From Sparks to Stories

 Fear of Failure! Fear of failure can leave you not taking risks. It can leave you sitting there paralyzed and not taking action-and that is obviously not a good thing.  But I don't want you to overcome fear of failure. I want you to be afraid of failure. Fear of failure is good. Fear of failure will keep you up at night planning, rehearsing, going over contingencies.  Fear of failure will keep you training hard. Fear of failure will stop you from cutting corners. Fear of failure will keep you working, striving and relentlessly trying to be more prepared for the bad times...you have to make every second count...

When they said, "life can be a rollercoaster," I never really understood what they meant. But I kind of feel like I can relate to almost every bit of it. I'm only twenty-two. It's funny right? Well truth is, despite being in my final year taking a degree, I can't help but think that a degree is just like another piece of paper, as Biko puts it, a metaphor of how little a formal education can do for you. You can have your degree and still have a life worse than those who dropped out of school. And yet still, out here we have men with degrees and men with degrees from the streets, pick your side.  The harsh thing out here is that it's a who-do-you-know kind of world. And who does he know, No One. At this point Kimotho learns that No is something he can't afford to say. Always say 'I can do it' and learn the craft as you go. So, he has to put in the work, to defy all odds, to at least craft something for himself. He chooses to be anything and everythi...