Blessed Beyond Belief (8): Personal Development & Life Purpose - Paul D. Lowe and Collins Mureithi & Rebecca Wheele

On this episode of the World Game-Changers podcast, Paul and Rebecca Wheele are joined by Collins Mureithi to talk about personal development and what those two simple words mean to them. KEY TAKEAWAYS I started my journey of growth by identifying a mentor because I knew that I couldn’t do it alone. I had so many questions about what I needed to do when I was building my non-profit organisation. I learned from them to understand exactly what to do because they’d already been there and they already have wisdom. I also read a lot of books, articles, listened to podcasts, and watched YouTube videos on leadership, fundraising and management. I also identified and surrounded myself with positive people who are also on the journey of rediscovering themselves in a positive way and were going in the same direction. We have a lot of leaders in Africa who are mismanaging resources that they have been given. You find a lot of young people want to be leaders so that they can accumulate more wealth and make money so they can get a lot of resources for themselves to benefit themselves. Those are negative leaders, but negativity can also influence and can make a lot of people suffer. Every day I work with young people in Africa to be leaders. I have been able to identify what is actually happening in Africa – and a lot of young people are thinking the same. We cannot work like this. I established a centre where we can have these conversations about servant leadership, what is happening in our communities, and how can we solve them? We don’t have a mindset of doing things to get something in return, we do things because we were created to do this kind of thing. I’m not that religious, but I believe in God, that there is a higher power that has put purpose in me. That person leads me every day to do what I do. The seed of purpose in my heart is to solve a problem in the world. Every day when I wake up in the morning, I say to myself: “The higher power chose me to be here right now, that is special, it means I’m special, why should I live a mediocre life? I need to live a special life that is impacting people to live positively”. When I go to sleep at night knowing that today I’ve been able to improve a life or leave a purpose, I’m OK and I thank the higher power for giving me this day and I can sleep at peace looking forward to the next day to continue living my purpose. BEST MOMENTS‘Personal development to me means growth, and not only growth but positive growth. You have to invest in yourself and in something for you to grow.’‘Everybody has a purpose. Everybody was created to solve a problem.’‘Servant leadership is about identifying what is in you and then trying to apply it by solving a problem in the community or wherever you are.’‘Servant leadership is the solution to most of the problems in Africa.’ VALUABLE RESOURCES Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272 Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272 Mastering The Game Of Life Book (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679 Mastering The Game Of Life Book (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679 Speaking From Our Hearts Books: Volumes 1-3 (Available on Amazon) World Game-Changers Group ABOUT THE GUESTSRebecca is an artist and designer based in the South of England. She graduated from Kingston University in London 2013 with a degree in Illustration and Animation. After a shift in direction and new challenge working as a lifeguard and in management in the leisure industry, she went travelling around the world through South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. She returned to the UK, to begin a journey working commercially in art and design. Rebecca works together with people to create logos, help with branding, design or re-vamp websites and generally loves to get involved with creative projects. She works across all industries and loves listening to people and understanding what their business is about, why they do what they do and translating this into a form of visual communication. Rebecca is a seeker of the spiritual and inspired by the power and beauty in nature; from colour, form and pattern, to how we can look to nature as a guide and teacher in life.  www.rebeccawheele.com After realizing a gap of lack of opportunities among young people in his community, Collins registered a community based youth led organisation to create a safe space that allows them to discuss how to advocate for their rights, opportunities & mobilize for resources to apply programs. This space has raised young people to be servant leaders who will become agents of positive change in the community through volunteerism & service to humanity. His mission in life is to train young people to serve the world by first giving out their purpose before they think about themselves over what they will receive. He has managed to train over 100 grass-root youth & women organisational founders on the basic management system and help them fund-raise locally. ABOUT THE HOST Paul has made a remarkable transformation from existing for many years in dark, desperate despair; to now living a really healthy, happy and fulfilling life. From an early age, he was in the vice-like clutches of the demon drink and constantly embroiled within a dark cocktail of toxic beliefs, self-hate and destructive violence.Along with his empathetic and dedicated team of world-class coaches and mentors, Paul’s purpose is deeply transformational. Developing World Game-Changers… He is extremely passionate about helping others to find their purpose, have a voice and ultimately, make a real difference.   This has been built on a long and distinguished history of heart-centred coaching and mentoring.  He has also been responsible for raising significant amounts of funds for many charities and good causes around the world; positively impacting and inspiring thousands of children – mainly from challenging backgrounds – within the UK & worldwide. Through this World Game-Changers podcast and books, he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising. CONTACT METHODS Tel: +44 (0) 7958 042 155E-mail: [email protected]: https://www.Paul-Lowe.comWeb: https://www.worldgamechangers.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamPaulLowe/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-d-lowe-7a78332a/