
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You can't rely on your looks.
Soon or later, life will demand a skill.
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Denying yourself basics in the name of saving may only be succeeding in making you miserable.
Sometimes you just have to increase your income streams.
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Finding a rich partner can't be goals, do you know how difficult it is to find someone who has what you want but also needs what you have 🤣.
Find that person that makes you laugh, has big dreams and build your thing with them.
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You can deliver your best results on the job but still get fired.... because sometimes the top is playing politics and not necessarily interested in results and your work happens to be in the way of the politics.
Learn to hear the unsaid and see the unshown
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I meet many 24yr olds that think they're already failures because they don't have what some few 20yr olds have. Please, don't compare yourself with footballers, tiktokers and crypto traders etc, they're only a handful outliers.
Live in your world.
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Practise these simple acts if you want to stand out:
1. Be on time for your appointments
2. Give to your community & less fortunate
3. Practise gratitude
4. Be teachable
5. Be a solution seeker
6. Show up & do your best
7. Be a listener
8. Keep your word
Live and be alive
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What school wont teach you.
1. Hard to get rich on salary alone, invest.
2. Most houses are liabilities & not assets
3. Compound interest is a wonder drug
4. Debts can wipe out any level of success
5. You don't need a solid biz plan to start
6. The power of networks.
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I think the bottom line is you're on your own. No one is coming with solutions for your problems.
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Some people will achieve things at 28 that others may never achieve at 40, that should not be used as a yardstick to put pressure on others, there're outliers in life.
As long as you're moving, don't let someone's sprints belittle your marathon.
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We pray for opportunities that will change circumstances back home and make the road ahead easier for those who follow in our footsteps 🙏
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Many young people working in famous big corporate orgs are underpaid and emotionally mistreated but they can't complain because .....
Everyone will say... you're lucky to work there or u will get big connections or experience.
Don't be enslaved by perceptions.
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Someone once told me "you don't know your true friends till you become broke"
Me.... I don't want to know my true friends.
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