COMMENT | Michael Jjingo | Are you having enough quality sleep? Deep and quality sleep is crucial for physical renewal, hormonal regulation, and growth. Several biological processes happen during sleep: The brain stores new information and gets rid of toxic waste. Nerve cells communicate and reorganize, which supports healthy brain function. The …
Read More »Rethinking the physical bank branch in a digital world
Kampala, Uganda | Michael Jjingo | In the recent past, several Ugandan commercial banks are slowing down the opening of new branches. More than 75% of retail banking transactions are now digital. The bank branch growth is indeed “going south.” Brett King wrote, “And there’s no reason to assume we’ll see …
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COMMENT | MICHAEL JJINGO | “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” Elon Musk. Starting, Building and running a successful business is hard work and if you’re starting a business for the first time, you should be prepared to …
Read More »Even when ‘too busy’, take time to think about self-care
COMMENT | MICHAEL JJINGO | It is so important to take time for yourself. “Take time to love yourself. You deserve it”, says Avina Celeste. Although most leaders have a sense of the fortitude, energy, and stamina they require to be successful, few of them make investments to bolster them. We …
Read More »Why silence is golden and powerful
COMMENT | MICHAEL JJINGO | Speech is silver, silence is golden! Both are precious, with silence considered to be more valuable. Silence is the harder of the two. But, saying nothing sometimes says the most. And, when you have nothing to say, say nothing. The self-reflection that comes with silence allows …
Read More »COMMENT: We cannot thank enough the regular physical exercises
COMMENT | MICHAEL JJINGO | It’s an unfortunate truth that often when we’re in need of a workout, we’re least motivated to actually get active! The hardest thing about exercises is to start. Once you are doing regular physical exercises, the hardest thing is to stop. “Those who think they have …
Read More »Positive thinking can be good for our brain and body
COMMENT | MICHAEL JJINGO | Are you promoting positive thinking? “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” Roy T. Bennett. Many people go for the negative that lands them in stress and some depression. Some people believe that positive thinking is steeped …
Read More »Be the enterpreneur you aspire to be
The core competency of the entrepreneur is not business acumen or marketing ability but rather empathy COMMENT | MICHAEL JJINGO | As we see many graduands aspire to be enterpreneurs, we also witness quite a number of employees are honing a dream of going into private business to not only own …
Read More »Encourage holiday makers to exercise entrepreneurship
A lot can be done instead of the usual routine of waking up children to spend the day on TV cartoon networks COMMENT | Michael Jjingo | Ideas are easy; Implementation is hard – Guy Kawasaki. We need to get our younger generation to start craving to own a business at a …
Read More »Digitise collection of donations to church
Churches shouldn’t overlook the now unavoidable solutions towards giving that is smart, fast, and virus free COMMENT | MICHAEL JJINGO | Change is real! Many people doubted the migrating of television programs from analogue to digital, even after appreciating the spin offs that were to follow; crystal clear pictures, better …
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