Tag: The Daily Vulnerable
Who are we? | The Daily Vulnerable
by Jonathan Brakarsh Most of us are striving to be stronger, smarter, cooler, richer, more beautiful and many other things. ...
The Daily Vulnerable: Compassionate humans
contributed by Kui Wamithi The more I proceed through this journey called life, the more I learn that people need ...
The Daily Vulnerable | Facing Fear (again)
(contributed by Francesca Onomarie Uriri) Recently, my brother had a health challenge that was frightening, debilitating, and quite frankly, difficult ...
The Daily Vulnerable | Mid-year Crisis
The past few days a strange cloud has hovered my spirit. I struggled to report to work and when I ...
The Daily Vulnerable | The greatest gift my mother gave me
When I came out of secondary (high) school in 2000, I was 15. That meant that, though I had excellent ...
The Daily Vulnerable | You have two spirals
With every day that you wake up; with every circumstance that you face, every person you have an interaction with, ...
The Daily Vulnerable | ‘Normal’ is a loaded word
You want to be normal, right? And ‘normal’ means have a job people understand, have a body as flawless as ...
The Daily Vulnerable | Don’t lie
Don’t lie to yourself, about what the opportunities that exist in your industry are, because someday ahead you will have to ...
The Daily Vulnerable | It’s actually simple
Life is actually simple. You’re in a relationship that’s hurting you? Step out of it. It’s a marriage and you’re ...
The Daily Vulnerable | Your life is important already. But do you know it?
Everyone wants to be, for instance, Barack Obama, the star who made history and changed the world and will never ...
The Daily Vulnerable | The energy to live
I was walking up the stairs of my house the other day, normally, sprightly, when suddenly I remembered something that ...
The Daily Vulnerable | Stretch is good
Knowing who you are and how you best function doesn’t mean you should close your mind and actions to other ...
The Daily Vulnerable | Leaking
I have spoken twice about emotional leakage – and in context, I have used it to explain when the parts of yourself ...
The Daily Vulnerable | Love and duty
When you die, if you are West African like I am, your kinsmen will most likely rally around and arrange ...
The Daily Vulnerable | Pay attention to yourself
Stop looking for signs of your own progress in other people’s eyes or actions. You know where you are coming ...
The Daily Vulnerable | Accountable
I like to make a small difference between holding myself responsible for something or holding myself accountable. The former means ...
Decide for yourself | The Daily Vulnerable
When people come to meet me for advice, they often want me to look into my life’s situations and tell ...
The Daily Vulnerable | Sorry, but your fears are boring
I always laugh when younger people tell me in an urgent voice, the voice you use when you have something ...
Rookie mistake | The Daily Vulnerable
I used to make this mistake a lot, and today I continue to be surprised when people make that elementary ...
How does one deal with insecurity? | The Daily Vulnerable
Therapy helps. But when it comes to emotions, therapy is about management more than anything else. And what you want ...
Good grief | The Daily Vulnerable
You know when you break up with someone you shouldn’t have been with, end a business partnership you shouldn’t have ...
You can learn a lot from driving | The Daily Vulnerable
No matter what other drivers are doing, you can’t move forward if you spend your time looking at them. Some ...
“Your mother doesn’t know what she is talking about” | The Daily Vulnerable
One of the interns at one of our companies came to spend an evening with me – he had things ...
Does it honour you? | The Daily Vulnerable
That relationship you’re in, that friendship you’re participating in, that business you’re running, that church or mosque or temple you’re ...
Complete, always | The Daily Vulnerable
I shared a mail from someone who said she doesn’t understand what I mean by being perfect or complete as ...
How do you? | The Daily Vulnerable
Two years or so ago, I was selected for a Stanford programme for entrepreneurs. It was, of course, a prestigious ...
The fear of sadness | The Daily Vulnerable
When I posted on social media in December about feeling sadly and barely avoiding the pit of depression, I was ...
What about the person who loved you? | The Daily Vulnerable
You are counting all the people who didn’t say yes to you, didn’t stay with you, didn’t love you the ...
The Daily Vulnerable | True Prosperity
There is nothing wrong with striving to improve your life situation. You can improve your life situation, but you cannot ...
The Daily Vulnerable | This is why we want you to succeed
If you’re a committed reader of this newsletter, then you probably know what I know: that money doesn’t lead to ...