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The typical life of a Kenyan hustler

Everyone wants that extra shilling, even if they earning a trillion. That's why the likes of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Chris Kirubi still wake up, much earlier than the masses, to go and grind. The Mama Mbogas, street vendors and any employed and unemployed Kenyan wants to make money and they are always making plans on how to achieve this seemingly life-time goal. Everything starts in the mind, scientists have proven that over and over.

What baffles me is that although everyone has created a most exciting plan to earn a shilling in their minds, there is always a disconnect with their bodies. I have friends, let me call them acquaintances cause after this article we will degrade to that level, who want to be billionaires in ninety minutes. No, they are not performing artists or auctioning The Titanic silverware. They are putting their entire future on a football game with players who are yet to appreciate any of their efforts.

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