Are You Serious About This?, He Asked — I Nodded, and That Moment Led to the Biggest Opportunity of My Life
My name is Samuel Kibet, and for most of my life, I was known in Kaplelach Village, on the outskirts of Eldoret, as “that boy who never finished anything.” I tried charcoal burning, boda boda riding, and even maize brokering, but nothing lasted. People laughed, shook their heads, and said I had no direction. Deep inside, I feared they were right.
The moment everything began to change happened at a dusty roadside café along the Eldoret–Nakuru highway. I was sitting across from Mr. Andrew Lawson, a visiting agribusiness consultant I had met by chance. After listening carefully to my ideas, he leaned forward and asked quietly, “Are you serious about this?” My throat went dry. Instead of explaining myself, I nodded. That single nod would later become the most important decision of my life.
But after that meeting, doubt attacked me from all sides. Villagers warned me I was wasting my time. Relatives said big opportunities were not meant for people like us. Even at night, fear whispered that I would fail again. Confused and desperate for clarity, I remembered a name I had heard mentioned whenever someone’s life seemed stuck at a crossroads
