Author · Speaker · Mentor

With you in leaping forward

The books

Written to be used, not just read

Published 263 pages

Leap Forward

How to Become Better Than Your Dream. A personal-development book built on real stories, witty poems and tested principles — arguing that your circumstances are not a life sentence.

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Climbing To the Top

Why capable people stall on the career ladder despite their qualifications — and the practical solutions, available to everyone, for career and leadership growth.

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I am a firm believer in human potential

For some it is harnessed effortlessly; for most of us it needs encouragement. I have dedicated myself to being that encourager — through the written and the spoken word.

A servant of God and a friend of man. Andrew Obara is a Ugandan author, management consultant and speaker. Born in Tororo in 1963, he holds a PhD, an MBA in Finance and a first degree in Economics — and spent 25 years in banking before turning to the work he calls his calling: helping people develop to their full potential.

Insights

Notes between the books

Personal development

Cultivating your inner garden

Left alone, a garden brings out only useless weeds. Ploughed, sown, weeded and cared for, it teems with crops that feed us. Your life…

3 min read July 24, 2026

Leadership

The world seldom cheers excellence

The people doing the best work are often the least applauded. Here is why that happens, and what to hold on to when it…

2 min read July 10, 2026

Epigrams

Twelve lines for a hard week

The epigrams readers ask me to repeat most often, with a note on where each one came from.

1 min read June 28, 2026