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The last part of the title could be without losing your mind or without leaving your life behind or whatever you
consider important in your life. It is a title that was ingrained in my heart 20 years ago as my 8 year-old daughter
threw me into deep considerations of what really mattered.
I had been working for corporate America for a few months after completing my doctorate program when I went
home and found my daughter drawing a “picture” of her daddy. I admit it. My soul always rejoices when I see
a young boy or girl reading or writing. Even at airports, when I see a child become fascinated by my Wyoming
accent or curious about my native clothes I somehow end up giving him or her a piece of paper and a pen to write
or draw something. But what my daughter drew that day disturbed me.
 It was an image of me after work wearing a suit and tie (I actually used
to wear a tie with matching suspenders). That might have been fine and I
would probably never have paid attention or kept that piece of paper to
this day. But when my child said she intended to include a briefcase that
I used to carry in that illustration, my heart was disturbed. It was not the
image I wanted my child to have of her father.
My father left the Kenya African Rifles (colonial army) when I was
about 5 or 6 years old. But I still remember running to meet him as he was coming home after work wearing his military uniform. He would
put his army hat either on my head or on my younger brother’s head. His
belt was given to the son without a hat. I also recall him teaching my brother and two songs. I can hardly
remember more than three words of one song. But I have never forgotten the other song. It portrayed the
emotional turmoil a man was going through as he was about to leave his wife and children to go to war in
Burma.
Maybe because of my early memories of my father’s presence, his hat, belt or the songs, I was shocked when my
child’s illustration of me was a well-dressed man with a briefcase. I had told my child stories, taught her to read
and ride a bicycle. Yet, what she drew was real. I believed that the image she drew was of a father whose career
was more important to him than she was to him. It was an image that demanded change from that day. I never
carried a briefcase home. I learned to leave work at work.
I wanted to be with each child in each step of their growth, pushing that tricycle, reading and re-reading or telling
and re-telling that same story of the Monkey and the Shark or Why the Hamster Doesn’t Have a Tail, holding
their hands as I taught them to swim or escorting them to the bus on their first day of kindergarten. Their firsts
became lasting memories.
 My second child, also a daughter, was five years old when she drew
an illustration of her father. This time, I was a horse or donkey and
she and her two-year-old sister were riding on their beast. That
illustration became a keeper, too.
The girls have left home. It is a bittersweet experience that it is hard
to get used to, especially when I think that in about two more years,
our son, the last child, will also leave home. Soon after he was born,
I was inspired to write, “The Empty Pages,” my most requested
poem that is published in Run: Whether You Are a Lion or a Gazelle. Each child, like an empty page, needed
my “writing” on it while fully aware I had no instructions on what to write and that others were also to write on
my “pages.” I became aware that not writing on a living page is also a kind of writing. I questioned God for
trusting me to be the writer of the “pages” He blessed me with, and I continue to thank Him for the privilege, as I
nurse memories of an illustration I was unable to ignore.
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RUN: Whether You Are A Lion or A Gazelle
Stay Positive, Achieve More, Become A Person
of Value and Balance Work and Life
Keynote Speaker: Kellen Moore
Featured presenter: Dr. Vincent Kituku
Succeeding in today's ever-changing workplace and in your personal life means you must be passionate, highly motivated, and focused in every aspect of your organization to become a man or woman of value. You know that the competitiveness of our world requires constant professional and personal growth. Further, yesterday's success is not guarantee of tomorrow's success. Dr. Vincent Muli Wa Kituku (author of Overcoming Buffaloes at Work & in Life) says that is the same as a gazelle that outruns a lion today thinking that there is no more running tomorrow. Or a lion that easily caught a gazelle yesterday assuming that it will do the same today and tomorrow. It rarely happens!
What you will learn and use immediately at work and in life:
- 7 easy-to-do things to increase your personal value
- Proven steps to become a valuable asset for your organization
- 3 chains you must free yourself of to experience a good life
- How to manage change and achieve more with less
- Ways to know yourself, your purpose and how to live it
- Creating a legacy that will outlive you
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Cancellation terms: You can transfer your registration to future courses. Administrative fees of $40.00 will be taken from your registration if cancellation occurs within 14 business days after registration. There is no refund if cancellation occurs 14 days after registration. If seminar is postponed due to adverse circumstances, your registration is automatically transferred to a future dates of the same seminar.
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Have you ever asked yourself the following questions:
- What if a fast running gazelle ran faster than a slow gazelle each day?
- What would happen to the gazelle if there were no lions?
- What if the lion didn't have to run for a meal because gazelles are slow runners?
- What does the lion do when the only available meal is an African buffalo, an animal that has the ability to
fight back, and probably win?
In other words, what happens to you if:
- You only compete with underachievers?
- You lack skills of managing perpetual workplace changes?
- You have zero external forces that inspire and challenge you to utilize your full potential for personal and
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- You have challenges that require more than your current abilities can handle?
- You have all the resources you need for all of your endeavors?
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successes guarantee them today’s or tomorrow’s success. Dr. Vincent Muli Wa Kituku (author of Overcoming
Buffaloes at Work & in Life) says that is the same as a gazelle that outruns a lion today thinking that there is no
more running tomorrow. Or a lion that easily caught a gazelle yesterday assuming that it will do the same today
and tomorrow. It rarely happens!
The skills, experiences or material resources that got you where you are today may not necessarily be assets you
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- Find meaning in your life's dark moments
- Experience a life of no regrets
Complacency has relegated millions of talented people to being mediocre performers in their professional and personal lives. They continue to compare themselves with underachievers or assume yesterday’s successes guarantee them today’s or tomorrow’s success. Dr. Vincent Muli Wa Kituku (author of Overcoming Buffaloes at Work & in Life) says that is the same as a gazelle that outruns a lion today thinking that there is no more running tomorrow. Or a lion that easily caught a gazelle yesterday assuming that it will do the same today and tomorrow. It rarely happens!
The skills, experiences or material resources that got you where you are today may not necessarily be assets you need to survive and thrive tomorrow. In Run: Whether You Are a Lion or a Gazelle, Dr. Kituku equips you to become a man or woman of value and experience a life of no regrets. You’ll learn how to discover and utilize your own strengths, develop marketable skills for our unpredictable world and never “walk” after you learn to “fly.” He will help you find meaning in your life’s dark moments and achieve your dreams despite a lack of resources.
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 Dear Dr. Vincent Muli Kituku,
I wanted to thank you for your inspiring articles. I went through many of them and they are spirit lifting.
I especially love your “Absurd Excuses and What to Do About Them” article. I felt like you are writing
specifically for me J…I have decided to take action and start doing things I had excuses to "postpone…"
Thanks again,
Ziv Shalev.
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Dr. Kituku,
Your e-newsletter story, "Don't Pray for Rain Unless You Have An Umbrella" was a great
confirmation. BBB has a long-running TV show, Business at its Best. It was becoming clear that the show
needed a make-over and move in order to gain more viewers. The only option included several thousand dollars
of expense. We made the bold move - we walked into the church holding an umbrella. The show is now on a
more viewed channel, in a better time slot and going state-wide. Add to that, we secured a sponsor to underwrite
the costs. The bold move of faith to move the show resulted in a huge success. Your e-newsletter arrived about
an hour after I signed the agreement to move the show. What a great confirmation!
Thank you!
Dale Dixon | President/CEO
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Hi Vincent,
Both of my kids have adored you and your story telling since they were small. I met you when
I was 9 months pregnant with my daughter, Martina and my son was 5 years old at the time. -- You and your
stories have been a part of our hearts ever since!
Thank you and God Bless!
Monika Lucero
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Dear Vincent,
As a trainer, I truly recognize the importance of stories. I am in awe of your gift to succinctly
and powerfully put words to a story or experience…I would be the first in line at the book signing. Thank you.
Shelli Elmer, Employee Training and Development Manager, Lumbermens Underwriting Alliance
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Native of Kenya, Africa, and resident of Idaho since
1992, Vincent has been a featured speaker and
trainer at numerous Real Estate conferences and
training programs. An award winning speaker and
writer, he is one of the less than 7% of all
professional speakers to earn a CSP (Certified
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Dr. Kituku has worked with championship sports teams and trained leaders on how
to inspire productivity all the time. What sets
Vincent apart is his ability to weave life
experiences in Africa with corporate America and
culture in providing solutions for personal and
professional growth.
Dr. Vincent Muli Wa Kituku is known as a
research-based motivational speaker. He presents
motivational keynotes and training programs on
leadership, employee motivation, overcoming buffaloes
at work (change), customer service and living and
working with cultural differences. Vincent is the
founder and president of Kituku & Associates, LLC, a
business that is dedicated to developing leaders and
employees in business and in life.
What has set Dr. Kituku apart is the ability to use
his experience in research to evaluate/assess client
needs and then tailor his keynotes/training
presentation to meet their objectives. Harold G.
Delamarter, President/CEO, Prestige Care Inc. said,
"Before the Retreat, Dr. Kituku gained as much
information as possible about our company and the
industry we are involved in. He made telephone calls
to management team members to tailor his seminar very
closely to the needs of our employees and the
circumstances they face each day in the present
economy. Dr. Kituku was so widely received in July,
the decision was made to ask him to return to again
present to our company in October."
Vincent's clients list includes Cisco Systems, Micron,
Hewlett Packard, Genworth Financial, US Fish and
Wildlife, US Air Force, Women Council of Realtors and
National Association of Mental Health. He has been the
motivational speaker for the successful Boise State
Football Team since 1998. Dr. Kituku works have been
featured by numerous publications including the
Presentations Magazine, SkyWest Magazine, National
Speakers Association Magazine and many newspapers
which publish his weekly columns. Vincent holds the
Certified Speaking Professional designation that is
earned by fewer than 7% of all speakers worldwide.
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