Created For More

It's the 103rd episode on the podcast today, meaning Created For More, The Podcast is nearly two years old. Can you believe it? I have come to you all every single week, for two whole years; and today’s show definitely carries an air of this incredible milestone. 

In an incredible plot twist, I am joined by two incredible young ladies, Kamso and Kaima Nwosuagwu, as the Hosts of the show. Yes, you might need to read that again. There's been a role reversal and today I get to be in the hot seat. 

I usher you into one of the most  hugely entertaining, heartwarming, memorable conversations you will ever hear on this podcast. We speak about what success means to me, how I found my calling, what success means to me and much more. 

Trust me, this episode is not one to miss. Quick, grab a cuppa and get settled in as you listen in and don't forget to drop me a note with some of your favourite moments afterwards.  

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On this episode of Created for More, the podcast, I sit down with a licensed psychiatrist and an emotional wellness ambassador who is passionate about increasing mental health awareness and its management. We have a compelling conversation focused on the value of integrating your faith particularly your Christian faith with emotional wellness to produce a transformative result in your well being that elevates you for the more that you were created to be in your spirit, soul, and body. If you are in that place in your life where you struggle to process pain positively, this episode intentionally curated for your holistic wellness.

Key Highlights;

• The different depths, triggers, and spectrums of pain. (9:00)
• How the integration of faith and mental wellness works. (15:00)
• Understanding who we are and Whose we are. (17:59)
• How to find a balance between your achievements and emotional wellness. (29:29)
• Why you need to have honest conversations with yourself. (43:55)
• The gains of trusting the gift of your support system. (53:23)

About Dr Tiwa;
Dr. Tiwa Osunfisan is from southwestern Nigeria.
She is a Christian and believer in God. She is a practicing American board licensed psychiatrist and an emotional wellness ambassador who is passionate about increasing mental health awareness and its management.

She is an emotional wellness minister who focuses on the integration of faith and mental well-being. She is a co-founder and a mental wellness coach with Transformed Mind Wellness; a virtual company that offers private (1 on 1) coaching sessions to professionals (mainly physicians). The sessions use a variety of therapeutic techniques combined with biblical principles to deal with emotional and mental barriers to achieving one’s specific goals and purposes.

The desired end result is to guide the client to becoming the best version of themselves in any facet of their lives - be it family, marriage, work, etc. She is a sought-after speaker and a teacher; who believes in increasing her learning and making a positive Impact by sharing her knowledge with others.

She is an aspiring author and working on her first book. Other special interests include: Physician mental wellness and increasing mental health awareness & access to its treatment in Nigeria.

Connect with Dr Tiwa
Instagram: @talktodrtiwa

On this episode of Created for More, the podcast, it is the " Activation Series" and this week I share from my heart some lessons I have learnt in the past 100 weeks as a podcaster. There are so many blessings and lessons interwoven in this episode for elevating your life and for operating with discipline and consistency.

Key Highlights;

• Consistency can be cultivated.
• What you know is enough to get you started. 
• Knowing your genius
•  The truth about systems 
• There is gold all around you
•  "Create your own table" 
• "There are more people watching than will ever engage you." 
• "You won't be able to walk on water until you step out of the boat"

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On the 100th episode of Created for More, the podcast, we are celebrating our journey so far on the show and I have the guest of all guests. My mentor, coach, teacher and all-round inspiration, in the person of Fela Durotoye. FD as he is fondly called is a platform renowned leadership development expert, global speaker and nation builder. He is the Founder/CEO of the Gemstone Group a leadership development institution. FD’s unique style of mentoring and coaching enables his clients to go beyond their perceived boundaries of possibilities. On today’s show, we discuss the meaning of life as intended by the Creator and we dissect purpose, clarity and how to successfully steward your gifts for great success. If you are looking to learn about your purpose in life and how to develop and deploy yourself to be more, do more and have more, this episode is especially for you.

Key Highlights:

• How your purpose leaves clues from your childhood. (19:03)
•  Where purpose is hidden (31:34)
•  Why people react to your clues. (45:10)
•  What happens when you find alignment to your purpose. (51:00)
• The 4Ds of stewarding your gifts. (55:00)
• What no one will tell you about effective and defective success. (1:00:00)

About Fela Duratoye:

Fela DUROTOYE is an Executive Coach, Leadership Expert, Global Speaker & Nation Builder. He is the Founder/CEO of The GEMSTONE Group, a Leadership Development Institution comprising The GEMSTONE Leadership Institute, The GEMSTONE Leadership Network, and The GEMSTONE Nation Builders Foundation.

Fela is highly regarded as one of Africa’s leading Executive Coaches. He is an official member of the Forbes Coaches Council (an invitation-only community for senior level executives in the global coaching industry). He is also an alumnus of the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute (BECI).

FD, as he is fondly called, is renowned for his unique style of blended mentoring and coaching to help business and impact leaders achieve exponential growth in their key success parameters. His technique of inspirational leadership enables even the most successful executives & workforce of organizations to aspire to exceed their collective goals and to go beyond their perceived boundaries of possibilities.

Through the course of his coaching & consulting career spanning over 29 years, Fela has developed & deployed his proprietary coaching framework - C.A.S.P.E.R - to deliver Clarity, Alignment, Strategy, Planning, Execution & Results to his clients that span across diverse sectors of the economy from Banking & Financial Services to Telecoms, Oil & Gas, FMCG as well as the Multilateral & Public Sector.

He presently sits on the board of several companies across the spectrum of the Nigerian economic space. As a leadership expert, Fela is currently on a mission to help 1 million people develop their leadership capacity and connect them with opportunities for exponential growth so that they can achieve excellent results and outstanding success in their personal and profes

• How finding his mentor led to his personal self-discovery. (15:50)
• The place of sacrificial service in his journey to becoming more. (20:30)
• The influences that shaped his paradigms (29:11)
• What no one will tell you about unconscious entrepreneurship. “Everyone is a salesperson” (38:00)
• The business side of your specialisations. (40:00)
• Why you need a Steve Harris business and life strategy? (46:10)

About Steve;
Steve Harris

Steve Harris, fondly called "Mr. Ruthless Execution" is privileged to be a trusted
 authority in the fields of Life & Business Strategy. He’s a highly sought after
 Management Consultant, Business Accelerator & Author and is the Chief
 Executive Officer of EdgeEcution
 He is also regarded as one of Africa’s leading Business Coaches.
 His podcast, The Ugly Truth About Business has been rated among the Top 5
 in the Entrepreneurship category in Africa on Apple Podcasts and has been
 downloaded over 600,000 times. His online courses have been taken by over
 5000 people and his weekly emails reach well over 31000 subscribers.
His signature business coaching program, Mastering the Business of your 
Talent (MBT) has coached over 400 entrepreneurs to generate over N3.5 
billion in revenue in 6 weeks. 
He is a Management Consultant with experience spanning 16 years , a UN/YFP 
Young Ambassador for Peace & is regarded as a trusted authority in the fields 
of Life Coaching & Business Strategy.
Steve has designed, managed and facilitated several management and 
leadership retreats and strategy sessions for several organizations.

Today, Steve Harris is fast becoming a “household” name in several
 organizations, including ORACLE, Polo, GTBank, Union Bank, Fidelity Bank,
 Access Bank, Friesland Campina, Nokia, Access Bank, StanbicIBTC Pensions,
 Shell Petroleum Development Company, Nigeria LNG etc. just to name a few,
 where he has managed several sessions; spanning Executive Coaching,
 Customer Service Management, Leadership, Passion Infusion and Workforce  Activation training programmes and retreats.

Connect with Steve Harris on Instagram
@iamsteveharris

On this episode of Created for More, the podcast, I host another incredible guest Eno Eka, an accountant turned business analyst, consultant and founder of The Business Analysis School, an award-winning career coach, speaker, content developer and course instructor at the University of Manitoba, Canada. We have a conversation around how she helps immigrants live purposeful and fulfilled lives through making great career and business decisions. This episode is specially curated for you if you have ever wondered how regular people become great by doing more, being more and having more.

Key Highlights:

• How she leveraged her ability to think big (22:00)
• The power of having a positively resolute mindset. (26:06)
• What humility and success mean to her. (29:15)
• How taking daily inspired actions leads to a purposeful and fulfilling life. (34:09)
• The importance of having an education, a vision for your life, mentors, coaches and an intimate relationship with God. (39:10)

About Eno:
Eno Eka is a business analyst and change manager based in Calgary, Alberta. She is an award-winning career coach and speaker who has been recognized for helping more than 5,000 immigrants kickstart their professional careers in Canada. She is a business analysis content developer and course instructor at the University of Manitoba.
She is the CEO & Founder of Eny Consulting Inc, a boutique consulting firm in Canada.
In about 3 years of arriving in Canada, Eno has touched the lives of thousands of immigrants to Canada.
She has curated mentorship and coaching programs for immigrants to Canada which have sought her recognition & awards globally.
Eno is an embodiment of service as she volunteers with several non- profit organizations to help immigrants to Canada integrate successfully and become gainfully employed.
Eno volunteers as a mentor with Calgary Region Immigrant Employment Council 
(CRIEC) and sits on the Board of the  IIBA Calgary Chapter as Director of Education.
She also volunteers at the Calgary Drop-in Centre and Calgary Dream Centre. 
She is a Giving Back Sponsor for the Women in Need Society (WINS).
She is the host of the Livestream Podcast, Fireside Chat With Eno where she shares valuable insights on job search tips and strategies for new immigrants.
Her awards and achievements include:
Forbes 30 under 30 nominee 2020, Education Category
Alberta Top 30 under 30 recipient 2021
Calgary Top 40 under 40 nominee 2019 & 2020
Universal Women’s Network, Winner 2019 Award for Mentorship
RBC Women of Influence 2020 Award Recipient
Top 100 Black Women to Watch in Canada 2020 Award Recipient 
Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 award in the RBC Future Launch Future Leaders category nominee
RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards Nominee 2020
2020 Tällberg/Eliasson Global Leadership Prize Nominee 
Top 8 Female Business Analysis Influencers To Watch in 2021-Globally Recognized & Featured by the IIBA
Campaign Ambassador for the United Nations and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 
Host of the Global Business Analyst Online Meetup
IIBA Global Corporate Member
IIBA Endorsed Education Provider for all IIBA certifications
Authorized Training Partner for Agile & Scrum through ScrumStudy

Finally, she is  launching the world’s biggest online academy for Business Analysts, find out more at www.businessanalysisschool.com /www.businessanalysiswebinar.com 
Eno Eka is a first generation Nigerian immigrant, business analyst and change manager based in Calgary, Alberta. She is an award-winning career coach and speaker who has been recognized for helping more than 5,000 immigrants kickstart their professional careers in Canada. She is a business analysis content developer and course instructor at the University of Manito

On this episode of Created for More, the podcast, it is more insights where I share from my heart some intentionally uncomfortable truth about your innate potentials and how your excuses might be burying them underneath and limiting your greatness. If this episode unsettles you, it is for you to get activated, stop coasting through life and deploy your potentials to service in order to purposefully become more, do more and have more in your life!

Key Highlights.
•Why you believe you’re not making any progress. (4:14)
•How to deal with an inherent fear of failure. (7:36)
•How to step out boldly in front of an opportunity. (10:31)
•What in your life can you use to serve humanity? (15:23)
•The importance of honouring your own process to winning in life. (19:10)

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Website: www.tonbra.com

This week on the podcast, I have a sit down with the phenomenal leader,  Rolake Akinkugbe-Filani and we have a rich conversation about her journey so far.

Rolake is a true multipotentialite, she is an experienced senior executive, versatile leader and strategic thinker who helps companies in the infrastructure and energy sector scale, enter new high-growth African markets, and achieve profitability. 

She is also an expert conversationalist, speaker, moderator and anchor, able to distil complex issues on a wide variety of global themes to a diverse and cross-cultural audience. Rolakes is not afraid to be more and she embraces her many gifts comfortably. 

On the episode today, Rolake speaks about how grit and hardwork are essential to building skills, inner abilities and passion for stewarding greatness. This episode is specially curated to give the motivation and clarity to become more in every sphere of life!

Key Highlights;

•   The key defining moments of her life. (15:09)
•   How she applied herself to learning and become a pianist and an energy sector guru. (21:50)
•   Why communication? (30:41)
•   When mentoring becomes essential. (36:30)
•   Why it is beneficial to be able to express yourself in multiple ways. (43:15)

About Rolake;
As a reputable infrastructure, energy and investment executive, who, over the last 15 years has built a track-record of helping to finance and scale African businesses, Rolake recently made a career transition to add real estate and affordable housing infrastructure to her portfolio, as the Chief Commercial Officer of leading infrastructure developer, Mixta Africa, helping the group craft its commercialisation strategy, driving growth and market-penetration across the Group’s subsidiaries in Nigeria, Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia & Cote d’Ivoire .
This multi-discplinary professional is also a highly sought-after industry expert and conversationalist, noted for her astute analysis, and able to distil complex topics on global energy, infrastructure, economy, markets, and contemporary society to a wide variety of audiences and is a regular feature on platforms like BBC, CNN, CNBC, and others.
She was the Senior Advisor to IFU, the Danish Investment Fund and recently sat on the global advisory board of Canadian Private Equity firm, Stonechair Capital advising on its $300 million #EnergyAfrica Fund for infrastructure investments in Sub-Sahara Africa. From 2014 – 2019 she was head of energy for FBN Capital and FBNQuest Merchant Bank, investment and merchant banking arm of FBN Holdings PLC, Nigeria’s oldest financial services group. With a deep passion to make a difference in the infrastructure landscape, she is part of a new generation helping to improve access to energy in Africa, and founded InaTidé, a not-for-profit social enterprise aimed at helping renewable energy off-grid and mini-grid entrepreneurs access finance.
From 2017-19 she was a member of the private sector economic advisory group in the Office of the Vice President of Nigeria, working closely with the Chief Economic Adviser to the President, and the VP’s office on a range of national development policy issues. Prior to FBNQuest Merchant Bank, she was head of the energy, power and oil and gas research team at pan-African Ecobank Group in their London office covering 33 African countries.

Connect with Rolake
 On Instagram: @rolakeakinkugbe,  @iarticl8
 Website: www.rolakeakinkugbe.com

On this episode of Created for More, The Podcast, I share again from my heart on the "Fear of Failure". Failure in itself is already a big scare, however,  I reckon that More than Failure, the FEAR of failure is the major factor that limits people from reaching their More in being, doing and having. This episode is specially designed for your activation if this is your story.

Key Highlights;

•  How to process the feeling of Fear. (5:10)
•  What is the easier thing to do to overcome your fear? (9:40)
•  The benefits of having a doer's mindset. (10:52)
•  Why stumbling blocks are important. (15:42)
•  Who are your collaborators and accountability buddies? (18:00)

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This week we release our very first bonus episode, available for a limited time only

Enjoy the audio of The Life Reset Masterclass taught on 26th June 2022.

Here's what you will learn;

• How to overcome setbacks and gain traction, even if you don't feel you have what it takes
•  How to overcome self limiting beliefs so that you can live fulfilled and maximise your potential
•  How to be more confident so you can step up to do bigger things that scare you, even if you feel unsure about your abilities

Book a call here: www.tonbra.com/liferesetreplay
*Ensure you jump on it real quick because it won’t be around for very long.*