Don’t Just Talk Sh*t .Do Epic Sh*t :Caroline Mutoko

Kiss 100’s Caroline Mutoko always has a few gems of wisdom for us Kenyans .She gives us the hard facts that most will shy from giving and makes us swallow the bitter pill that is the truth.

Her latest advice was no different and the only way I can describe it is using one word ‘Epic’. Caroline Mutoko to you

In 2014 – Do Epic Shit!
I’m giving you the template for what we can do to ensure that our lives, our homes, our relationships and our nation will be transformed for the better, forever.In 2014 , Be Epic, Think Epic and Do Epic Shit. Yeah I said.

In 2014 – question everything. Why should things be the same as always just cause? Ask the questions no-one is asking and provide answers as well. If no-one questioned stuff, we wouldn’t have Equity bank or M-shwari or the Thika Super highway. We wouldn’t have visionaries we constantly talk about like Dr. Alfred Mutua etc.

However – don’t just question it, find answers.As my CEO says, “I have problems, give me solutions.”

In 2014 – blow up things. The fact that it has always been that way, doesn’t mean it has to stay that way. Find new ways of doing things. How do you think we got Mpesa and  Facebook, and Twitter and Mbanking and Whatsapp – somebody dared to blow up the way we communicated and worked.Case closed. Blow shit up!

In 2014 – go faster.Speed trumps precision. I’m in an industry that must match both speed and precision or we will be obsolete. In a world where twitter breaks news and has the videos and pictures before we can say “Good evening this is TV Primetime news.”

In 2014, we are going to have to go faster and work with the precision of a guided missile or perish.

In 2014 – Jump and learn to fly on the way down. When I look back at the last 3 years of my life and my career, I can truly say the person who first told me “get on with it” changed my life. Judy Kairo – thank you. Want to adopt a baby? Do it. Want to go to Harvard? Do it. Mind you, I didn’t know where the money would come from. Want to buy a home, maybe two? Do it. Want to invest in Estonia? Do it.

The truth is, safety nets are gone forever. In 2014 – Jump!

In 2014 – Do It Anyway. There is a world of opportunity for those who ignore “no”.

I have learnt that you must never ask for directions from someone who has never been where you want to do. How will they tell you how to get there?? You can’t build that building, you can’t buy that stock, you can’t invest in that venture. You can’t bring Forbes to Africa,it will never work… , blah, blah, blah”

Really? Wanna bet? Be Epic, Think Epic, Do Epic Shit.

In 2014 – fix the flying toilets. Dedicate your life to something more important than yourself.Eradicate Jiggers, save elephants, provide sanitary towels, pay fees, give blood donations, run a marathon for charity – do something for someone else.Change a life. It doesn’t take money – it takes selflessness. Giving has nothing to do with the state of your wallet, it’s a state of mind. Stop talking about the problems and do something about it.

But before you yell “yeah!” and run out the door, take a moment in the next few days and learn yourself deeply. What matters to you –seriously. We are a people who are constantly “other led”. You’re constantly waiting for the “likes” before you can act.

Stop it! Follow your passion and everything else will fall into place – fact.

While you’re at it, disrupt yourself and remember resilience is everything. I have said this over the past year and I will say it again –find your breaking point.

Doing enough is simply not good enough. Do Epic Shit.

However, beware of the status quo that remains at war –those people who will mess us up while we are on verge of doing Epic Shit. Youwill be told “ulitukuta hapa, na utatuwacha hapa”. Ignore those nutcases. You are the powers that be. Insiders will never topple the status quo. Why would they?Duh!

Incidentally, doing Epic shit has nothing to do with talking shit.
Some of us spend all our time sabotaging the places we work,the relationships we are in, badmouthing the schools, churches and even campus we go to. If it’s not working for you, build something new. Get another job,move to another school, provide solutions, or get out of your crap relationship. Do Epic Shit, don’t just talk shit.

In 2014, Be Epic, Think Epic and Do Epic Shit and when we look back a year from today, I hope we will celebrate how we changed our lives,relationships and our country for the better.  Have an Epic 2014.