James Gitau - The Standard

×

The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media platforms spanning newspaper print operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The Standard Group is recognized as a leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national and international interest.

Standard Group Plc HQ Office,
The Standard Group Center,Mombasa Road.
P.O Box 30080-00100,Nairobi, Kenya.
Telephone number: 0203222111, 0719012111
Email: [email protected]

NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Digital News

.

James Gitau

Be thankful to increase your joys

“Were not all ten cleansed, where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”

By James Gitau 7 years ago

Be thankful to increase your joys

Learn to love your job

Learn to love your job

By James Gitau 7 years ago

Learn to mind your language

Learn to mind your language

By James Gitau 7 years ago

We are the masters of our destiny

We are the masters of our destiny

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Are teenagers lost?

Does society have any clue what the future holds for our children and grandchildren? Are we impotent to this onslaught of negative influence on our young?

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Are teenagers lost?

Protect your children from negative content

The Kenya Film Classification Board is launching a programme aimed at protecting the youth against broadcast content meant to promote terrorism and pornography.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Protect your children from negative content

Give your child the gift of love

Love is in the air. For many, today is a day of showing love for their relations in a more open and expressive way.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Give your child the gift of love

Stay sane in a mad world

I have been led to believe that humility is forced upon us when we are in under privileged circumstances. How then could you possibly explain the about face when a formerly very down to earth commoner is elevated to a position of privilege and a year later he becomes unapproachable.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Stay sane in a mad world

To excel in exams, create a balanced study plan

I remember this student who underwent a miraculous metamorphosis. He was from a well-to-do family, loved to have fun and was considered a bit of a rebel

By James Gitau 8 years ago

To excel in exams, create a balanced study plan

Ready your child to face life hurdles

I recall this guy who underwent a miraculous metamorphosis back in high school. This guy, from a pretty well to do family, loved fun and was a real rebel in our first two years of school

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Ready your child to face life hurdles

Education systems can kill creativity

When I was growing, I had a classmate who had an incredible sense of rhythm. He would use his hands, pencils, sticks to drum out the most amazing beats.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Education systems can kill creativity

Exam cheats will pay dearly later

The margin of error is usually something that is imperceptible.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Exam cheats will pay dearly later

Retirement is not a jail term

He prepared for it so well that he says these are the best years of his life.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Retirement is not a jail term

Plan for retirement to enjoy life

Sometime back, I was involved in a voluntary rural development project with an element of fund raising and support from the private sector and the government.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Plan for retirement to enjoy life

View retirement as well deserved dessert

At a recent high performance leadership workshop I was conducting, I invited a guest speaker who has had a very illustrious career in the corporate world.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

View retirement as well deserved dessert

Are you programmed to become wealthy or poor?

Researchers posing as TV journalists once set out to interview a homeless person to find out what the poor man would do if he came across a large amount of money.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Are you programmed to become wealthy or poor?

Children learn from parents

What parents do and say, provide their children with the experiences that the children interpret into beliefs.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Children learn from parents

Learn to shape your child's life

School holidays are coming to an end and parents can be relieved that order will return to their homes.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Learn to shape your child's life

Leadership is not about being popular

As I watch the counties clamouring for more resources, I am belatedly realising that we were actually picking Chief Executive Officers when we elected governors

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Leadership is not about being popular

Servant leadership begins with a vision

This diminutive person with a huge heart left home at 18 to pursue her calling, gave up all her worldly possessions except for the necessities of life to live and work among the poorest of the poor in a remote and faraway country.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Servant leadership begins with a vision

Poor leadership on display

There are some things that mystify me. Ever since the fight against illicit brews was initiated by the President, MPs have been falling all over themselves to show they can eradicate moonshine from their backyard.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Poor leadership on display

Learn to lead by example

“I serve with honour on and off the battlefield...I lead by example in all situations —Navy SEAL Creed

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Learn to lead by example

Learn from failures of other people

In this piece about overcoming failure, I will refer to my conversations with a friend who has been struggling with a drinking problem for some time.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Learn from failures of other people

Discover your purpose in life

I have delved in various businesses in my life with a varying degree of success. While I was able to gain some satisfaction from the successes I enjoyed, it is what I do now that gives me the most satisfaction.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Discover your purpose in life

You can salvage yourself any time

Some changes are cosmetic and may seem petty but they hold a certain symbolism and signify a changed you and the evidence shall be seen in bigger things.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

You can salvage yourself any time

Be clear, be heard, be understood

No matter how well intentioned and intellectually compatible the group of people may look, inevitably, there will be squabbles over this or that.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Be clear, be heard, be understood

Deal with trauma at your own pace

By God’s grace, I have never had a traumatic life-threatening experience. I have, however, spoken to people who have been exposed to such or dealt with victims of traumatic experiences.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Deal with trauma at your own pace

Terror attacks cause trauma

A few Sundays ago, one student was killed and 140 injured at the University of Nairobi’s Kikuyu Campus.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Terror attacks cause trauma

Stop existing and start living

Where before work was exciting and each set of students a new challenge, now it is a never-changing routine that is threatening to stifle her.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Stop existing and start living

Venture out and add spark to your life

I watched something very inspiring on Youtube the other day. A prison officer, decided to audition for the very popular X-Factor television series.

By James Gitau 8 years ago

Venture out and add spark to your life

Failure can be the key to success

Recently, a friend went through some of the most challenging weeks in his life. He felt overwhelmed, frustrated and pissed off at himself because of some mistakes he had made.

By James Gitau 9 years ago

Failure can be the key to success

Proper planning can set you free

A friend told me how planning had changed his life. This man has a large family. He has four children of his own and he supports five others from his extended family.

By James Gitau 9 years ago

Proper planning can set you free

Your child could light up the world

When he was a school going boy, his teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything. He is said to have dropped out school at an early age as teachers considered him nearly retarded and a waste of time trying to teach him.

By James Gitau 9 years ago

Your child could light up the world

Increase your child’s IQ and confidence

You have probably heard some one say, “This chap has no foresight.” This could mean the fellow cannot plan well ahead or visualise the next couple of hours or days.

By James Gitau 9 years ago

Increase your child’s IQ and confidence

Start the journey of maximising brain power

Do you at times feel deep inside you lies a smarter person who could think faster, be wittier, and solve complex problems with ease? I mean when you are sober.

By James Gitau 9 years ago

Start the journey of maximising brain power

Help children increase brain power

Schools are now closed and children are just beginning to enjoy a well deserved holiday.

By James Gitau 9 years ago

Help children increase brain power

Do you know your best learning style?

Our system of education to date lays a heavy burden on young children by subjecting them to subjects and examinations that have serious ramifications on their future. Some of the topics taught and examined in my view are not very useful in the future.

By James Gitau 9 years ago

Do you know your best learning style?

Mid-brain activation is good for children

A few years ago, while attending a training programme in Minneapolis, I heard a story about children who could read and even ride bicycles while blindfolded.

By James Gitau 9 years ago

Mid-brain activation is good for children

Share finance details with a spouse

This happened to one of my friends, and it served to bring out the fragility of relationships. My friend had married young, soon after leaving college and had beautiful wife and two children he loved very much. By the time he was 36, his wife only slightly younger, their children were eight and six years old.

By James Gitau 9 years ago

Share finance details with a spouse

Use simple strategies to gain wealth

Last week, I reiterated that one needs to develop the right habits if he/she wants to create wealth.

By By James Gitau 9 years ago

Use simple strategies to gain wealth

Making money is not hard

I was talking to a United States-based friend recently and when I inquired about his well being, he said that he was “still in the rat race, chasing the dollar.”

By James Gitau 9 years ago

Making money is not hard

Do not be afraid of giving

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others — Mahatma Gandhi

By James Gitau 9 years ago

Do not be afraid of giving

More money, more problems?

It is a disturbing trend that those in power and in control of legislation over salaries spend a lot of time devising ways to increase their pay and allowances.

By James Gitau 9 years ago

More money, more problems?

Who is taking care of our girls?

The other day I had an interesting conversation with a nurse about her first job where she served as matron of a girls’ school.

By James Gitau 9 years ago

Who is taking care of our girls?

.

Latest Stories

Atwoli, Fazul fight over guards' union dues

Premium Atwoli, Fazul fight over guards' union dues

National

By Emmanuel Kipchumba

1 hr ago

MPs reject nomination of Charles Githinji as consul general for Goma

MPs reject nomination of Charles Githinji as consul general for Goma

Politics

By Josphat Thiong'o

2 hrs ago

Case lifts the lid on sex slavery in 'massage parlours' in the country

Premium Case lifts the lid on sex slavery in 'massage parlours' in the country

National

By Kamau Muthoni

2 hrs ago

State officials give governors sleepless nights

Premium State officials give governors sleepless nights

National

By Ndung’u Gachane

2 hrs ago

Wetangula meets Gachagua amid pressure to wind up Ford Kenya

Premium Wetangula meets Gachagua amid pressure to wind up Ford Kenya

Politics

By Ndung’u Gachane

2 hrs ago

Medics defy IG Koome, vow to hold weekly demos

Medics defy IG Koome, vow to hold weekly demos

National

By Maryann Muganda

2 hrs ago

Let's talk, CS Nakhumicha tells medics

Let's talk, CS Nakhumicha tells medics

National

By Esther Nyambura

2 hrs ago

Court declines to increase award to woman in suit against Dominos

Court declines to increase award to woman in suit against Dominos

National

By Fred Kagonye

2 hrs ago