The Life Purpose Podcast on Life Signatures Radio

🎉 New #Podcast! As much as religious people would want or even peddle the idea that life is black and white, soon enough you realize that there are many shades of gray involved in it. Look at the most popular meme or the picture of success for instance. It shows us that there are detours, uncertainties, unexpected interruptions and all. At times, in our purpose and entrepreneurship journeys, a detour is probably just what we need. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Elon Musk is the example I am using in this series. What can we learn from the SpaceX CEO about purpose and entrepreneurship? Obviously, there is quite a lot. But I would tell you this: Musk's success is highly connected to his purpose. As such, we can learn a thing or two from him. In this episode, we talk about pushing our limits. Well, whereas talk is cheap, the reality is that Musk epitomizes this trait. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! The more I think and talk about it, the more I am convinced that entrepreneurship is directly connected to purpose. If we took Elon Musk as our case study, we will notice certain strong aspects of purpose in all his entrepreneurial pursuits. Therefore, one major thing we can learn from this stellar visionary is the idea of dreaming on purpose and around purpose and sticking with those dreams to the hilt. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! When I sat down with Richard Ssebaggala, we had an interesting discussion that was centered around his perception in life most especially about how one can make sense of it. We talked about personal awareness as one of those critical aspects of life that an individual needs to make sense of their lives. Our discussion did not miss on Richard's story growing up, well as his take on schooling and parenting. It's one of the richest discussions I have had in this segment of the podcast. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! I see organizations thinking that corporate social responsibility is one of the ways that they can show they are a company of purpose. Nothing can be further from the truth. Purpose is not an afterthought. It is not an appendage. It is not something that you do now that you have money. It actually is something you start doing even before you make money. We are learning that big time folks like Elon Musk's entrepreneurship is 100% connected to purpose. Listen this.

🎉 New #Podcast! "Guys, what business can I start with one thousand dollars?" Haven't you heard that question like a million times in your life time? The interesting thing is that our next door entrepreneur didn't start that way. In fact, you would be hard pressed to find an entrepreneur who started their journey by not knowing what exactly they wanted. Actually, entrepreneurship is not primarily about money. Yes, money is high up there with oxygen but it's not the nucleus of entrepreneurship. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! I believe that one of the main reasons for our lives is to be effective with it. One can even argue that apart from being effective, there is no other major reason for our lives. I have argued severally over the past eight episodes that the purpose of life is not necessarily to be happy. Purpose presupposes that someone else created you with an intention of what you should do. That's what effectiveness is all about. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! No man is an island. When we are talking about a life of effectiveness there will be quite a number of elements in place that will help you and I to be effective. Certainly, we will need each other. Even if I am a genius in my own right, I cannot negate the fact that I am not complete in and of myself. I need you to be effective and cover my blind side. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! To be effective in life is something that varies from one person to the next, but at the end of the day, effectiveness is what we are talking about. It amazes me how each of us can be unique in our effectiveness and yet we are raised and schooled in sameness. That being said, there are still the non negotiable pillars of effectiveness that apply to everyone just the same. Just as it is impossible to be effective without passion, purpose, and planning, it is the same without persistence. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! 972. The Powerful Power of Planning in Leading an Effective Life At a personal level, there are some things that we must do in order to be effective in life. It seems as if we have no problem knowing how to run organizations and make them effective. Where the rubber meets the road is when we have to talk about our individual effectiveness. As such, today's podcast deals with one of the most powerful pillars of a life of effectiveness without which there will be no visionary worth her salt to talk about. There will be no success and effectiveness in life without this. Check this out.

🎉 New #Podcast! She is royalty, born in the lineage of the Buganda Kingdom. Her story is inspiring to say the least. She's one typical example of a person who leaned into her passion for Carpentry not for money but simply for the love of it. Obviously, we learn from her story that passion and purpose must ultimately generate profit. I sat down with her at her headquarters and just had this enthralling conversation that I am so sure you will love it. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! 970. How A Life of Effectiveness Is Connected To A Life of Passion Passion is such a powerful thing. People have different ways of describing it. In this episode, I connect it to your response to your calling in life, whether it is in business, family, religion, education or whatever sphere that you care about. Without this passion, chances are that your life of effectiveness would not be possible. Let us listen in to this episode and learn where passion plays to make our lives effective.

🎉 New #Podcast! You want to be effective in life? There are just a few things that you need to have in place. But first, you will need to understand what effectiveness is in your life. I can guarantee you that you will never go far with the definition of effectiveness before you could gravitate towards purpose. Your life purpose then becomes an incredible pillar in your pursuit of effectiveness. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! What's the purpose of life? Frankly, the answer to that question will vary from person to person. In fact, the question itself can be sarcastic to a person who is going through a tough situation. One person can answer that question differently over his life time. However, I do perceive that whatever answer we give, we all agree that a life of effectiveness is more plausible to all of us. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Some say that the purpose of life is to be happy. Debatable. Let's talk about an effective life. Effectiveness will not happen if purpose is not known. So if your purpose is to be happy, I am sure you will figure out how effective that life will be. The crown of creation is the human, but for what purpose? If the human is not effective, he will know. Even though he tries to cover that with things that will make him happy, he will notice that something is awfully wrong until he is effective. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Personal finance is a critical subject to anyone who is in hot pursuit of purpose. It is easy to talk and track with spiritual subjects such as purpose and vision, but the side kicks of numbers and money can be easily ignored. At our own peril will we ignore our personal finances. If we want to pursue our purpose, we have to take heed here. In fact, if we have to teach our children purpose, we have to sort out their personal finances. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Apart from the illusion of comfort, what else lies to our psyche that it will always be the same? It will always be with us and never leave us? I can think of quite a number of things, but perhaps I won't add money to the list. The amazing thing is that we know that money is not a constant like a river but we seldom do much to mitigate it's scarcity and abundance dance of troughs and curves. If we don't, when push comes to shove, our purpose pursuit suffers. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! It is safe to say that we all have passion for something. I am talking about the passion in our hearts that benefits other people or makes the environment better. That passion comes from different stimuli and at times, it is in born. Born and raised in the slums of Namuwongo in Kampala, Badru's greatest desire was always to have a father figure. His father passed on when he was two years old. Today, his passion is to be a father figure to the young ones in that slum. Listen to his beautiful story here.

🎉 New #Podcast! It is amazing that more than 60% of what Jesus taught was about commerce, money, prudence and diligence. These are words that go hand in hand with our personal finances. If we are to pursue our purpose, it will only be prudent that we seek to understand how we can up our game with our personal finances. These two are connected. Here is one more thing that we have to talk about when it comes to that. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Money is treated in two major ways across the globe. Whether it's income or outgo, the relationship with money is either as a process or as an event. If you thought making money is an event, you will look for miracles, luck, inheritances and lotteries. If you knew it was a process, you would build value, use time, savings and investments as your arsenals. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! The relationship between purpose and personal finances is irrevocable. Even if you thought money is not important, you would be living a lie because this world of ours is governed by money. Sooner or later, what you do with the money will impact your destiny and your purpose. Unfortunately, the default mode with humans in their relationship with money is to spend it. Nothing wrong with spending, unless.... listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Whereas purpose is spiritual and mostly for others, we cannot be naive to think that money is a none issue as far as purpose is concerned. We have to be bold enough to sort out personal finances so that out purpose is oiled. As such, there are pertinent questions that we must answer regarding money and purpose. You will be happy to note that there is a direct link between money and purpose. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Income is one loaded word. Dave Ramsey, the personal finance guy insists that there can be no financial freedom where there is no income. As we pursue our purpose, the question of income will have to be answered over and over and over again. But income has to be something that we are directly in control of. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! People can act holy all they want and say that money is not important but they can't sustain that argument past dinner. We are living in a physical-empirical world that is governed by time. Probably the world outside of this realm doesn't transact with money. As we pursue purpose, it it imperative that we talk about our personal finances for obvious reasons: when they are in disarray, our purpose is detrimentally affected. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! In our part of the world here in Africa, we are yet to fully embrace the critical need for counseling and therapy. Ranging from children, young adults, singles, couples, employers and employees, we all must embrace the need for this. Increasingly, we are hearing over and over again about mental health. It cannot be bottled down anymore. I had the privilege to talk to Evas Kansiime who is a practitioner in the world of therapy. This conversation was as deep as it gets and I couldn't wait to share with you. Please listen to this and be equipped.

🎉 New #Podcast! If we are going to be successful with our purpose pursuit, we have to be prudent and circumspect with our personal Finances. Money gives us leg room to operate. It's the long runway that a visionary and his children need. If all we are doing is to work for money so we can pay bills, we have completely lost the plot in life. There has to be a moment that we graduate and start working for purpose. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Purpose pursuit is not so 'holy' that you can't think about money. Finances are a crucial element of life that if not we handled, one's purpose can be scuttled. So we need to approach our purpose and our finances pretty much the same way. We must of necessity distinguish between events and processes. For instance, is seeking miracles a certain way of getting finances? Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Purpose and finances should be topics that we don't shy away from. As much as there are personal finance gurus out there, it doesn't mean that the rest of us cannot have that discussion. The fact of the matter is that if we do not get a grip on our personal finances, our purpose would very well be curtailed. In this new series, let us wing it and take the bull by it's horns. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! We are all overqualified for something in life. However, when push comes to shove and we have to make a decision, there are two options. You either take the position for which you are overqualified or you leave it. Should you take the lowly job, and if your attitude were spot on, there are quite a number of things that could go right for you. Here are some reasons you should consider.

🎉 New #Podcast! Mental health is a buzz word all over these days. Have you ever considered the stress that a jobless but overqualified person goes through? If she sticks to her guns that she cannot take an offer below her worth, she should be able to withstand the stress accompanying that position. If however, she decides to take this offer, chances are tay there is peace of mind in having a bird on the hand while waiting for the ideal in the bush. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! When you are overqualified but decide to take a lowly position that pays you less than your worth, take some time and reflect. There has to be a realization first and for all that this is not your destiny. Secondly, you need to realize that there is much, much more to the job than the measly money you are earning. If you take the position purely for the sake of the money, you are starting on a wrong footing. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Geofrey Mutabazi. He's an upcoming leader in entrepreneurship. I had a privilege to sit down and have a conversation with him to find out what he's passionate about as well as it's genesis. He is the founder of Charge Ko Technologies. He's at the moment so passionate about energy and works to find effective solutions to the energy crises we have in the country. Listen to this conversation.

🎉 New #Podcast! Arsenal FC once had a character called Alex Song. He was among the first names on the team sheet every game. Song was approached by Barcelona and promptly left even though there were better players at Barca. He is on record saying that he left purely for the money. Today, he is nowhere notable in football. When you are given an opportunity and yet you are overqualified to take it, here is one main reason why you should consider. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Options are available to us all the time and one of those options is taking an opportunity for which you are overqualified. How does it pan out for your purpose in the grand scheme of things? Seldom will you get straight into your purpose or even your dream job at the first asking. So when life presents you a lowly job for instance, such a situation where you are humbled, what should be in your thought patterns as you consider this chance? Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! The options are simple...but one is not easy. You can either take it or you can leave it. There is no in between. Each choice has its ramifications. If that was you who was overqualified and you are in control of making a decision, what would you do? What thought process would you go through before you arrive at a decision? Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! The Most forgotten folks in the job market are the so called "overqualified" folks. I mean, when you are unqualified, you know you don't deserve a chance, at least if merit was the only yardstick being used. You know you are onto something when your qualifications are at par with the requirements. What we don't know how to handle is the feedback that we are "overqualified". Let's talk about that in this new series. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! There is a huge positive in having a deadline. In fact, one can argue that there are no demerits of deadlines on our projects and pursuits. Coupled with tracking mechanisms, our productivity in life is enhanced with due dates. Here is a summary of the six major reasons why you and I should have deadlines in our purpose pursuit. There could be more, but these are just about enough. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! There are different types of people. There are those who wait to be inspired before they get started. Then, we have those who start before inspiration comes. Still, there will be those that start because something or someone inspired them even though they weren't looking for inspiration. There is power in having deadlines and due dates. They are delicately connected to spurring inspiration in life. Look at Moses and Joshua. Without a due date, one spent 40 years loitering. With a due date, one spent months. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Today on #WednesdayConversation, I was privileged to talk to Shamim K Matovu. She's an astute business anthropologist currently pursuing her doctorate in Organizational Culture, Conflict Management & Employee Performance from the London School or Economics. Her passion for Productivity, leadership and management in organizations is impeccable. As well, she is passionate about the Productivity of individuals and as such, she founded a company called D!scover towards that end Our phone conversation, even though not as crisp on the output as I would have loved, had quite a number of great nuggets that I am sure you will benefit from in addition to learning her story. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! If you wanted something new, whether it's a baby, a car, or a job, you will have to be aware of one major thing that delivers it--a process. Virtually everything you desire can be delivered through a process. However, the taxonomy of a process has in it's very end, a due date for delivery. Once this due date is set, then the process kicks off in earnest to deliver it. Therefore, a due date birthes a project or delivers a mission. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Technically, you can't manage what you cannot create or what you have no control over. Even more difficult to manage is a resource that can never be recovered once it's lost. Time management is therefore a myth. We only can manage ourselves and the activities we do within a fixed time. That's where deadlines and tracking systems come in. The power of deadlines can never be over emphasized. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! One of the advantages of deadlines and due dates is that we get compelled to finish what matters to us. One can easily say that a deadline constrains us. When that happens, it means that you are not at liberty to do anything and go anywhere that will derail what matters. You have been constrained by time or resources because you have something of importance that has been prioritized. Listen to this.

🎉 *New #Podcast! One of the "soft tools" we can use to empower us to high end productivity in life is urgency. I shouldn't even call it "soft" because we err when we refer to these powerful tools as "soft skills". Besides the point, urgency is not necessarily "quickness". It is about dedication to have something of meaning deployed at the earliest possible opportunity that you are capable of. That's where timelines and tracking come in. Listen to this.

🎉 *New #Podcast! 938. The 4 Reasons Why People Don't Have Due Dates For Their #Goals #Purpose The easier part is to visualize and dream. Where the rubber meets the road or the knife slices the butter is when we start to plan and strategize with our goals. Frankly, there are many attainable and valuable goals out there, but people fail to set deadlines and create tracking systems with them. Ultimately, the goals never materialize. Here are a few reasons why people don't create due dates for their goals.

🎉 *New #Podcast! The moment you decide to do something and put a delivery date on it, things start moving. The moment you decide to accomplish something but do not decide on the due date, nothing changes. The rosy part is the dreaming and visualization. The grittier part is facing the reality of actualization of the dream. People can dream but they fail to decide on when the dream is due because of several reasons. Here is one of them. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! First of all, go to www.christmaslove.co.ke. There is a wonderful short film there whose brain child is Peter Kawa, our guest on the show today. He has found his purpose in theatre, acting, directing and working in the creative arts industry. His story is one of passion, resilience and Productivity. There are many lessons to pick from this conversation and I am sure you will enjoy. PS. He also directed the film 'Lost in Time' and you can watch it here: https://lostintime.co.ke at less than four dollars. 🎉 New #Podcast! 936. Peter Kawa. What It Takes To Make it in The Performing Arts in Africa First of all, go to www.christmaslove.co.ke. There is a wonderful short film there whose brain child is Peter Kawa, our guest on the show today. He has found his purpose in theatre, acting, directing and working in the creative arts industry. His story is one of passion, resilience and Productivity. There are many lessons to pick from this conversation and I am sure you will enjoy. PS. He also directed the film 'Lost in Time' and you can watch it here: https://lostintime.co.ke at less than four dollars. Now, listen to this conversation.

🎉 *New #Podcast! We fail to put a due date on a dream, desire or goal because of several reasons. Most of these reasons are internal. However, when all is said and done, a due date as well as a strategy for tracking accomplishment are tools needed to succeed. But when we set a due date, at times fear comes into our lives due to internal reasons. When that happens, we need to identify the roots and nip the problem in the bud. Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! Knowing is good because it sheds light and gives direction that we must take. However, it is one thing to know and quite another to act on that knowledge. Today more than ever before, we are the generation that is most connected to information at the blink of an eye, almost for free. And yet, we still struggle. Why can't people apply the knowledge of timelines and tracking systems to their purpose pursuit? Listen to this.

🎉 New #Podcast! The human being is a goal seeking species. We are always wired to seek to achieve something worthwhile in life. Whenever that part lacks, we become miserable. However, even in our flight seeking goals, we get distracted. Without due dates and tracking mechanisms, we have nothing to keep us on the straight and the narrow. We end up with what soldiers call "Mission Creep". It's explained in here. Listen to this

🎉 New #Podcast! At the beginning of a New Year, people have a psychological new opportunity to start over. Invariably, they make resolutions, goals, plans and vows. That's the spiritual side of things. However, success in purpose pursuit goes beyond the spiritual into the actual. That's why we need to track our activities and place timelines on them. Listen to this.