Becoming Mandela

This is the final podcast in this series. Dave and Trevor reflect on the past six months of working through the twenty four episodes of "Becoming Mandela" and share their own personal insights and leave some final challenges around eldership and becoming the best version of ourselves. There is an ancient piece of wisdom that declares - "without vision people end up in hopelessness" - and the hope is that "Becoming Mandela" has provided every listener with some vision and some hope for their future.

Oh, and by the way, you don't want the miss the very end of this episode! We think it is a fitting conclusion.

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We often talk about people not showing up in a sporting context but how often do we not show up in life? The brain is, without doubt, the most under utilised resource in our body. We have so much potential in our minds, our bodies, our spirit and our talents but do we make the most of it? As we review this final chapter of Becoming Mandela, we explore how we can really focus on showing up in all its glorious, fullest extent to the world in which we live.

So, despite the title, this episode isn't just about growing up. I mean, we all grow up don't we - that's just life and nature? No, this episode explores how we can grow up fruitfully. How do we cut through and cut out all the challenges and difficulties that life throws at us, all the hurt and pain caused my our experiences, to become just the best version of ourselves. This is a powerful, thought-provoking and challenging listen but we think you will find it so helpful in your own personal journey.

Do you sometimes feel worn down by the repetitiveness of life? Have you ever wondered if there is more to life than the work, eat, sleep pattern we can caught up with? This episode looks at how we can truly wake up to our true potential and live life to the full. It reminds us that this is not a dress rehearsal, we just get one shot at life. Trevor and Dave explore how we need to learn to listen to the signals that life send us and respond to the "wake up" calls that we get thrown at us from time to time.

We promise that this will be another fascinating and thought provoking episode in Becoming Mandela.

Elton John once sang that "sorry seems to be the hardest word" and we think he was pretty perceptive. Why is it that we find it so hard to apologise? And, why is our difficulty with apologising so damaging to our ability to be the best version of ourselves? In this deeply personal and rich podcast, Trevor explores why we need to start with learning to apologise to ourselves whilst acknowledging that, as a generation, we also probably owe an apology to our children and grandchildren. Listening to this episode may well hold the key to helping you understand how to get better at relationships and, maybe, at life.

Have you ever put off a conversation with a friend or a loved one because you knew it wasn't going to be the easiest of discussions? Well, this podcast delves into why those conversations are so important to our learning and to our journey to become the best version of ourselves. Trevor and Dave discuss how we can have these disruptive conversations in a constructive way. It's a powerful and honest listen.

By the way, in this podcast Trevor talks about his Youth Compass Project and if you need the link to the website then here it is. Weblink for Youth Compass Project

Quite simply, Ubuntu can be summarised as "I am because we are." Steeped in African culture, it is a philosophy that recognises that I can't be the best version of me without involving others. It recognises that we live in a world of interdependance.

Ubuntu is completely counter-cultural to the way we are expected to live our lives in the Western world. It questions the validity of the concept that life is all about what I achieve by myself. It debunks the myth that life is all about measuring our success through comparison to others rather than what we can collectively achieve together.

We think you will find this a fascinating insight that will change your perspective on how you measure your success at work, in relationships and with parenting.

You will finish this episode and be left contemplating who is on your "team."

Ubuntu, it is a wonderful way to live your life.

In this thought provoking episode, Trevor and Dave discuss why to practice forgiveness is to practice the art of being human. We explore why, in order to forgive others we may actually need to learn to forgive ourselves first. There is discussion on why forgiving those who have wronged us is important in our own recovery from damaging or difficult situations.

And, of course, we explore how Nelson Mandela modelled forgiveness in the way he forgave his oppressors once he was released from prison. We discover how the ending of apartheid was rooted in acts of forgiveness.

If you want to get better at life and maybe lose some of the baggage we all carry around with us, then please listen in.

So we all know that "discipline" can seem a dirty word but in this episode we will learn why it is an essential skill to help us achieve our purpose. Discipline is actually all about asserting control over your destiny so Trevor unpacks some ideas on how we can add more discipline to the key areas of our life that will benefit most from this approach.

We don't often talk about our grounding or our gravitas but that is what this episode is all about. Although it is not a trait we often consider or look to develop, our grounding will have a huge impact on our relationships and our work life. In this episode Trevor looks at the three aspects that can effect our impact on others. We look at our authority, our presence and our impact; three characteristics that can be so important to ensure we don't get overlooked for the next career move or can help us deepen the relationships that matter most to us.

So, listen in, this is one more episode in the Becoming Mandela series that helps us to understand how we own our own story and how we can become the best version of ourselves.