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The Self-Taught Photographer: Creative Director for Stonebowy Breaks Down His Success in Photography.

April 12, 2024 Derrick Abaitey Episode 16
The Self-Taught Photographer: Creative Director for Stonebowy Breaks Down His Success in Photography.
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The Self-Taught Photographer: Creative Director for Stonebowy Breaks Down His Success in Photography.
Apr 12, 2024 Episode 16
Derrick Abaitey

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As a host who's walked the tightrope between aspiration and reality, I've learned that success is a blend of serendipity and grueling work. Our latest guest, a self-taught photographer and videographer, showcases exactly that. He traces his creative genesis to seemingly small moments: his brother's hobby, a fateful encounter with Swag of Africa's twin photographers at university, and a career-defining collaboration with Stonebwoy. This episode is a treasure trove of personal anecdotes and pivotal lessons on the importance of networking, self-education via platforms like YouTube, and seizing opportunities that are often disguised as everyday interactions.

The journey toward professional prowess is dotted with challenges that test our discipline, character, and ethics. Today's conversation with our esteemed guest reveals the delicate dance of maintaining a sterling reputation while navigating the intricacies of client relationships. We unravel the threads of passion, sacrifice, and the relentless pursuit of excellence, all while balancing the weight of entrepreneurship. Our guest's story serves as a beacon, illuminating the tumultuous path where moments of self-doubt are conquered by the tenacity to push through and the realization that one's gifts are not merely for personal fulfillment, but are meant to be shared with the world.

Wrapping up, we dive into the profound impact of continuous personal development on entrepreneurial spirit. The wisdom gleaned from books like "Understanding Your Potential" by Pastor Myles Munroe resonates deeply with our ethos that leaders must be avid readers to unlock the full spectrum of their capabilities. We set the stage for an upcoming dialogue that promises to delve deeper into the complexities of personal and professional growth, inviting our listeners to remain on this journey with us. So, buckle up for an episode that not only entertains but enriches, reminding us all that our potential is a vast expanse waiting to be explored.

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As a host who's walked the tightrope between aspiration and reality, I've learned that success is a blend of serendipity and grueling work. Our latest guest, a self-taught photographer and videographer, showcases exactly that. He traces his creative genesis to seemingly small moments: his brother's hobby, a fateful encounter with Swag of Africa's twin photographers at university, and a career-defining collaboration with Stonebwoy. This episode is a treasure trove of personal anecdotes and pivotal lessons on the importance of networking, self-education via platforms like YouTube, and seizing opportunities that are often disguised as everyday interactions.

The journey toward professional prowess is dotted with challenges that test our discipline, character, and ethics. Today's conversation with our esteemed guest reveals the delicate dance of maintaining a sterling reputation while navigating the intricacies of client relationships. We unravel the threads of passion, sacrifice, and the relentless pursuit of excellence, all while balancing the weight of entrepreneurship. Our guest's story serves as a beacon, illuminating the tumultuous path where moments of self-doubt are conquered by the tenacity to push through and the realization that one's gifts are not merely for personal fulfillment, but are meant to be shared with the world.

Wrapping up, we dive into the profound impact of continuous personal development on entrepreneurial spirit. The wisdom gleaned from books like "Understanding Your Potential" by Pastor Myles Munroe resonates deeply with our ethos that leaders must be avid readers to unlock the full spectrum of their capabilities. We set the stage for an upcoming dialogue that promises to delve deeper into the complexities of personal and professional growth, inviting our listeners to remain on this journey with us. So, buckle up for an episode that not only entertains but enriches, reminding us all that our potential is a vast expanse waiting to be explored.

Support the Show.

Watch the video episode of this on YouTube - https://linktr.ee/konnectedminds

Speaker 1:

Photography comes with a lot. Are you ready for it? Are you ready to learn? You have to build yourself to become valuable enough for people to use you or need services from you. Having the desire doesn't mean it will bless you.

Speaker 2:

Now, you didn't go to school to become a photographer or a videographer. What's the process?

Speaker 1:

school to become a photographer or a videographer. What's the process? So I would say, um, I've always had a passion to be a photographer because I quite remember my brother was in russia, he was schooling in russia and he bought a camera and I was just taking pictures, posting them online on facebook. I was young, very young, and I was like what's my brother doing? So he came to Ghana with a camera. So I always take the camera just playing around. I didn't know much about it. I was just saying he would tell me oh, this is how to shoot, this is how. So I didn't really acquire a lot of knowledge from him because he was also not like a professional, he was just doing it as his hobby.

Speaker 1:

Then, fast forward, I went to the university this was from SHS when I had the passion to be a photographer, just because I'd seen my brother doing it, just because I'd seen my brother doing it. So I was like I have the interest for this too. My brother is doing it. I know someone doing it I normally don't see. You know, sometimes the things we see around us motivate us a lot Because I saw my brother doing it. Imagine I'd seen my brother doing something where I would have had the interest to do. So that comes with also having role models in our life. So my brother was my first role model in photography Because he was doing it, taking nice pictures, and I just wanted to do what he was doing, but he didn't take it like a professional from the professional side.

Speaker 1:

So he was just, it was his hobby. So fast forward. I went to the school, kean University I met twins and they were like, doing it professionally? And I was like yo, I really want to be like these guys. I really want to do what they are doing, how they are making money out of photography. They weren't making much money then, but the zeal they had for photography drew my attention and passion. I'm like these guys are schooling, these guys are going around shooting events and all of that.

Speaker 1:

So I linked up with Samuel that's the older twin and I'm like, bro, I like what you're doing and I want to also be like this, like, do what you're doing. And I'm like, bro, I like what you're doing and I want to also be like this, like, do what you're doing. And I was like, yeah, why not come on board? So we started rolling together and we had a dream of building a company Saga of Africa they had, they had like they had their, their vision and I was like, yeah, I want to be a part of this dream.

Speaker 1:

I really want to be a part of this dream. So fast forward. When we were taking pictures, I was was like I will study videography, I will learn videography on my own. So when we are taking pictures.

Speaker 1:

I'll just be doing the videos. I didn't know anything about videography, I was just my. You know that's one thing too maximizing time. Maximizing time because you know the natural man loss of this. This is based on time and chance. You got I'm saying so, we don't have all the time. So maximizing time and also using the time to favor your potential. So during that period when I was learning the videography, I was in the videography with them, I was using youtube. I maximize my time learning youtube, learning from the internet and all of that. So that's how I come and that's what we've been doing till now. So the process, the learning, translated into the experience. So that's how.

Speaker 2:

So you're a product of the YouTube university. Exactly, I'm a product. It's fantastic. I mean, how many people here utilize YouTube? I remember when I was in pharmacy school there was a topic that was really hard for me and that was some parts of the kidney called the nephron and how it produces urine, and when they taught that in class I didn't get it. So I went on the internet, youtube, and then I found this guy lecturer all the way in india who was explaining that and hey, you know, um, so no, that's great. That's fantastic because I saw you those times when I used to come to ghana a lot and then go where you and the twins around the same house. It's always fun around. Yeah, then Then fast forward you. We see you working with Stoneboy, but I know you didn't always start as the creative director, so how did that happen?

Speaker 1:

So my encounter with Stoneboy Stoneboy came for a shoot. Everything that has happened in my life is through the twins. It's through the twins and I'll say this again Having role models is key. People you look up to, people that you follow, you need to follow, you need to follow people. You cannot just be like this is what I want to do and just start Because they are pioneers. I'll say they are pioneers and pioneering something you need followers to understand what you have brought into existence to make an impact. You get what I'm saying. So there was this grace. There is a grace placed on those twins. There is a grace of arrival. There is a grace of arrival. I don't know, you know, twins, oh, yes, of arrival.

Speaker 2:

There is a grace of arrival. I don't know, you know twins? Oh yes, of course, everybody knows them.

Speaker 1:

And people sometimes don't understand what at all do they shoot. So I'm like this is the kind of grace I'm looking for in these guys and I don't care, no matter what, I will follow and serve, I will learn a lot from them. So Stoneboy came to the house to have a photo shoot with them and I just did a behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot at home. The video was sent to Stoneboy and Stoneboy was like wow, I love this. He DMed me on.

Speaker 1:

Instagram the bro, let's move, let's work together. And he texted me and said yo, we should come home for a meeting. He wants to work with me, he wants us to move. I was like, why not? So that was my encounter with Stoneboy. I started being his photographer and videographer, being on the road, and now I advanced to being his creative director through still learning, traveling with him to see how his music videos were shot, and all of that I was still learning on the road, and now I have become his creative director. Yeah, so it's been a, it's been a process.

Speaker 1:

It's been growth, it's been growth and it's I'm still learning and I'm still growing with him.

Speaker 2:

Yeah no, it's very interesting to hear. I'm still growing with him you know it's very interesting to hear. Not many people understand learning from people.

Speaker 2:

Not many people understand that Everybody wants to do it and be the giant. Be the giant, you know. But that process that you went through I think that's fantastic. That's fantastic. You let's imagine there's an individual who is sitting at home right now and they're thinking I want to get into photography or videography. But you see, the problem we have here is when your parents take you to school, they expect you to come out of school with a profession and get a job to do. I can't imagine how many times that my father told me Charlie, stop, you know, you know, slow down with music, you know, and and get the degree. I mean it was very good information, like very good advice in those days, because it worked out. How has it been for you?

Speaker 1:

I also have the same experience because my daddy took me to school university to study land economy. My daddy did land economy in k-n-u-s-d. I sat in the same classroom as my dad. Yes, he did land, he studied land economy. Then he became a pastor. So he stopped what he was doing to become a pastor. Then I he told me, yeah, I could also do land economy. So I chose land economy and then I went to care in USD.

Speaker 1:

Then from school, he's seen that I want to be a photographer. He wasn't understanding it. It was like how am I going to make a living out of this? How am I going to make life out of this? So it's been the same experience for me as well, whereby my parents didn't really it's not like they didn't support I have very supportive parents but then they wanted me to understand the path that I was choosing.

Speaker 1:

And now you know, for many young ones, we have the desire to do a lot of things, but being aware of your desire alone will not bring you into full experience. You need to understand what you want to do, and when I say understand, you need to maintain the faculty and fortitude to actually know the dynamics of whatever path that you are choosing, because photography comes with a lot. Are you ready for it? Are you with a lot? Are you ready for it? Are you ready to learn? Are you ready to invest? Are you ready to do all of that? So I've had the same experience, but then I understood what I was doing and it took me a while to understand me being a photographer. It really took me a while to understand what I was doing. I wasn't just, I didn't just arrive and be K Studios, even finding the name.

Speaker 2:

K.

Speaker 1:

Studios was another thing. A friend just said yo, you're a K, why don't you just do K Studios? And I'm like, okay, so I took that from a friend. You know, I took that from a friend. Now I'm just taking pictures, but what, what? What am I translating into the world? What kind of images do I want people to know me for? What kind of identity do I have to stand in for my brand as K-Studios? That is when I realized that no, anything you do in this world, there has to be an understanding of what you are doing to really define yourself. When I met Stoneboy, I've worked with Bisakede. I've worked with Bisakede.

Speaker 1:

Through that, through working with him, also helped me a lot, because I began to understand that Minecraft, attached to another brand, comes in fullness. Do you get what I'm saying? It comes in fullness. I'm able to tell a story. I'm able to tell the story of people through my lens, and that is when I began to understand that this is my calling. This is what I have to do and I've just been consistent with it so far. I've just been consistent with it Telling stories of people, telling stories of people through my lens, telling stories of brands through my lens's just, it's just me understanding what I was doing, and now it has become like yeah, look, there's a young man out there and that guy is saying to himself how do I pick up a camera and go through this process and potentially make even a thousand cities out of it?

Speaker 2:

How does that look like?

Speaker 1:

I think, first of all, the focus shouldn't be money.

Speaker 2:

Okay.

Speaker 1:

The focus shouldn't be money Because, like I already said, having the desire doesn't mean it will bless you. Having the desire to be a photographer doesn't mean it's going to bless you. It comes with everything we do comes with, there are, things that support it Character, character, discipline, morals. It comes with everything we do, comes with there's, there are things that support its character. Um, character, discipline, morals and time. You know so the money wouldn't, wouldn't?

Speaker 1:

The money is not a thing that has to be on your mind, but rather you have to build yourself to become valuable enough for people to use you or need services from you. Because once you become a value, that is when people come to you and that's what is going to translate into you making a living out of it. So any young person watching me right now who wants to make a living out of photography it doesn't just start with taking a camera, taking pictures earning maybe 10 cities, 1000 cities, 500 cities there is. You are the value. You are the value people have to. People have to. People have to look for you, people have to come for you. Your services should be needed. You you get what I'm saying. Then it translates to you having to make a living out of this photography.

Speaker 1:

So whatever that you've seen out of photography that you want to become thinking that there's money, there's money in it and you also want to make the money. It's not just that. That shouldn't be the focus. The focus should be you being of value to society. That is it. That's when you.

Speaker 2:

That's when you the money comes yeah, um, I've been in conversations with people. Right, and you mentioned visa. There's been times where projects will be given to certain people in the creative industry, whether it's photo editing, videos or photo shoots that artists or other brands have done. There's a massive delay in getting those products back to the people who have paid for those services, what usually causes all of that, I think.

Speaker 1:

Naturally, some people are just slow in delivering. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying that it doesn't just come with just being a photographer. There's character behind it, there's morals, there's discipline, you know.

Speaker 2:

I'm one of the people when I'm in London.

Speaker 1:

yeah, and maybe somebody calls me for a project and I go to shoot and I send it to the person the next day. They don't understand, and it's of the same quality you get me. They don't understand. They're like how are you able to edit this so fast? Because sometimes Stone just finishes the program or the show and the video is out. Maybe that night. I'm like this is what I've trained myself to become. This is how I have trained myself to become, to be able to deliver you know what I'm saying.

Speaker 1:

So that comes with that, comes with um character, that comes with discipline. So, for people that delay, it's not, it's not, it's, it's them. I'll say it's them, it's them but you are in the industry I am in the industry and you hear a lot of these things. Look, I've I've met people who they are weddings.

Speaker 1:

I know like it either crushed something, yeah, yeah, that's why that's the same thing. You need to add discipline with your occupation. You need to add discipline to your occupation and know how to just know how to treat clients, because, at the end of the day, the client is rather important, you know. So you just need to. You need to really add discipline to your occupation, because having to delay projects is it's not just going to affect your, your it's going to affect your brand at the end of the day.

Speaker 1:

It's going to affect your craft, it's going to affect your job. You're going to have a bad name out there. So I'm having to add character, discipline and morals comes a lot.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I mean, sometimes this is so bad if I wanna get into the space of, let's say, follow my passion, what would you advise me to do?

Speaker 1:

I just want to follow my passion yeah, one question you need to ask yourself is do you love what you're doing? Do you love what you're doing? Do you love what you're doing? When you talk about passion, when you talk about loving something, it comes with commitment, it comes with sacrifice, it comes with desire. You know that is loving something. You cannot just love what you're doing and spend 10 hours sleeping and 30 minutes learning about it. Do you get what I'm saying? So you want to follow your passion. Do you love it? Do you, can you? Can you sacrifice? Can you be committed to it? You know so these three things, when you come in fullness, these three things are very important in following your passion.

Speaker 1:

I have been, I have been consistent with whatever I'm doing, of this is my passion. I've never done any other thing. I've never done any other thing. Whatever I studied in school, I didn't do it. I've just been consistent, and consistency is a proof that one has got light to understand what is doing. You know I'm saying so.

Speaker 1:

This is, if this is, if you see that this is, if you are able to come in awareness that this is your passion, this is what you love to do. You have to break it down into three. Can I be committed to this? Can I sacrifice everything for this? You know, if you cannot, that is not your passion, that is not your passion. Look for is not your passion, that is not your passion. Look for something else to do, that is not your passion.

Speaker 1:

So the love towards it will actually be the push into getting it into its full capacity. Because, like I'm saying, I have never done any other thing, I have just been consistent from day one till now and I'm still learning. And I'm saying I have never done any other thing, I have just been consistent from day one till now and I'm still learning and I'm still consistent. I don't know where it's taking me, but this is how far I've come. So I can only believe that this dream I've had, this passion that I've had and all these sacrifices that I've made towards it, has come into this fullness. So it's not at this time that I will give up.

Speaker 2:

I only have more strength now to bring it more forward you get what I'm saying, so did you ever think of giving up? Times okay, yeah, talk to us about that that's, that's, that's the.

Speaker 1:

That's one limitation that comes with entrepreneurship. You know, that's the limitation that comes with entrepreneurship. I remember there are times that there are times that, especially when I didn't understand what I was doing, I was like so am I just gonna do this? Am I? I didn't understand anything.

Speaker 1:

I did, I just I was just like what is this at all that I'm doing? Like it's photography going to make me buy a car, build a house and all of that. But then I think that was when God told me something that you need to align your purpose with God's purpose to make it the purpose. Do you get what I'm saying? So every time if people ask me, is photography your job, I'm like it's my calling, it's my calling. So now, when I understood what I was doing and what I'm doing now, the goal is now to impact more. There has to be a generation tied to my destiny. You know, there has to be a generation tied to my destiny. There has to be people that look up to me. There has to be whatever.

Speaker 1:

God gives you, it has to flow through you to other people. If it stays with you, you die. If it stays with you, whatever God gives you, any gift that God gives you, it has to flow through you to other people. So if it stays with you, you're going to die other people. So if it stays with you, you're gonna die. So having to understand that this was a calling actually paved the way and gave me more sight in what I was doing. Okay, it just, it just opened, opened my eye, so I had to add this, this name, um to my instagram page goslings. That was the day I had the full revelation of my job. That, I'm saying is my calling and I added it Ghost Lens on my bio. It's under my bio on Instagram.

Speaker 2:

When, when I'm doing something right for example, this podcast and the many other businesses that I've started there's one thing that I've started. There's one thing that I usually don't think about, which is giving up, but I always have a method and my method always is do it to the best ability you can.

Speaker 2:

the highest quality and do it fast is the fail fast mentality. So if I'm going to fail within the first six months, I should know when you started working with Stone and all the other creatives that you've worked with. Were there times that you felt that this is the point where you may want to not carry on anymore?

Speaker 1:

Actually, when I met all those people, that was when I understood that I am arriving. When I wanted to give up, I didn't meet those people. When I wanted to give up were times that people were telling me oh, the old detrain said that was when I wanted to give up. But, that was when I wanted to give up, but that was when I didn't give up. The Bible says your gift will bring you in front of great men. So when I met all these people, that was when I began to understand the journey.

Speaker 2:

Okay. So you see, I wrote this on my Instagram and I said when you are copying someone or following someone, you need to follow very carefully. Yeah, because otherwise, if that person fails, you will fail, or if they change direction too quickly, you will fail and you'll be stuck. And this is what I'm seeing. The twins have been very instrumental in your process and you've worked with them for all these years now, it didn't go to a point where you carve the path for yourself, and that's the point where you felt that, nah, this is it Now.

Speaker 2:

This is what I wanted to. I want you to tell us At which point do you think it is important for you to take a path away from your role model.

Speaker 1:

For me personally, you know, let me just in our arrogant world.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, followers, when they think they are getting better, that's when they think or feel they can ignore the foundation. But we can only be an improvement on the foundation that was laid. Twins has been my foundation, regardless of how far I go, that foundation, if you have a strong foundation, it's like this building when the foundation is weak, it's going to collapse. So those are my foundations. So in my experience, I don't think that I'm going to go off that foundation or I'm going to pave my own way. I will pave my own way with all the resources that come from that foundation, because when the foundation is not there, I will be hanging. So I'm working with Stone. We are still doing Swag of Africa. We are doing amazing. I'm working with Stone. We are still doing Struggle for Africa. We are doing amazing. I'm doing amazing things. I'm getting to travel around the world and all of that. It's sometimes beautiful. When I meet someone in Paris or I meet in my UK, we meet in America. It's so beautiful. And then when we meet, we get to work.

Speaker 1:

We get to work in the same location and still do more better. So, for me, I don't think I need to pave way or I need to. I've created my path, though, but I still have the foundation.

Speaker 2:

A lot of creatives have put artists into trouble, and this is what I mean. I personally work with an artist every now and then. Who's had a few people, a few creatives, not come back to the country with?

Speaker 1:

them.

Speaker 2:

Because they decided that they want to stay wherever they are. What are your thoughts on that?

Speaker 1:

Because I know you've been around the world around, yeah, yeah, those, those, those are for for people that actually do. Those are for personal reasons, but all the same, I think we should also um know the kind of people that we move with and the kind of people that we surround ourselves with.

Speaker 1:

Great people are surrounded by psychophants, you know they, just they see you as a ladder you want to climb, but they have their reasons and there are some people that are coming to grow with you, that coming to, to, to be there with you. You get what I'm saying. So such people have always had their intentions. They've always had their intentions. You are just a ladder, you are just. They just leveraged intentions. You are just a ladder, they just leveraged upon you. You are just such people. Sometimes it's beautiful and understanding to communicate that to your artist, that this is how far I've come and this is where I want to be, and it's beautiful. But then sometimes the artist travel with creatives and they just dash, they don't they don't see them again.

Speaker 1:

Yeah so sometimes, um, at certain levels, people, people's true colors, really, you know, you get to know that this is, this is who the person is what you see um, you say that, but we understand the lifespan of the average African artist. Yeah.

Speaker 2:

The music life of the artist. Yeah, and the majority of them doesn't go beyond the 10 years Majority. Plenty of them, especially the people who are not in the high life space.

Speaker 1:

It's quite short. It's quite short.

Speaker 2:

I can then begin to think that certain creatives will be thinking hey, the time is getting near. If you're working with an artist whose shine is not picking up as much after the 10 years, then what do you do as a creative? Because your job is at stake so building value is key.

Speaker 1:

You know I said something about. I said something about maximizing time. You're talking about life's money of an artist. How did you maximize your time when you had all these systems supporting you? How did you maximize your opportunities around the artist when all the systems around him were supporting you?

Speaker 1:

You have to build value for yourself. You have to build value for yourself. You have to build value for yourself. And it's so beautiful when you're working with an artist. He's going, you're also going, he's there, you're also there. That's like you become like generals. You become generals. There wouldn't even be a second thought of like thinking, oh, this artist is good, small time you could fade away, so make I just find my way, go somewhere. No, there's, there has to be. There has to be one. There has to be believe. You have to believe in what you're doing. You have to believe in the artists you're working with. You have to always find a way, find a way to maintain your value. One thing that I would say is in this country we have, we have no maintenance culture. We lack maintenance culture.

Speaker 1:

We cannot make it we don't maintain good things for long. You get what I'm saying and we don't. We don't really value things. So value is really important. Whilst you are working with an artist, you you need to build value for yourself. You need to. Also, your contribution to his craft is also key. That will also build more value on him. Do you get what I'm saying? So it's more about believing in what you're doing, believing in where you have to go and building value for yourself. That is it. I like the answer. That is it.

Speaker 2:

I like the answer. Yeah, I like it. I hey once again, if you haven't subscribed, please do like share. Become part of the family Connected minds. I'm going to lead on to this question. The last episode we had was with a lady who spoke a lot about real estate in Ghana and she had a beautiful question for you. Lot about real estate in Ghana and she had a beautiful question for you, yeah, and the question is what is the craziest real estate story that you've experienced or heard?

Speaker 1:

well, this is more of an experience. So, um, there was this guy, this man. He has this real estate company apartment building you know this kind of estate agency and he came to us on some good deal with the twins and I, like yo, we should buy he's building some houses.

Speaker 1:

We should buy one. And he's gonna like in I think it was in, let's say March. That was like two years ago, in December. He's gonna finish and let's say March, that was like two years ago In December he's going to finish and he's going to finish ours. I mean, if we should pay quickly, he's going to finish ours, we move in and rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat. So the December came, it was still the same. We went to the site. It was still the same thing Now, but we weren't smart enough. So I think it was just because we trusted him and we did some projects with him. You know, we did our exhibition with him and all of that. So we went to his office. We were just telling him that it was like yo tell him what he said. I was like when did I see all?

Speaker 2:

of this.

Speaker 1:

You have to if you don't pay, if you don't finish paying, you don't move to your house, and he cannot finish our own and leave the rest. So that this issue has been a back and forth and it's still going on. And now he's telling us the project here, maybe some five, seven years. We've deposited a huge amount of money there, so this, this question, is an experience sorry man sorry, man I guess that was a very good question.

Speaker 2:

That was a very good question. We like to ask a few questions, get into the end of the conversation and I'm not saying we're getting to the end of the conversation because you need to stick around and listen to these. This is where it all comes together connected minds, motivation or discipline discipline.

Speaker 1:

Okay, discipline, discipline, because when you are disciplined, you motivate yourself a sharp and brief, solid.

Speaker 2:

What's the best advice you ever received?

Speaker 1:

From my dad Okay, it's not like he said it to me, but his demeanor my dad was the Methodist bishop. He's a bishop, but he's retired now. He's a clergy. So the humility of my father is something else. So his lifestyle has been my, you know it's had a lot of impact on me. He treats everybody like with equal respect. Yeah, my dad. He doesn't like to be, even though he was the bishop, but he's just for the people. He's just too humble, too humble, too humble.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, the diasporas say that if you're too humble in Ghana, then people start to get into your space and make life a lot difficult for you. So when they come to Ghana they usually see that it is better to push them to get what you need to get done instead of laying down for them.

Speaker 1:

The Miig is always seen as a fool, but he's the one that gets to the gates of the king, gets to the heart of the king.

Speaker 2:

Wow, that's deep. My next question is what's your favorite personal development?

Speaker 1:

book Pastor Miles Moran Understanding your Potential. Yeah, Understanding your Potential. Yeah, Understanding your Potential.

Speaker 2:

So I see that to be able to start entrepreneurship and stay on the path and make it work for yourself, you need to be a reader, you need to be a learner, you know what they. They say leaders are readers, um, and that process is crazy yeah and that book sounds awesome. I'd find it yeah then I'm gonna take a question for my next guest, okay.

Speaker 1:

I want to ask their limitations and weakness in whatever they do.

Speaker 2:

Wow, limitations and weaknesses in whatever you do, and I hope my next guest is mentally prepared for this question, because that is a lot. That could be an entire episode. I thank you guys so much for being with us, for staying with us, and to those of you that have not subscribed, we beg of you to. We have many viewers on the channel who listen to the podcast, who watch the podcast but haven't subscribed. Do us that favor and turn on that bell, stay connected.

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