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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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Photography comes with a lot.
Are you ready for it?
Are you ready to learn?
You have to build yourself tobecome valuable enough for
people to use you or needservices from you.
Having the desire doesn't meanit will bless you.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Now, you didn't go to school to become a photographer
or a videographer.
What's the process?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
school to become a photographer or a videographer.
What's the process?
So I would say, um, I've alwayshad a passion to be a
photographer because I quiteremember my brother was in
russia, he was schooling inrussia and he bought a camera
and I was just taking pictures,posting them online on facebook.
I was young, very young, and Iwas like what's my brother doing
?
So he came to Ghana with acamera.
So I always take the camerajust playing around.
I didn't know much about it.
(00:49):
I was just saying he would tellme oh, this is how to shoot,
this is how.
So I didn't really acquire alot of knowledge from him
because he was also not like aprofessional, he was just doing
it as his hobby.
Then, fast forward, I went tothe university this was from SHS
(01:10):
when I had the passion to be aphotographer, just because I'd
seen my brother doing it, justbecause I'd seen my brother
doing it.
So I was like I have theinterest for this too.
My brother is doing it.
I know someone doing it Inormally don't see.
You know, sometimes the thingswe see around us motivate us a
lot Because I saw my brotherdoing it.
Imagine I'd seen my brotherdoing something where I would
(01:31):
have had the interest to do.
So that comes with also havingrole models in our life.
So my brother was my first rolemodel in photography Because he
was doing it, taking nicepictures, and I just wanted to
do what he was doing, but hedidn't take it like a
professional from theprofessional side.
So he was just, it was his hobby.
So fast forward.
I went to the school, keanUniversity I met twins and they
(01:55):
were like, doing itprofessionally?
And I was like yo, I reallywant to be like these guys.
I really want to do what theyare doing, how they are making
money out of photography.
They weren't making much moneythen, but the zeal they had for
photography drew my attentionand passion.
I'm like these guys areschooling, these guys are going
around shooting events and allof that.
(02:17):
So I linked up with Samuelthat's the older twin and I'm
like, bro, I like what you'redoing and I want to also be like
this, like, do what you'redoing.
And I'm like, bro, I like whatyou're doing and I want to also
be like this, like, do whatyou're doing.
And I was like, yeah, why notcome on board?
So we started rolling togetherand 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
(02:39):
this dream.
I really want to be a part ofthis dream.
So fast forward.
When we were taking pictures, Iwas was like I will study
videography, I will learnvideography on my own.
So when we are taking pictures.
I'll just be doing the videos.
I didn't know anything aboutvideography, I was just my.
You know that's one thing toomaximizing time.
Maximizing time because youknow the natural man loss of
(03:03):
this.
This is based on time andchance.
You got I'm saying so, we don'thave all the time.
So maximizing time and alsousing the time to favor your
potential.
So during that period when Iwas learning the videography, I
was in the videography with them, I was using youtube.
I maximize my time learningyoutube, learning from the
internet and all of that.
(03:25):
So that's how I come and that'swhat we've been doing till now.
So the process, the learning,translated into the experience.
So that's how.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
So you're a product of the YouTube university.
Exactly, I'm a product.
It's fantastic.
I mean, how many people hereutilize YouTube?
I remember when I was inpharmacy school there was a
topic that was really hard forme and that was some parts of
(03:55):
the kidney called the nephronand how it produces urine, and
when they taught that in class Ididn't get it.
So I went on the internet,youtube, and then I found this
guy lecturer all the way inindia who was explaining that
and hey, you know, um, so no,that's great.
That's fantastic because I sawyou those times when I used to
(04:15):
come to ghana a lot and then gowhere you and the twins around
the same house.
It's always fun around.
Yeah, then Then fast forwardyou.
We see you working withStoneboy, but I know you didn't
always start as the creativedirector, so how did that happen
?
Speaker 1 (04:36):
So my encounter with Stoneboy Stoneboy came for a
shoot.
Everything that has happened inmy life is through the twins.
It's through the twins and I'llsay this again Having role
models is key.
People you look up to, peoplethat you follow, you need to
(04:57):
follow, you need to followpeople.
You cannot just be like this iswhat I want to do and just
start Because they are pioneers.
I'll say they are pioneers andpioneering something you need
followers to understand what youhave brought into existence to
make an impact.
You get what I'm saying.
So there was this grace.
There is a grace placed onthose twins.
(05:19):
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 (05:24):
There is a grace of arrival.
I don't know, you know twins?
Oh yes, of course, everybodyknows them.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
And people sometimes don't understand what at all do
they shoot.
So I'm like this is the kind ofgrace I'm looking for in these
guys and I don't care, no matterwhat, I will follow and serve,
I will learn a lot from them.
So Stoneboy came to the houseto have a photo shoot with them
and I just did abehind-the-scenes video of the
photo shoot at home.
The video was sent to Stoneboyand Stoneboy was like wow, I
(05:51):
love this.
He DMed me on.
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, hewants us to move.
I was like, why not?
So that was my encounter withStoneboy.
I started being hisphotographer and videographer,
being on the road, and now Iadvanced to being his creative
(06:12):
director through still learning,traveling with him to see how
his music videos were shot, andall of that I was still learning
on the road, and now I havebecome his creative director.
Yeah, so it's been a, it's beena process.
It's been growth, it's beengrowth and it's I'm still
(06:33):
learning and I'm still growingwith him.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Yeah no, it's very interesting to hear.
I'm still growing with him youknow it's very interesting to
hear.
Not many people understandlearning from people.
Not many people understand thatEverybody wants to do it and be
the giant.
Be the giant, you know.
But that process that you wentthrough I think that's fantastic
(06:57):
.
That's fantastic.
You let's imagine there's anindividual who is sitting at
home right now and they'rethinking I want to get into
photography or videography.
But you see, the problem wehave here is when your parents
take you to school, they expectyou to come out of school with a
(07:21):
profession and get a job to do.
I can't imagine how many timesthat my father told me Charlie,
stop, you know, you know, slowdown with music, you know, and
and get the degree.
I mean it was very goodinformation, like very good
advice in those days, because itworked out.
How has it been for you?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
I also have the same experience because my daddy took
me to school university tostudy land economy.
My daddy did land economy ink-n-u-s-d.
I sat in the same classroom asmy dad.
Yes, he did land, he studiedland economy.
Then he became a pastor.
So he stopped what he was doingto become a pastor.
(08:05):
Then I he told me, yeah, Icould also do land economy.
So I chose land economy andthen I went to care in USD.
Then from school, he's seen thatI want to be a photographer.
He wasn't understanding it.
It was like how am I going tomake a living out of this?
How am I going to make life outof this?
So it's been the sameexperience for me as well,
(08:27):
whereby my parents didn't reallyit's not like they didn't
support I have very supportiveparents but then they wanted me
to understand the path that Iwas choosing.
And now you know, for many youngones, we have the desire to do
a lot of things, but being awareof your desire alone will not
(08:48):
bring you into full experience.
You need to understand what youwant to do, and when I say
understand, you need to maintainthe faculty and fortitude to
actually know the dynamics ofwhatever path that you are
choosing, because photographycomes 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?
(09:09):
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 whileto understand me being a
photographer.
It really took me a while tounderstand what I was doing.
I wasn't just, I didn't justarrive and be K Studios, even
finding the name.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
K.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Studios was another thing.
A friend just said yo, you're aK, why don't you just do K
Studios?
And I'm like, okay, so I tookthat from a friend.
You know, I took that from afriend.
Now I'm just taking pictures,but what, what?
What am I translating into theworld?
What kind of images do I wantpeople to know me for?
(09:51):
What kind of identity do I haveto 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 anunderstanding of what you are
doing to really define yourself.
When I met Stoneboy, I'veworked with Bisakede.
I've worked with Bisakede.
Through that, through workingwith him, also helped me a lot,
(10:14):
because I began to understandthat 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 ofpeople through my lens, and that
is when I began to understandthat this is my calling.
This is what I have to do andI've just been consistent with
it so far.
I've just been consistent withit Telling stories of people,
(10:36):
telling stories of peoplethrough my lens, telling stories
of brands through my lens'sjust, it's just me understanding
what I was doing, and now ithas become like yeah, look,
there's a young man out thereand that guy is saying to
himself how do I pick up acamera and go through this
(10:57):
process and potentially makeeven a thousand cities out of it
?
Speaker 2 (11:02):
How does that look like?
Speaker 1 (11:06):
I think, first of all , the focus shouldn't be money.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
The focus shouldn't be money Because, like I already
said, having the desire doesn'tmean it will bless you.
Having the desire to be aphotographer doesn't mean it's
going to bless you.
It comes with everything we docomes with, there are, things
that support it Character,character, discipline, morals.
It comes with everything we do,comes with there's, there are
(11:30):
things that support itscharacter.
Um, character, discipline,morals and time.
You know so the money wouldn't,wouldn't?
The money is not a thing thathas to be on your mind, but
rather you have to buildyourself to become valuable
enough for people to use you orneed services from you.
Because once you become a value, that is when people come to
(11:54):
you and that's what is going totranslate into you making a
living out of it.
So any young person watching meright now who wants to make a
living out of photography itdoesn't just start with taking a
camera, taking pictures earningmaybe 10 cities, 1000 cities,
500 cities there is.
You are the value.
You are the value people haveto.
(12:17):
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 youhaving to make a living out of
this photography.
So whatever that you've seen outof photography that you want to
become thinking that there'smoney, there's money in it and
(12:39):
you also want to make the money.
It's not just that.
That shouldn't be the focus.
The focus should be you beingof value to society.
That is it.
That's when you.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
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 whereprojects will be given to
certain people in the creativeindustry, whether it's photo
editing, videos or photo shootsthat artists or other brands
(13:14):
have done.
There's a massive delay ingetting those products back to
the people who have paid forthose services, what usually
causes all of that, I think.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Naturally, some people are just slow in
delivering.
That's what I'm saying.
That's what I'm saying that itdoesn't just come with just
being a photographer.
There's character behind it,there's morals, there's
discipline, you know.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
I'm one of the people when I'm in London.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
yeah, and maybe somebody calls me for a project
and I go to shoot and I send itto the person the next day.
They don't understand, and it'sof the same quality you get me.
They don't understand.
They're like how are you ableto edit this so fast?
Because sometimes Stone justfinishes the program or the show
and the video is out.
Maybe that night.
I'm like this is what I'vetrained myself to become.
(14:02):
This is how I have trainedmyself to become, to be able to
deliver you know what I'm saying.
So that comes with that, comeswith um character, that comes
with discipline.
So, for people that delay, it'snot, it's not, it's, it's them.
I'll say it's them, it's thembut you are in the industry I am
(14:23):
in the industry and you hear alot of these things.
Look, I've I've met people whothey are weddings.
I know like it either crushedsomething, yeah, yeah, that's
why that's the same thing.
You need to add discipline withyour occupation.
You need to add discipline toyour occupation and know how to
(14:45):
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 adddiscipline to your occupation,
because having to delay projectsis it's not just going to
affect your, your it's going toaffect your brand at the end of
the day.
It's going to affect your craft,it's going to affect your job.
You're going to have a bad nameout there.
(15:05):
So I'm having to add character,discipline and morals comes a
lot.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
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 (15:38):
I just want to follow my passion yeah, one question
you need to ask yourself is doyou 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 withcommitment, it comes with
sacrifice, it comes with desire.
You know that is lovingsomething.
(16:01):
You cannot just love whatyou're doing and spend 10 hours
sleeping and 30 minutes learningabout it.
Do you get what I'm saying?
So you want to follow yourpassion.
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,
(16:23):
these three things are veryimportant in following your
passion.
I have been, I have beenconsistent 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, Ididn't do it.
I've just been consistent, andconsistency is a proof that one
has got light to understand whatis doing.
You know I'm saying so.
(16:46):
This is, if this is, if you seethat this is, if you are able to
come in awareness that this isyour passion, this is what you
love to do.
You have to break it down intothree.
Can I be committed to this?
Can I sacrifice everything forthis?
You know, if you cannot, thatis not your passion, that is not
your passion.
(17:06):
Look for is not your passion,that is not your passion.
Look for something else to do,that is not your passion.
So the love towards it willactually be the push into
getting it into its fullcapacity.
Because, like I'm saying, Ihave never done any other thing,
I have just been consistentfrom day one till now and I'm
still learning.
And I'm saying I have neverdone any other thing, I have
(17:28):
just been consistent from dayone till now and I'm still
learning and I'm stillconsistent.
I don't know where it's takingme, but this is how far I've
come.
So I can only believe that thisdream I've had, this passion
that I've had and all thesesacrifices that I've made
towards it, has come into thisfullness.
So it's not at this time that Iwill give up.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
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 usabout that that's, that's,
that's the.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
That's one limitation that comes with
entrepreneurship.
You know, that's the limitationthat comes with
entrepreneurship.
I remember there are times thatthere are times that,
especially when I didn'tunderstand what I was doing, I
was like so am I just gonna dothis?
Am I?
I didn't understand anything.
I did, I just I was just likewhat is this at all that I'm
(18:22):
doing?
Like it's photography going tomake me buy a car, build a house
and all of that.
But then I think that was whenGod told me something that you
need to align your purpose withGod'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
(18:47):
like it's my calling, it's mycalling.
So now, when I understood whatI was doing and what I'm doing
now, the goal is now to impactmore.
There has to be a generationtied to my destiny.
You know, there has to be ageneration tied to my destiny.
(19:08):
There has to be people thatlook up to me.
There has to be whatever.
God gives you, it has to flowthrough you to other people.
If it stays with you, you die.
If it stays with you, whateverGod gives you, any gift that God
gives you, it has to flowthrough you to other people.
So if it stays with you, you'regoing to die other people.
(19:30):
So if it stays with you, you'regonna die.
So having to understand thatthis was a calling actually
paved the way and gave me moresight in what I was doing.
Okay, it just, it just opened,opened my eye, so I had to add
this, this name, um to myinstagram page goslings.
That was the day I had the fullrevelation of my job.
That, I'm saying is my callingand I added it Ghost Lens on my
(19:52):
bio.
It's under my bio on Instagram.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
When, when I'm doing something right for example,
this podcast and the many otherbusinesses that I've started
there's one thing that I'vestarted.
There's one thing that Iusually don't think about, which
(20:18):
is giving up, but I always havea method and my method always
is do it to the best ability youcan.
the highest quality and do itfast is the fail fast mentality.
So if I'm going to fail withinthe first six months, I should
know when you started workingwith Stone and all the other
(20:39):
creatives that you've workedwith.
Were there times that you feltthat this is the point where you
may want to not carry onanymore?
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Actually, when I met all those people, that was when
I understood that I am arriving.
When I wanted to give up, Ididn't meet those people.
When I wanted to give up weretimes that people were telling
me oh, the old detrain said thatwas when I wanted to give up.
But, that was when I wanted togive up, but that was when I
(21:10):
didn't give up.
The Bible says your gift willbring you in front of great men.
So when I met all these people,that was when I began to
understand the journey.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Okay.
So you see, I wrote this on myInstagram and I said when you
are copying someone or followingsomeone, you need to follow
very carefully.
Yeah, because otherwise, ifthat person fails, you will fail
, or if they change directiontoo quickly, you will fail and
you'll be stuck.
And this is what I'm seeing.
(21:45):
The twins have been veryinstrumental in your process and
you've worked with them for allthese years now, it didn't go
to a point where you carve thepath for yourself, and that's
(22:08):
the point where you felt that,nah, this is it Now.
This is what I wanted to.
I want you to tell us At whichpoint do you think it is
important for you to take a pathaway from your role model.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
For me personally, you know, let me just in our
arrogant world.
Yeah, followers, when they thinkthey are getting better, that's
when they think or feel theycan ignore the foundation.
But we can only be animprovement on the foundation
(22:47):
that was laid.
Twins has been my foundation,regardless of how far I go, that
foundation, if you have astrong foundation, it's like
this building when thefoundation is weak, it's going
to collapse.
So those are my foundations.
So in my experience, I don'tthink that I'm going to go off
that foundation or I'm going topave my own way.
(23:13):
I will pave my own way with allthe resources that come from
that foundation, because whenthe foundation is not there, I
will be hanging.
So I'm working with Stone.
We are still doing Swag ofAfrica.
We are doing amazing.
I'm working with Stone.
We are still doing Struggle forAfrica.
We are doing amazing.
I'm doing amazing things.
I'm getting to travel aroundthe world and all of that.
(23:35):
It's sometimes beautiful.
When I meet someone in Paris orI meet in my UK, we meet in
America.
It's so beautiful.
And then when we meet, we getto work.
We get to work in the samelocation and still do more
better.
So, for me, I don't think Ineed to pave way or I need to.
I've created my path, though,but I still have the foundation.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
A lot of creatives have put artists into trouble,
and this is what I mean.
I personally work with anartist every now and then.
Who's had a few people, a fewcreatives, not come back to the
country with?
Speaker 1 (24:20):
them.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Because they decided that they want to stay wherever
they are.
What are your thoughts on that?
Speaker 1 (24:29):
Because I know you've been around the world around,
yeah, yeah, those, those, thoseare for for people that actually
do.
Those are for personal reasons,but all the same, I think we
should also um know the kind ofpeople that we move with and the
kind of people that we surroundourselves with.
Great people are surrounded bypsychophants, you know they,
(24:50):
just they see you as a ladderyou want to climb, but they have
their reasons and there aresome 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 hadtheir intentions.
They've always had theirintentions.
You are just a ladder, you arejust.
They just leveraged intentions.
You are just a ladder, theyjust leveraged upon you.
(25:12):
You are just such people.
Sometimes it's beautiful andunderstanding to communicate
that to your artist, that thisis how far I've come and this is
where I want to be, and it'sbeautiful.
But then sometimes the artisttravel with creatives and they
just dash, they don't they don'tsee them again.
Yeah so sometimes, um, atcertain levels, people, people's
(25:37):
true colors, really, you know,you get to know that this is,
this is who the person is whatyou see um, you say that, but we
understand the lifespan of theaverage African artist.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
The music life of the artist.
Yeah, and the majority of themdoesn't go beyond the 10 years
Majority.
Plenty of them, especially thepeople who are not in the high
life space.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
It's quite short.
It's quite short.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
I can then begin to think that certain creatives
will be thinking hey, the timeis getting near.
If you're working with anartist whose shine is not
picking up as much after the 10years, then what do you do as a
creative?
Because your job is at stake sobuilding value is key.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
You know I said something about.
I said something aboutmaximizing time.
You're talking about life'smoney of an artist.
How did you maximize your timewhen you had all these systems
supporting you?
How did you maximize youropportunities around the artist
when all the systems around himwere supporting you?
(27:05):
You have to build value foryourself.
You have to build value foryourself.
You have to build value foryourself.
And it's so beautiful whenyou're working with an artist.
He's going, you're also going,he's there, you're also there.
That's like you become likegenerals.
You become generals.
There wouldn't even be a secondthought of like thinking, oh,
(27:29):
this artist is good, small timeyou 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 whatyou're doing.
You have to believe in theartists you're working with.
You have to always find a way,find a way to maintain your
value.
One thing that I would say isin this country we have, we have
(27:52):
no maintenance culture.
We lack maintenance culture.
We cannot make it we don'tmaintain good things for long.
You get what I'm saying and wedon't.
We don't really value things.
So value is really important.
Whilst you are working with anartist, you you need to build
value for yourself.
You need to.
Also, your contribution to hiscraft is also key.
(28:13):
That will also build more valueon him.
Do you get what I'm saying?
So it's more about believing inwhat you're doing, believing in
where you have to go andbuilding value for yourself.
That is it.
I like the answer.
That is it.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
I like the answer.
Yeah, I like it.
I hey once again, if youhaven't subscribed, please do
like share.
Become part of the familyConnected minds.
I'm going to lead on to thisquestion.
The last episode we had waswith a lady who spoke a lot
about real estate in Ghana andshe had a beautiful question for
(28:49):
you.
Lot about real estate in Ghanaand she had a beautiful question
for you, yeah, and the questionis what is the craziest real
estate story that you'veexperienced or heard?
Speaker 1 (29:00):
well, this is more of an experience.
So, um, there was this guy,this man.
He has this real estate companyapartment building you know
this kind of estate agency andhe came to us on some good deal
with the twins and I, like yo,we should buy he's building some
(29:21):
houses.
We should buy one.
And he's gonna like in I thinkit was in, let's say March.
That was like two years ago, inDecember.
He's gonna finish and let's sayMarch, that was like two years
ago In December he's going tofinish and he's going to finish
ours.
I mean, if we should payquickly, he's going to finish
ours, we move in andrat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat.
So the December came, it wasstill the same.
We went to the site.
(29:41):
It was still the same thing Now, but we weren't smart enough.
So I think it was just becausewe trusted him and we did some
projects with him.
You know, we did our exhibitionwith him and all of that.
So we went to his office.
We were just telling him thatit was like yo tell him what he
said.
I was like when did I see all?
Speaker 2 (30:00):
of this.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
You have to if you don't pay, if you don't finish
paying, you don't move to yourhouse, and he cannot finish our
own and leave the rest.
So that this issue has been aback and forth and it's still
going on.
And now he's telling us theproject here, maybe some five,
seven years.
We've deposited a huge amountof money there, so this, this
question, is an experience sorryman sorry, man I guess that was
(30:28):
a very good question.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
That was a very good question.
We like to ask a few questions,get into the end of the
conversation and I'm not sayingwe're getting to the end of the
conversation because you need tostick around and listen to
these.
This is where it all comestogether connected minds,
motivation or disciplinediscipline.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Okay, discipline, discipline, because when you are
disciplined, you motivateyourself a sharp and brief,
solid.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
What's the best advice you ever received?
Speaker 1 (31:11):
From my dad Okay, it's not like he said it to me,
but his demeanor my dad was theMethodist bishop.
He's a bishop, but he's retirednow.
He's a clergy.
So the humility of my father issomething else.
(31:37):
So his lifestyle has been my,you know it's had a lot of
impact on me.
He treats everybody like withequal respect.
Yeah, my dad.
He doesn't like to be, eventhough he was the bishop, but
he's just for the people.
He's just too humble, toohumble, too humble.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
Yeah, the diasporas say that if you're too humble in
Ghana, then people start to getinto your space and make life a
lot difficult for you.
So when they come to Ghana theyusually see that it is better
to push them to get what youneed to get done instead of
(32:25):
laying down for them.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
The Miig is always seen as a fool, but he's the one
that gets to the gates of theking, gets to the heart of the
king.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
Wow, that's deep.
My next question is what's yourfavorite personal development?
Speaker 1 (32:45):
book Pastor Miles Moran Understanding your
Potential.
Yeah, Understanding yourPotential.
Yeah, Understanding yourPotential.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
So I see that to be able to start entrepreneurship
and stay on the path and make itwork for yourself, you need to
be a reader, you need to be alearner, you know what they.
They say leaders are readers,um, and that process is crazy
yeah and that book soundsawesome.
(33:20):
I'd find it yeah then I'm gonnatake a question for my next
guest, okay.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
I want to ask their limitations and weakness in
whatever they do.
Speaker 2 (33:38):
Wow, limitations and weaknesses in whatever you do,
and I hope my next guest ismentally prepared for this
question, because that is a lot.
That could be an entire episode.
I thank you guys so much forbeing with us, for staying with
us, and to those of you thathave not subscribed, we beg of
you to.
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Do us that favor and turn onthat bell, stay connected.
Photography comes with a lot.
Are you ready for it?
Are you ready to learn?
You have to build yourself tobecome valuable enough for
people to use you or needservices from you.
Having the desire doesn't meanit will bless you.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Now, you didn't go to school to become a photographer
or a videographer.
What's the process?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
school to become a photographer or a videographer.
What's the process?
So I would say, um, I've alwayshad a passion to be a
photographer because I quiteremember my brother was in
russia, he was schooling inrussia and he bought a camera
and I was just taking pictures,posting them online on facebook.
I was young, very young, and Iwas like what's my brother doing
?
So he came to Ghana with acamera.
So I always take the camerajust playing around.
I didn't know much about it.
(00:49):
I was just saying he would tellme oh, this is how to shoot,
this is how.
So I didn't really acquire alot of knowledge from him
because he was also not like aprofessional, he was just doing
it as his hobby.
Then, fast forward, I went tothe university this was from SHS
(01:10):
when I had the passion to be aphotographer, just because I'd
seen my brother doing it, justbecause I'd seen my brother
doing it.
So I was like I have theinterest for this too.
My brother is doing it.
I know someone doing it Inormally don't see.
You know, sometimes the thingswe see around us motivate us a
lot Because I saw my brotherdoing it.
Imagine I'd seen my brotherdoing something where I would
(01:31):
have had the interest to do.
So that comes with also havingrole models in our life.
So my brother was my first rolemodel in photography Because he
was doing it, taking nicepictures, and I just wanted to
do what he was doing, but hedidn't take it like a
professional from theprofessional side.
So he was just, it was his hobby.
So fast forward.
I went to the school, keanUniversity I met twins and they
(01:55):
were like, doing itprofessionally?
And I was like yo, I reallywant to be like these guys.
I really want to do what theyare doing, how they are making
money out of photography.
They weren't making much moneythen, but the zeal they had for
photography drew my attentionand passion.
I'm like these guys areschooling, these guys are going
around shooting events and allof that.
(02:17):
So I linked up with Samuelthat's the older twin and I'm
like, bro, I like what you'redoing and I want to also be like
this, like, do what you'redoing.
And I'm like, bro, I like whatyou're doing and I want to also
be like this, like, do whatyou're doing.
And I was like, yeah, why notcome on board?
So we started rolling togetherand 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
(02:39):
this dream.
I really want to be a part ofthis dream.
So fast forward.
When we were taking pictures, Iwas was like I will study
videography, I will learnvideography on my own.
So when we are taking pictures.
I'll just be doing the videos.
I didn't know anything aboutvideography, I was just my.
You know that's one thing toomaximizing time.
Maximizing time because youknow the natural man loss of
(03:03):
this.
This is based on time andchance.
You got I'm saying so, we don'thave all the time.
So maximizing time and alsousing the time to favor your
potential.
So during that period when Iwas learning the videography, I
was in the videography with them, I was using youtube.
I maximize my time learningyoutube, learning from the
internet and all of that.
(03:25):
So that's how I come and that'swhat we've been doing till now.
So the process, the learning,translated into the experience.
So that's how.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
So you're a product of the YouTube university.
Exactly, I'm a product.
It's fantastic.
I mean, how many people hereutilize YouTube?
I remember when I was inpharmacy school there was a
topic that was really hard forme and that was some parts of
(03:55):
the kidney called the nephronand how it produces urine, and
when they taught that in class Ididn't get it.
So I went on the internet,youtube, and then I found this
guy lecturer all the way inindia who was explaining that
and hey, you know, um, so no,that's great.
That's fantastic because I sawyou those times when I used to
(04:15):
come to ghana a lot and then gowhere you and the twins around
the same house.
It's always fun around.
Yeah, then Then fast forwardyou.
We see you working withStoneboy, but I know you didn't
always start as the creativedirector, so how did that happen
?
Speaker 1 (04:36):
So my encounter with Stoneboy Stoneboy came for a
shoot.
Everything that has happened inmy life is through the twins.
It's through the twins and I'llsay this again Having role
models is key.
People you look up to, peoplethat you follow, you need to
(04:57):
follow, you need to followpeople.
You cannot just be like this iswhat I want to do and just
start Because they are pioneers.
I'll say they are pioneers andpioneering something you need
followers to understand what youhave brought into existence to
make an impact.
You get what I'm saying.
So there was this grace.
There is a grace placed onthose twins.
(05:19):
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 (05:24):
There is a grace of arrival.
I don't know, you know twins?
Oh yes, of course, everybodyknows them.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
And people sometimes don't understand what at all do
they shoot.
So I'm like this is the kind ofgrace I'm looking for in these
guys and I don't care, no matterwhat, I will follow and serve,
I will learn a lot from them.
So Stoneboy came to the houseto have a photo shoot with them
and I just did abehind-the-scenes video of the
photo shoot at home.
The video was sent to Stoneboyand Stoneboy was like wow, I
(05:51):
love this.
He DMed me on.
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, hewants us to move.
I was like, why not?
So that was my encounter withStoneboy.
I started being hisphotographer and videographer,
being on the road, and now Iadvanced to being his creative
(06:12):
director through still learning,traveling with him to see how
his music videos were shot, andall of that I was still learning
on the road, and now I havebecome his creative director.
Yeah, so it's been a, it's beena process.
It's been growth, it's beengrowth and it's I'm still
(06:33):
learning and I'm still growingwith him.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Yeah no, it's very interesting to hear.
I'm still growing with him youknow it's very interesting to
hear.
Not many people understandlearning from people.
Not many people understand thatEverybody wants to do it and be
the giant.
Be the giant, you know.
But that process that you wentthrough I think that's fantastic
(06:57):
.
That's fantastic.
You let's imagine there's anindividual who is sitting at
home right now and they'rethinking I want to get into
photography or videography.
But you see, the problem wehave here is when your parents
take you to school, they expectyou to come out of school with a
(07:21):
profession and get a job to do.
I can't imagine how many timesthat my father told me Charlie,
stop, you know, you know, slowdown with music, you know, and
and get the degree.
I mean it was very goodinformation, like very good
advice in those days, because itworked out.
How has it been for you?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
I also have the same experience because my daddy took
me to school university tostudy land economy.
My daddy did land economy ink-n-u-s-d.
I sat in the same classroom asmy dad.
Yes, he did land, he studiedland economy.
Then he became a pastor.
So he stopped what he was doingto become a pastor.
(08:05):
Then I he told me, yeah, Icould also do land economy.
So I chose land economy andthen I went to care in USD.
Then from school, he's seen thatI want to be a photographer.
He wasn't understanding it.
It was like how am I going tomake a living out of this?
How am I going to make life outof this?
So it's been the sameexperience for me as well,
(08:27):
whereby my parents didn't reallyit's not like they didn't
support I have very supportiveparents but then they wanted me
to understand the path that Iwas choosing.
And now you know, for many youngones, we have the desire to do
a lot of things, but being awareof your desire alone will not
(08:48):
bring you into full experience.
You need to understand what youwant to do, and when I say
understand, you need to maintainthe faculty and fortitude to
actually know the dynamics ofwhatever path that you are
choosing, because photographycomes 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?
(09:09):
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 whileto understand me being a
photographer.
It really took me a while tounderstand what I was doing.
I wasn't just, I didn't justarrive and be K Studios, even
finding the name.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
K.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Studios was another thing.
A friend just said yo, you're aK, why don't you just do K
Studios?
And I'm like, okay, so I tookthat from a friend.
You know, I took that from afriend.
Now I'm just taking pictures,but what, what?
What am I translating into theworld?
What kind of images do I wantpeople to know me for?
(09:51):
What kind of identity do I haveto 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 anunderstanding of what you are
doing to really define yourself.
When I met Stoneboy, I'veworked with Bisakede.
I've worked with Bisakede.
Through that, through workingwith him, also helped me a lot,
(10:14):
because I began to understandthat 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 ofpeople through my lens, and that
is when I began to understandthat this is my calling.
This is what I have to do andI've just been consistent with
it so far.
I've just been consistent withit Telling stories of people,
(10:36):
telling stories of peoplethrough my lens, telling stories
of brands through my lens'sjust, it's just me understanding
what I was doing, and now ithas become like yeah, look,
there's a young man out thereand that guy is saying to
himself how do I pick up acamera and go through this
(10:57):
process and potentially makeeven a thousand cities out of it
?
Speaker 2 (11:02):
How does that look like?
Speaker 1 (11:06):
I think, first of all , the focus shouldn't be money.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
The focus shouldn't be money Because, like I already
said, having the desire doesn'tmean it will bless you.
Having the desire to be aphotographer doesn't mean it's
going to bless you.
It comes with everything we docomes with, there are, things
that support it Character,character, discipline, morals.
It comes with everything we do,comes with there's, there are
(11:30):
things that support itscharacter.
Um, character, discipline,morals and time.
You know so the money wouldn't,wouldn't?
The money is not a thing thathas to be on your mind, but
rather you have to buildyourself to become valuable
enough for people to use you orneed services from you.
Because once you become a value, that is when people come to
(11:54):
you and that's what is going totranslate into you making a
living out of it.
So any young person watching meright now who wants to make a
living out of photography itdoesn't just start with taking a
camera, taking pictures earningmaybe 10 cities, 1000 cities,
500 cities there is.
You are the value.
You are the value people haveto.
(12:17):
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 youhaving to make a living out of
this photography.
So whatever that you've seen outof photography that you want to
become thinking that there'smoney, there's money in it and
(12:39):
you also want to make the money.
It's not just that.
That shouldn't be the focus.
The focus should be you beingof value to society.
That is it.
That's when you.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
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 whereprojects will be given to
certain people in the creativeindustry, whether it's photo
editing, videos or photo shootsthat artists or other brands
(13:14):
have done.
There's a massive delay ingetting those products back to
the people who have paid forthose services, what usually
causes all of that, I think.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Naturally, some people are just slow in
delivering.
That's what I'm saying.
That's what I'm saying that itdoesn't just come with just
being a photographer.
There's character behind it,there's morals, there's
discipline, you know.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
I'm one of the people when I'm in London.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
yeah, and maybe somebody calls me for a project
and I go to shoot and I send itto the person the next day.
They don't understand, and it'sof the same quality you get me.
They don't understand.
They're like how are you ableto edit this so fast?
Because sometimes Stone justfinishes the program or the show
and the video is out.
Maybe that night.
I'm like this is what I'vetrained myself to become.
(14:02):
This is how I have trainedmyself to become, to be able to
deliver you know what I'm saying.
So that comes with that, comeswith um character, that comes
with discipline.
So, for people that delay, it'snot, it's not, it's, it's them.
I'll say it's them, it's thembut you are in the industry I am
(14:23):
in the industry and you hear alot of these things.
Look, I've I've met people whothey are weddings.
I know like it either crushedsomething, yeah, yeah, that's
why that's the same thing.
You need to add discipline withyour occupation.
You need to add discipline toyour occupation and know how to
(14:45):
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 adddiscipline to your occupation,
because having to delay projectsis it's not just going to
affect your, your it's going toaffect your brand at the end of
the day.
It's going to affect your craft,it's going to affect your job.
You're going to have a bad nameout there.
(15:05):
So I'm having to add character,discipline and morals comes a
lot.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
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 (15:38):
I just want to follow my passion yeah, one question
you need to ask yourself is doyou 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 withcommitment, it comes with
sacrifice, it comes with desire.
You know that is lovingsomething.
(16:01):
You cannot just love whatyou're doing and spend 10 hours
sleeping and 30 minutes learningabout it.
Do you get what I'm saying?
So you want to follow yourpassion.
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,
(16:23):
these three things are veryimportant in following your
passion.
I have been, I have beenconsistent 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, Ididn't do it.
I've just been consistent, andconsistency is a proof that one
has got light to understand whatis doing.
You know I'm saying so.
(16:46):
This is, if this is, if you seethat this is, if you are able to
come in awareness that this isyour passion, this is what you
love to do.
You have to break it down intothree.
Can I be committed to this?
Can I sacrifice everything forthis?
You know, if you cannot, thatis not your passion, that is not
your passion.
(17:06):
Look for is not your passion,that is not your passion.
Look for something else to do,that is not your passion.
So the love towards it willactually be the push into
getting it into its fullcapacity.
Because, like I'm saying, Ihave never done any other thing,
I have just been consistentfrom day one till now and I'm
still learning.
And I'm saying I have neverdone any other thing, I have
(17:28):
just been consistent from dayone till now and I'm still
learning and I'm stillconsistent.
I don't know where it's takingme, but this is how far I've
come.
So I can only believe that thisdream I've had, this passion
that I've had and all thesesacrifices that I've made
towards it, has come into thisfullness.
So it's not at this time that Iwill give up.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
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 usabout that that's, that's,
that's the.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
That's one limitation that comes with
entrepreneurship.
You know, that's the limitationthat comes with
entrepreneurship.
I remember there are times thatthere are times that,
especially when I didn'tunderstand what I was doing, I
was like so am I just gonna dothis?
Am I?
I didn't understand anything.
I did, I just I was just likewhat is this at all that I'm
(18:22):
doing?
Like it's photography going tomake me buy a car, build a house
and all of that.
But then I think that was whenGod told me something that you
need to align your purpose withGod'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
(18:47):
like it's my calling, it's mycalling.
So now, when I understood whatI was doing and what I'm doing
now, the goal is now to impactmore.
There has to be a generationtied to my destiny.
You know, there has to be ageneration tied to my destiny.
(19:08):
There has to be people thatlook up to me.
There has to be whatever.
God gives you, it has to flowthrough you to other people.
If it stays with you, you die.
If it stays with you, whateverGod gives you, any gift that God
gives you, it has to flowthrough you to other people.
So if it stays with you, you'regoing to die other people.
(19:30):
So if it stays with you, you'regonna die.
So having to understand thatthis was a calling actually
paved the way and gave me moresight in what I was doing.
Okay, it just, it just opened,opened my eye, so I had to add
this, this name, um to myinstagram page goslings.
That was the day I had the fullrevelation of my job.
That, I'm saying is my callingand I added it Ghost Lens on my
(19:52):
bio.
It's under my bio on Instagram.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
When, when I'm doing something right for example,
this podcast and the many otherbusinesses that I've started
there's one thing that I'vestarted.
There's one thing that Iusually don't think about, which
(20:18):
is giving up, but I always havea method and my method always
is do it to the best ability youcan.
the highest quality and do itfast is the fail fast mentality.
So if I'm going to fail withinthe first six months, I should
know when you started workingwith Stone and all the other
(20:39):
creatives that you've workedwith.
Were there times that you feltthat this is the point where you
may want to not carry onanymore?
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Actually, when I met all those people, that was when
I understood that I am arriving.
When I wanted to give up, Ididn't meet those people.
When I wanted to give up weretimes that people were telling
me oh, the old detrain said thatwas when I wanted to give up.
But, that was when I wanted togive up, but that was when I
(21:10):
didn't give up.
The Bible says your gift willbring you in front of great men.
So when I met all these people,that was when I began to
understand the journey.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Okay.
So you see, I wrote this on myInstagram and I said when you
are copying someone or followingsomeone, you need to follow
very carefully.
Yeah, because otherwise, ifthat person fails, you will fail
, or if they change directiontoo quickly, you will fail and
you'll be stuck.
And this is what I'm seeing.
(21:45):
The twins have been veryinstrumental in your process and
you've worked with them for allthese years now, it didn't go
to a point where you carve thepath for yourself, and that's
(22:08):
the point where you felt that,nah, this is it Now.
This is what I wanted to.
I want you to tell us At whichpoint do you think it is
important for you to take a pathaway from your role model.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
For me personally, you know, let me just in our
arrogant world.
Yeah, followers, when they thinkthey are getting better, that's
when they think or feel theycan ignore the foundation.
But we can only be animprovement on the foundation
(22:47):
that was laid.
Twins has been my foundation,regardless of how far I go, that
foundation, if you have astrong foundation, it's like
this building when thefoundation is weak, it's going
to collapse.
So those are my foundations.
So in my experience, I don'tthink that I'm going to go off
that foundation or I'm going topave my own way.
(23:13):
I will pave my own way with allthe resources that come from
that foundation, because whenthe foundation is not there, I
will be hanging.
So I'm working with Stone.
We are still doing Swag ofAfrica.
We are doing amazing.
I'm working with Stone.
We are still doing Struggle forAfrica.
We are doing amazing.
I'm doing amazing things.
I'm getting to travel aroundthe world and all of that.
(23:35):
It's sometimes beautiful.
When I meet someone in Paris orI meet in my UK, we meet in
America.
It's so beautiful.
And then when we meet, we getto work.
We get to work in the samelocation and still do more
better.
So, for me, I don't think Ineed to pave way or I need to.
I've created my path, though,but I still have the foundation.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
A lot of creatives have put artists into trouble,
and this is what I mean.
I personally work with anartist every now and then.
Who's had a few people, a fewcreatives, not come back to the
country with?
Speaker 1 (24:20):
them.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Because they decided that they want to stay wherever
they are.
What are your thoughts on that?
Speaker 1 (24:29):
Because I know you've been around the world around,
yeah, yeah, those, those, thoseare for for people that actually
do.
Those are for personal reasons,but all the same, I think we
should also um know the kind ofpeople that we move with and the
kind of people that we surroundourselves with.
Great people are surrounded bypsychophants, you know they,
(24:50):
just they see you as a ladderyou want to climb, but they have
their reasons and there aresome 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 hadtheir intentions.
They've always had theirintentions.
You are just a ladder, you arejust.
They just leveraged intentions.
You are just a ladder, theyjust leveraged upon you.
(25:12):
You are just such people.
Sometimes it's beautiful andunderstanding to communicate
that to your artist, that thisis how far I've come and this is
where I want to be, and it'sbeautiful.
But then sometimes the artisttravel with creatives and they
just dash, they don't they don'tsee them again.
Yeah so sometimes, um, atcertain levels, people, people's
(25:37):
true colors, really, you know,you get to know that this is,
this is who the person is whatyou see um, you say that, but we
understand the lifespan of theaverage African artist.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
The music life of the artist.
Yeah, and the majority of themdoesn't go beyond the 10 years
Majority.
Plenty of them, especially thepeople who are not in the high
life space.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
It's quite short.
It's quite short.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
I can then begin to think that certain creatives
will be thinking hey, the timeis getting near.
If you're working with anartist whose shine is not
picking up as much after the 10years, then what do you do as a
creative?
Because your job is at stake sobuilding value is key.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
You know I said something about.
I said something aboutmaximizing time.
You're talking about life'smoney of an artist.
How did you maximize your timewhen you had all these systems
supporting you?
How did you maximize youropportunities around the artist
when all the systems around himwere supporting you?
(27:05):
You have to build value foryourself.
You have to build value foryourself.
You have to build value foryourself.
And it's so beautiful whenyou're working with an artist.
He's going, you're also going,he's there, you're also there.
That's like you become likegenerals.
You become generals.
There wouldn't even be a secondthought of like thinking, oh,
(27:29):
this artist is good, small timeyou 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 whatyou're doing.
You have to believe in theartists you're working with.
You have to always find a way,find a way to maintain your
value.
One thing that I would say isin this country we have, we have
(27:52):
no maintenance culture.
We lack maintenance culture.
We cannot make it we don'tmaintain good things for long.
You get what I'm saying and wedon't.
We don't really value things.
So value is really important.
Whilst you are working with anartist, you you need to build
value for yourself.
You need to.
Also, your contribution to hiscraft is also key.
(28:13):
That will also build more valueon him.
Do you get what I'm saying?
So it's more about believing inwhat you're doing, believing in
where you have to go andbuilding value for yourself.
That is it.
I like the answer.
That is it.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
I like the answer.
Yeah, I like it.
I hey once again, if youhaven't subscribed, please do
like share.
Become part of the familyConnected minds.
I'm going to lead on to thisquestion.
The last episode we had waswith a lady who spoke a lot
about real estate in Ghana andshe had a beautiful question for
(28:49):
you.
Lot about real estate in Ghanaand she had a beautiful question
for you, yeah, and the questionis what is the craziest real
estate story that you'veexperienced or heard?
Speaker 1 (29:00):
well, this is more of an experience.
So, um, there was this guy,this man.
He has this real estate companyapartment building you know
this kind of estate agency andhe came to us on some good deal
with the twins and I, like yo,we should buy he's building some
(29:21):
houses.
We should buy one.
And he's gonna like in I thinkit was in, let's say March.
That was like two years ago, inDecember.
He's gonna finish and let's sayMarch, that was like two years
ago In December he's going tofinish and he's going to finish
ours.
I mean, if we should payquickly, he's going to finish
ours, we move in andrat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat.
So the December came, it wasstill the same.
We went to the site.
(29:41):
It was still the same thing Now, but we weren't smart enough.
So I think it was just becausewe trusted him and we did some
projects with him.
You know, we did our exhibitionwith him and all of that.
So we went to his office.
We were just telling him thatit was like yo tell him what he
said.
I was like when did I see all?
Speaker 2 (30:00):
of this.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
You have to if you don't pay, if you don't finish
paying, you don't move to yourhouse, and he cannot finish our
own and leave the rest.
So that this issue has been aback and forth and it's still
going on.
And now he's telling us theproject here, maybe some five,
seven years.
We've deposited a huge amountof money there, so this, this
question, is an experience sorryman sorry, man I guess that was
(30:28):
a very good question.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
That was a very good question.
We like to ask a few questions,get into the end of the
conversation and I'm not sayingwe're getting to the end of the
conversation because you need tostick around and listen to
these.
This is where it all comestogether connected minds,
motivation or disciplinediscipline.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Okay, discipline, discipline, because when you are
disciplined, you motivateyourself a sharp and brief,
solid.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
What's the best advice you ever received?
Speaker 1 (31:11):
From my dad Okay, it's not like he said it to me,
but his demeanor my dad was theMethodist bishop.
He's a bishop, but he's retirednow.
He's a clergy.
So the humility of my father issomething else.
(31:37):
So his lifestyle has been my,you know it's had a lot of
impact on me.
He treats everybody like withequal respect.
Yeah, my dad.
He doesn't like to be, eventhough he was the bishop, but
he's just for the people.
He's just too humble, toohumble, too humble.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
Yeah, the diasporas say that if you're too humble in
Ghana, then people start to getinto your space and make life a
lot difficult for you.
So when they come to Ghana theyusually see that it is better
to push them to get what youneed to get done instead of
(32:25):
laying down for them.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
The Miig is always seen as a fool, but he's the one
that gets to the gates of theking, gets to the heart of the
king.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
Wow, that's deep.
My next question is what's yourfavorite personal development?
Speaker 1 (32:45):
book Pastor Miles Moran Understanding your
Potential.
Yeah, Understanding yourPotential.
Yeah, Understanding yourPotential.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
So I see that to be able to start entrepreneurship
and stay on the path and make itwork for yourself, you need to
be a reader, you need to be alearner, you know what they.
They say leaders are readers,um, and that process is crazy
yeah and that book soundsawesome.
(33:20):
I'd find it yeah then I'm gonnatake a question for my next
guest, okay.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
I want to ask their limitations and weakness in
whatever they do.
Speaker 2 (33:38):
Wow, limitations and weaknesses in whatever you do,
and I hope my next guest ismentally prepared for this
question, because that is a lot.
That could be an entire episode.
I thank you guys so much forbeing with us, for staying with
us, and to those of you thathave not subscribed, we beg of
you to.
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