Promote conservation as you invest

How many people do you know who have made money from the Nairobi Securities Exchange? I know several. But I also know more who tried their best to milk the NSE cow but ended up with barely a trickle of returns on their investments. To them, I would point to trees for investment lessons.

When you plant a tree, you can’t cut corners for it to grow rapidly. Beyond nurturing it with water and needful soil nutrients, there is little you can do to urge it upward. But if you are patient enough, you will be climbing that tree in a few years time or in case of Bamboo possibly a year.