The Life Purpose Podcast on Life Signatures Radio

🎉 New #Podcast! Our purpose is directly linked to our productivity. Our productivity stemming from our purpose is directly linked to our meaning and our revitalization. As such, there are people who are healthy, joyous and excited about life. You can easily trace that aura to their purpose and to their productivity. But then we have those who are bored to death with life. What's the difference? Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! At different times, seasons and contexts, we need to take appropriate action in our purpose pursuit. Taking action is one of the most important aspects of purpose pursuit. However , we have to be aware of just what kind of action is needed at what point in time. Whatever the case, the most paramount thing we need to do is to move in our purpose pursuit. Here is a summary of the top seven actions to take.

🎉 New #Podcast! Different seasons, different times and different contexts in life demand different responses from us. In our purpose pursuit, we will have to take different types of action depending on the occasion. One of those actions deals with stopping other types of actions from taking place in our lives. This is what we call "Burning the ships". It's a war concept used by a general centuries back. I'm sure we can learn from this. Listen in.

🎉 New #Podcast! I know we are not human doings, we are human beings. Even so, there is a very strong correlation between what we do and who we are. What we do can create who we are, or at least calibrate us one way or another. That's why taking action is more than critical in our purpose pursuits. This kind of action I am taking about today is one of the most potent of it all . I don't think there is any successful organization worth it's salt that doesn't so it. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! I had a great opportunity to chat up Akua Nyame-Mensa who is currently based in Ghana about her passion in coaching and equipping leaders. Akua works with founders, small business owners, and entrepreneurs who have a million balls up in the air, and are utterly overwhelmed by the thought of any (or all) balls dropping. Her work is to help them clarify where they should focus their time and energy each day. Akua has lived, worked and studied in many countries of the world including Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Tunisia and the United States of America. She is well knowledgeable on her subject matter of productivity and I am sure you will learn how to manage yours just listening to her in this conversation.

🎉 New #Podcast! People doing exceptional stuff are obviously organized. There is no way you are waking up one day and you are very successful by being disenchanted and disorganized. No way. I have been talking about the different contexts in which we need to take action as we pursue our purpose. In our journeys, we will realize the incessant need to be organized. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! As we are on the road to our purpose pursuit, there is only one thing that we must be alert about -- taking action towards our goals. There are different contexts that we will face that will demand different types of action to take. At times, we will need to take action alone and at other times, we will need to join forces with men and women of like passion. That's why it is important to connect over a common goal. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! There is no one who did something exceptional without always having to home in on their skills, talents and treasures and made them better. That would be a very rare case. As such, research should always be a mainstay in our purpose pursuit. The gifts, talents and even our purpose will always come to us in the form of seeds. They are not fully formed. In taking action in our purpose pursuit, research becomes paramount. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! No one is exempt from some things in life and in our purpose pursuit. As long as we are humans, one of the things that we will suffer even in our purpose pursuit is fear. I know of no one that has never been afraid at one instance in life or another. Even a new baby is at least afraid of noise as well as falling. But fear has the capacity to paralyze us. What do we do when afraid? Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! We err when we overanalyze things. It's a joke in Africa that we are fond of setting up committees to look into things that another committee was set up to look into something else. The sickening thing is that this is not a joke...it happens. However, at the individual level, when it comes to purpose, we tend to want to gather ALL the information we can before we launch. It doesn't work that way. Action is needed with the scantest information you have. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Humans are interesting. On one hand, we have no problem taking action. Every waking day, there are people on the streets running helter skelter trying to either survive or eke out a living. However, when it comes to clarification of purpose, people hold back. They want full information from all angles before they could move towards their purpose. Unfortunately, purpose seldom operates that way. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! He is the Founder and CEO of Eggman and Vikale. This passion is to mechanize everything concerning poultry farming in order to maximize profits and minimize wastage. He also works to shorten the time between the farm and the fork as eggs are concerned. Vincent Kalema's story of how he got there is nothing short of resilience, determination, stretching and street smartness. Having lost his parents at an early age, he had to fend pretty much for himself early on. Listen to this story.

🎉 New #Podcast! There was a research done in 23 countries over 7 years. A total of 197'000 people were studied. The findings were so powerful that the leader of this research team, Jay Niblick, published a book buoyed by the findings. The book is called "What's Your Genius?". He found a very strong correlation between purpose and productivity. The people that were performing above the level of excellence had two unique traits in them 🎭. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! In any setting where people are working towards a vision, there will always be different types of people that show up. Jay Niblick, the author of "What's Your Genius?" did a research for over 7 years. It spanned 23 countries and involved over 197'000 people. He stumbled across a powerful truth about purpose that I will be sharing in the next episode. Today, I give a highlight on the first four groups of people in an organization. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Recently, I forwarded a graphic on my social media handles that is still receiving some attention. The essence of the message was that we shouldn't look at children as people to be given one same direction to take that we have taken ourselves. Rather, we should look at children like they are mysteries and adventures to unravel. In our career and purpose pursuits, the greatest mistake we make is akin to the one size fits all. There is more to that phenomenon. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! In pursuit of purpose and our professional and career choices, clarity is important. We as humans have no problem taking action. We are so prone to be action oriented that at times we miss the chance to clarify before we act. When it comes to productivity, purpose cannot be de-linked from it. It is possible to have much done but at the end of the day, hoe effective are the actions we took? That's why these two questions are important. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Is Purpose just a spiritual thing through and through? Is there a scientific way that we can verify the authentic need and presence of purpose in people's lives? In the past series, we talked about the internal purpose gauge that tells you whether you are on track or not. In this new series, we shall make reference on the extremal evidence that purpose is a force to reckon with. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! The test of your purpose and impact, whether you are on course and "on it" or not, is found within you. Your heart will always give you feedback and tell you to course correct or stay steady. So, to prepare your heart so that you can give you feedback about your purpose, there are three things that you need to do. We've been discussing that in the previous episodes and in this episode we are finalizing that by giving you one more nugget on what you can do to prepare your heart so that it can resonate with your purpose stay tuned.

🎉 New #Podcast! Once in a while you come across a person that you consider you peer but you just are blown away by the kind of impact they have created and continue to create. Such a one is Joyce Mbaya, the founder of Zydii.com East and Central Africa's premier online learning platform. I had a phone conversation with her just to find out how her story pans out and what keeps her going. This was an inspiring conversation that I had with her and I would love you to listen in and be inspired just as I was. She is of like passions just as the rest of us. Listen!

🎉 New #Podcast! So how do you know you are having purpose and impact? Is it through the activities that you are churning out daily? Perhaps not. The true test of your purpose is the resonance in your heart and spirit. You would know from there both now and at the close of the age. The heart is the center piece or the anchor of purpose. So how do you get your heart to that moment of resonance that this is your purpose? Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! The heart stores critical information about our purpose than we are willing to admit. This is not just for those who have discovered their purpose, but also for those who haven't. The greatest test for a life of purpose and impact therefore is not external, but internal. Chances are that what you do externally, however vast, might fail the heart test of purpose in the end. So how do we prepare to pass this heart test? Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! How can we know for sure? What's the single greatest test for a life of impact and purpose? When our lives come to the end, how can we know that they mattered? Well, I do believe that there is one potent test that we can use for this. In this episode, I reveal how simple and straight forward it is. It is so close to us that we can miss it but at the end of our lives, we cannot fail to see it. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Measures and metrics are critical in life. We always need to know whether we are on track or not. That means that we know where we are going and why we are going there. As such, one of the most powerful things that we can always do is to review our lives. Here is the question that we need to answer: what is the greatest test for my life of impact and purpose? We shall cover that in this new series. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! This episode marks the last of a short series we have been doing on the subject of events vs. processes in purpose pursuit and fulfillment. Whereas both are needed, we find that if all we are looking for in life are events, we miss quite a bit of essence that way. For instance , if you thought purpose discovery is an event, you will be looking for prophecies and proclamations rather than apply yourself to a seeking process. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! I will always lean on the side of processes and systems Instead of events. Why? Because events are always going to be taken care of if processes are in place. In purpose pursuit and fulfillment, both events and processes are important. However, the power is not in an event or a string of events. The power is in a process like life is in a day. Listen to this

🎉 New #Podcast! When I talk about a warrior, you would conjure up images of war, conquest and devastation as well as authority and leadership. However, all around us, there are warriors fighting battles whether at personal levels or otherwise. You might not even recognize them but they are in our midst. Today, I bring you an impromptu conversation that I had with such a one, the one who authored the book, Strength of A Warrior. Listen to this and learn the secret of resilience.

🎉 New #Podcast! Our lives are littered with events from conception to burial. The moments and memories that events create are important in our lives. Naturally, we tend to celebrate the events and even look forward to more. With fulfillment of purpose, we will be doing ourselves a great disservice if we look more for events than steep ourselves into a process. Both are important but here is why you and I must love processes more. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Somehow, we are more inclined to events than process. This is because events create elevation and moments to remember. They can be very defining and momentous. For Jesus, the moment of crucifixion was defining. For Obama, it was that speech at the DNC. At the end of the day events mark special purpose moments in our lives. So should we be chasing after events or looking out for processes? Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Self leadership is so powerful because no one is exempt from it. It is powerful because it's not about privilege, power or politics. It's about personal purpose. That's why it is important for us to try as much as we can to increase our personal leadership capacities. This episode is a summary of a series of episodes where we were answering this question: is a great president the answer? Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! There is a misconception that leadership is all about guiding other people. In fact this is so much so that those who are not in "leadership positions" tend to do little about being circumspect. Granted, when I take up responsibility to lead a team, I am compelled to rise up to it. How great would it be though, when I rise up and be circumspect even when not leading others? This is where self leadership begins. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Self leadership is what we need more. However, the way we are clamoring to be led, one might think that the leaders we elect will come to our homes and help us with home improvement. Whereas great leaders are a blessing for a nation, without self leadership, the great national leaders wouldn't perform a miracle for individuals. The other component of self leadership is exemplified in our relationships. Let's discuss it here.

🎉 New #Podcast! In order to increase your self leadership capacity, you need not only to identify what you are not good at but also make it a foregone conclusion that you cannot major in your weaknesses. There are people who are thriving in those areas that you are weak at as they are practicing their self leadership. You and I ought to do the same. It is the responsible thing to do. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! One of the most potent forces of change in the world are organizations. If run well, they can impact and transform individuals, communities and even the whole country and regions. I got to sit down again with Shamim K Matovu whose passion is creating wonderful work environments for people in organizations. She is so particular about organizations and their work cultures. Take a listen at this conversation if you are either an employer or employee. Enjoy.

🎉 New #Podcast! Self leadership is what the populace needs more than a great leader. In fact, what a great leader offers is a conducive environment where self leadership can thrive. Being that important a facet of life, we need to examine it further. What are some of the things that we can do that can increase our self leadership capacity? In this episode, we get started on that journey. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! The atmosphere and airwaves in Kenya and every other place where elections will be taking place later in the year are charged. The most active people are the poor who are hoping that the presidency of their choice will bring in respite to their personal troubles. We have already stated in the series that great leadership is not the answer that you need in your individual life, self leadership is. The great leader only provides a conducive environment for your self leadership to thrive. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Self leadership is to be touted at the rooftops more than peddling presidential candidates. It's a sorry day when millions of people in a country think that one leader is going to sort out their individual needs. Such people think that the greatest work they can do is to vote in their person. We are answering this question in this episode: is a great president the answer? Well, we all desire and even deserve great leadership. But is that the answer to our individual and personal questions? If we knew this was not the answer, we probably would be more objective in politics. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! It is, for lack of a better word, sexy to have a great president. Many countries are always seeking for this. The question that we must answer over and over is this: are great presidents our answer? As much as leadership is critical, presidency is not the only form of leadership out there. There is one form of leadership that is even much more powerful than presidential powers. That's what we are discussing in this series. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! People will tell you while quoting John C Maxwell that everything rises and falls on leadership. True. Only that people wrongly think that the only leader is the president. Leadership is not a position of course. It's not a title. It is a verb. It doesn't have a preserve of sorts, but where it lacks, there is a massive problem. In this new series, let us discuss this question: Is a great president the answer?

🎉 New #Podcast! People try hard to convince me that the purpose of life is to be happy and comfortable. I always retort that those are byproducts of the purpose of being alive, and that is to be useful, productive and effective. In order for us to enhance our productivity and effectiveness, there are things that we need to make sure are happening. This is a close of the series on productivity with a summary on the four pillars of effectiveness. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Every one has a story and every one has a song. Brian's story is from riches to rags, to homelessness. It is the story of purpose, determination and resilience. When I sat down to have a conversation with him at his office at Kingdom Kampala, I was not prepared to hear what he said in the two hours that followed so much so that we didn't talk about his life's work. We shall reschedule another episode for that. For today, be inspired by the story of a street urchin who became the President of a Rotary Club.

🎉 New #Podcast! Effectiveness in life is an inherently coded need. No matter who you are or where you come from, whenever you are not effective in life, you will feel it and it will unsettle you. That's why we have to learn how to enhance our effectiveness in life on a daily basis. In this episode, we share just how "dependencies" are critical to a life of effectiveness. Listen to this.

🎉 Special #Podcast! His real name is Joseph Beyanga. He is the Head of Radio at KFM and Dembe FM in Kampala, a position that he has held over the years. Joe Walker is a name that he acquired just a few months back under interesting circumstances that you can find out in this episode. He is a man on a mission to walk over 300 kilometers from Kampala to South Western Uganda. This is to raise awareness about road safety. Today is day 1 of his journey. I had a conversation with him to find out why he's doing this. Enjoy the listen.

🎉 New #Podcast! This might be controversial but let me say it: rather a person who is a consumate strategist than one with high qualifications. Of course there is a strong case for competence as was highlighted in the episode yesterday. To be effective in life, a planner will achieve more than what a qualified person with no strategy would. However, we need both strategy as well as competence. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! When we go all out seeking education in life, what's the end game? Is it to be competent enough to get gainful employment or it's about increasing our capacity to be effective in life? No doubt, effectiveness in life will always be 100% connected to competence. No one ever was effective and incompetent all at the same time. We discuss that and more in this episode. Check it out.

🎉 New #Podcast! Inherently, we all want to be effective in life. It is as if this is a psychological need in that when we are ineffective, we feel it in our spirits and we are down. To be effective in life, there are three components that we need to identify about our unique effectiveness. It doesn't matter what field you are in, all these count. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! We complicate life so much and yet it is simple...though maybe not easy. You know how simple life is by looking at two major D.O.B.s. Date of Birth and Date of Burial. Especially the latter can reveal how needless the complications were. Life is about effectiveness so much so that even if you are not instructed about it, when you are not effective, you will most definitely know. The original intent of creating is for effectiveness. That's why your effectiveness is linked to the divine. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Why? That's the question many people ask me when I tell them about the challenges that my guest on the show imputes on herself and see them through. There is a great deal to learn from Beatrice Langariti. It is inspiring as it is motivating. When I set out to interview her, I wanted to talk about her purpose and life' s work. I'm afraid that will have to wait. Let's do this instead. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Have you ever at any point in life wondered what life was all about anyway? Perhaps you were in a low moment or maybe your hopes have been dashed or you are even on a high. I have always theorized that the purpose of life is to be effective. It is therefore important to start considering how we can enhance our effectiveness in this life. This is what this new series is about. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! There is quite a bit to learn here but let me challenge you. Please find me an entrepreneur that is not working through purpose. Find me one that has gone into entrepreneurship solely to earn tonnes of cash. My point is that purpose and entrepreneurship are connected to the hip. There is no question about that. This is what we can learn from Elon Musk, 5 lessons on entrepreneurship and purpose. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Over the past several episodes, we are learning about purpose and entrepreneurship by referencing the example or the life of Elon Musk. He might be American now but that doesn't stop us from seeing some general life purpose principles in his entrepreneurship that can be applied all over. Of course, Musk has been identified as a very gritty person indeed. In today's episode, let us learn about the two types of passion coming from Elon Musk's story. Listen to this.