Life Lessons – Edith Njage

Balance and Entrepreneurship

Let’s talk Balance in Entrepreneurship!

Being a full time founder has a way of eating at you to say the least. As a result, I prioritize life as much as I prioritize work.

I have realized that in order to be my best in all my ventures and businesses, I generally need to be my best self. Hiking has been a big part of my life as a result.

I started hiking last year in March and since then I have completed 12 hikes since across Kenya. Everything from Mount Longonot and Kilimambogo to the Menengai Crater and Ngong hills.

I have always been a firm believer that some of the biggest life and leadership lessons are learnt outside four walls. They are learnt in hobbies, from strangers and often from our extraordinary pursuits.

Turning 27

This weekend I turned 27 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia surrounded by my business partners who have now become family.

THEY FEEL IT, BUT WON’T SPEAK IT

Trigger warning*

I have spent time with entrepreneurs across the continent these past weeks like never before!

Bonded with them to not only understand what’s going on with their business but with their lives, mental health and financial status.

As I share this list I hope you will reach out to the founders you know, particularly those in developing markets and share some hope and love.

I took the leap!

I can officially call myself an author!

Yes everyone, I finally took the leap and wrote a book.

It honestly feels crazy to know that I wrote an entire book in 7 days and I will be officially published in Mid October.

This brings me to my message for the week – Just take the leap!

Choosing you

Let’s be honest for a minute. As human beings we have a tendency to choose others or put others first. It’s almost in built. We take this attitude to the workplace, to relationships and to life in general only to learn that in the process of putting others first we are sacrificing what we want.Continue reading “Choosing you”