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The smart thing about ‘dumb questions’ is that they reveal candid ignorance, genuine interest, and an honest character. 

Ignorance is the starting point for us all. Acknowledging what we don’t know is how we come to pursue knowledge and abilities when we get the opportunity. But here’s the rub: the more competent we get in some areas, the less we want to appear ignorant in all the others where everybody knows we are. So, we don’t ask the question we badly need to be answered immediately. 

This episode is inspired by one ‘dumb question’ someone asked me recently as a conference speaker.  

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Upskilling and upscaling as a local worker in Africa is what the Homegrown and Worldclass Podcast is here to help you do, as you know by now. 

In this episode, I tell you about the 3 Ls you need to consider as a local worker in Africa with respect to upskilling and upscaling. These are Learning, Labour, and Livelihoods. And you’ll get two more Ls for the price of three as you listen on! 

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Francophone Catch-up episodes provide the Homegrown and Worldclass Podcast's francophone audience with summaries in French of episodes previously published in English.  

Cet épisode est un résumé en 22 minutes des épisodes 1 à 9 du Homegrown and Worldclass Podcast:

1. Africa's Chronic Diagnosis for a Curable Ill
2. Local Content... Locals Contempt
3. Growing or Groaning, Whining or Winning
4. The One-Action Success Plan
5. Your Next Success Story Starts Now
6. The Anatomy of Success at Work
7. A Strategy for Success at Work
8. Do Your Mastery Homework
9. New Year's Feedback Vs New Year's Wishes

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New Year's wishes can be generic platitudes at times. And I don't even want to think about the ones that land in your social media account as "Forwarded many times".

Seriously, between even thoughtful New Year's wishes and constructive feedback, which is more likely to move you forward? What do you wish you had constructive feedback on this season regarding your personal and professional life? 

But first, let me clarify what constructive feedback is. My wife gave me a good one on work-life balance a couple of days ago. Maybe I should say, work-wife balance...

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Episode 5 on Your Next Success Story Starts Now urged you to start writing your next success chapter. In this episode, and as an example, I want to humbly share how I am heeding my own advice and beginning to write my next success story in the field of podcasting. 

And of course, I'll be using Baby Step 1 - Dissect your work (from Episode 6, The Anatomy of Success at Work) and Baby Step 2 - Design your strategy (from Episode 7, A Strategy for Success at Work). I hope you will draw some encouragement from this episode to take the jump for your next success story. 

The homework will take us from where we stand to dissecting our work, then designing our strategy and, finally, deploying our gap-bridging and growth-hacking tactics. Join me now at the mastery homework desk!

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A strategy for success at work is the next thing that you need after dissecting your work into a 4T Competency Quadrant. Baby Step 2 of the Homegrown to Worldclass Journey to Mastery and Prosperity is: Design your strategy. 

I define strategy as the art of doing something different or doing something differently in order to make a difference in the long run. Here's the three-pronged strategy I designed for my own purposes. It is the Masters-Mindset-Method strategy.

If you're like me, you will need masters for inspiration and instruction on your way to mastery. You will also need to come to grips with the moral and mental facets of your mindset to be a balanced human being. And lastly, you will need a method to grow.

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The Anatomy of success at work is the basis of Baby Step 1 of the Homegrown to Worldclass Journey to Mastery and Prosperity. Baby Step 1 is: Dissect your work. 

Your work has four intrinsic components that I call the 4Ts. Your success at work hinges on your meticulous identification and diligent honing of your 4Ts. Those are:

1. Traits (character traits)
2. Technical skills
3. Transferable skills and 
4. Tools-related skills. 

Let's take a close look at them.

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How to grow in mastery and prosperity as a local worker in Africa? 

To answer that question in a simple, structured, and systematic way is the aim of the Homegrown and Worldclass Podcast. And here's why: local workers in Africa must awaken to the truth that excellence is not an import product. That's how you grow out of mediocrity and poverty. 

In the next three episodes, I will cover baby steps 1, 2, and 3 of the Homegrown to Worldclass Journey to Mastery and Prosperity. But first, let us sketch out your next success story in 5 simple questions. Then you will flesh it out using baby steps 1, 2, and 3 from the next three episodes.

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Just like driving is a single action (with many steps) that takes you to your desired destination, this is the single most important action that leads you to any success. When we launch the homegrown and Worldclass Podcast on the 1st of January 2023, we'll use this tool and others to get right into your Homegrown to Worldclass journey from the get-go. Let's break it down.

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 Will you be a whiner or a winner in the face of your challenges? 

People think that they react to circumstances when in fact, they react to their thoughts and feelings about those circumstances. That's why different people react differently to the very same circumstances. They don't mean the same to everyone involved, and they don't feel the same either to all. 

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