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As a local worker in Africa, you will need money for your job search or to start your business. But money is neither the first nor the most important thing you need. So, let me explain what work is about before you let the lack of money stand in the way. 

To work is for you to put your Energy, Abilities, and Time to serve the needs of others. That’s how you get to EAT, or to put it another way, that’s how you get to make money. Let’s dig deeper into this.

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I dedicate this episode to my friends Elizabeth Peter and Samm Obathany as well as all Tanzanians who work in the hospitality sector. This short and sweet special episode will focus on one secret I brought back from Tanzania. 

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Certains dons se voient sans efforts d’autres exigent qu’on creuse plus ou moins loin – comparez les ressources forestières et les ressources minières de la RDC, par exemple. Le don, c’est le potentiel. Il doit être non seulement reconnu mais aussi utilisé, comme tu l’as si bien perçu. 

Et c’est la connaissance ou la conscience du don qui fait rejeter la médiocrité. Le potentiel connu nourrit les aspirations. On réalise qu’on peut être, faire et avoir mieux.

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Your number 1 skill as a local worker in Africa (and anyone's number 1 skill anywhere in the world for that matter) is learning. Learning is the parent skill of all skills. All knowledge and know-how are acquired through learning.

 Whether you are in a formal or informal setting, there are basically 5 ways you can learn and excel professionally...

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 Employee or entrepreneur, what should I be? Early on, I decided I wouldn’t be anyone’s employee. I wanted to be an entrepreneur. Then wisdom visited me, and I understood the triple benefit of employment for wannabe entrepreneurs. Are you at that fork in the road as a local worker in Africa? Or do you know anyone who is? Keep listening to this Episode 28 of the Homegrown and Worldclass Podcast on Mastery Fork Road and the Local Worker in Africa. 

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In Episode 26, I told you that mastery is about practice started, scaled, and sustained. Nothing highlights the über-importance of starting, scalability, and sustainability like entrepreneurship. So, in this episode, let's talk about Pursuing Mastery in Entrepreneurship as a Local Worker in Africa. Want to build a career as an entrepreneur? I'm going to provide you with a structure that will help you build from foundation to finish. 

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In podcasting, as in all professions, three actions matter: 

1. start, 
2. scale, 
3. sustain. 

And the last two aren’t possible if you never start. Mastery comes from practice started, scaled, and sustained. 

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Rechercher la maestria dans un domaine n’a rien à voir avec décrocher une maîtrise dans ce domaine. Très peu de diplômes préparent à l’exercice compétent d’un métier. Et c’est encore plus vrai pour les diplômes universitaires. Je partage mon expérience à cet égard dans l’épisode avant d’annoncer quelques un des métiers que j’ai appris en les faisant.

En français, il y a cette expression malheureuse : formé sur le tas. Et si on disait formé par la pratique d’une part et formé par la théorie d’autre part ?

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 There is obviously a lot more to say about pursuing mastery in humanitarian aid. But here’s the takeaway: the combination of humanitarian standards and competency frameworks will give you a crystal-clear view of the right direction to mastery.     

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If you asked me to summarize success at work as a conference interpreter in a single word, I would say: Trusted. 

And if you asked the same in 3 words, I’d say Trusted Meaning Broker. 

Early on, I figured out intuitively that interpreting was about getting the meaning of discourse in one language as fully as possible and conveying that meaning as masterfully as feasible in the other language. 

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