Walking in the pipeline of Success

WALKINGIN THE PIPELINE

OF SUCCESS

FRANCIS BUKENYA

WALKING IN THE PIPELINE OF SUCCESS by FRANCIS BUKENYA

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FRANCIS BUKENYA

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Dedication

I dedicate this book to the many young people, women and men that will reach out to build an Africa that they can be proud of. An Africa that maintains its warmth, humanity

and unique traditional ways and styles in a way that bridges towards a future where women are no longer suppressed;

an Africa where those women will feel empowered and take responsibility to ensure that their voice is heard.

I dedicate it as well to the men with vision, who start to recognize that without the voice of women as equal

partners, they too will be locked in the past.

My thanks to all of your efforts, dear reader, for each step you make – whether in your home, community, or country,

towards this new Africa.

Francis Bukenya

AcknowledgmentTherearemanypeoplewithoutwhomthisbookcouldnothavebeenwritten,towhomIamverygratefulfortheircare,council,support,constructivecriticism,andfortheopportunitiestheyofferedmetogrowintoaman.

Firstof all,myeternalgratitudetoMrs. Rovin Nalumansi BukenyaandMr. Joreme Bukenya,whocametobemygrandparentswhentheytookmeintheirhomeasababy,raisedmeandmadesureIinheritedasenseof valueforlife.

Fr. Michael Mukasa(Phd.),whosupportedmethroughoutmyyouth,tookcareof myeducationandhasmadesureIlearnedtolookafterbecominganindependentmindwhenthetimewasright.Idolovehimdeeply.

WithdeepgratitudeIalsothinkof myuncleVincent SSekanwagiforhisloveandcare,andmanylifelessons.

Mycompleteandlargeextendedfamily,whichensuredthatIknowwhatitmeanstoshare…

Mr. and Mrs. Donna Loui Finocchiarroandfamily,andLinda Gibbsandfamilyforallowingmetolookbackatmyyouthwithasmileandendearment,knowingthatgoodisintheworld.

Miss Annet Kyokunda,thankyoufortakingcareof me,notmindingmybackground,afterthatterribletrafficaccident.

Michael,myfriend,whohasbeenthatspecialfriendeachof

usneedsinlife,thankyouforthatspecialfriendship.

Mysecretary,Mercy Tonui,whospentmanyagoodhourtypingupmythoughtsandideas,andhelpedmeputorderinmymind.

Dana BjerregaardandElizabeth HamillIthankwarmlyforeditingtheEnglish.

Iwishtothankandexpressmyloveheretoo,fortheshelterandsupportIreceivedfromMr. and Mrs. John Njuguna’sfamilyduringthehorribleeventsof thepostelectionviolencein2007-2008inMoloaswellasMr. and Mrs. Shadrack SoiinKericho.TheirlovehasmademeabettermanandIwishthempeaceintheirhearts.NawapendaSana!

ThankyoutoJanny Slagman,withoutwhosesupportandguidance,spirituallyandpractically,thisworkwouldnotbeinyourhands.Thankyouverymuchforquestioningme,andeditingandcomplementingonthisbook.Ithankyouforyourcare,loveandadvice.

AndFeminenza,who’sladiesandgentlemen,touchedmylifeinawaythatIneverexpected,bymakingmefeelfullyacceptedandnolongerafraidof sharingthestoryof mylife.ItiswhereIfoundhealingfrommypain.Feminenza’sworkonpeace,forgivenessandreconciliationreachedmeataturningpointinmylifeandthatmomentensuredthatthisbookisnowinyourhands.Butmoreaboutthatinmynextbook…..

About the Author, Francis Bukenya

WhenyousitacrossatableinconversationwithFrancis,youquicklyrealizeyouaremeetingwithoneof thosebrightenterprisingpeoplethathaveafireintheireyes,abelief intheirsoul,andakindnessintheirheartthatarelikeroughjewelsintheprocessof beingpolished.Youcometoknowwhenengagingwithhimthatheissharp,perceptive,analyticalandkeentousehimself towardsthebettermentof thefutureof allmenandwomenalike.Heknowsthateachhumanhasthekeytotheirfutureintheirownhands…if onlytheyfindtheWillPowerandCapacitytotakeitanddosomethingconstructivewithit.

Francisinspiresmanyof hispeers,aswellastheyoungerupcominggeneration,tonevergiveuphopeforabetterfuture,byempoweringthemthroughcapacitybuilding,skilldevelopment,businesstraining,butmostof all,bywhatheishimself:Amanthatwillnevergiveupthevisionof abetterlifebeingpossibleforall…

BorninUganda,Franciswascastawayathisbirthbyhismother,althoughthestoryof why,whatandhow,uptotodayhasneverreallybecomeknowntohim.Hewasfoundat7daysoldandtakeninbyafamilywhobecamethecushionof beliefshenowcherishesandtheanchorof valuesheactivelyupholds.Inasocietywhereone’sbackgroundcaninfluenceone’sfutureaccordingtotraditionallysetpatterns,thejourneytowards

freeinghimself fromthestigmaof beingabandonedhasbeenajourneyfromwhichtoday,Francisdrawsthecompassion,love,honorandlongingforpeacefulco-existencebetweenallpeoples.Throughthepainof hishistory,Francisendeavorstounderstandthepainof others,understandtheirpotential,andbethebesthecanbetohelpotherstoreleasetheirpotentialtowardsbeingconstructive,humane,successfulandforgivinghumanbeings.

ItisaninspirationtositandtalkwithFrancis,andIamsurethatyou,thereaderof thisbook,willbeabletodrawinspirationfromhismessages,asheguidesyouthroughthisbooktowardsfindingyourownsuccess,gettingfuelledbytheknowingitcanbedone….Thatyouyourself canalsomakeadifference,inyourownlifeandthatof others.

Janny Slagman, the Netherlands

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Francis was born in Uganda and is a musician, song writer, international workshop conductor for peace, motivation, inspiration and poverty eradication projects, an experienced community capacity building agent and industrial researcher, and a small scale industrial business consultant. Through his work he has become an ambassador of Peace, Forgiveness & Reconciliation and founder of P.E.A.P. AFRICA (Poverty Eradication Action Plan Africa).

The author was born to a woman in Uganda, but was dumped near someone’s house seven days after birth. A little note was found with him, stating ‘take care of him, he is seven days old’.

From his 25 years of life so far, he learned to live his own life to see a positive change in other people’s lives and help them to break the lock of their circumstances.

“If we want a bright future, we should overcome the temptation of locking ourselves up in the past which can never serve the current and future needs of humanity. Unless we find out what good we can extract from our painful past, we will remain slaves to our history.”YesIwasdumped,butGodneverdumpsanybody.InsteadHenourishesthelifethatHehascreateddeepwithinus.

Despitethefactthatabortionisonahighrateintheworldtoday,IthankGodIwassimplydumpedandnotaborted.Theeasewithwhich,inmycountry,pregnanciesjust‘happen’andabortionsarecarriedoutwithsimilarcasualness,ofteninflictingseveredamage,andevencausingdeath,fillsmewithsadnessandpain.Surelyitispossibletohavepeopletreatthisissuewithgreaterresponsibility!

IamverygratefultoGodtobealivetoday!TheveryfactthatIwasdumped,pickedupandtakencareof bysomeonehasmademewhatIamtoday.Weshouldlearntonotidentifytoomuchwithourpastactionsnorwiththeactionsinthepastof othersandso,Ican’tjudgemymother.

Lifeissacred,andthesacrednessof lifeshouldnotbetamperedwith.Thismeanstakingresponsibility,toensurethatnoonehastoputthemselvesthroughmutilationof theirbodiesorgothroughthetraumaof havingtocastoneschildoff !

Inmythinking,whateverthecircumstances,Ibelievethatif

mymotherwouldhavefeltshehadachoice,shewouldn’thavehadtodumpme.Mymothermighthavebeenverypoorandnotabletoaffordtakingcareof me.Ithereforeforgiveherinthefirstplaceandsecondlypraythatshemayhavepeacewherevershemaybe.Judgmentsseemgoodaslongasyouarenottheonebeingjudged.Sinceitisonlyinforgivenessthatwecanhavefreedom,power,strengthandjoy,Iforgavemymother.Laterinmylife,thiswastheseedingof mymotivationof empoweringthecommunity,especiallywomen.Tobreakthecycleof povertythatmighthavecausedmymothertodumpme.Itledmetothefoundingof POVERTYERADICATIONACTIONPLANAFRICA(P.E.A.PAFRICA)

AndsofarIhaveempoweredmorethan10,000womeninEastAfricaandtheworldatlargetolearnhowtobeself-reliant.

Igotmotivatedtoworkforpeace,forgivenessandreconciliationthroughmusic,talksandwriting,becauseof thefactthatIlivedasavolunteerwithmanypeopleindifferentcamps(I.D.P)intheNorthernpartof Ugandafrom2004to2007andlaterexperiencedtheturmoilof thePost-ElectionViolenceinKenyain2007-2008inNakuru,Molo,Kuresoi,KerichoandfinallyinEldoret.HereIcontinuedwithmyvoluntaryworkincapacitybuildingof thecommunitiesforthesakeof sustainablepeace.

Goodnessgivesbirthtogoodness.Thegoodyoudowillalwaysbepartof you,sothereisnoneedtofeargivingitaway.Kindnessandlovearetheonlythingsthatmultiplyaswedividethem.Itistheonlyperfumewecanpouronothersof whichwewillenjoythescentaswell.

Rememberitisnotwhetheryouhavetheresourcesornot,

itisyouknowingwhereyouwanttoputthemarkof yourexistenceonplanetearth.

Alwaysaskyourself thesequestions:

1. Where am I?

2. Why am I here?

3. Where do I want to go?

4. How do I get there?

Unlessyouknowthis,youwillkeepstandinginthemiddleof everythingthatisgoingon,notknowingwhoyouareyourself.

Thisbookwillgiveyouastrategytowardsfulfillmentof lifeandsuccess.

Makesureyouliveuptoyourabilitiesandpotential.Thatiswhatitmeanstolive.

Themainquestioninaperson’slifeis:“WhoAmI?”Whatyouidentifywithwillmakeyourdestiny.Searchforwhatyouwishtoidentifywitheverymomentif youdon’tknowyetwhoyouareandwishtobe.

If youhaven’tyetansweredthesequestions,youbettergetatit,beforeitistoolate.Nohumanbeingisbornathome.Weareallbornawayfromhome.Wethereforehavetofindourpathtoourhome.

Definitenessof purposeisthedrivingfactorforhumansontheirjourneytosuccess.

Make sure you find yours!

Contents

Preface 3

Chapter 1

Fear Blocks Success 5

Chapter 2

Connect Your Dreams with Action 11

Chapter 3

The Magic Map of Achievement 19

Chapter 4

Planned Change Like A Snake Shedding 31

Chapter 5

Stable - Like The Eagle 38

Chapter 6

Bitter Experiences Bring Success 46

Chapter 7

Developing An Entrepreneur’s Mind 52

Chapter 8

Conclusion 67

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PrefaceLife is like the war between the serpent and the bald eagle. Only the confident, courageous, energetic, enthusiastic, optimistic and flexible, those like the bald eagle, will succeed in it. This guide will open up many secrets about life, success, fear and courage, excellence and integrity.

With the current global financial crisis adding to the already substantial demands on the lives of people, only those who will be able to perceive practical, helpful, logical, reliable and resourceful guidelines will achieve success.

What you listen to… MATTERS! We either listen to voices that bring us down, or to those that encourage and move us forward. The most important voices however, are those that go on inside you. The choice however, will always remain ours!

The voices from within

1. F.E.A.R. = Fooling Element Along the Road of Success

2. P.O.O.R. = Passing On Opportunities to the Rest who already have

3. N.O.W. = No Other Way but to get started

4. Y.E.S. = You Experience Something (Direct command from within)

5. R.I.C.H. = Refined mind Intelligent Charismatic and Honest



Whenever humans refuse to take responsibility humans will fear. In this chapter we are going to learn what causes fear, why people fear, how we can defeat fear and why to choose courage instead of fear. We shall also learn about the factors that can lead to success as a result of defeating fear in the pipeline of success. In the Pipeline of success “Fear” is defined as The fooling element along the road of success. Fear will easily fool you and lead you into the full trap of failure preventing you from getting to your final destination. Therefore, when you feel afraid of tomorrow, try to remember what you overcame yesterday, and remember you have today, as the best and only chance, for you to achieve your dreams. Fear is caused by a person’s lack of power to take control of the environment. Many times this is caused by not understanding the facts about something or the situation we fear. People’s search for security is as old as humanity. Humans are always afraid of the unknown. But how will you know what you fear? To break the power of fear calls for the person to be in the pipeline of success. Therefore the only option is to face and handle what we are afraid of. If you happen to be inside the pipeline of success, you need nothing else than to focus on your goals as your basic principle. We will be empowered thereby to reason through our fears. You will either face the challenges or they will face you out. To humans nothing is too big to handle. If something is “impossible” we simply make it possible by imposing the unfailing force of “will

CHAPTER ONEFEAR BLOCKS SUCCESS

TOLERATE IT NOT


power.” If it is difficult, we simply give it our most unbreakable power of positive thinking, and it gets done. The fire that will fill the gap of fear is called focus. Just focus on the best thing you can do amidst having fear. Even if you have never done it, try, because without this you will lose yourself. Our freedom comes only when we defeat being stopped by fear. Do not mind about what people say. Every mountain has its own peak. That is what you need to keep in mind. You will have to take responsibility for the actions you take. Therefore everybody should be optimistic and enthusiastic in the pipeline of success. These are necessities whilst you start entering the pipeline of success. This gives all those in the pipeline of success the wisdom to understand that no one else will face your fears; no one else is going to take on that task for you. Also realize that if any acknowledgement is given to someone based on fear, then it is of no value. For example, if there is a need to work together with your neighbor, nothing else but respect is needed; fear does not need to be included. When you enter into the field of your fears, fear will simply flee from you. This sets you free to move to the final destination; success. Once you forget the fact that you are a victor by the virtue of your positive mental attitude, you can easily give in to fears. Thinking positively is a necessity.

The thinking faculty has four branches:

1. Creative thinking

2. Problem solving

3. Decision making

4. Critical thinking

Hence when you feel afraid of anything, try your creative thinking. Do something new and unique! Each of us will of


course be afraid when in a conflict situation, whether it is conflict on a small scale or a large scale, like in warlike situations, when a conflict can explode and simply leave you standing there shaking. Take a deep breath and make sure you can think of turning your fear towards finding a solution. Many people are afraid of their job security. Instead of stopping at fear, why don’t you think of self-employment measures? Try to think about what you want and make a decision once and for all. Some people fall into the ditch of failure just because they never take time to critically analyze situations. They see every condition as permanent. They don’t even scrutinize the new projects they want to enter into. After a while, this leads to failure. Some people don’t even dare try, just because they are afraid of taking up the challenge of critical thinking. This keeps them locked in the same situation forever. If you feel afraid of network marketing, have you ever tried consulting the professionals in that field? Maybe what you fear is what you deserve. Simply think critically. Problem solving is what is required of any person in the pipeline of success. A problem is merely there for humans to find a solution for it. There are no unsolvable problems on planet earth. It is simply lack of thinking that is shadowing the problem as unsolvable. If you are afraid of the problem that you may have to face in your project, and you are stopped by it, then you are contributing to the very problem that you are afraid of. Examine the environment and find out what the strengths are that you need to be able to conquer that fear. Why not to be the solution to the problem you fear? If you won’t do something beyond your ordinary way and style, you will simply continue ordinarily. Remember that it is when you overcome fear that you will grow in an extraordinary way. The world’s heroes and heroines are those who, when they met fear, chose courage. That is what simply gave them strength to win.


If you are ruled by fear, you will not be able to do anything new. Whenever I felt afraid, I went somewhere quiet, and I could feel someone close to me. God is always with us, especially when we are afraid and lonely. Don’t give in to fear. It freezes your thinking and your ability to achieve. Instead, try to understand your fear and handle it through focusing on set goals. It is also important that whatever is frightening me, I make sure I call its name. I found out that when I am afraid of something and I speak about it, I stop fearing it. And I insist to like myself most when I begin to fear. I accept myself as the best and nothing else. It is then that fear flees from me. I do not look for safety outside of myself but consider myself safer than my fears. In all this, I do not let myself be mediocre. I will not be ruled by fear, and that is it. Do not doubt about what you truly are. You are the courageous and strongest of birds. The Bald Eagle - that is what you are when you travel in the pipeline of success. Take a necessary risk in life to achieve your goal when needed. Are you afraid of death? Death is simply the fate for all us humans. But have you ever thought about the talents that will die within you if you do not live your life fully? That is the only real loss to the world. To fear is to lose your sobriety. The mind gets broken down when you give in to fear. Aggression is the result of fear. Therefore, let no single element of it enter your mind. That is the safest way. Find out the truth and facts of the matter or a situation. Anything less than this will lead you into the depth of the sea of fear. And surely you will fall. That is what fear does. Always try to listen to the voices in you that encourage you to find out why you fear and what the cause of it is. Ignorance is the darkness that keeps fear growing within you. Make sure you understand the situation you are in. The light to clear the situation is the truth. Fear is an indispensable element for survival, but it is crucial to find out which fears are useful and


which are not. Some fears will only fuel those emotions that lock you in apathy. We don’t survive by becoming emotional but by our rational power. Think in the right way about what it is that you fear and you will get the answer to life. When humans are faced with a challenge, they have two options: to either challenge their limitations and face the challenges or be limited by them. If you believe your fears should determine your future, then you will not overcome your challenges. The only way to learn sailing is by sailing. If you are afraid of the storm then you can’t learn how to sail. In the same way you can overcome fear. Do it. You can, if you think you can. It is you who determines the force of that what you fear. If you think it is too big for you to handle, you have given it victory over you. If you rebuke it as minor, and work towards making it so, that’s what it becomes. Try now. If the master determines to master what he fears, he remains master. If you think of yourself being inadequate, you will feel so. Always considers yourself powerful beyond measure.When you set yourself free from fear, you set all those around you free from fear. Fear is contagious, and when you fear, those around you can easily start fearing too. There is a power in humans which almost automatically influences those around them. If you come across afraid to others, you put fear and suspicion among those around you. Be mindful of that; make sure that you do not spread the virus of your fears. Again, fear is just a lack of understanding. And you always have a choice. You can either accept fear or embrace the freedom the growth of your talents gives you. Both choices are available. This is because there is no victory without going into the battle. When you give up your dreams of victory you will feel more insecure. Therefore, it is your dreams that can protect you from your fear. The future shouldn’t cause you anxiety, and neither should the past. The present always presents you with an


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opportunity to do what you never thought you would be able to do. If there is any need for fear, it is the fear of not using these opportunities. Therefore, don’t give in to fear. Instead experiment with everything that comes to meet you. That is what life means. “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear” said Rosa Parks. Search deep within you for what you are supposed to do in that very moment that you feel afraid. This will give you the guts to make it happen. Therefore, in the pipeline of success, no fear will be able to stop us. We make sure that when fear appears, we do what we think we cannot do.

For fear is but the Fooling Element along the Road of Success.

F - fooling

E - element

A - along

R - road of success


In the pipeline of success, you are encouraged to dream, to believe in your dreams, to take constant action, AND to love what you do. Then you will always achieve. In this chapter we, as people walking in the pipeline of success, are encouraged to follow the instructions that are given us. Skipping one is losing it all. Those whose dreams are strongest and those who take consistent action are the ones who achieve the most in the competitive pipeline of success. People sometimes think they can get rich simply by daydreaming. They simply forget that in order to get rich, you need to develop a refined mind, integrity and intelligence, become charismatic and be honest to yourself and the world around you.

This is because being RICH MEANS;

R - Refined mind

I - Intelligence & Integrity

C - Charismatic

H - Honesty

The ticking of the clock will never stop just because you stopped counting. Dream greater dreams and regularly take a moment of meditation. This will give you the courage to take action. It is by examination of our minds that we can make the right decisions in life. The time has come for people to understand that nothing came into this world merely by

CHAPTER TWOCONNECT YOUR DREAMS

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looking sheepish. Everything good and great is because of great people who had great dreams and who took the right action. Many African countries today think poverty can be overcome simply by a word! But corruption and greed for power keeps the African people imprisoned in ignorance, apathy, dependency and diseases. Honest exampleship by Africa’s leaders is rare. How can they keep singing the song of overcoming extreme and abject poverty unless this changes? Unless someone like you and me will dream to change the trend of things no matter what the cost and time it will take us, Africa will continue to crawl, instead of moving. The merciless lion of extreme poverty will continue to devour our beautiful continent. The powerhouse of your dreams is for you to take action. Great People are great because they took the right actions to make their dreams come true. You can marry your dreams with success by first dreaming, believing in those dreams, and then taking action whilst keeping your focus on your dreams.

Guiding principles:

1. To achieve your dreams is to ignore those who are ready to write you and your dreams off at a moment’s notice.

2. Trust no discussion that is discouraging to your well- thought through ambition.

3. Believe nobody who is an obstacle to the fulfillment of your dream. Simply ignore that person.

4. Allow no elements of apathy in the pipeline of success. This will assassinate your dreams.

5. Make sure you make the right decisions. This will


give you the willingness and the readiness to face the dream dismantlers.

6. Never be afraid of dreaming. It adds value to life. You can only achieve success through dreaming and persistently taking action.

My first dream was being a musician, which was indeed first a dream and later became true on stage. I also used to dream of becoming the head of my school. Right now I conduct international workshops. See that if you dream to touch heaven, you might at least touch the clouds in the sky. The lion is the king of the jungle. The eagle is the king of the sky. Make sure you dream your dreams. The space is always there. The world is eagerly waiting for greater people than those that yesterday delivered. You are next in the line of greatness. Play your cards now and play them to the best of your ability. The time for it - is now. Take action now because you might not get a second chance. This is going to lead you to achieving your dreams. Know however that not all dreams are achievable just because you dream them. The one and only dream a human can be successful at achieving is a dream believed in. Without belief in the dream you can never take action. And action without faith in it is useless. The dream will only become real and have impact if the dream is actually achieved and becomes a reality. So always commit yourself to great dreams. That is where your importance to humanity can be found. You are quite possibly one of the world’s next heroes just because of the dreams you have. Try hard to implement them. A recent example is the 44th President of the United States of America, President BARACK OBAMA, who is an African-American. It was a dream come true for many. I think you know that Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed a great dream. He did not live to see the result of his dream, but


here we learn that you physically may not be around when your dream becomes a reality, but because you ensured that others started dreaming your dream with you, you built yourself a team. A team that could make sure your dreams would survive beyond your existence.

THE AFRICAN IDEAL DREAM. Where is the African Ideal Dream? Who will speak on the behalf of the poor? Who will air the voice of the voiceless? Who is willing to listen and act reasonably? Who will speak on behalf of the children, women and the vulnerable people? The voice may be silenced but the spirit of change coming is too strong for any power to stop it. Believe me or not, but my dream will remain and either you or the coming generations will come to join me. I dream a dream of an African continent that has an independent attitude from the Western World and whose nations can work together towards a mutual benefit; a dream of African countries where the rights of all citizens, without segregation of male or female, are respected. A dream of an African continent which uses it own natural resources responsibly, and instead of exporting its raw material, is able to put it to industrial use in its own land; a dream where Africa will be counted among the highly developed continents, and no longer be seen as the highly poverty stricken continent which the facts tell us today. The day is coming when the African political leaders will truly work for the benefit of their people and think of the common good. A dream of African Countries where the leaders practice transparency and patriotism and cooperation between each other; a dream where African leaders will stop the greed for power and grow love for humanity; a dream where the extreme poverty will be history in all African countries. That is when we shall truly celebrate independence. A dream where the majority of people in each nation will have access to the basic needs; a dream that says all Africans will have access to education and information; a dream of Africa in command of her


social, economic, and political sectors with humanity prevailing. I am waiting for that day, when the world’s weapons distributors will see their markets reduced because the world will strive for peace; a dream that people all over the world will understand the meaning of love, forgiveness, peace and reconciliation; a dream that all who give will give nothing but with love, all who love will love all humanity without segregation and discrimination; that is the day we shall declare the world of love and peace and the time for this is just at our doorstep. I shall continue to dream and to sing my dream of a world of love, peace, togetherness and development. Here I am, in the pipeline of success. I hope to achieve all my dreams. I shall dream even greater dreams, for the world is waiting for greater people than yesterday has seen so far. My only chance is today. I shall keep my target and keep alert to know when to take action. That is what it means to dream. I can’t stop because there is a fire burning inside me. The fire comes from my dreams and my vision. It has made me a believer in myself and an actor for the rest of the world. The faith I have is going to win because I will never give up on it. Therefore, action is all I have before me now.

Action in the Pipeline of Success. Whilst we keep walking in the pipeline of success, we never stop taking action; it is a necessity. If you don’t take action, you will be acted upon. This is very dangerous. Why take action now? If not now, when? Why not now? How can I take action? Which action should I take? In life we have to move from the phase of planning to do exactly what we have declared to do. Taking action means one will move towards the fulfillment of one’s dreams rather than keeping a fantasy alive. Therefore, any dreamer in the pipeline of success has to take action immediately and thus keep the candle burning. To take action means you are motivated and you have the willingness to achieve. Achievement of dreams


is for those who take action. The hindrance of procrastination gets destroyed when we take action. Access to success means to move from talking to acting. In the pipeline of success we act upon what we believe in and so will achieve success; we believe in it, live it, and achieve that success. What complements life is doing something constructive with of the dreams you have. Make sure that before you talk about someone else’s mistake you have put in some effort to achieve something yourself. That someone is better off without you just looking on because you fear making mistakes; looking on, that is the greatest mistake. There is no other way to learn than to do exactly what we want to learn about or become. As a piano teacher, I know that the only way to learn playing the piano is by playing. First you may play in discords, later you get the concords, until piano is what you play. God created each of us with a purpose. Once you come to know the purpose for your existence then you should take immediate action. Many champions of great visions in the world acted first and thought of what they did afterwards and learned from their mistakes to become better. If you are waiting for things to happen instead of making them happen, then who will ever make things happen? If your question is “why now?” consider “why not now?” I believe in the question “how do I make it happen?” and the answer “By making it happen.” What proves your existence is what you have done with it. Let your life be of a great positive impact to all living and all of your surroundings. If you are just sitting and doing nothing, we can just as well count you as dead, if not a burden to humanity. “The true test of the American ideal is whether we’re able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the challenges of our time. Whether we allow ourselves to be shaped by events and history, or whether we act to shape them,” said Barack Obama, the President of United States.


Remember that what makes a child walk is continued crawling. And that child can only get to the stage of walking simply by continuing to stand up and falling down, and standing up again. Therefore action will determine what you will be able to do and will build your life stamina. If you happen to make a mistake, and you recognize it, just keep going by correcting it. This is what is called progress. Well, all good intentions are appreciated, but humanity will embrace the actions that come out of those intentions. Action is the proof of the dream you boldly have declared. If you can’t be GREAT with the full five letters of the word “GREAT,” be great by just one positive action. To change anything on planet earth you will need to begin with you. Simply do your best and your best will always be yours. For example, today’s world leaders are laid back and irresponsible, because they are not taking appropriate action regarding the global warming issue. This is going to prove a burden to the coming generations. Taking action is what is necessary. Action needs to accompany your thinking of today. It releases us from the burden put upon us by the past, thereby opening a bright future. What are you waiting for? This is why the world today should take action and address this current environmental challenge. Talking without taking action will lead to retardation of development in the future. Action does not mean absence of failure but failure is surely due to lack of action. This is so, because continued action overcomes temporal defeat. So let us take action towards the environmental issue. “It is possible only in one way.” The way is to take action now on the green gas house emissions. Excuses do not count for anything. All humans can do the best they can. That means you didn’t just look on but took action towards achieving the best. You should take the right action for the right reasons. In making a change in this world the best leadership you can give yourself and can


give to the world is by finding the visionary, the creative, the imaginative human being that you are, inside you. Become your own leader, so that your vision can be accompanied by the knowledge you gather and become effective. Research the world’s famous women leaders. In 1960 Sirimauo Bandaranaike became the first woman to become the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. In 1974, in Argentina, Isabel Peron became the first woman ever to become the democratically elected President of the country. It wasn’t by chance or fortune, but by the nourishing of dreams, belief, determination and action. Furthermore, take time to get to know famous women leaders like Margret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Angela Merkel, Benazir Bhutto and Rosa Parks. These are women of action, not words alone. They thought and acted on what they thought! The point here is not whether you agree with their way and style, the point is they took action to make their vision and dreams a reality! Therefore, life needs both dreaming and taking consistent action. In the pipeline of success, humans will keep on dreaming, believing, and therefore, planning and taking continued action. Of course, we will make mistakes, but we shall keep rectifying them and learning from them. Therefore, to achieve any success in life we will have to dream, but above all, take action upon your dreams. It is clear for those of you in the pipeline of success.

Dream and take constant action.


Since we are walking the journey of life in the pipeline of success, we need a map. This will give us the direction to our destinations. In this chapter we are going to learn about the compass and the map of achievement. We shall know what achievement can be found there. Who can achieve? How can one achieve? When can one achieve? What can one achieve? From where can one achieve? And what is required in order to achieve while in the pipeline of success? We shall also learn how to protect our opportunities in life. And we shall meet the story of the golden bird. People can only achieve if they dream, are determined to work towards accomplishing those dreams, work consistently and put in full effort, and keep their focus on the actual goal and always think positively. Failure in one way or another will keep coming. But the person ready for success in the pipeline of success is alert about failure. When you fail once, you need to examine what made you fail and use it as a stepping stone for the next trial. Someone in the pipeline of success will not be blind about failure and of course, failure is not the goal. The world is full of opposition, but this prepares you to build what you need next to meet success. Success is not about material things or money. In itself it carries absolute satisfaction. Satisfaction is not about having a lot of something, like money or material acquisition, but comes from a job well done. It is the confirmation of a contented mind and heart. You can never achieve success if you do not hold success in you as an internal element. You should think and work for success. Success only works for you if you work for it. I remember

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a pianist in our choir who used to say, “I am deaf to failure but listening actively to success.” I think he was aware that if you keep listening to the sound of success and you like it, you will work for it no matter what. But if you keep an open ear to failure you are also likely to listen to that, and you may be stopped by that. In psychology, there is what is called consciousness and sub-consciousness. Whatever you are conscious about, you can easily remember and do. And whatever you have in the sub-conscious section of your brain, you can hardly remember and do. Therefore, keep success always upfront in your conscious mind, and do not dwell upon failure. Dwell on success so that success will travel to the subconscious section of your brain. That is one of the principles in the map of achievement. Whatever you desire you can achieve. To desire is to long for what your inner self asks of you. Desire will keep haunting you to perform your best to achieve your goals. I had a burning desire to become a musician from my early childhood. So I used to say to myself that if not now, then at least soon, I am going to become a musician. When we had our childhood parties, I always booked to be the guest artist to perform on those occasions, so I could act out that desire to be a musician. Today I can perform, not as the child I was, but as the person I desired to be when I was a child. Desire is like the volume of your television set. If you increase the volume, the sound will go up. When you decrease the volume it will be low. Therefore, to achieve big things we need nothing but a strong desire for them. How will you be able to achieve when you do not know yet what is possible? How can you claim to succeed in something without you defining your purpose? How will you achieve something when you might not yet have discovered what you can do, or might not have never even thought of, or in one way or another desired? If a person lacks knowledge of what he or she needs,


and has no definite purpose, and no strong desire, then that person can never achieve. Come on, wake up and make up your mind. What do you want out of life? What do you want to give to the world? How do you want to reach your peak of the mountain of life? When do you want to start? Do you think there will ever be the right time? On planet earth it is you who will have to make sure the timing is right. Otherwise it will never be so. Determine today and now. Begin from where you are. Don’t even wait for the next second. Since it is true that “where there is a will there is a way”, find what your desire is, get ready to grow the skills you need to fulfill that desire, act upon it, and it will surely be yours. Defeat can only cause failure when you give a chance to Mr. Quit. Never quit prematurely.

THE GOLDEN BIRD. There was once an orphan boy, who got used to complain a lot about his situation. Left alone when he was 13 years of age, he grew up at the river bank. He had never seen anything good in his life and considered life as stingy and useless. Every single day of his life, he used to wake up early to complain to God for not giving him as much property as the rest of the neighbors. He himself had been left a grass-hatched house by his parents. It was now leaking and worn out, but he never did anything about it, and only ever complained. He did nothing to solve any of his problems or come up with a new house himself. One day, as he was doing his usual complaining early in the morning, there was a bird in the tree, called a “golden bird.” The bird asked him: “What is the matter my friend?” He answered: “Everything is the problem.” Golden bird said: “Can you open your palms so I can come and sit in your hands so we can talk about it?” “Sure,” he said. The golden bird came into his palms. The bird told him: “I am here with you today. By the time I leave,


you will either be changed, if that is your wish or stay as you are, in your complaining camp.” He quickly mentioned that he wanted to get a change for the better, just like any other human being would wish. The golden bird asked him to listen carefully to some important principles, each one being of the same importance as the other. When he had heard them all, he would either become successful or stay as he was, in his pauperism and complaining camp. The bird told him these principles:

PRINCIPLES IN THE PIPELINE OF SUCCESS

1. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, DO YOUR BEST AND TRUST IN GOD FOR THE REST.

2. NEVER LET GO OF WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDS.

Before the golden bird had finished speaking these principles, it asked the young man to let it go back to the tree to tell him the final and third principle of prosperity. He gave the bird its request and let it go back to the tree. When the bird had gone back to the tree, it first of all asked him to mention the first and the second principle before it could mention the third. The boy repeated them and then the bird opened its feathers and to the boy’s amazement they were all made of pure gold! He tried to call the bird back but it was too late. The golden bird was free. And so he caused his own disappointment. Remember that in life people can get easily excited about the future without taking good care of the present. This leads to failure. Humans tend to get excited about opportunities and forget to take the opportunities that are there right in front of them. Look at your life map. How many golden birds did you allow to leave you?


How many times have you listened to advice? How many times have you met opportunities, and did you then utilize them to the best of your ability? How many times, instead of making things happen, do you simply complain about what others did not do for you? Begin right now to count that which you have in your hands, and hold on to it. Improve your abilities every single second of your life. Instead of complaining, count your blessings. If you think you have never had anything fortunate in your life, then at least look at the fact that you can think. Always remember that life’s value comes not from what we have but from what we are. Therefore, be based in the best of yourself. The magic map of achievement can easily guide you if you value each principle of life. We can meet the attitude of the young complaining man in many people today, old and young, women and men, who keep on talking and complaining. But attitudes can change, and so can yours! In the pipeline of success, we never quit until success is what we have. Remember, “Quitters never win and winners never quit.” Being persistent means helping oneself against allowing an attitude of failure. Scrap the words “can’t” and “impossible” out of your dictionary. In order to achieve you should have confidence beyond measure; grow courage or faith that allows you to never give up. Build a readiness to get what you deserve; that is success. Accept nothing less from yourself. The following factors are very important on the map of achievement.

1. Dreams of Self-determination

2. Meditation & Focus

3. Faith & Courage

4. Self-confidence & Self-control


5. Hard work & Positive mental attitude

6. Commitment and Persistence

7. Respect & Trust

8. Knowledge & Imagination

Ignorance is a terrible thing; it is the greatest stopper people allow themselves! When you decide not to identify what you know and when you do not affirm to yourself that you know it, and when you do not search for the knowledge you need, ignorance will be your guide. Find out what you know and what you don’t know, and identify the difference! Do not worry about those who don’t believe in your dreams. Those who don’t believe in your dreams will soon join you as you gain success. Keep moving in this positive direction of success. This will give you the achievement you need and have been dreaming of. Success carries the continuity of life. Success is to develop your full potential, with value, honesty and integrity. Such a successful human will never really die. Therefore, if you want to live eternally, work and walk in the pipeline of success. The fact remains that once you enter the pipe you have no choice but to keep going. Anything less will diminish you. But to enter the pipeline is a choice one must win. Once you are inside, you are at a point of no return. Therefore, no retreat, no surrender. To look back is to lack. To go on is to earn oneself more points to help you win. Young and old, big and small are inside. There’s equal opportunity for all in the pipeline of success. So nobody limits your chance of achievement. This is because the chances for achievement are infinite. Nobody in the pipeline of success knows about how far things can progress, which means the far that many refer to as ‘too far.’ Therefore, you should achieve as much as you can achieve. Explore your potential without limit.


You should be capable of limiting your limitations. Use the same will power to challenge all your limitations. Remember, nobody will be capable of foreseeing his or her challenges. The prayer here is to call for the power to overcome our challenges. The door is always open for you to enter. Many never find their way inside. That is why once you enter, there is no return. There is a lot to be done inside the pipeline of success. Time is limited for whoever enters. Make sure you keep doing something. Action is a necessity. Idlers are trampled. We are born to be successful, but many people lose success when they sit back on the fence just looking at the world. They don’t dream, don’t believe, neither do they plan. They don’t work, do not love or know themselves. They are not curious but are asleep. They are lukewarm. An idler -- that is what they are. None of these are tolerated in the pipeline of success. A person should know exactly what he or she needs out of life when in the pipeline of success. You should either do something fully and well or do nothing at all. There is no mediocrity in the pipeline of success. Funny enough, the pipeline of success is life. So we are all equipped to go through the pipeline.

POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE IS A NECESSITY DOWN HERE

Birth-Death, Joy-Sorrow, Love-Hate, Good-Bad, Right-Wrong, Day-Night, Light-Darkness, Failure-Success, Poverty-Prosperity, Mortality-Immortality, Honorable-Honored, Leaders-Followers,

Fear-Courage, Down-Up, Beginning-End Humanity Eternity = Success

Man-Woman, Desire-Achievement, Dreams-Persistence, Possibility-Responsibility, Conscious mind-Subconscious mind, Time-Life, Failure-Success, Integrity-Fairness, Fear-Courage, Ambitions-

Planning, Wisdom-Foolishness, Power-Potential, Beginning-End

SUCCESS


Explanation:

All human beings have equal opportunities to success. Everyone has freedom to choose either the best out of life or the worst, but not both. No human does not have the freedom to choose. You either drive on the right side of the road or you cause chaos on the highway. What is important is that we strive not to get success for the sake of success itself, but success for the sake of the value we need to uphold. The principle is simple. Make every day a day of added value to this planet. This will automatically make you a person of value. This precedes success.

The above framework we encourage all members of the pipeline of success to learn and practice.

PIPELINEOF SUCCESS

Possibility, Perception & Persistence

Potential, Power & Planning

Prayer, Progress & Prosperity

Positive Mental Attitude, Possession & Practice

Practice, Perfection & Priority

Self-Determination & Self-Conviction

Self-Sacrifice & Self-Control

Self-Esteem & Self-Motivation

Self-Discovery & Self-Examination

Self-Confidence & Self-Discipline

SUCCESS, PEACE AND

PROSPERITY

P

S


1. Remember you are the best candidate to do the best in your own life. 2. You don’t have to look up to someone else. 3. Struggle is the name of the game. 4. You are next in the line. The world is widely open and waiting for those who are going to be the next great persons.

Find out about your strongest and weakest points. Knowing yourself will help you to tap your potential, which can never be tapped by anyone other than you. Your thoughts are the keys to the fulfillment of your potential. Full effort is all you need. Therefore, Positive Mental Attitude (P.M.A) is a fundamental element towards your success. Complaining is not allowed. Discovery of new ways of doing things is rewarded. Improving on what is already in existence is important. If what you have is cow dung, don’t think of the dirt it can cause, but the bio-fuel it can produce. Whatever happens is for the betterment of your life, not destruction. Nobody should enslave themselves to the past. Just do exactly what you should be doing now to make your tomorrows better. Try seeing opportunity prior to your security. Risk is part of prosperity. If you won’t risk anything you won’t harvest. Let your eyes be glued to the goals. That is the only way the obstacles will be trampled. Where there is a river simply put a bridge. Where there is a mountain simply create a tunnel. Simply be optimistic! Otherwise you will lose yourself to what you think is impossible. The captain of life is the mind. You can only have a discussion with yourself through the mind. Remember, the most important conversation humans can have is the one done internally. Make sure that the discussion deep within you, in your inner self, is a positive one. Otherwise you will break down immediately after that discussion. Of


course life will not merely be smooth. Be like the red ant. It is ever ready to meet whatever comes its way. That is why it keeps it claws open wide. When it meets the enemy, it grabs them and makes sure that either the enemy dies or it loses its teeth. We have a saying in Uganda: “Be on the alert, like the red ant that moves with its claws wide open.” The ants’ community has division of labor, communication between individuals, and an ability to solve complex problems. In the map of achievement we shall draw inspiration from the ant’s society. Many a time we need to divide labor and keep good communication with others in the pipeline of success, so we can solve the complexity of problems that come up, together with others in the pipeline of success. Also take some time to look at the centipede. When it loses some legs out of the more than one hundred that it has, it can still move. Things happen in life, and you cannot change the past. But you can use it to improve the present by trying to understand your mistakes and correcting them so you can be better prepared for your future. Centipedes have between fifteen to over one hundred pairs of legs. Centipedes alternate the movement of the legs on opposite sides of the body like insects do. This is about flexibility. In order for you to achieve greatly in the pipeline of success, you need to adopt such flexibility. Examine your power to protect your dreams. Why should you give up just because of your temporal defeat? Resistance is natural and normal. Apathy will add nothing to you but pain and agony. This will make you of less value in the pipeline of success. Come on! Those kinds of challenges are like the four legs lost by the continuing centipede. Simply move even faster! Otherwise you just loose time, which is our most important resource. If you want to succeed in the pipeline of success, wake up now, and listen to yourself. There is a voice deep within you saying “Y.E.S.,” which is a direct command from your inner


Action & Commitment commence from here

and never stop

self. “You Experience Something” = Yes. If you will respect this voice, you are going to dream greater dreams, believe in yourself, consistently take action, and you will surely achieve. The compass is clear to everyone in the pipeline of success. And you will even begin achieving right now, this very second. That is the map of achievement in the pipeline of success. The Sketch Magic Map of Achievement

Dreamer of good dreams This is what you are.

Dream!!!

A believer in yourself you now become. Self-confidence & Self-discovery becoming part of you.

You have started to trust yourself and you have taken time to meditate upon your decisions

Listen to Yourself

The Voice deep within

you says: Y.E.S.

You experience something

Success

Value, Joy,

and Humanity


Therefore, since it is true according to the pipeline of success, that all who achieve success become people of value, humanity and care, it is in these values achieved that we find our joy. Therefore, in order for you to find your destiny, you need to walk and work for success in the pipeline of success. Simply follow it. That is the magic map of achievement.


In this chapter we are going to introduce what change is, how it works, who can put change in place and what the benefits of change are. If you have never had a good guide to understand the process of change, don’t worry, it is here with you. The steps to take are simple. Read and meditate upon each section in this very chapter. We will start by using the metaphor of the snakes shedding their skin. By the end of this chapter you will be able to change for the better. Flexibility is a good element of change. Let us begin that process with ourselves, and change our own environment to suit the change we need to adopt. Change according to the pipeline of success is defined as the ability to adopt new methods, instruments, and means to achieve success. This is the definition we use to become icons of development and success. When you adopt change and you constantly work for progress beyond the ordinary, you will be considered a symbol of success, excellence, courage and integrity from one generation to the other. Therefore start NOW to adopt all the necessary changes for the better. Make a proper plan for your change process like snakes do when they shed their skin. I have watched snakes in Uganda for more than sixteen years. Snakes shed their skin regularly, usually once in a year, some species more often. Snakes shed their skin to allow growth and remove parasites that became attached to their old skin. It is fundamental in the pipeline of success for humans to try to learn from anything, anywhere, anytime and anybody. Here we go for a positive change. In order for humans to grow intellectually, financially, socially and

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in all sectors of life, they should learn to adopt any positive changes. Change helps people to achieve new things in life. If you do not change when there is a call for it, you will suffer from the parasites that got attached to your old self. These parasites could be given names like ‘I can’t do it’, ‘impossible’ or ‘nobody helps me,’ and they can cause apathy and depression. They will surely stop you from growing and achieving a better life. The change process begins in your mind. That means you will have to practice some critical thinking. Since the snakes know the right time to change their skins through shedding, why wouldn’t you also know when to change for the best? In the pipeline of success, people will know exactly when to change course or not. The first rule is: be open-minded. This will allow you to adopt new ideas. Keep in mind that before and after your time there was, is and will be greatness. Therefore, avoid prejudice and pride. Listen more than talk. This will help you learn from others and can help you to change. If you are not sure of something, why not try the method of asking the same questions to different people at different moments? If you do this, it will give you different ideas, and amongst those ideas will be the unique ones that will assist your further progress. Change means that there is an alternative. Therefore, be sure of making choices and setting priorities. And do not forget that Timing is the main principle in the change process. The following questions will be of help to your change process:

1. What should I change? 2. When should I change? 3. Why should I change? 4. How do I change?


5. With whom do I change? 6. For whom do I change? 7. With what do I change? 8. How much time will the change process take? 9. What can I expect from the change I am about to take? 10. What shall I lose when I change?

Pin these ten questions on a wall to help you understand change. They are guiding principles in the pipeline of success. Think them through! Does change in life ever happen without you yourself noticing it? Well, if it happens the way humans lose numerous tiny skin cells each day, then you better pay attention and take care! It is important to take notice of changes in your life. Snakes always notice when they need to go through the process of shedding their skin. Nature tells them what to do, and they respond to the message! That is why they go where the terrain is rough and rocky. They shed their skin by brushing against something hard and rough. This teaches us that any change for the better will not be a smooth ride. It might be uncomfortable to shed your skin, and sometimes it will be painful to leave old things behind, but keep in mind that it is for the betterment of your life. Snakes will only shed their skin when their new skin is already formed beneath the old. This means that before you start the process of change, you need to give yourself new ground to land on after the change process. When snakes shed the old skin and the new skin appears, it appears with the same colors and patterns as the old one. Humans however, as the summit of creation, may choose to take on something different than what they have just shed. Even the skin of the snakes doesn’t look exactly like the old one, but for humans, they can adopt a new dimension of life after the change from the old one, with new patterns and new colors. A caution: Shedding in snakes can


sometimes cause loss of their tails when the conditions they are in are not favorable. So make sure you examine the conditions under which you change, thoroughly. Otherwise you may lose the old life and not yet have clear what life you wanted to change towards. Therefore, take good measure of the environment around you before you change in the pipeline of success. A snake listens to the call of nature to start its process of change; it doesn’t have choice but will automatically know where to move to be able to go through the shedding. But humans do have the ability to use choice and make conscious decisions. Choice is a determining factor in any change process. Humans should change not only to achieve success but also to become a person of value and high human standards. Success comes from the achievement of fulfilling what we desire and attempt in life. It is simply the fulfillment of one’s intended purpose. To some it might merely mean fame or prosperity. But it really covers both the tangible and intangible desires of humanity. Tangible of course is all that we can see and touch, like the desire that causes someone to become a famous football player, or open up a chain of successful businesses. Intangible for many, on the other hand, is value. To define the word value, we need first of all to answer the question, “why does humanity exist?” because this will give us the meaning of value. What is of value is very important, has ultimate usefulness and carries with it something which is worthwhile for humanity on planet earth. What is of value causes someone to consider the right “Means” and not the “End.” Value is demonstrated in being honest, tolerant and loyal, and carries excellence and integrity with it all the time. A false or shallow perception of what success is may not necessarily do this. The real meaning of humanity is living up to one’s full potential and not achieving one’s personal desires alone and as a first motive, but to become co-creators and


developers of what is on the planet. The only test of the essence of humanity is whether one has contributed to better the world without minding who the beneficiaries are, today, tomorrow, in a decade to come or perhaps even in a century, or a millennium away. Value remains a fundamental factor in a successful life. Therefore, a person working towards becoming of value qualifies to get success. Unless one’s success is attached to value, that success is of no use to humanity and our mother planet. For instance, anyone can succeed in becoming famous but the question remains, what are you famous for? Does your fame or prosperity contribute to the continuity of the construction of the developing planet? Does your achievement create space for humanity to grow or does it only fulfill your personal ambitions? Does your success fulfill the purpose of your existence not only as an individual but as a human among humans and other creatures? It is possible that the above questions seem simple. But they require a good understanding of the reasons for existence. Otherwise, we may continue to achieve what we think are successes, but will never fulfill our purpose of existence. That is what value and success mean. The better of the two is their combination, by searching for what value one can add to the already existing beautiful planet. That will give meaning to success. The choice is still yours. Remember any good football coach may train you how to kick, dodge, head, score and defend, but it is you who will need to practice and develop the skill itself. Change not because someone tells you to do so, but because it will add value to our mother planet and to our humanity. To change is to face whatever challenges cross your path, with whatever tools, at whatever time and with whatever it takes. One has to take control of the situation and take charge of their environment. Change means you have to be optimistic in relation to what you want. You have to think of improving


things, and not run away from a problem, but face it and deal with it. It is one thing to think about change and another to live the change. Living the change means you make sure that your new skin fits you well. Isn’t it true that the snake doesn’t go back to the old skin to see if it still fits? To change things for the better, we have to think positively and view things as being possible, no matter what the current situation looks like. The final stage in this is to take responsibility for the changes, keep focused, listen to advice, make it a way of life and enjoy your journey to change. This will give you the confidence to achieve your ambitions. Never try to make changes that are too big for you. Work for achievable and beneficial change.

Africa and its opportunities for change. That is why I think developing countries like Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, and Rwanda should change from corruption to transparency and development. African countries should embrace the necessary changes away from tribalism, nepotism and segregation to love, peace, forgiveness and reconciliation for the sake of sustainable development. Africa does not need to copy and paste everything from the Western world. Africa has its own unique environment and should find a way to respect itself. How could things change so that an African university will produce job creators, not just job seekers? What would be needed to turn our education system into a system that will support real development? Why should the many African scholars who have studied in the developed world not come back with ideas that will benefit our mother continent Africa? Should Africa keep the last position in development and maintain the first position in poverty? Why should we allow Africa to be identified with poverty, war and violence and not with peace, co-existence of many different peoples, prosperity and growth? Why should we, the African


youth, keep moving on the waves of politicians who seek their own ends and not development? Should we keep fighting each other on an ethnic basis? Let us stop exactly where we are, and examine our ways and life. Let today be the first day we adopt a positive change to renew the face of our nations. Africa can only change for the better when beginning with you and me. Peace, love, development, and transparency can only be achieved if Africans themselves, from the man in his shop to the woman in the market to the political leaders, examine their motives and start to look beyond greed, power and selfishness. The time has come for us in Africa to shed our skin of corruption, segregation, hatred, discrimination, laziness, tribalism, prejudice, pride and to now craft a new Africa. That is the change advice from the pipeline of success. Take it! Live it! We need it. We shall not achieve this through luck or fortune but only by hard work. The positive change begins today, and it can never be stopped. Let each of us begin shedding our old useless skin, which is infected with parasites of negative thinking, and let the new one beneath the old, shine with its new transparent appearance. That is planning your change like snakes shedding their skin in the pipeline of success.


In this chapter we are going to find out what great potential we have but which we so far have never used. We shall get instruments and methods to get the best out of ourselves simply by adopting the qualities of the eagle. We shall come to know about the eagles of development and how the eagle inspires us to greatness. If you doubted your success whilst in the pipeline of success, consider it afresh at the end of this chapter. The eagle signifies power, victory, authority, royalty and valor.

As a researcher in East Africa, I have closely watched the icon of the sky; the Eagle. In Uganda I watched the African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus Vocifer) and the Long Crested Eagle (Lophaetus Occipitalis). In Kenya, where I have stayed for two years doing research, I

have found that the Eagle varieties include the Tawny Eagle and Fish Eagle. The Tawny Eagle tends to be a scavenger and the Fish Eagle tends to catch its own fish. Fish Eagles have a bright white head, chest and tail set against a dark body and wings. Those are the eagles I used to watch in East Africa. There are quite a number of species of eagles all over the world. Bald eagles reside in North America from Alaska and Canada to Northern Mexico. They live near swamps, lakes, oceans and rivers, where there are lots of fish, clean waters, and tall trees

CHAPTER FIVESTABLE - LIKE THE EAGLE

You, Eagle, silent deep within me, wake up!


for nesting and roosting. I think you too probably have seen the eagle. But have you really looked at it? Have you seen its special characteristics? In the pipeline of success, people will need the quality of stability which the eagle teaches us about. The background of the person in the pipeline of success does not matter. Just begin today to adopt the characteristics of the eagle which we are now going to learn about. What matters is that you abide by the rules that the eagle teaches you, once you get to know its ways. So here we go. The main characteristics we will need to adopt from the eagle are to do with its physical structure, habitation, eating habits, and mating patterns. In addition to that, we will need to choose to be stable in life, like an eagle, or we shall get trampled in the pipeline of success. Each rule and principle matters as much as the other. I already have mentioned something about the Bald Eagle. And “Bald Eagle” is going to be the first name for each of the members in the pipeline of success. The eagle can easily be identified by the type of its beak, feathers, size, weight, and sex. Although there are many different species of eagle, eagles all over the world have the same characteristics. From their high flight they are able to identify their target with sharp focus. In the pipeline of success, a person should know exactly what and who they are and be able to identify themselves in relation to where they want to go. One cannot go anywhere without identifying where one wants to go, and who one wants to be... This is what you need to do in life today. You should be able to identify yourself against your purpose. Declare who you are, where you are from, what you are doing, where you live, and what you contribute to the community. This will be required of any responsible person. And so it is with humanity. We are one, yet with many different appearances, but we are one race: Human! The Human Race, or better, Human Care! So all of us have equal opportunity, and all of us have the


possibility to use our talents towards becoming like the King of the Sky. We only need to identify and declare as human beings what it is we target in life. Start identifying your unique and special talents. Find out which of those you have already explored completely, totally, absolutely and thoroughly. If you have not found them yet, surely it isn’t too late. Just start now. N.O.W. meaning there is No Other Way to go but to begin. The remarkable strength and courage of the eagle has inspired mankind all over the world. History tells us that in ancient times the battles between the sun and the clouds were considered as battles between an eagle and a serpent, and the eagle was held in awe and worshipped for its majestic figure and superb qualities. The Greeks represented eagles with wings outstretched, holding a serpent in their claws, which signified the triumph of good over evil. Because of their strength, eagles have been a mark of war and imperial power since Babylonian times. The majestic figure of the eagle is born out of the continued vigorous practice of trying to fly high, and the young eagle learns this by flapping its wings continuously until it gains enough speed to get airborne and keeps going. This gives the eagle unique and attractive qualities of power and strength. In Assyrian myths the eagle was the symbol of storms and lightning and the god who carried souls to Hades. If you gain the qualities of an eagle, you will achieve unshakable success. Remember we learnt that to achieve success and build value in the true sense of humanity, care and love is to win immortal qualities. This needs the strength and courage of the eagle, which you can find in the facing of the sun, the overcoming of your fears, flying swiftly and using the wings of courage and strength. This will make you the symbol of the wind as the eagle is said to be in Indian and Babylonian history. And you will become the symbol of the storm if you gain the power of hunting fish, the fruit of your


dreams, whether it is cold or warm in the deep water of struggle. Mankind can only become the emblem of victory and supreme spiritual energy by adopting the courageous and never-failing power of the eagle. In the Golden Age of Greece, the eagle was the symbol of the highest virtues. The eagle was also the sacred bird of Zeus, the ruler of all gods. In Rome, the eagle was the symbol of Jupiter, the supreme god. For the Romans the eagle was the sign of victory and the unconquerable power. As Roman legions conquered the world, they marched under the standard of the eagle, with outstretched wings. And do you remember the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama? Try today to become the symbol of success and all will celebrate. You need it. Come on -- don’t just sit on your talents! You’re next in line to become like The Bald Eagle. Wake up now. Don’t look for it elsewhere. You are the best you can find. If you develop the acute vision of the eagle and see your opportunities, you may become the solar symbol, symbol of attention and symbol of supernatural power. This will prove your ability to inspire, and motivate everybody around you. For you will have victory, immortal qualities, readiness and alertness, pride and royalty. Many nations over the centuries had the eagle represented in their emblems. Being a symbol of power and authority, the eagle still retains a prominent place in America as it was in ancient Rome. In American culture, the eagle is a symbol of great courage, strength and freedom. The American emblems of State figure the eagle. The Apollo 11 crew chose “Eagle” as the name for the first lunar landing module. Man landed on the moon with the words of Eagle Scout Neil Armstrong: “Houston, Tranquility Base here……The Eagle has landed.” You now are the eagle in the pipeline of success. Never deny your capability to live in the full light of the hot sun of your challenges. This is what is going to make you count as


luminous and gives you the character of the wind of success and the fire that never ceases burning. It is the remarkable strength and courage of an eagle that humans in the pipeline of success need to adopt. Its inexhaustible strength is a necessary attribute when we face challenges. These elements are the requirements for anyone who enters in the pipeline of success. Where there is no power there is no direction. Victory can only be achieved if humans will consistently struggle and you can only command authority over yourself if you have both strength and courage. For this you will need to think of yourself as the leader who feels comfortable to be in front and pioneer. Where does the African eagle fly? Africa yet has to free itself. The gap between the poor and the rich is still widening instead of closing. Africa will need to exercise its wings to be able to fly high. It will need the eagle’s vision to see beyond the next generations. The eagle’s courage will be needed to break the chains of corrupting influences. Will you help Africa find that, by finding the greatness of the Eagle within yourself ? There is no free bread or any gain without effort. Sometimes, somebody will tell me that things are not easy. That is not news. If you are looking for easy things try failure; it is the easiest thing man can ever achieve on planet earth. As for success, try to awaken the eagle deep within you. The eagle flies by putting in full effort and by committing itself to success. Someone who is waiting for a free ticket is mistaken. You will be on the wrong side of history, if you think of acquiring wealth and health simply by begging. Stability, in all aspects of life can only be achieved by adopting the qualities of an eagle. Therefore, keep your focus, use all you have in command, know exactly what you want to get and you will get it. The eagle hunts food for survival and feeds on fish and small animals like rabbits, snakes and sometimes dead animals. For the fish eagle, approximately 85% of its food is fish.


This is to do with living in an ecology in which survival of the fittest is the game. The eagle is very smart in this game. Therefore, while in the pipeline of success, you will have to go hunting, and you need to be as daring as the eagle. We need the courage here to be ready to move out of our comfort zone and work for what we want. The eagle catches its prey not by entering the water but by snatching it from the surface and knows its timing exactly. Unless it becomes really necessary, the eagle will not enter the water to catch its prey. But it also means that those in the pipeline of success will know their timing and will not get burned by the fire that they use to cook. To use fire does not mean to be burned by it. Therefore, timing is most important. You should always check your timings. You can achieve twice as much if you keep time. The Focus the eagle has is another element. You should keep focused on your target. This doesn’t mean you should forget when to pull the trigger. Do you know why the poor continue to be poor? To be P.O.O.R. means Passing On Opportunities to the Rest who already have. It is to do with a mental attitude. It is not the lack of materials, lack of basics or money, but the mental attitude of apathy, dependence, and ignorance.

P - Passing

O - On

O - Opportunities to the…

R - Rest who already have

Like the eagle you should be capable of lifting whatever your prey may be. Do not try beyond your current capacity. If needed, build your capacity so that you are able to carry greater

} P.O.O.R


prey. There is a saying: ‘The elephant can never fail to carry its ivory.’ Like is the case with the eagle, if you go too long without achievement because you only chase the larger prey, it is possible that you will lose the power to go for the next hunt. Therefore, value the results of continuous efforts, even small ones. Many small efforts and many small achievements will bring you the power for the next. It is like how the eagles survive. To keep trying is to get more prepared for the next achievement. Therefore, never stop trying. Having worked so hard and successfully, you also need to make sure you rest like the eagle does. This prepares you for the next hunting session. The best characteristic of the eagle is the courage to keep trying. When an eagle hunts, only one out of 17 to 19 attacks is successful. How many times have you tried and failed? How many times do you give up when faced with temporal defeat? Try from today to keep trying until what you want is what you have got. At least try 16 out of the 17-19 trial times like the eagle. Don’t give up prematurely. The principle is: “not quitting until success is what we have got.” Do not give failure a chance to undermine your life. Learn how to protect what you already have won. The eagles do this by holding their catch with one talon, and holding on to their perch with the other, whilst tearing off bites with their beaks. Therefore, whatever it takes, your efforts should well be protected. The eagle mates for life. This proves it has maturity and self-discipline, which is required of any member in the pipeline of success. This means you need to choose your mate carefully. Will you choose a positive attitude as your life companion, or will it be a complaining one? Make sure you will monogamously marry success. Like an eagle you will build your nest big enough to accommodate the both of you. The nest here is the mind. The thoughts you feed yourself with should be positive so you can grow a positive mental attitude.


Renew your thoughts every day, have new ideas, in the way that the eagles keep repairing the nest every year. Make sure you only accept constructive thoughts deep within the nest of your mind. Keep the nest clean and free of parasites, so that the new ideas that are born in it will be healthy and grow up to maturity.As we mentioned earlier, before its first flight, which may be to the nearest branch above the nest, a young eagle vigorously exercises its wings and flaps around. A young eagle will lift off by facing into prevailing winds and flapping its wings. Eagle couples, which is now you and your journey of success, may sometimes force their timid young to fly. New ideas and thoughts that are born in your eagle’s nest may sometimes need your help to fly too, and be encouraged to the next branch above the nest. About 40% of eagles survive their first flight and only about half survive their first year for various reasons, including the inability to recognize poisonous food. This is a danger to those in the pipeline of success who, instead of searching for the right thoughts, feed on the negative ones, which can kill them before completing the journey. Therefore, beware of the poison of negative thoughts whilst in the pipeline of success, or else you may die prematurely. Take the example of an eagle’s courageous struggle in life to heart. Be aware of the continuous rough winds that will help you fly higher and faster, as the eagle teaches us. The eagle has much more to tell us about walking in the pipeline of success. But we shall have more to say about him in future writings.


In the pipeline of success humans will sometimes have to face bitter experiences to prepare them to become better people.

Caution:

A senior in the pipeline of success has come up with the following statements. We advise you to listen to older, more experienced people, for they are full of wisdom.

1. It is not what happens to us that matters, but what lessons we learn from whatever our situation is. 2. The only power that can lead to success is the belief in our dreams and our love to fulfill them. 3. Those ready for success will take responsibility for their choices. 4. Hard work and courage are very important in a life striving to have success. 5. Achievement is not for the timid but for the people with a definite purpose. 6. Struggle adds value to someone’s life, and wealth created from scratch is more enjoyable than inherited wealth. 7. You can become of more value if you make sacrifices in life. 8. Real life is found in work and loving what you do. Disappointments and hard knocks can bring about success as long as you love what you are doing.

CHAPTER SIXBITTER EXPERIENCES

BRING SUCCESS


9. To believe is to live. Act upon your beliefs, for if you don’t, you can easily collapse. 10. To marry is one thing. To find a perfect match is another. 11. Ignore obstacles and concentrate on the goal ahead. This is very important in life for those in the pipeline of success. 12. Never quit before time. 13. Keep dreaming greater dreams in order for you to achieve even greater things in life. 14. It is not the voices around you that matter but the internal discussion you have with your inner self. Therefore make sure the discussion done internally is positive. 15. Temporal defeat can easily be defeated by persistence and hard work. 16. Achievement of one’s goals shouldn’t stop you from dreaming further. 17. Bitter experiences can bring about success and joy. 18. Wealth created from scratch is the best. 19. The best wealth a person can enjoy is wealth created, not wealth inherited. 20. You can never reach success without meeting the bitter guardians of it.

Try the above and you will find success whilst in the pipeline of success.

I met the director and founder of one of the most popular schools in Kenya. This is a primary school located in the Rift Valley of Kenya. It currently has more than 354 pupils and over 40 teachers and non-teaching staff. It has twice been ranked as amongst the four best schools out of 381 other schools in


Rift Valley. It is a boarding school for both girls and boys. The interesting story is not about these numbers, but about how it came into existence. In 1999, a man called Robert was growing tea seeds to be able to sell them, which helped him get a good amount of cash towards the end of year 2000. He had first sought employment as a professional accountant, and he had found a good job with a company. He worked there for two years and gradually found out that he might be able to do a lot more for himself if he was to be self-employed. He voluntarily left the job and decided to work on his own. He began by packing milk and supplying the nearby towns. Later he decided to enter into a tea seedlings business by planting and selling them. But still he was not satisfied. In year 2000, he decided to begin a school, since before his study of accounting, he had a profession in education and so had his wife. Do see the point here! Taking a pause, and stopping what you do sometimes, examining yourself, adopting new ideas, accepting yourself as the best, being innovative and ready to succeed no matter what the situation provides, can be the start of something you really love to do and can succeed in! So Robert thought he could open up a new school and succeeded. On 17th January 2000, he was able to open up the school. You may recognize some of the circumstances surrounding the new school. Robert began the school from a small store at his house. He just started with a nursery and class one, one head teacher and two assistants. He began the school with 17 pupils (including four children from relatives and two from friends). And he offered free uniforms to newly joining pupils. At first acceptance from the community was not easy, and one woman was aware that the store where the school was located, was once a poultry house. She asked him, “Why instead of wasting time with these few children who have no money, don’t you continue with poultry keeping?” He almost went back to poultry keeping,


but the vision he had was bigger than that. Another challenge was his operational capital, because it was just not enough. The few pupils who came did not even have enough money to pay school fees in full, and parents were reluctant to pay because many thought they were doing Robert a favor by giving him children for the school. But Robert continued with his vision of a big school in spite of all these challenges. It even got to the point that he could not afford to buy himself new shoes. Remember, he is in the pipeline of success. There is no quitting. There is no retreat and no surrender. Once you enter, you face a point of no return. Therefore, he had to continue. Never mind what people say or whether other people believe in your vision or not, keep doing what you know is right. What matters is not their belief but the fact that it is a dream to be achieved. If they write you off, then simply continue with what you are doing. For in life there are always two clear opposites. Ignore what others say, and think and concentrate on the work at hand. People will always have their opinions. But not all opinions are good for the survival of your vision. Three years later, the project now had more than 100 pupils involved. Robert decided to expand and start class four. This presented another challenge. After advertising the new class availability, he only got four pupils. He didn’t give up. He continued with the four pupils, and a year later there were more than 30 pupils! Here we learn that it is persistence that brings about the success we tend to keep searching for outside ourselves. Success dwells within you; you only have to dig it out. He even decided to begin a boarding section at the school. Of course to achieve their goals a person has to keep dreaming greater dreams and taking greater actions. Robert took these steps like a man in the pipeline of success. He did not focus on the availability of resources, but focused instead on his dream. One has to keep the focus on the goals, not on the


obstacles. New challenges began, and Robert was aware of these challenges and yet kept his dream alive, taking action to be able to achieve his goals. There was no water source on the school premises, no electricity, and no dormitory structure. All he had was timber and cement. He decided to put up an open structure without iron sheets. But he was aware that from opening day, some money would come in. Whilst the pupils registered, the money that came in was immediately used to buy the iron sheets. And it was used also to pay the builders! It is when you think positively that you can achieve your miracle. Never stop yourself from thinking of doing things in a new way. Innovation is what was required here. Of course he couldn’t have made it if he had counted on availability of resources and tools. He counted on the dream. At one moment he used the kerosene lamps as a source of light for the pupils. His wife attended to the pupils as if they were her own children. He later got a gas lamp and a borrowed generator, and finally, there was full-time electricity. This means that if he had waited for the electricity, possibly even until today, the boarding section would be just a dream, and never have become true. Today, this project is one of the biggest schools in this town and also one of the best performing schools. The school now has more than 354 students boarding with all the structures furnished. Improvising is one characteristic that is very fundamental. At first there were no decent bathrooms for the pupils so he bought mats that were cheap and locally available to construct the bathrooms for pupils. Today, the school has modern bathrooms. In the beginning of his project he used his store for the three classrooms, and later he used his house. But now he has even built a flat towards the future plans of expanding the school even further. You need to expect some frustration if you want success out of life. At one point Robert borrowed some chairs for the pupils. One evening the owner


came and asked for the chairs back without notice. Robert did not sit down and cry about the loss. He bought some timber that very night and worked overnight to build a few benches for his pupils together with the wife. This means that we need to take immediate action to avoid transferring our frustrations to the people around us. This reduces inconvenience. I love the fact that this school is expanding even further and creating employment.


In this final chapter we shall learn about what we can use to become the tycoon of our own lives and empower our lives economically. You are born already wealthy, but you need to prove you know it. All your questions are going to be answered here. How can I get self-employed? How can I begin a project? When can I get into a new business? How best can I use the readily available resources? How can I keep my costs low? These and many other questions will be looked at in this chapter. The tycoon inside the peasants. Vigo is the tycoon in the city of the sky. He was born in Uganda in a peasant family of four. When the fifth child was about to be born, his mother became ill, and sadly died during childbirth, as did the baby. The father of the family had also died two months previously. From that moment on, Vigo, as he grew up, was determined to work hard to make sure he would never let his family down. He was the eldest son. He used the little money that was given to them at the burial of his mother to begin a shoe polishing booth. His entrepreneurial power was shown when he decided to save at least 1,000. (Ugshs) every day. He made sure he put a big box of hard metal inside their slum house in Makerere Kivvulu in Uganda to keep his savings in. He made sure he respected his business and loved it. He managed to save money, even if it meant he was to go without food some days. By then he was 14 years old. At the age of 23 he discovered that the metal box was full. Now, as he had promised himself to begin a good business that would sustain both him and his siblings, he went to seek

CHAPTER SEVENDEVELOPING AN

ENTREPRENEUR’S MIND(The Tycoon released from amongst the Peasants)


advice from one of the business men in Kampala. The advice from the mind of an Entrepreneur. Remember, he had never gone to school because his family was too poor, just like many African children. You might not know this, but the fact is that almost 80% of all African families survive on less than $1 (US Dollar), and so like many, he did not have the chance to go to school. He was advised to follow the following principles wisely and constantly:

1. Make sure you understand your business completely, totally and absolutely well. Vigo was told to get the business core engine. To clearly understand the product and services he wanted to offer. To love that very business passionately.

2. Be reliable and consistent. This would make him an even more successful entrepreneur than Mr. Victor, the advisor.

3. Be ready to take the necessary risks, but not foolishly so. Without risks there are no profits in business. Vigo was told to get ready to even lose the money he had saved in hardship and over a long period of time.

4. He was advised to invest only in quality products and services. Anything less would render his efforts a failure.

5. He was also advised to recapitalize his business and employ the right people. To look for mature people with the right skills, people who are result oriented and with a positive attitude.

6. He was also advised to develop the right culture of discipline to maintain the image of the business and to avoid bureaucracy, as well as to provide immediate solutions to the challenges that would arise in his business.


7. He was advised to invest a great deal in the training and development of those within the business, because this would help the quick growth of the business.

8. He was also advised to keep promoting his business. This would help him to get more demand and therefore more supply, and the result would be the growing profit and expansion of his business.

9. He was also advised to invest in technology to help his business grow. He was told about the necessary technology, and that he could sell his products and services online over the internet. And this would bring his business to another level.

10. He was asked to be decisive. He should take the right action quickly and stay focused on the set goals of his business. This would keep him in business.

11. He was also told to balance his criticism and compliments to his workers well and to make sure he is not ruled by ego and personality.

Vigo asked why he was given so many principles. He was told that it was for his survival in business. He dared to ask Mr. Victor whether the advisor himself was following all those principles. And the response he received was that every game has its own rules. You either follow up on them all or stay out of the game. And Vigo went home with the advice. During that time period in Uganda, there were few people dealing in cattle hides. He decided to enter into this business in which only a few people were dealing. The business turned out to be very lucrative for him. He even began to export the hides. He was the first man in East Africa to export these hides. He became so prosperous


that he could lend money to many other businessmen. Today he has ventured into many other businesses that most people would never have thought could have worked out. Vigo used to see his mother go around town washing for people and cleaning the city roads, working hard but not even earning enough to take care of her medical bills for hospitalization. And so she died. The young man therefore decided self-employment would be the better way for him to go. I think the characteristics of an entrepreneur were already in him within his life.

1. He was a very good opportunist, investing in hides, which nobody had seen the opportunity.

2. He was pro-active.

3. He was very innovative. That is why the little money he had, paid off so well with a shoe shining booth.

4. He was energetic. That is why after venturing into the hides he was able to go into the media business.

5. He believed in independence. That is why he preferred to employ himself.

6. I think he had the greatest passion for success and achievement. He knew exactly what he wanted in life. He knew where he could find success. He is success.

7. He must have had the need to control his circumstances. In life, what you want is what you get.

8. He had a spirit that allowed him to take some risks, yet he listened to and understood the advice he was given.


9. He understood that being employed still can cause worries about job security.

10. He was ambitious and knew his own abilities. And he must have realized that his mother’s poverty continued because her capabilities could not really be used in the job where she gave her services.

11. He must have learned a lot about the difference between the fixed income and the free-flowing income of self-employment.

12. He was a very responsible man and gave others responsibility too.

13. He must have wanted to implement his own ideas without interference by any party.

The time you have is limited to adopt such characteristics. It does not call for your books but for your understanding. It doesn’t call for much capital but for the willingness to use what you have creatively. It doesn’t ask about your background but asks for your devotion. It doesn’t call for anything else but your readiness to achieve. Awaken the lion within you, because if the lion in you keeps on sleeping, no one will ever hear the roar of your success. If it is starlight that you reach for, you better concentrate on the candle light that is already burning. To come from where you are now and move forward is the way to become an entrepreneur.

Steps to entrepreneurship in the pipeline of success 1. Get self-motivation 2. Work well with others


3. Assume a leadership role in whatever group you are 4. Communicate well with others 5. Be a good listener 6. Have self-confidence 7. Develop a positive self-image 8. Be decisive in decision making. 9. Listen to your inner self. 10. Always make sure your vision expands.

Vigo the tycoon must have taken all these steps every single day. Otherwise I don’t think he would have made it. The secret of success as an entrepreneur in the pipeline of success. Make sure your skill matches whatever you are doing. Include growing technical skills; they will lead to greater success. The following are very important. 1. You should be capable of managing people: Hiring, supervising, training, motivating and organizing your employed staff. 2. You should be analytical about the money in your business. Arrange for financing from both private and public financial institutions, keep the business records, manage all the cash in the business, handle the credit and insurance, pay the taxes and always plan for financial success. 3. You should get involved in the direct business operations. The buying and selling, purchasing equipments and machinery. 4. You should meet the customers’ needs first before anything else. Make sure you have enough stock of what the customers want, not what you think they want. Your involvement will make your business effective.


5. Develop your sales and marketing levels and keep developing new products and services. Present your products well and advertise them through the media and making sales contacts. 6. Make sure the business is licensed and follows the taxation laws. For any business to succeed, it should be able to meet the requirements of the government and supplier’s requirements. 7. You should actively listen to the advice and complaints of your customers. This is the best favor any business person can get from a customer. Once you have access to the complaints and compliments of your customers, and you act accordingly, your business will always blossom. 8. Make sure your business is strategically located. This will help the customer keep their costs low for getting your products and services. There is nothing as satisfying as that. 9. Make sure you are the leader in your business by building your employees’ self-esteem. Delegate work to them and trust in their performance. Therefore keep in regular contact with your employees. 10. In your business the employees should be able to keep up to date and well informed of what is going on in the business, and you can only do this by setting specific objectives and continually reviewing them. 11. Make sure you keep realizing that your employees need to be looked after and cared for. So in any areas where they lack knowledge, make sure you provide training.

With the above secrets you will succeed in your business in the pipeline of success. At this point in your journey through the pipeline of success – we take a break….. So that you


spend this break usefully, try to go through the following questions to see where you are now. 1. Are you good at recognizing and exploiting opportunities? 2. How much time do you want to put into your job? 3. Are you a leader or a follower? Which makes you feel comfortable? 4. Do you have self-confidence? Do you have faith in yourself ? 5. Are you ready to be successful? 6. Do you like coming up with new ways of doing things or do you prefer the usual routines? 7. Are you a solution finder or do you like the solutions found by others? 8. Are you good at making a decision? 9. Do you cope well with stress? 10. Can you develop and implement new ideas? 11. Do you give up easily when things get tough? 12. Do you work well with others? 13. Are you careful? 14. Are you patient? 15. Do you have understanding when things are not going well? 16. Are you optimistic? 17. Do you listen to advice? 18. Do you love others? 19. Do you fear others, do you respect them, or both? 20. Do you always dream? And what is your dream? 21. Who inspires you? 22. Who do you think can help you achieve your dreams?


23. Have you ever lost opportunities? If yes, do you know why? 24. Can you forgive when something goes wrong?

In the pipeline of success everybody will have to genuinely answer the above questions. They are a guide to developing an entrepreneur’s mind. And in the end they will help you to understand yourself and your character and whether or not you are an entrepreneur. There are no right or wrong answers to these questions. They are just there to help you understand yourself. In the world of entrepreneurship it is necessary to think of value addition. Especially in Africa where many countries are comfortable importing everything. Start today to think about how you can recycle plastics instead of doing unnecessary dumping. Think also, for example, of using cow dung for making biogas/bio-fuel. This will help you cut the costs of the monthly electricity bill. Think about how you can make your own detergent instead of buying it every single time you need it. Have you ever thought that you can even supplement your income by making a few consumer products at home? Think of the positive impact on your family and community if you begin a cottage industry. How someone made Kshs. 100, - from Kshs. 20, - every thirty minutes. A man called Jeff made money in Kenya; he used to make a lot of money from making detergents and skin care products. These are the formulas and costs he used to make this money: Production of 20 liters of Detergent (this cleans clothes, floors and toilets):


1. Sodium laurel Ether sulphate 70% (Ungarol/sles) cosmetic grade 1kg 2. Linear alkyl benzene sulphonic acid (Ufacid/labsa) 1/2kg 3. Salt/ sodium chloride 1kg 4. Coconut diethanolamine (C.D.E) 25g 5. Sodium tripolyphosphate (S.T.P.P.) 25g 6. Caustic soda/sodium hydroxide (1 table spoon) 7. Color of choice 8. Perfumes like Rose, Lavender, Jasmine, Lemon, Pine, Fauna etcetera. 9. Water (cold) 20 liters 10. Preservatives like sodium benzoate/ formalin 5g/10- 20 cc respectively. The process is very simple.

1. You put the first 6 ingredients into a plastic bucket and begin stirring with a wooden stick as you add the water little by little. 2. Keep stirring well until it is becomes a white paste. 3. Continue adding the water until you used it all (20 liters); you now have a white solution. 4. Take the powdered color and stir it well in a little water in a separate container. 5. Add that color solution (of point 4) into the liquid white soap solution and stir well with the wooden ladle. 6. Let this mixture settle for 24 hours before adding the perfume. (At times when you need it quickly you can also just wait for a few hours and put in the perfume and stir well, but preferably after 24 hours).


7. Pack the liquid soap and you can start using or selling, and make money!

Jeff needed only 500, - Kshs. to buy the ingredients for his soap and could sell the 20 liter container for at 3, 500, - Kshs. His selling price was even lower than the prices he found other people selling soap for, so of course he got many customers. Can you imagine the turnover? Here we don’t even look at profits. So… you are free to keep complaining about your circumstances or join the successful and build a business and make your own money. Jeff only needed twenty minutes to make a 20 liter container of detergent and some days he could even make 20 containers of 20 liters. Just multiply 3,500. -- x 20 every day. Even after paying all the necessary taxes you will still have good turnover. So why not be the first to cut costs in your institution? Help your company cut the costs on cleaning materials.

SAFETY Make sure you inquire about the necessary safety measures whilst working with chemicals. Your health and the health of the environment are very important, as is the health of our mother planet. As long as you take the necessary safety precautions and use normal common sense you are able to use the raw materials in a safe way. The products are manufactured primarily from biodegradable ingredients that conform to the African standards. To help your awareness of safety measures: 1. Only ever carry out authorized experiments. 2. Use the necessary chemical protection gadgets: gloves, protective clothing, boots, eye protection glasses,


breathing protection. 3. Make sure your work place is well ventilated and always avoid inhalation of any chemical fumes. 4. Never eat or drink whilst working with chemicals. 5. Always keep water within your work place. 6. Follow all the instructions indicated on packages for any given chemical and manufacturing process. 7. Label all chemicals in your work place with their contents. 8. Make sure you clear up any chemical spills, using authorized chemical dumping cans. 9. All chemical waste has to be treated before dumping so that they are bio degradable. So you need to make sure you get the information from the appropriate office in your district or municipality about industrial chemical waste disposal! 10. Make sure the waste cans are sealed. 11. Put them in an authorized dumping ground for chemical waste as indicated by the proper authorities. 12. Clear up mercury spills with boric acid. 13. Clear up the acid spills with sodium bi-carbonate.

CAUTION: Think about the children!!!

Make sure you close your workplace and that no children can get access to your chemicals. Keep all containers safely sealed and in cupboards where kids can’t reach them!

The entrepreneur’s mind It is whilst you sleep that many people keep going. Try today to be the one moving ahead in the pipeline of success, and wake up! Jeff began doing what many did not think is a real


business. All his customers were satisfied, and so was he. These days he also cuts his personal cost of living a lot, because he doesn’t buy soap, shoe polish, tooth paste, candles, body creams and body lotions, or perfume. He makes his own cakes and sweets. If he needs ice cream he doesn’t need to line up in the supermarket, he makes it for himself. Come on… if you hear what is called COST CUTTING WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS? IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO BEGIN DOING THINGS YOU HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE OR STOP DOING WHAT YOU DO. Otherwise you will continue to feel the pinch of financial restraints. For the moisturizer “Face bora” cream, Jeff invented the formula himself, and it got him more than 285 customers within a month. They are still his customers today! Another Formula for you to use:

Face Bora Moisturizer

You can easily make your moisturizers by using the following:

1. Petroleum jelly 20kg (white or yellow pure p.j)

2. White mineral oil/liquidum paraffinum 25ml

3. Pure olive oil 25ml

4. Pure castor oil 25ml

5. Glycerin 50ml


6. Color as desired

7. Perfume (Apple, Jasmine, Rose, Lemon, and lavender) as desired.

8. You have the option to add 25ml. pine perfume drops to kill germs and perhaps 1 gram cresol and 1 gram phenols.

The procedure is simple.

1. Put the petroleum jelly on a slow and low fire.

2. When it turns to fluid add the rest of the above

ingredients one by one as you stir with a wooden stick.

3. Add color if you like.

4. Add perfume, stir and then put off the fire

5. Pack the paste while it is still warm.

6. Label if necessary and let the package settle.

7. Ready to use and/or sell!

This will cut the cost of buying night emollients. You can also think of using different other oils like almond oil. The cream will even help in case of ringworms and some other skin problems, as many of Jeffs’ customers have told him. To date more than three thousand customers are using the same product, their experience can be trusted. Clients also found it very effective for dry skin. This is a piece of advice from the pipeline of success on cost cutting and how to start to earn a living. You should let people advise you, but you should never let anyone make a decision for you. You know what you want out of life. Think of the coconut oil that is so readily available


in stores that you do not know what to do with it. It can make soap for both bathing and washing. It is time people learn to use every single resource available in their direct surroundings to make something important for development. Ignorance is the cause of many diseases. It is a shame to allow that to continue. Let people look for information and learn from all situations. Whether there is joy or sorrow, poverty or prosperity, success or failure, people can continue learning from all circumstances. This is what we call developing the mind of an entrepreneur in the pipeline of success.


Since you have just entered the pipeline of success, I am sure you now are ready to begin to face your fears. I see you can now also start to connect your dreams with action, and you are on the right track following the magic map of achievement. You have no alternative now. You can now decide to leave behind what you were; shedding any negative thoughts and …Bald eagle is what you now may become. Bitter and disappointing experiences will turn into success as you become like the bird of the gods, a solar symbol, and signal of the satellites, the king among hunters. Try as much as possible to challenge your limitations. Success is within you, and we shall keep meeting in the pipeline of success. Life itself is the pipeline of success. If you have a life, you will have success and a life of value, care, humanity and integrity. That is the meaning of success. You are the entrepreneur of the nest the bald eagle builds for success to come and be your partner. Continue to prosper in life, get your turnovers and profits, stay honorable and be responsible.

CHAPTER EIGHTCONCLUSION



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“If we want a bright future, we should overcome the temptation of locking ourselves up in the past which can never serve the current and future needs of humanity. Unless we find out what good we can extract from our painful past, we will remain slaves to our history.” —Francis Bukenya

FRANCIS BUKENYA was born in Uganda and is a musician, song writer, international workshop conductor for peace, motivation, inspiration and poverty eradication projects, experienced community capacity building agent and industrial researcher, and small scale industrial business

consultant. Through his work he has become an ambassador of Peace, Forgiveness & Reconciliation and founder of P.E.A.P. AFRICA (Poverty Eradication Action Plan Africa).

“This is a man whose vision for Africa inspires excellence, courage and integrity in the generation of today, and surely will inspire those yet to come.” JANNY SLAGMAN, the Netherlands

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