The Word Café Podcast with Amax

Send us Fan Mail How do you see where you are living? How do you perceive your city? Does it inspire you? For me, cities are reflections of their inhabitants, individuals who have taken the courage to call it home. In this show episode, I will be taking you on an imaginary Journey through my city, where I currently reside, Abuja, the Federal Capital of Nigeria. Come with me on this ride. Support t...

Send us Fan Mail How are myths created? What are they? The word Myth has its origin in the Greek word mythos . The word Myth derives from the Greek mythos , which has a range of meanings from “word” through “saying” and “story” to “fiction”; the unquestioned validity of mythos can be contrasted with logos , the word whose validity or truth can be argued and demonstrated. Because myths narrate fant...

Send us Fan Mail The quest to succeed and succeed can sometimes be overwhelming, and we somewhat lose sight of the true and accurate steps to take, leaning on what God has provided us through His Spirit in our spirit. As a person of faith, the Christian faith, I have come to appreciate and embrace the teachings from the Bible and build my life around it. One such teaching is the fruit of the human...

Send us Fan Mail A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous. Proverbs 13:22 I have given some thought to the above passage concerning what we bequeath to our children, the heir to whatever we own. The question is, what do we really leave behind for those coming after us? Is it our material possessions or something beyond the ephe...

Send us Fan Mail Still, waters run deep.  The above is a famous quote. Still, waters run deep is a proverb of Latin origin now commonly taken to mean that a placid exterior hides a passionate or subtle nature. Formerly it also carried the warning that silent people are dangerous, as in Suffolk's comment on a fellow lord in William Shakespeare 's play Henry VI part 2: Smooth runs the wate...

Send us Fan Mail What is Service? … 25 But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them. 26 It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—… Matthew 20:26 “The best way to find yo...

Send us Fan Mail How do we deal with the burden of purpose expressed in the various disciplines we somehow engage in, like entrepreneurship?  It takes a lot of work in terms of diligence and consistency to build that portfolio based on your passion within the framework of your purpose. On this episode of the show, I am super excited to share the story of a young man who has discovered his calling...

Send us Fan Mail Uchechuwkwu Okere can be described as a ‘bookie’ who has turned his passion into a portfolio that now takes him worldwide. He is an environmental professional that enjoys what he does. As an environmental professional, his current roles include teaching subjects ranging from soil pollution, EIA, and EMS at a UK University. He also delivers certified professional development course...

Send us Fan Mail How would you describe something that is done with a sense of completion, not leaving any blemish or room to question the validity of the work done? I imagine you will exclaim, what an excellent job! Well, this is how we feel when we encounter something of quality that stands out from the rest, it is not just the best, but it becomes the reference for and to others to follow. I ha...

Send us Fan Mail Christmas is the season when we all gather to celebrate, bond, and share family time. We do this by way of sharing gifts, food items, and drinks. It can be described as a season for giving and receiving gifts.  On this episode of the show, I have someone dear to me to discuss the season and the coming year. Her name is Beverly Chahonyo    Beverly Chahonyo is a seasoned Human Resou...

Send us Fan Mail The Human existence is one that is defined by so many challenges and our response goes a long way to reveal how we perceive the world around us and make the best of the situations facing us. The pursuit of happiness is not devoid of obstacles, but our approach to handling the obstacles shows if we see opportunities to climb to the next phase or barriers stopping us from moving for...

Send us Fan Mail The satisfaction of living all comes from that simple understanding of purpose, which, honestly, for so many of us, it is not that simple. Our disorderliness that brings about considerable energy dissipation and waste is directly connected to our not understating and appreciating the purpose question. Live is lived and fulfilled within the walls of purpose, not just any purpose, i...

Send us Fan Mail The power of a word is seen and felt via voice, whether verbal or non-verbal. The importance of our living is seen and felt when we release energy through the utterances we make, which come in various forms and styles. Man, yes, mankind is a speaking spirit, and this is revealed from the breath within us. With each opportunity we have, we want to let out that energy that defines o...

Send us Fan Mail What is the future?  Where is the future? And who is the future for? Recently, the discussion around the future has been on the front burner. So many people and organizations are anxious about this topic and somehow grabble with the thought and how to navigate around it. At the heart of this discourse is dealing with change which is viewed via the lens of transformation, taking th...

Send us Fan Mail "My aim is to put what I see and feel on paper in the best and simplest way." Earnest Hemingway The beauty of life and living is communication. The ability to reach out and connect with one another via channels that have been created following established protocols that point to the uniqueness of human nature. This established protocol of exchange can come in the form of...

Send us Fan Mail John C. Maxwell said it best: "Everything rises and falls on leadership . Everything in this statement above is an exception of nothing, more like our succeeding and failing in life is a function of leadership. So, the functioning of the earth is hinged on this one principle of leadership, which defines and dictates how the different structures of society work. Leadership can...

Send us Fan Mail I am passionate about Human Resources Management, not just in the graphs, the charts, and the statistics, but in the Human in there that drives all the other processes.  As opined by Perry Timms, HR champions are the gatekeepers in any organization, and as such, the current capitalist approach to value creation is killing our planet and our people. Businesses need to move beyond s...

Send us Fan Mail Becoming successful in life, sometimes one comes to think, is contingent on so many things, but a careful look at it again reveals that only one thing is required, and through this one thing, other things come to light.  It is like passing white light through a prism, and it comes to reveal the other colors which make life beautiful. So what is this one thing, you may be asking? I...

Send us Fan Mail There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of Toll – How frugal is the Chariot That bears the Human Soul – BY EMILY DICKINSON Each time the subject of writing things down comes up, this particular poem runs through me, and I am so fired up. I have come to embrace writing...

Send us Fan Mail The life of a creative person is all about simplifying the complex. They Take the abstract and communicate it to minds in the most understandable form and style. The unseen is their playground; it carries all the necessary resources. For them, it is the warehouse of countless possibilities. Time for them is not a limit, but an element which they race towards not as if they are in...

Send us Fan Mail The unconscious subconscious that we are all consciously living in. Can you imagine your earliest consciousness immediately after your time started counting, passing through the gate of time into this reality? I have often wondered why the time of a baby in a mother's womb does not count until the birthing process is complete. We have heard of specific terms like tabular rasa...

Send us Fan Mail 14And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years. 15And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the Earth." And it was so. 16God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. An...

Send us Fan Mail How do you see, capture and express abstraction to a tangible form for human consumption? The above question is deep-seated within our subconscious, harnessing the potential of being aware of our environment, be it internal or external, and manipulating it to our advantage. Our growth in every sense of the word lies firmly on the knowledge we have come to acquire by the process of...

Send us Fan Mail There is something beautiful about intelligence; it reveals how much we can become when we put ourselves to the task of searching and asking the right question. I am always fascinated by knowledge because our becoming, being, and living all rise and fall on the back of what we know.  All of these begin with our intellect, the sum of our cognitive facilities, and the capacity for r...

Send us Fan Mail Vision is the art of seeing things invisible!  This is his drive in pursuit of purpose and discovery of his why. He didn’t choose the arts; instead, the art chose him and opened unto him pathways of expressing himself to the fullest and, by so doing, living a fulfilled life.  His name is Yibo Koko, and his passion is the arts; he has successfully created a portfolio by the grace o...