Growth Unleashed with Makosi
Each episode is packed with insightful conversations with industry experts, thought leaders, and successful individuals from various fields. We explore a wide range of topics, including personal development, career advancement, entrepreneurship, leadership, productivity, and more.
Through engaging interviews and thought-provoking discussions, we provide practical tips, actionable strategies, and real-life examples that can inspire and empower you to take bold steps towards your goals. We believe that growth is a lifelong journey, and our mission is to equip you with the tools and knowledge you need to navigate your path with confidence and clarity.
Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a seasoned professional, or simply someone who is eager to unleash their full potential, this podcast is for you. We believe that growth is not limited to a specific industry or age group – it is a universal pursuit that can benefit anyone and everyone.
Join us on this transformative journey as we uncover the secrets to personal and professional growth. Get ready to challenge your limiting beliefs, overcome obstacles, and tap into your untapped potential. Growth Unleashed is here to provide you with the inspiration, motivation, and guidance you need to create a life of purpose, meaning, and abundance.
So, are you ready to unleash your growth? Tune in to Growth Unleashed, and let's embark on this extraordinary journey together.
Growth Unleashed with Makosi
What It Really Means to Thrive & Win in Life
What It Really Means to Thrive & Win in Life
In a world obsessed with looking successful, I want you to focus on becoming successful — from the inside out. Thriving is not a destination; it is an alignment. A way of living where your purpose, your authenticity, your faith, and even your failures all work together to build the person you’re becoming.
Today’s episode breaks it down beautifully:
1. Find Your Why — Your Inner Compass
Your “why” is not a slogan. It’s a remembering.
A remembering of when you felt most alive, most powerful, most you.
Ask yourself:
- When did I last feel deeply engaged, lit up, unmistakably myself?
- What patterns run through the moments where I felt most purposeful or impactful?
Your why is found where your skills × your passions × what the world needs intersect.
And truthfully… finding it is a journey. Be patient with yourself. Purpose is revealed through living, not overthinking.
2. Live Authentically — Your Superpower
Jay-Z once said, “My biggest flex is showing up as myself every day.”
That’s the real flex. That’s the real win.
Authenticity is disruptive, magnetic, and rare.
It’s the one thing nobody can duplicate — your truest self.
Ask yourself:
- How authentic am I in my interactions?
- Where do I shrink or perform?
- What would life feel like if I stopped auditioning for acceptance?
Thriving begins when you choose authenticity over approval.
3. Anchor in Faith — Trust the Unfolding
Faith isn’t having all the answers.
Faith is trusting that the answers will show up at the exact moment you need them — not a second earlier.
It’s trusting that the season you’re in is part of your journey.
It’s believing in the quiet, unseen work happening behind the scenes.
Your job isn’t to predict… it’s to stay aligned and stay moving.
4. Redefine Failure — It’s the Beginning, Not the End
As long as you’re trying new things, you will fail. We all fail.
Failure is not a sign that you’re unworthy — it’s evidence that you’re evolving.
The difference between the people who eventually win and the ones who don’t…
is what they do with failure.
Do you use it as a teacher?
Do you get curious instead of ashamed?
Do you extract the lesson and move forward?
Think about J.K. Rowling — rejected by 12 publishers, living on welfare, depressed, and convinced she had nothing left.
Yet that version of her wrote Harry Potter.
That version of her turned failure into the beginning of a global phenomenon.
Failure isn’t a full stop.
It’s a comma.
A pause.
A redirection.
A new chapter forming.
THAT’S HOW YOU THRIVE.
You find your why.
You honour your authenticity.
You walk in faith.
You give failure permission to shape you, not stop you.
This is how you win — not just on paper, but at the deepest level of your life
