 something that can help you to plan yourself when it comes to career segment is every Monday morning we talk about how best you can get a vision for yourself plan what do you want to achieve in the next 5, 10, 20 years because at the end of the day we are not getting any younger. So this morning we are talking about setting goals for your career and to help us in this discussion I'm joined by Sarah Mouni. She is a life coach, a corporate speaker, and a trainer at Change to Excellence Academy. Sarah, karubu sana. A Santisana, happy new year Ram. Happy new year. You're looking fresh, you know. Umesama ni me mongezak. Ume mongezak abiza. Ume kula sana Krissi. Nona ni me kanda. Nona ni me kanda. Planning for the year 2021, new year resolutions. Ah, zime kukondesha. Apana. No, but you still look bright, eh. So you do you. Kapu nakaivi janua resursa tu kifika June. Zuta ka po asana. But of course, but of course. But thank you, you're also looking good yourself. Thank you. How have you been? I've been good, yeah. And when it comes to Change to Excellence Academy, what is that all about? Tell us about that. Oh yeah, so what we do basically, we coach people on personal development. Personal development is a big word in these days. But if you ask somebody what exactly it is, they won't point a finger. I won't say what it is. So we break down what personal development is, which is something you actually need in your career as you grow, in your career growth. Personal development, I believe you'll get to that. So we take people through several steps and several topics that are very key for you as an entrepreneur, for you as a student, for you as a professional, for you as even a pathfinder. You know, there are those who are pathfinders. Maybe when my days are high school, you're trying to wonder now where, mihansa kabi asa raivi, amma I go to college, amma you need or what do I do, you're a pathfinder. Or you're just somewhere in life, you've been working for five years. And you know that career, you don't feel it anymore. You don't feel it anymore. You're just there because you need to pay the bills. You're wondering what do I do next, you're a pathfinder as well. So we take people through personal, you know, topics in personal development. Because when you can find yourself, locate yourself, know your passions, your purpose, then I think you have some direction. So personal development, as you say, it's a broad thing. It's broad. It's very broad. So pathfinding is, you know, that place of trying to, you are in a career and then you're trying to find out where exactly you are in. Yes, yes. To really find your place, to find your place in that career or in that industry or even find yourself first. I think that some people are lost in careers. They are lost in careers. You started, like now we are in a media house, you started journalism, but then you can't find a job in journalism or in media. So you end up doing something else. You know what happens in this country and in Africa, you get a job, just any job, a sales job. You're there for, or even a counter or even a PA or even you become a receptionist and you're there for years. And then you start running. So why was I studying journalism? Do you know? I wonder why was I... I saw something on Facebook. Someone, a lady came with this Luya accent saying, Kwanini to Rukona Fundishwaku so potassium bicarbonate. Yes. More concept that they are not helping us. Oh well, it's all about career. You find yourself in the wrong place. But now, let's talk about goals. Yes. This is what excites me a lot because every person at the beginning of the year sets goals for themselves and for most people even on the day that they have a birthday, they start thinking now I'm turning this number of age this number of years. So they are setting goals for fresh goals new year resolutions and this could be also in regards to to career. Now how important is goal setting especially for a young person? It's everything. Most of the times when we set the even new year resolutions even the new year goals and all that most of the times you will find someone who will not set a career goal. I just want this amount of money I want to have it's just about money what I can get but most of you will find because for me I'm a coach. I usually help people and if you have something or a project that you want to do I help or whether it's a business that you have you find most people will not set career goals because we believe when you get a job you have a job and that's it you're good, you're paying the bills you're good so we don't set so it's very important to set why because you need to grow because first of all because of growth you should not be stagnant just because you got a job that's why you find people who are very bitter in employment especially in employment somebody is very bitter because you've been sitting at the same place, the same corner for 10 years, for 15 years and then there are people who are coming in the organization, they've been promoted over you, the freshers, the graduates the management trainees who are coming in your department or in your unit, they're being promoted over you they're earning over you and then you're a very bitter person in life and you're not wondering why and could that be a problem of lacking to set goals that is it because you know what happens you cannot hit a target you don't have so what happens is that your life will just be the same it will be a day after the other everything is just the same nothing changes because you don't have any goals or anything that you're really challenging yourself to reach any goal or any place you're really challenging yourself to get so for you it's just about it's a status quo so you don't grow so it's very important for you to grow even as a person and also to grow in generally in life I would like your feedback at this point how do you set your own goals how have you been setting your goals career goals have you also been prioritizing on your career setting goals for yourself how have you been achieving them what duration have you given yourself in achieving these goals and do you have any questions for Sarah she is an amazing person you can be able to sample all your questions as you continue with this conversation the hashtag is why in the morning at Y254 channel on Twitter at Ramaguko you are handlers on Twitter it's at Sarah Muni on Facebook I have a page Sarah Muni the Life Coach Sarah Muni the Life Coach on Instagram Sarah underscore Muni make sure that you tag us Sarah underscore Muni on Instagram Sarah Muni on Twitter Sarah the Life Coach on Facebook at Ramaguko on both on all social media platforms at Y254 channel on Twitter that is Y254 and on Facebook Y254 drop us your comments your questions and your opinions in regards to this how have you been setting your goals now Sarah let me say this whole conversation in bits let me start with number one how best can you set goals how can you ensure that you set goals that are specific to your needs so that you are clear in your mind to understand that this is my direction these are my needs and these goals are specific or customized for me because my goals career wise may not be the same as some other schools I think for any person I want to say there are four types of career goals that you need to set the first that we call the productivity goals so this is your ability to deliver results for your employer goja goja kila muntra sadeli chikwa kalamu na karatasi Xavier chikwa kalamu na karatasi na kwa na hamu chikwa kalamu na karatasi write them down productivity goals you are employed or even your client gives you maybe a job to give us a particular result for you to deliver so they are productivity goals your ability to deliver results for your employer or even for your clients because that's why you're paid you are employed for what you know but you're paying for doing what you know so you must have some productivity goals like if you say maybe I'm supposed to have let me say sales environment maybe you're supposed to sell about maybe five items or whatever scratch cards you're selling or whatever it is you have targets definitely make sure you're giving yourself even you have targets for your own other than just you are for the unit or for the department or for the company have your own targets so I'll make sure this month I hit if it's 100,000 parties if that's your the kind of targets that you usually have make sure you have for yourself because you want to grow yourself make sure you're always stretching you must be the best so what you're saying this goal, this specific set of goals targets how accountable you are in regards to your output because you have your JD you have your job description you have your deliverables you go over and above that so that you're outstanding and this what happens any opportunity happening in that organization in that company, in that corporation you find they always come to you so you will grow much faster when you set goals for yourself you're going the extra mile so productivity goals make sure that you have them that is always making sure that you are doing yourself I'm out doing myself every day that's very good and does this also go regardless of the mood or the setting of a workplace because sometimes people have different workplaces, some places are you are happy with their job but others are not happy with their jobs how can they also still set productivity goals for themselves but you see even if you're not happy with your job you still have a deliverable to give at the end of the day why not just make it the best why not just make it the best because you must deliver yes because you must deliver so I think it's very important and one of the reasons why you find you're not also happy is because you're not happy with your job it's also because you don't also set goals for yourself it's just what you give so I mean you just have the same life the same kind of quality of life 4, 5, 7, 15 years you're not happy with your job why would you be happy but if you have some productivity goals for yourself you set some productivity goals for yourself then you'll be more interested if you set a goal for yourself you're more interested, you're more passionate about it all of a sudden there's life around you there's positive energy around you and we need that around our workplace we live that positivity so productivity goals very important efficiency goals set yourself some efficiency goals efficiency goals how fast you can deliver first of all how fast you can deliver how disciplined you can be it's about efficiency how well you're able to communicate even with people around you how efficient are you because we want efficiency if there's anything we want in any kind of sector so set yourself some efficiency goals I will make sure that I will send my report not on Monday morning when we're having the meeting on Friday evening before we go I'll make sure I send my report then and I won't have my supervisor you know running after me every time calling you where is your job what happened with this client I will make sure I am a step ahead I am always a step ahead I am efficient at the speed because you need speed you need speed don't be slow don't be slow because you also slow down somebody else people love this even no mimi niko this is who I am this is just how I was born okay it's okay there are people who are slow by nature by the way we need to appreciate that but you can just yes you can you can always get better the biggest room you have in the world is a room for improvement and you can always improve your efficiency time management as well maybe I can just mention if you are this is what I usually say if you are on time for an appointment or for a thing you are late if you are on time then you are late we said the meeting is at 7am in the morning and you came at 7am in the morning if you are on time you are late if you are late for an appointment then you have no respect for your own appointment or for those of other people if you are if you are early on an appointment that means that you came like you were to meet at about 7am and you came at 6.50 you are on time so if you are early you are on time if you are on time you are late and if you are late you have no respect to your own appointments or those of others so make sure you always beat the time that's what I always say don't keep the time that's efficiency that's one of the areas that we need to you have to improve to all the young guys out there you don't request the time go to your phone don't keep the time beat the time don't keep the time I love that there are people who have this kind of what do you call it weakness someone who will never be you can't help yourself you can't help yourself you can't help yourself you can't help yourself what are you doing you can't help yourself you can't help yourself and this has an effect on your career oh it has because you are always late everywhere you will be late at your place of work you will even be late in life that's what you're doing you will be late at your place of work you will be late in delivering assignment and then these are the people who usually now you are running Helter Skelter in the last minute last minute last minute please make sure one of your new year resolutions for 2021 and for this decade because we are speaking about a new decade will be beating the time beating the time don't keep the time don't keep the time beat the time you say in both the other day and one of his mantras about time is faster I want to be faster every year faster I will do it faster, I will run faster I will beat, break my own records and that's how he managed to be a champion that he has been faster that is beating the time I understand that setting a goal and smashing it in the morning thereby making sure that you are efficient in your career so that is number 2 productivity goals efficiency goals we have a third one and then also with the speed so the accuracy how you do the things how accurate are you as well so it's not just about the speed how accurate you are given that report make sure those numbers are accurate so it's not just about being fast it has to be accurate yes make sure there is the accuracy it's part of efficiency it's part of efficiency so you are a reliable person we always run to you and you grow much faster the other goal is education goals education goals the thing is knowledge grows we take off sector that you are in whether you are in journalism or you are a nurse make sure you are improving yourself every now and then going for certifications if there are certifications if there is a professional body in your area make sure you have those kind of certifications you are improving yourself if you can manage to go for another diploma or for a master's or for a degree well it is good so make sure you are improving yourself you know what is happening what new is happening in your industry make sure you know that you have come even possibly in that company or organization that you are in and you are not able to leapfrog or to jump there because maybe you just don't have a qualification sometimes it happens like that you can do the job actually but they have asked for a master's and you don't have it or for a degree which you don't have or a certification which you don't have but no Sarah when you are a scholar for a specific course for example journalism or politics or procurement whichever line in regards to academia once you are done with your degree or certificate should you set educational goals that are in line with that specific degree or certificate or should you cast on it on other other things will it also be challenging for you to look confused or how should you view it you see what happens sometimes you get into a career or into a job and then you realize it's really taking another tangent from what you studied let's say you studied accounting but the job you found is on auditing it's just like the same thing but it's different accounting is not auditing so if you really find that your career is really going and you are growing in that area of auditing as an auditor and all that and it's something that you really love then you can improve yourself in that area you can study on that area so every small cast on stone that you must now continue on the same line really so you must also look as you grow you find new passions so make sure you are diversifying your portfolio your career portfolio your professional portfolio with different things and reaching them here and there and certainly the career that for me I studied information technology for instance but you find at some place and I did and I've been in IT actually in some organizations for some time but then I found as I went on I found I am not the kind of person who sits in a server room configuring servers and pinging machines that is definitely not what you are and the server room is a cold place my friend you only see one person the whole day because you know people quiet there you only hear the vibrations you only hear the vibrations of those servers that's not me I am a people person so I find as I went along I wanted to be out there so I got into sales into sales and marketing because at least I can get people it's my personality also any career advancement for me has now been in the area of people development in the area of capacity building because I found new passions in life passions I got into purpose so I can't continue in the line of IT usi jifungi apu usi jifungi apu and I love what you are saying there because you don't have to be confined to one area as long as you are passionate you can also always do something else so you said productivity goals efficiency goals education goals do you have another? personal development goals personal development goals personal development goals no one can know where you are in Kenya personal development goals so this is how you improve yourself personally and that's why I was speaking of the academy where usually people want personal development because the better you are as a person the better your career the better your profession the better your business the better your studies the better your ministry the better the environment around you grow yourself and this is what happens when you when you start working on yourself you want to help others when you start working on yourself you are discovering things about yourself you want to help others because you have something that you can offer yes you have something you can offer but then how can you work on yourself so working on yourself first of all so your strengths and weaknesses which is very key this is self-awareness actually self-identity and awareness that's what we call it first of all who are you, you know this is what will happen let's take a scenario of somebody who has cleared Kampu or college and you've umengia job let's say you are a sales umengia kama sales executive and they'll call you a sales executive that's a name you have been given so the world will define you and call you every sort of name but the thing is who are you as a person who do you say that he sells him a boge okay in here, you know now I almost got there now if you have not done sales in this country I don't know but you are you haven't so you'll be called a sales executive but who really are you what were you before that when you say that you are a journalist you are a journalist or a presenter is that your identity what were you before you were that if you say you are unaccounted okay that's what the company calls you that's a role you are playing in that organization because you're going to be defined and given names all through your life until you retire by 60 until you become director but at the end of the day who are you because those are just roles you are playing you know along life but then how do you identify that yes so that's what I'm saying one of the skills in personal development is personal identity and awareness who am I as a person what are my strengths and weaknesses you need to first of all know that and I like to say it's very important that you write there's usually like a program there are many ways that you can actually get to know your identity but I usually say define yourself even get words that you want to represent I am rich, I am wealthy empowering things that you want to introduce yourself with define yourself but I will define you and give you every sort of name give you an example of let's say how can you define yourself I am rich, I am wealthy I am well-endowed how do you put that like in a sentence is it something that you do in the morning when you wake up is it something that you do when you introduce yourself yes you know where is it coming exactly now in fact one of the most important questions you can ever answer in life is who am I your identity and it's very deep because it's also divine it's divine and you know if we speak of identity then we have to go back to the creator so first of all it's important to know I am a child of God those are things that you should know but when it comes to a professional setup when we ask who are you because even when you are coming for a job maybe for a job interview and I usually help organizations that are hiring people one of the first questions we ask is tell us who you are and the best way to answer this question you can say okay my name is Sarah Muni I am a leader I am a learner, I am a team player I am a visionary it's very important to say that by the way because every person wants to work with a visionary person I am a visionary, those are some good things to say and then you can say I am very passionate about now speak about your passion I am very passionate about helping people identify their purpose connect with their purpose, work in their purpose and then speak about what you are passionate about because that is attractive, passion is attractive I believe that nobody has to waste their life no young person has to go through life without knowing what to do wasting their energies on speak about what you believe because it's also part of who you are you don't just give a shallow reply and say I am Ramaguko a journalist full stop and then I come from Vihiga I was born in 1987 excuse me we can see that in the CV that's not what we want to see we want to know who you are and also we want to know what you are passionate about speak about your passions by the way when you ask that question and then as I am saying it's good to say that I am a leader, I am a visionary I am a team player all of those are good things that you can say that represent the type of person that you are self-awareness is a key skill when it comes to career growth do you say you are a leader regardless of position or does that come with position everybody is a leader everyone has the capacity to lead now everyone has the ability to lead it's the capacity to lead that we need to develop daily so and usually say the foundation of all leadership which is another another big area another big area in personal development is personal leadership so if you can be able to lead yourself well then you earn the right to lead us or to lead others so don't feel shy to say you are a leader don't feel shy to say that don't feel shy so those are the four types of goals that we have those are the top, I say they must because if you really want to grow in your career you really want to step up and this 2021 mumbo different mumbo different I think you need to set those goals now we are still talking about personal development goals now those are the four types of goals that Sarah has said productivity goals educational goals and personal development goals and in personal development there are many areas and very key areas that we must for especially in this century in this age that we are in my first of all communication skills communication skills the way you speak to people emotional intelligence you know this is what happens Ram and especially for young people you get into a job 6 months another job you can't manage your feelings you are projecting your inadequacies all over you are fire suddenly we have to add this conversation here but we should continue this conversation again on setting goals and how best we can achieve them remember as we have heard there is a lot we need to talk about there is a lot but meanwhile make sure that you send in your comments continues commenting and I am seeing so many so many people have asked questions I may not be able to read today because I am sure they will make us go deeper and deeper but let's continue this kind of next week this morning it was all about setting goals career wise how best can you ensure that you do this I have been with Sarah Muni who is a life coach corporate speaker exchange to excellence academy it has been a pleasure having you Sarah thank you very much now make sure that you keep tweeting keep texting this business to the end of why in the morning this fine Monday morning a few minutes past 10 am that's why I say it's a wrap as she said don't just keep time beat the time God bless you God bless dark of your hands my name is Ram Aguko see you again next week that's all