Will this be the next big thing in Kenya?

Farmers remains a dream of many "urban" citizen> this is especially "telephone farming" where the farmers relies on a remote calll to direct operations at his rural farm. Could this  farming metod be what they are lokking for?

Where CIOs underestimate costs

This is a summary of readings that i have made

1. Cloud computing
1. Bandwidth requirements for remote access to applications
2. monitoring
3. integration with legacy systems
4. Migrating applications
5. Ensuring capacity in a shared model
2. Cloud computing
1. Operating and Capital expenditure
2. Opportunities lost through commitment of capital
3. Investments in failed deployments
4. Storage, backup and disaster recovery.

Your purpose in life

Many times I find myself questioning my current state of affairs  I keep going back to the question - What is my purposes in life?

They say when you find your passion in life, then you will never have to work again. But with the daily rat race, how do you discover your passion?  Do you keep jumping from one job to the next until you get what you really love?

In your sunset years, when you reflect back, what will you see? what pictures will play in your mind? Are you able to plan forward and start doing those things which will lead to your purpose in life?

9 Beliefs of Remarkably Successful People

Quite a read 9 Beliefs of Remarkably Successful People

8 Things Remarkably Successful People Do

Great post from 8 Things Remarkably Successful People Do

What is important at your work?

Always ask yourself - What one constraint if you can eliminate it completely could help you move towards your goal faster than anything else?

1.     How can I double my income over the next 24 months? - Give 2 answers and implement one immediately.

2.     What one problem if I was to solve it would have the greatest positive impact on my job?

3.     Concentrate single-mindedly on the most important task.

·        What are my highest value activities?

·        Why am I on the payroll? What specific results do I need to achieve?

·        What can I and only I do that if done well will make a real difference? - Peter Drucker

4.     What is the most valuable use of my time right now?

5.     Have the courage of your conviction - Think, plan, gather information. What one great thing would you dare to dream if you knew you wouldn’t fail?

6.     Develop you character - Integrity, self-development, self-esteem.

7.     Plan every detail in advance. Determine what is to be done. Take time to do it right.

8.     Organise your work before you begin. - resources

9.     Staff the organisation properly.

10. Delegate effectively

·        Think through the task

·        Select the person carefully - Consider experience and ability

·        Discuss the task thoroughly - Get feedback of the perceptions

·        offer to help the individual to do the job

·        Delegation is not abdication.

·        Delegate carefully, patiently, thoroughly and with care and sensitivity.

11. Inspect what you expect – On time and on budget. Management by wondering around (MBWA).

12. Continuously encourage and motivate your staff – Listen carefully.

13. Set standards of performance – what gets measured gets done.

14. Keep everyone informed – No surprises.

15. Focus on high levels of productivity: Increase quality and quantity,

·        Reorganization – higher value tasks, moving people around

·        Reengineering – Processes

·        Restructuring – Move most important resource to higher value areas.

16. Dedicate yourself to customer satisfaction.

·        Meet customer expectation

·        Exceed customer expectation

·        Delight your customers

·        Amaze your customers

17. Strive for higher profitability – Improve the bottom-line, increase revenues, decrease costs

18. Commit to quality in everything – Quality in products and services.

·        Product or service

·        Way it is sold/delivered?

19. What one area if we were the absolute quality leader would have the greatest impact on the future of the business?

20. Continuous improvement – Zero-based thinking – If I were to do this today, knowing what I know, would I start it again today? Creative abandonment – see the world for what it really is and not what you want it to be. Do you want to be right or effective?

21. Innovate continuously – Invest time and money in research and development, Ideas and innovation.

22. Build your people

·        Select carefully

·        Train them thoroughly and continuously

·        Management them well – hands on management 75% of the time.

23. Clarity is essential

·        What am I trying to do?

·        How am I trying to do it?

·        Could there be a better way?

24. Leaders have vision. Idealisation (Sit back – visualize). Management is about getting results through others.

25. Every minute spent planning saves 10 minutes in results.

26. Competence is critical – commit to excellence, high standards and feedback.

27. Have persistence and self-confidence.

Books I would like to read

The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try, Fourth Edition

Author: Andy Crowe

Date: April 1, 2009

ISBN: 0972967346