Kondwani's Reflections on Self Discovery

Season 5 is dedicated to nothing but love and reflections on romance.

I choose to focus my vibrations on a higher frequency. When you choose love over war, the universe attracts nothing but blessings and positive energy in abundance.

 #PoetryIsn'tDead #RomanceIsntDead 

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We all love the weekend vibes, but how many of us love the weekday vibes??? 

Well in this episode I answer the question I tend to get often...How do I maintain my positive energy, my enthusiasm, my good vibes, all day every week.

I am very intentional in how I kickstart my day and most importantly how I maintain my energy levels. This makes me a very enthusiastic person, I am the light in the midst of darkness.

Traffic Reflections are recorded on my way to work to make the journey through traffic a breeze :) 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7pGJlgUrNvT3nmENcSWEFF?si=deoJRbPLSaqsKh95Jw3I5g

Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/traffic-reflections-how-to-maintain-good-vibes-during/id1542054587?i=1000502723219

How leaders or managers can enable millennials to be high performers in their respective organisations.

Hosts: Kondwani Banda 
Co-Host: Refentse Molehe

Industrial Leader: Tex Hlalele

Recorded on the 26th of November 2020 under The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) Young Professionals Council (YPC) Connected Series called Interviews with industrial leaders. 

We discuss the issue around diversity and inclusion, but with a key focus around millennials.

Tex Hlalele has more than 15 years of experience in the HR discipline across different industries. He is a life and business coach, leadership and organisational effectiveness consultant, keynote speaker and an author.

Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/reflections-on-career-growth-on-leadership-millennials/id1542054587?i=1000502470557

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YwTOvRr48Ji5RLjrIgt5W?si=3jt6pnYjTXOAIus8mgEnnw

Last poem to end the Poetry Reflections Series. Consider this a battle speech!!!

We sail and ride the storm boldly, through different challenges life throws at us. We have sailed the pandemic and are still riding on.

Life is the battle and no matter how many blows get you down, keep on coming back up until the day you will conquer it all!!

Sincerely
Your Captain
Kond-1 The Great

Written on the 27th of March 2020 when I was going through the most.

This one for me is filled with so much sadness and sorrow. Yet I remained hopeful that the day will come where I can look back and say I survived that, I conquered that and I am now far stronger as a human being, I am now a wiser human being.

No matter how broken or lost you may feel, don't let the spark die out, keep burning the candle of hope. We may be hopeful and strong yet going through the most hectic storms.

So sail on! dear loved one, like a lighthouse, may my words guide you through life's challenges!

Sincerely
The Light Worker 
Kond-1 The Great

Dear African Woman, 

You have touched my heart.

I want to take this time to embrace you, your womanhood, and remind you that you are the world's greatest creation.

In a world full of hate, gender-based violence and inequalities, I want to remind you that you are good enough, you are a sunflower 🌻 you are the beauty behind all the madness in this world.

I pray that my sons grow into the protectors of women, that they are kind and nurturing. The world is cruel and turning a blind eye will not make it better. May my son's stand united to protect the future generation of mothers, discourage self-destructive behaviour, promote excellence and celebrate each other's successes.

The poem titled The Queen celebrates you and the power you have to break chains and barriers. You heal hearts and find lost souls. You have the power to change the world, I urge you to look deep within your soul to find your hidden potential and live life as God had intended. You do no one justice by not letting your light shine brightly to the world

Sincerely,
Your knight in shining armour
The Great Banda

How to stay winning as a young married couple in 4IR.

Marriage Reflections will be a special panel podcast series that will take a deep dive at issues around why marriages fail and how we can be a generation with stable, happy marriages.

Zoom Panelist:
Mosili Pebane (Mrs Moss), 27 years of age 2 years married, Geologist
Dr Benny Zitha (Dr Zee), 29 years of age, 3 years married, Medical Doctor
and Dr Lerato Motimele (Dr Lee),  30  years of age, 4 years married, Medical Doctor

My panel involves young professionals, married and winning. The discussion is around some factors that have allowed them to be happily married, most of all we look at  negative issues that may impact your marriage.

This is the first episode was recorded through a zoom call and with the amount of positive feedback we received, there will be more coming.  We need to talk about issues that are killing our societies and change the norms. 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2fV7AWnvJEHvQCMMFNgBbN?si=aN5-AaWfQ0mAHO024zWGlg

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/marriage-reflections-how-to-stay-winning-as-young-married/id1542054587?i=1000501563369

In the midst of darkness, love, like light from a firefly is what keeps us going. In celebration of the African woman, with her natural hair standing high against all odds and gravity, she is the Afro Samurai aka OB!!!

Inspired by my friend Fani. 

In high school, he used to rhyme and they would drop bars to beatbox together with Mr Anderson and other scholars.

Wrote this to pay homage to the awesome times in high school where creativity was high and we believed we could be anything we wanted.

Don't let life kill your spark!!!

Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon, impostorism, fraud syndrome or the impostor experience) is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their skills, talents or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud"..

Whenever the impostor syndrome kicks in, listen to this and remember that YOU ARE A SUNFLOWER!!!!