The Life Purpose Podcast on Life Signatures Radio

I will say it like a broken record: In life, questions are answers. Perhaps the most successful of us are those who are willing to incessantly ask questions and wait long enough to get answers thereof. I believe it was Edison who said that the reason he was successful as compared to his peers was that he was willing to stay with problems (read questions) longer. There are perhaps just three critic...

In life, questions are answers. The more we ask, the more we know. There is no question in life that doesn't have answer. Think about that for a minute. Even Covid19 will be answered, or is being answered. The types of questions we ask, therefore, will determine the kind of life that we are going to lead. There are some life questions that are so deep that we keep evading to ask them. Life too kee...

We are invariably told that the quality of our lives will be dependent on the quality of the questions that we are willing to ask, and answer. For the most part, we find ourselves evading to answer life's crucial questions. We procrastinate. We get deliberately distracted. We waive off our mandate to be reflective and curious. Until a crisis hits. That's when we are stripped of what we thought we...

There are two types of people generally in life. There are those who live their lives by default, and there are those who live their lives by design. The most interesting thing is that the creation around us is on autopilot. The sun, the moon. The hills and mountains. The revers and they skies. One can even say that the animals, the birds and the fish, they all are in an autopilot--a life of defau...

The most uncanny thing about creation is that you will find out that the crown of creation, mankind, has very many limits. As compared to man, natural things in the universe tend to grow to their full glory.  The tree, for example, grows to the tallest height it ever can muster as to the degree of potential that has been put  in it. Man? We find ourselves grappling with making money...and that's j...

Every time I ask a group of people about natural gifts and talents, I find that each group has a massive percentage of those who believe that they are not gifted. This is because they do think that gifts and talents are only for those that stand out in sports, speaking, entertainment and academics. Nothing can be further from the truth. In this episode, we let you in on some of those that are not...

If I put something in a gadget, I expect that gadget to be optimally used by exploiting the features that I built in it. You don't buy a TV set for decorating your house primarily, even though it can work that way. That is the same thing with our natural gifts and talents. They are not there for decoration. They are there to primarily be used so we can operate as optimally as possible. If you want...

Growth and development of gifts and talents is not linear. It is not assured unless it is intentional. There are several things that you can do to make sure that your gifts and talents are developed. However, one must first acknowledge that the gifts and talents have an integral part to play in their lives and in their future. This is the greatest omission on earth. Why would your creator give you...

The greatest omission in the world today is the development of gifts and talents. For some reason, and I do not know why, we have not created an environment on earth where these can flourish. We somehow have our own "priorities". However, if you know how critical the gifts and talents you have been given are, whether spiritual or natural, you will want to move heaven and earth to develop them. Som...

I cannot over-emphasize the power of gifts and talents. I do believe that there is nobody God made that is not gifted in one way or another. The biggest mistake we make is to think that the gifted are only those with an ability in sports, entertainment or other facets that are obvious. Nothing can be further from the truth. I think it is a great responsibility that all of us have to make sure that...

One of the biggest mistakes we do with raw talent is to over-emphasise its importance to us monetarily so much so that we put undue pressure on it and it ultimately doesn't develop. When people realise that there is potential somewhere with a natural gift and talent, they see only what they can benefit from it. They start counting the millions even before that gift has been nurtured to maturity. W...

Patience, they say, pays. That cuts across just about every strata of society and most especially when it comes to deploying our natural gifts and talents. Unfortunately, we live in a world that is so demanding of the now. We have the urgency of the now to pay bills and take care of things. That set up does not bode well with the gospel of developing our gifts and talents. Why? Because it takes ti...

Natural gifts and talents are like our acres of diamonds, for the most part. We find ourselves looking for the spectacular answers to our lives while all along we are oblivious that we are gifted and talented. The answers that we are looking for in life are seldom out there in another continent. Some clues to our life's greatest breakthroughs could be right where we are or maybe even within us in...

It is an open secret, even though many people are not bold enough to agree, that natural gifts and talents are important in society. Not just for hobbies, but also for personal and national economies.   In the mainstream, it is hard to find a system that has been institutionalized and set aside specifically to nurture gifts and talents. Many have the gifts but they are struggling to make ends meet...

The most common thing you will find about people is their uniqueness and their giftedness. A vast majority of people in any gathering are gifted. If anything, I do believe that all of us have gifts and talents. We do not recognize this on a large scale because we tend to think that it is a domain of sportspeople, entertainers, orators and highly gifted academicians. Nothing can be further from the...

When I build something to function in a particular way, I will place in it the capacity to do so. I will "tool" it accordingly. The same thing is true with humans. We have natural gifts and talents as our "tooling" so we can be naturally predisposed to function in a certain way. Sadly, we ignore these natural tools that are within us and we run helter skelter trying to eke out a living. Let us fin...

If someone asked you about investments, even if you are not a genius or guru in that department, you will readily have some things in mind that you might want to invest. For the most part, people think about finances, which is a great thing. However, I am afraid that we are ignoring perhaps one of the most potent investments we can make in life. All of us have that opportunity. The problem is that...

There are two major schools of thought in life. First, there is that which focuses intensely on results...in the now, immediately. Now matters more than tomorrow, for tomorrow we do not know what will happen. There is another school of thought that looks at today as a seed. It honours processes, systems, time, and patience. Few subscribe to this. Unfortunately, when it comes to nurturing gifts and...

Could it be that all the answers we are looking for, especially in terms of economic gain are right within us and around us but we are totally oblivious of that fact? Any creator of anything will place inside of it tools, attributes, and capabilities that will enable it to function in the intended way. That includes the human being. There has to be a firm place for gifts and talents. The more we i...

As much as we are trying all we can to change the education systems of the world, there will always be something glaringly missing and off if we will not have parents become the Life Coaches of their children. The world has changed so much that the education system as promised and as crafted has not kept up with it. For starters, not everyone will excel from the academic world. Let's just agree wi...

Bad will be the day when all parents continue thinking that the silver bullet to the success of their children is the traditional school system. Let's just talk about the elephant in the room: It is not working anymore, at least to the extent it has been sold to work. That is why the parent is in the life of a child to become a life coach. For starters, you as a parent going through the system. It...

Words are powerful. Certainly, words spoken by friends and loved ones have an impact. Words also spoken by peers do go a long way. But words spoken by a person in authority can shape and mould a life. That is why I have been encouraging us as parents to become Life Coaches for our children. I dare say that even if your child flanked the academic mountain and be in danger of losing the job avenue,...

We are told that success leaves clues. I agree. So does failure. However, why is it that we do not wake up from a pattern? Why is it that we failed from the school system but we still send our children out there thinking that they might catch a break? Where is the problem? I will tell you where. We have been sold to the fact that the school system is a silver bullet for anyone needing to succeed i...

Money is a huge topic. But don't you think it is unfair for the school system not to ably and thoroughly cover the subject of "Personal Finances" for our children? Who is to blame? Whose responsibility is it to teach them about finances? About different streams of income? About investments, treasury bills, shares and so on? Is it really the school system? Does the school system have the focus, the...

Insight is a very important thing in life. Perhaps the emptiest of life you can live is a life without insight. When we are growing up children, what insight are we teaching them to channel all their efforts towards? Better yet, what is the single insight that the school system serves? Towards what end do they go to school for two decades? The insight behind it informs how they come out of the sys...