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Stop Letting Others Write Your Story

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  Stop Letting Others Write Your Story https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-power-to-name--70223572 Who told you who you were? Was it a system that benefits from your confusion, or was it the voice of your ancestors whispered in your quietest moments? Today marks a powerful shift in the calendar as we enter the Kujichagulia cycle. In this episode, we tackle the tension between who the world wants you to be and who you were created to become. The year 2026 is the Year of Ujima, but collective work is impossible if the individuals involved are operating on "borrowed" identities. We explore why your self-determination is the secret ingredient to our community's success and how to reclaim the power of your own name. If you’ve been feeling out of alignment, the answer isn't "out there"—it's in the way you define your "here." Get the Nguzo Saba Narrative Map Find your way and gain the clarity needed to navigate your personal and professional life wi...
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Can you teach your Nia

At GNJMedia we encourage the idea of learning something new every day — and I am all for personal growth. However, there is something that takes an already important part of our practice to a higher level. Teaching what you have mastered to others and seeing them flourish, is where real personal growth happens. If a tree fell in the woods and no one was there to hear it, did it make a sound? If you are able to teach students through your knowledge of your nia and they can do what you do as well or better than you, then they have become a master.

And that’s because I believe that when we teach someone something, we assume responsibility for their actions with the knowledge we just gave them. We know that when someone learns from us, they are going to make their own way with what they just learned — and if we’ve done our job right, they will be using our knowledge in ways that are more advanced than what we first taught them. In other words: We can get out of the way and let them take off from where we left off. I believe that this transformation is what makes teaching so powerful. When someone becomes a student of ours, it's because he/she wants to learn about..........



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