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Managing Editor Wangari Kimani Advertising Executives Frederick Mwarangu Nahashon Mithanga Contributors Winnie Mwangi Design and Photography Happy Easter Esteemed this month is about collecting the pieces. From hearing the experiences of different people in the media and seeing first hand what the political crisis has done, it is only right for us to do this one. Frederick Rukungu On December 30 2007, you woke up a business mogul, and spent the night as a pauper on the run Nahashon Mithanga for his life. Not because you had unscrupulous deals that had finally caught up with you. Not because Distribution & Circulation the taxman had frozen all your assets. It’s just that your neighbor had been mentally poisoned against you. Eagle Afric Holdings Ltd. Published by: Eagle Afric Holdings Ltd. P.O. Box 24329, Karen 00502 Tel: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] Copyright Information Esteemed is a bi-monthly magazine published by Eagle Afric Holdings Ltd. Views expressed in the articles and contributions are not necessarily those of the publisher. All rights reserved. While every reasonable effort has been made and precautions taken to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the content herein, neither the Esteemed team, nor its advertisers, nor printers can accept responsibility for any damages or inconvenience that may arise there from. The views expressed within the publication are those of the authors exclusively and not necessarily those of the Esteemed owners. Any material sent to us will be treated as unconditionally assigned for publication and may or may not be acknowledged as receipted. This material will also be subject to scrutiny for unrestricted editing and commentary at the discretion of the Editorial team. All content, including adverts created by Esteemed are Copyright of Eagle Afric Holdings Ltd. and may not be recreated in part or in whole without prior consent of the publishers. Copyright © If this crisis has taught me anything, it is the simple fact that you can water down my efforts and burn the fruit of my labor, thus reducing me to nothingness; but as long as I have the will to live and fight on, as long as I hold onto the come back spirit with my eyes looking up to God. You have not destroyed me. You may have spiraled me back to ground zero, but just like the phoenix, I will rise up again and conquer even more ground, with double the success. I am reminded of the story of Joseph. He was the beloved son of his father and his brothers just couldn’t handle it. So they dumped him in a well and sold him off for a couple of lousy coins. He lived the life of a slave, from being the apple of his father’s eye. His perseverance and faith in the God he had been brought up to worship kept him going; and God remembered him and smiled upon him. What did he become? The 2nd in command in the land of Egypt where he came as a slave! Eventually the same brothers who disliked him for who he was bowed down at his feet as they would to a king. All am saying is this, if you have been reduced to nothingness in this crisis, wait upon God. He will surely come and open doors that may never have been opened if you continued to thrive in the place you woke up in on December 30, 2007. We have plenty for you in Esteemed this Easter period. Doing the balancing act for those of us handling both employment and side jobs. We also have ideas to help those affected get back on their feet with a lot less hassling. In quiet time, I have no words to summarize except say, PLEASE READ!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for your continued support and for sure, you guys are just the greatest readership an Editor would want to develop with. Keep that feedback coming! With lots of love Wangari INSIDE THIS ISSUE Picking up the pieces 3 The story of Joseph Business Principles 4 Above the circumstances We are glad to have a cup of coffee with you Investing wisely 6 Customer relations 7 Human relations 8 Your say is shared Dear Esteemed, It is always a pleasure to read you since you started. Your articles give some of us a sense of direction and without your input, it feels like we are set to fail. As in, if Esteemed with all its fire could fall, who can’t fall at start up? Where had you gone off to? We thought you have collapsed and just couldn’t go on! Our apologies for going off just like that.. We had a few hitches and we had to work through them if Esteemed was to go anywhere. But like our theme with this edition goes, sometimes it is through the adversity that we grow stronger and achieve much more. The comfort zone for Esteemed had to die and that is why we rose back as Esteemed Royalé! - Wangari Dear Editor Quiet Time 11 Where can I get your older issues? On our website www.esteemedonline.com. Let us have your feedback. - Wangari