Mindset Africa lab: Recent Episodes
Jesse Seade
Jim Rohn once said, for things to change we must change. We know as Africans we have an issue with our thinking. For the continent of Africa to transform, we must change our thinking. Old thinking cannot create new solutions therefore on this show we will discuss some of our self destructive and self limiting beliefs. The time for change is now, if we fail to act, our decendants will be doomed to repeat our mistakes.
Aother day another coup in Africa, this time in Niger. At this stage little is known but the Military is now in charge of the country. Rightly, the world at large have criticised the coup attempt, on the surface its still hard to understand which western country is behind it this time. Maybe there is no agenda against the country, its just another case of naive military over reach. Lets wait and see.
In this episode we speak to business consultant and strategist Dr Emerie Agunwah about the progress Africa is making, the hope of a bright and prosperous future and what we can do as individuals to help shape our lives and by extension the lives on the continent.
Most African countries for better or worse celebrate Independence Day. I dont believe in celebrating something that should not have been allowed to happen in the first place. In this episode we explore the need to move away from the conversation of colonisation and independence.
Africans are very tribal, in conversations among Africans, the issue of what tribe someone comes from emerges very quickly. What is the purpose of a tribe if not to unite us? It seems to Africans ones own tribe is more important than the sum of us all.
Everyone can agree that sustainable living is a good idea. The green movement is bent on changing everyone’s lifestyle to some sort of green alternative. Can Africa afford to be swept up in this frenzy? Should Africa leave its natural resources untapped so some European can feel good about the climate? Will this modern green movement sink Africa into new levels of desperation?
In this episode I had to grapple with a widely condemned act of trophy hunting in South Africa. This follows a documentary I watched by the famed Louise Theroux, his visit to a private nature reserve that allows animals to be hunted for money, I learnt a few things and I hope you do too
In this episode I spoke to Saray Khumalo a mountaineer, explorer who scale extraordinary heights to reach the summit of Mt Everest. We spoke about the commitment and sacrifices it takes to reach such a goal as well as the state and mindset of Africans and how the disempowering beliefs and statements hold the continent back, don’t miss this episode
In this episode I spoke to Ms Nesta Hatendi who has extensive experience leading humanitarian and development programmes in fragile and post conflict regions in Sub Saharan Africa. Her professional background includes board memberships in two global organisations, writing short stories and advocating on issues relating to ageing. Our discussion centred on the need for the continent to adopt a more proactive approach in dealing with issues associated older persons.
A coup is an illegal seizure of power from a government. This highly destabilising trend was very prevailing in the 60s in developing countries. In the last 3 years there has been numerous coups and coup attempts in Africa, does this signal a return a barbaric form of government through the barrel of the gun? Africa has bled enough
This episode is about taking charge, sometimes there are areas in life we wish we could just delegate to someone else, or a responsibility we think someone else can handle on our behalf. Ultimately there is only one person who is responsible for it
Preparation is key, after allowing my son to ride his bike down a steep hill and crashing, I am left wondering how I could have done a better job at preparing him for such a big adventure.
2021 was a brutal year for us a human race. Somehow thankfully we made it through, Gods been good to us. In 2022, we forge ahead with a winners mindset and unwavering courage. Welcome to 2022.
Legacy isn’t discussed very much in our society. It’s usually reserved for funerals or huge milestones in life. For me thats too late to talk about an important subject like that. I prefer to talk about things that you can have direct influence on, and have the ability to change.Lets not talk about legacy when its too late to change it, rather lets build it into our everyday lives
Why does the African continent seem to be perpetually stuck in the proverbial slump. One forward step usually results in two further steps back. Here we discuss what it means and whether or not there is hope of ever escaping this trap
Men are feeling lost. Just take a look at the boys and men around these days. If you are a man its unnatural to feel lost all the time, it means something is fundamentally going wrong, in this episode we discuss how to recover and find meaning
One of life’s principles is feeding. Whatever we feed grows, these day we feed a lot of things with our energy and they grow and occupy massive amount of realestate in our body and mind. On this episode we explore where it is that we are placing our focus and what it is that we are feeding
To make significant progress in life we need to learn from the mistakes of others. Simply repeating mistakes of past generations is foolish. There are things I wish I knew when I moved to Australia, or at least things I wish I had taken the time to learn or contemplate. In this episode we dive into some of the beneficial traits or lessons we need to learn to make descent progress in another culture
Lets face, the world view of Africa is completely different to that of the world. It’s like the continent and its people think completely differently from everyone else. In this episode we look at how that difference is creating the results we see today.
No man is an island, there is a lot of truth in that. We as humans are social creatures so isolation whether deliberate or not is counterintuitive to our nature
I am sure we can all agree there is a lot of noise in the world right now, so much news, so much happening on social media and its hard to remain focused on what’s the most important, the signal. How do we ignore all the noise and learn to identify the signals and what’s important for us as Africans
Every great company markets itself. Every great country markets itself. Africa does not manage its image nor does it market itself, thats a big problem.
Africans are perhaps the most religious right now, but this comes at a cost, what is the psychological cost of this practice?
We’ve all heard of the African time phenomenon. Is it simply a matter of tardiness? Or is there a deeper reason why Africans cannot keep time? It’s not a straight forward answer but it will surprise you-
How well do you know yourself? Are you as authentic to yourself as you think? We all carry our blind spots with us, most often its the people closes to us who see these blind spots and if we are lucky we have people in our lives to tell us the truth if we veer off our course
Welcome to 2021, as we set goals and set our aspirations for a brighter and better future, here is to a more hopeful future
Forget the inner conversations for now, what are the outward conversations we are having? What ideas do we discuss in our circles? Do we discuss and share ideas or do we compare and discuss people? I suggest we stop discussing people and start discussing ideas
What we call the African mindset is a disempowering narrative and world view that cripples the user. Without breaking away from this behavior we will never transcend our current status. The only way thing s change is if we change.
This short intro trailer will let you know what the show is all about as well as the reason for the podcast. See you on the next episode.