The Life Purpose Podcast on Life Signatures Radio

I am one of those guys that need to reconcile to the fact that rest is not a waste of time. I am also one of those guys that need to find creative ways that I can maintain top notch productivity with my purpose. I have realized that to be productive and to be on purpose, there are practical and philosophical solutions that we can deploy. Here is a collection of six of them for overly productive an...

If you are a full time employee and you have a vision for your own purpose pursuit, how do you get productive with that purpose? How do you get some time to rest and juggle between working for your boss and working for yourself? They always tell us not to leave our employment unless we are fully sorted and we have reserves. On the other hand, the bosses pay you just enough to live by, and not enou...

If you find yourself overly busy and productive, you know that you will need rest. At times we catch ourselves saying that we wish the day had 36 hours, I kid you not. That's good news and bad news too. Good news because you have put your hands on the plough and you are really chunking down work. Bad news because there is only one of you. If you break down, nothing goes on. So how do we get you so...

Did you know that if you are incompetent, disorganized, not passionate and not efficient with anything you do, you will take more time with it and you will not enjoy the process? Work is not supposed to be drudgery. It is supposed to draw effort from us, but it is also meant to be enjoyable. One of the most successful US Presidents was a movie actor! He never had time in politics, just came out of...

Like I have kept saying, the human species has no problem with taking action. Every waking day, the streets are filled early with people running up and down to do stuff. And so we find that our calendars are as populated as a productive mango tree. But at the end of the day, not every mango fruit is ripe off of that tree. In other words, not all the activities that we delve into on a daily basis w...

Ever found that there is so much to do in the day that you needed a 36-Hour Day? I heard Arianna Huffington one day criticize Elon Musk for claiming that he spent 24 hours on his birthday working. At some point in time, we do need some "me time" in order to recharge and recuperate. We know that this is important, but at times we find ourselves working even on Sundays. In this episode, let's check...

"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing". I love that quote. So let's ask ourselves this question: What's the main thing in life? Perhaps different people will give you different answers. It is the same as asking everyone: What matters to you? You will get as many answers as there are passionate independent thinkers. At the end of the day, I bet you that the most important thing i...

Business books often talk about the difference between effectiveness and efficiency. This is important in life, for we have no problem being efficient. However, at the end of the day, were we productive? To be productive as an individual simply means to do that which you were designed to do in the fast place. Therefore, productivity is connected firmly to the message of a life of purpose. Can you...

I honestly believe that there is no bigger reason for the existence of the human being other than to be productive. And I am going to focus not on a whole human race, but just on individuals. You and me. There could be no other bigger reason for our existence. Therefore, productivity is a critical aspect of our lives, probably on a daily basis. We have no problem taking action daily. The question...

The most inexhaustible treasure trove in the world I believe is human potential. I am not going to take away the fact that the earth itself has incredible amounts of treasure when excavated. However, when push comes to shove all those treasures are useless without the human. That is why the human is an important aspect in life, and the human himself is filled with so much incredible potential that...

You know this very well. That comfort is the conquered frontier. Discomfort is the unconquered frontier. Therefore, if potential has to be excavated, you and I will have to cherish the discomfort. There is nothing new for growth that is found in comfort, but there is always great reserves of potential that can be exploited when we are uncomfortable. This goes without saying. Let us see exactly how...

There are two things about inventions and innovations. First, there is proximity. You invent or innovate with what you have, or around where you are, or where there is a need and a problem to be solved. Second, there is passion. You invent or innovate in response to the undying passion locked up within you. Either way, one of the best ways to utilize your potential and actually to excavate it is t...

The most sinister thing about potential are the words used to describe it. "Dormant" force. "Latent" energy. "Unused" power. Think about that. The definition does not talk about unavailability. It does not talk about rarity. If anything, it talks about abundance. One can even talk about neglect when it comes to it. In fact, the world over, one of the most neglected powers we have is the power of p...

In one of Aesop's fables, we learn a powerful story about familiarity. That we can be so contemptuous when we are "familiar". It is easy for a servant to take a King for granted because they are too familiar with him. Well, guess what? That is the same thing that we do with our potential. In fact, some people never put their potential to action because they are so contemptuous with it. They didn't...

I once challenged a radio personality on social media by asserting that IQ is overrated. They shot back and said that they could host me on their radio show to defend my position. I took up the challenge and we had an interesting discussion. This is exactly how it went. Listen to this.

Now that we know that some of the greatest answers we are looking for in life are already available to us but shrouded in potential, how do we excavate this potential? It is amazing that we can leave these answers that are already available and we go on a journey outside of our potential seeking the foreign, exotic and probably complicated solutions. However, when we look keenly enough on our pote...

As already explained previously, the answers we are looking for in life are around us and within us. They are all shrouded in our potential. The fortunate thing about potential is that it always speaks, like that spark that begs to be fanned aflame. So we have answers in life in potential, and this potential is daily calling on us. It has a language and it has different voices. It speaks. Are we l...

Probably we all have answers to life that we are looking for. The answers come in form of seeds. That's why maybe we keep passing by these answers on our journey to look for readily available fruits. Potential is the answer. Perhaps the most sinister thing a creator can ever do is to fashion something of someone and deprive them of potential. Fortunately, that is not the case. We are all laden wit...

This is a continuation of a conversation that I had with Mr. Solution Ngonzi, a Growth Coach, farmer and founder of Gone Rogue Strategies. At times in life, we come to a place where we are boxed in and seemingly, we have no options. What do we do at such moments? What can we learn about the act of "standing still?" What instructions can we receive that can help us in that moment? Listen to this.

What do you do when you are caught between a rock and a hard place? I had a conversation with Mr. Solution Ngonzi about a wide range of things. In that conversation, a beautiful story came up that covers up the subject matter. Chances are that what we are looking for in life are all available around us or even within us in terms of seeds. Our environments are potent, covered with many possibilitie...

It has been an interesting electioneering process in Uganda. The slogan that the ruling party went with into the elections was "Securing Your Future". It seemed such a slogan to use on such matters. It probably was communicating promise and stability. However, a couple of episodes back, I caught myself in spontaneity saying, *"You cannot secure the future because it is an unknown variable"* . Well...

Fear can be both a good thing or a bad thing. If you are afraid of heights, it could save you from jumping from the third floor to your death. If you are afraid of public speaking though, it could rob you of an opportunity to influence and inspire. As such, it is important for us to not over-analyze the fear. If we know what matters to us and yet we are afraid of taking action, we ought to actuall...

One of the easiest ways to gain courage is to hang around the courageous. If you wanted to be wealthy, you could hang around the wealthy. If you wanted to be wise, you could hang around the wise. We don't have many things in our lives because we are afraid of the unknown. And so we stay in the tried, the proven and the tested, not wanting to venture out. To discover our purpose, we might want to h...

One of my favorite quotes is by Teddy Roosevelt. He said, "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that neither knows victory nor defeat" Let's face it: In our attempts to know what our purpose is, we have to embrace the fear o...

I saw a very powerful quote from T.D Jakes about #Fear. In his book, Instinct, he says, "If fear is in the car, that is Ok, for as long as it is not in the driver's seat". In other words, you might not do away with fear. The presence of fear should not stop you from moving forward. In discovering your purpose, at times, fear is the indication of what you ought to do. If you are afraid of public sp...