Konnected Minds Podcast

Derrick Abaitey
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Konnected Minds: Success, Wealth & Mindset. This show helps ambitious people crush limiting beliefs and build unstoppable confidence. Created and Hosted by Derrick Abaitey YT: https://youtube.com/@KonnectedMinds?si=s2vkw92aRslgfsV_IG: https://www.instagram.com/konnectedminds/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@konnectedminds?_t=8ispP2H1oBC&_r=1 Podcast in Africa | Podcast in Ghana | Podcast in Nigeria | Best Podcast in Nigeria | Africa's best podcast

  1. Segment: 'The World Is Becoming Digital' - Why Ghanaians Must Own Digital Assets or Get Left Behind

    12 HRS AGO · BONUS

    Segment: 'The World Is Becoming Digital' - Why Ghanaians Must Own Digital Assets or Get Left Behind

    From the 2008 financial collapse to Bitcoin's birth as digital property - and the brutal truth about why Bitcoin isn't speculation but pure scarcity economics, the 21 million unit cap that makes it behave exactly like land where supply is fixed and demand drives value, the 2017 moment when Bitcoin went from $3,000 to $90,000 today turning 3,000 cedis into nearly 1 million cedis for early believers, and why Warren Buffett's rejection of Bitcoin proves the old guard will always resist new technology just like they resisted antibiotics until the generation that refused it died off and the younger generation made it standard, while the real question for your auntie with money in the bank becomes: do you think the world is becoming more physical or more digital, and if you say digital with AI and new technologies taking over every industry, then the follow-up is simple - do you own any digital wealth, because if the world becomes solely more digital it's the holders of digital assets who will be the Rockefellers and Carnegies of the next 10, 20, 30 years, not the people clutching physical cash that loses value every single year. In this raw episode of Konnected Minds, host Derrick Abaitey sits down with Dr. Hans - the investing tutor - who dismantles the dangerous "I can't see it so I won't invest in it" mentality keeping Africans locked out of the fastest-growing wealth-building asset in human history, revealing the exact moment when looking back at the community and asking what opportunity exists for individuals who feel priced out of buying land or multiple real estate properties led to the 2016 discovery of Bitcoin as the answer, when studying gold, land, stocks, and Bitcoin side by side made it clear that Bitcoin grew the most by far over any reasonable time period, when 2017 Bitcoin sat at $3,000 US dollars and today it's roughly $90,000 meaning someone who invested 3,000 cedis in 2017 would have close to 1 million cedis today, when the realization hit that Bitcoin is the first digital scarce asset - something you can't see or touch but exists as digital property in a world becoming more digital every single day, when a close friend said "Hans I don't do Bitcoin, I can't even see it, I can't touch it, I like to feel my money, I want to walk to a property and know it's there" and the response was simple: do you think the world is becoming more physical or digital, and if digital then do you own any digital wealth, when discovering Bitcoin in 2016 and watching it skyrocket then fall 60-70% triggered the reaction "this thing is a scam" and led to ignoring it for a year, when an article in 2017 revealed that Peter Thiel and the PayPal investors were creating a consortium to invest in Bitcoin and digital assets, when that moment forced the question: either I'm wrong or the billionaires are wrong, and judging by networks it was clearly me so I had to be humble enough to go educate myself, when going down the Bitcoin rabbit hole meant studying this asset class three to five hours every single day at 2X speed since 2016 and continuing that discipline up until today. This isn't motivational wealth-building talk from Instagram crypto gurus - it's a systematic breakdown of why Bitcoin is the first digital scarce asset that exists as property you can't see or touch in a world becoming more digital every single day, why someone who invested 3,000 cedis in Bitcoin in 2017 would have close to 1 million cedis today because Bitcoin went from $3,000 to roughly $90,000, why studying this asset three to five hours a day at 2X speed since 2016 is what separates real investors from people calling it a scam, why Peter Thiel and PayPal billionaires investing in Bitcoin forced the humble realization that either I'm wrong or they're wrong and judging by networks it was clearly me, why Warren Buffett's rejection of Bitcoin mirrors the old generation's rejection of antibiotics until they died off and the younger generation made it standard, why Warren Buffett's biggest wealth creator was Apple stock proving even tech skeptics win when they embrace digital innovation, why an Asian investor paid $4.5 million for lunch with Warren Buffett and walked away more convinced to invest in Bitcoin after Buffett said don't do it, why the 2008 financial collapse happened when banks sold risky mortgages to unqualified buyers and when interest rates increased the housing market crashed but taxpayers bailed out the wealthy bankers anyway, and why the simple question for anyone with money sitting in the bank is this: do you think the world is becoming more physical or more digital, and if digital then do you own any digital wealth - because if the world becomes solely more digital it's the holders of digital assets who will be the Rockefellers of the next 10, 20, 30 years. Guest: Dr. Hans (The Investing Tutor) Host: Derrick Abaitey

    8 min
  2. Marriage Expert: 'The Early Years Nearly Broke Me' - 33 Years of Marriage and the Seasons Nobody Warns You About

    1D AGO

    Marriage Expert: 'The Early Years Nearly Broke Me' - 33 Years of Marriage and the Seasons Nobody Warns You About

    In this raw episode of Konnected Minds, host Derrick Abaitey sits down with Mama Cathy - a relationship expert and founding president of Family Renaissance International who has been married for 33+ years and has spent 25 years helping families navigate marriage, finances, and everything in between, dismantling the dangerous "money is the only thing that matters in marriage". Guest: Rev. Mrs. Catherine Onwioduokit Host: Derrick Abaitey IG: https://www.instagram.com/derrick.abaitey YT: https://www.youtube.com/@DerrickAbaitey Join Konnected Academy: https://www.triibe.io/konnected-academy Listen to the podcast on: Apple Podcast - http://tinyurl.com/4ttwbdxe Spotify - http://tinyurl.com/3he8hjfp Join this channel: /@konnectedminds FOLLOW ► https://linktr.ee/konnectedminds #Podcast #businesspodcast #AfricanPodcast

    1h 43m
  3. Segment: 'We Are Not Too Late'- Ghana's New Crypto Bill Makes Bitcoin the way to Generational Wealth

    2D AGO · BONUS

    Segment: 'We Are Not Too Late'- Ghana's New Crypto Bill Makes Bitcoin the way to Generational Wealth

    From fear and skepticism to Ghana leading Africa in crypto regulation - and the brutal truth about why Bitcoin isn't a get-rich-quick scheme, the 21 million unit cap that makes it behave like digital property and land where scarcity drives value as more people want in, the Ghana virtual assets bill that puts the country ahead of the United States in crypto legislation, and why disposable income isn't about having money you don't need - it's about either earning too little or spending too much, while the real question becomes: are you utilizing your talents or are you timid and afraid, because if you can set aside just 10% of your income and commit 80-90% of that into the stock market and 10-20% into Bitcoin, or simply split it 50-50 if there's no stock market access, you position yourself for long-term wealth that compounds over time instead of chasing quick cash that disappears as fast as it came, and the mobile money lesson proves everything - when it launched in Ghana in 2009 the banks called it an amusing experiment that wouldn't amount to much, only 300,000 people used it for the first three years, but once Bank of Ghana allowed vendor access in 2014 with friendly regulation it exploded to over 60% citizen adoption, and the same trajectory is coming for digital assets as telcos and banks realize over the next one to three years that if they don't offer crypto products they will be disrupted and left behind. In this raw episode of Konnected Minds, host Derrick Abaitey sits down with Dr. Hans who dismantles the dangerous "crypto is gambling" narrative keeping Ghanaians locked out of the digital wealth revolution, revealing the exact moment when understanding that Bitcoin was created solely to be digital property like gold and land - not to do fancy things but simply exist as 21 million units where supply and demand determine value with no central control, when Ghana passed the virtual assets service providers bill and became one of the first countries in the world to have crypto legislation even before the United States finalized theirs, when the realization hit that this bill means more demand for the asset because regulatory clarity brings institutional and retail confidence, when the question "if I invest in BTC today how long should I give myself" exposed that most people think investment means quick cash but the real answer is for people thinking long-term because nothing good in life is rushed, when the three types of people in the game became clear: those looking for quick turnaround, those in for the long term, and those who don't understand that everything worthwhile takes time to grow just like planting a seed or going through school from class one to university, when Jay Morrison's quote hit different: "I pity the person who gets a million dollars before they're a millionaire" because if you woke up tomorrow with a million dollars in your bank account what would you do with it, when the apartment conversation in Villagio six years ago revealed that if you opened your bedroom and saw loads of cash two things would happen - you either go mad or you finish that money in two weeks - because there's a preparation stage that prepares you to handle wealth and that's why slow growth is important because you build resilience, when the foundation of a house analogy made it clear that foundations are never built in a day or even a week because it takes time to allow the building to sit beautifully, when the disposable income question forced people to ask themselves: do I have money I don't need, and if not does that mean I'm not earning enough or I'm spending too much. Over the next one to three years telcos will allow individuals to purchase crypto and digital assets just like mobile money, and banks globally - whether Chase, Bank of America, or Barclays - will realize that if they don't offer digital products they will be disrupted and left behind. This isn't motivational wealth-building talk from Instagram crypto gurus - it's a systematic breakdown of why Bitcoin is pure supply and demand with 21 million units and no central control, why Ghana passing a crypto bill before the US is phenomenal and signals more demand for the asset, why long-term investing beats quick cash schemes because slow steady growth builds the resilience and money management skills needed to handle wealth, why disposable income is about either earning more or spending less and every person needs to audit whether they're utilizing their talents or being timid and afraid. 300,000 users to 60% national adoption proves that friendly regulation unlocks mass participation, and why the next one to three years will see telcos and banks integrate digital assets or get disrupted - making now the time to get educated, get exposed, and get positioned before the masses flood in. Guest: Dr. Hans (The Investing Tutor) Host: Derrick Abaitey

    8 min
  4. Segment: 'We Are Not Too Late' - Why Digital Assets Are Your Path to Generational Wealth

    3D AGO · BONUS

    Segment: 'We Are Not Too Late' - Why Digital Assets Are Your Path to Generational Wealth

    From student loan anxiety to financial liberation through Bitcoin, Why digital assets are the answer for Africans priced out of traditional wealth - and the brutal truth about the one million dollar Bitcoin prediction in the next 10 years, the 2016 discovery that became the generational wealth solution for people who thought they were too late, the 70% Bitcoin, 20% Ethereum, 10% diversification portfolio that protects savings from losing value every single year in cash, and why a pharmacist who was earning six figures walked away from clinical pharmacy when his director turned against him overnight to focus 12 hours a day on a side business that was only making $20,000 annually - making his wife cry not because she was against entrepreneurship but because there's no guaranteed deposit in your bank account when you leap into the unknown, while the real journey started when a close friend called about his sister's crippling anxiety over student loans and that conversation revealed how many people are trapped in financial captivity without realizing the systems designed to keep them there, leading to the mission of setting people free through financial education and exposure to digital asset classes that appreciate over time instead of losing value like cash sitting in savings accounts. In this raw episode of Konnected Minds, host Derrick Abaitey sits down with Dr. Hans - the investing tutor - who dismantles the dangerous "keep your money in cash" mentality keeping Africans locked out of the fastest-growing wealth-building opportunities in human history, revealing the exact moment when his mother wanted him to be a doctor because he cared about people as a little boy who would stop playing to attend to someone who got hurt, when he chose pharmacy instead because pharmacists are accessible healthcare professionals you don't need appointments to see and can walk into any pharmacy for instant access to knowledge, when he landed a six-figure clinical pharmacist role while running investing tutor part-time earning only $20,000 annually and believed that was the best of both worlds, when his director who hired him suddenly turned against him overnight and was eager to get him removed from that position, when the hospital offered him a transfer to escape the toxic relationship but he came home and told his wife he was going to work on the business full-time instead, when a tear dropped down her face not because she was against the decision but because entrepreneurship offers no guaranteed future and no guaranteed deposits - you have to provide value to the world and no one knows how long it takes to see results, when a close friend called about his sister's deep fear and anxiety over student loans and that phone call became the catalyst for financial liberation work, when he told her student loans are actually the best debt to have in America and people didn't believe him in 2016-2019 until COVID hit and student loan payments were paused for three years while mortgages, credit cards, and car bills still had to be paid, when he got on the phone with the sister who was so scared she didn't think she could get married or buy a house and walked her through calling the loan servicer to get on a payment plan where she only pays 10% of her income and after 10 years it's forgiven, when he realized people are in financial captivity and don't even know it, when he started asking himself what opportunity exists for individuals who feel priced out of traditional wealth-building and waited all his life diligently searching for the answer until 2016 when he stumbled upon it: our people need exposure to digital assets because if they keep their money saved in cash it loses value every single year, and the question "are we too late to invest in Bitcoin" gets answered with the simple truth - we are not late, we are right on time. This isn't motivational wealth-building talk from Instagram financial gurus - it's a systematic breakdown of why Moses led people out of captivity and financial education does the same thing for people trapped in systems designed to keep them broke, why student loans are the best debt in America because they offer income-based repayment plans and forgiveness after 10 years while every other debt had to be paid even during COVID, Africans especially need exposure to digital asset classes because traditional banking and savings systems are designed to extract value not build wealth, and why the simple answer to "am I too late to invest in Bitcoin" is no - because the journey to one million dollars per Bitcoin is just beginning and every person who gets exposure now positions themselves for the generational wealth transfer that's coming over the next decade. Guest: Dr. Hans (The Investing Tutor) Host: Derrick Abaitey

    9 min
  5. Segment: Why Bitcoin Scarcity Could Turn Your Savings Into Generational Wealth

    4D AGO · BONUS

    Segment: Why Bitcoin Scarcity Could Turn Your Savings Into Generational Wealth

    Why Bitcoin is the alternative financial system created by an angel - and the brutal truth about taxpayer bailouts that saved manipulated banks while no one was held accountable, the anonymous genius who showed up on a group chat with a solution that doesn't go through standard financial institutions, the 21 million unit cap that makes Bitcoin behave like prime real estate where scarcity drives value as more people want in, and why your aunt in the village should think of it as Momo that appreciates over time while your aunt in the US should think of it as a high yield savings account on steroids - except instead of 4-5% interest you're looking at potential 30-50% year-by-year growth that could hit $1 million per Bitcoin in 10 years and $10 million in 20-25 years, meaning every cedi or dollar you invest now could 10X in a decade and 100X in two decades, while the real miracle is that unlike prime property in Airport Hills or Trasako that rejects your 200 cedis because you're not rich enough. Bitcoin lets anyone with $1, $10, $100, or $100,000 buy their portion and watch it grow at exactly the same rate - making it the only truly democratic wealth-building asset where the person who puts in 200 cedis can turn it into 2,000 cedis and the person who puts in $100,000 can turn it into $1 million, all growing proportionally without gatekeepers, minimum balances, or discrimination based on how much capital you started with. In this raw episode of Konnected Minds, host Derrick Abaitey sits down with a Bitcoin expert who dismantles the dangerous "crypto is a scam" narrative keeping Africans locked out of the fastest-growing asset class in human history, revealing the exact moment when the 2008 financial crisis exposed how banks and financial institutions manipulated the system and crashed the global economy, when taxpayers had to bail out those same institutions while no one was held accountable for the destruction, when an anonymous person - who the guest calls an angel - appeared on a group chat and said "I've been working on an alternative financial system that cannot be manipulated and does not go through the standard financial system," when that system turned out to be peer-to-peer. Bitcoin where you and Derrick can transact directly without banks or intermediaries, when the 21 million unit cap was revealed meaning no one can ever create more Bitcoin no matter what happens, when understanding that scarcity principle made it click: just like land, as more people want Bitcoin the value increases because supply is fixed, when the realization hit that Bitcoin is Momo for Ghanaians except the money appreciates over time, when comparing it to high yield savings accounts in the US and Europe that pay 4-5% interest made it clear that Bitcoin's 30-50% year-by-year growth. Bitcoin even though early adopters reaped higher gains, why Bitcoin could hit $1 million in the next 10 years and $10 million in 20-25 years, meaning every amount you invest now could 10X in a decade and 100X in two decades, why those who get exposure earlier benefit from higher gains but eventual growth will stabilize at around 20-21% in perpetuity after about 20 years, why the person who puts in 200 cedis or $20 cannot show up on prime property in Airport Hills or Trasako and buy exposure but CAN buy Bitcoin and watch it grow exactly the same as someone who invested $100,000, and why Bitcoin was created by an angel because no matter how much money you have. Host: Derrick Abaitey

    9 min
  6. Segment: Hunger & Desperation - Why Young Ghanaians Choose Internet Fraud Over Slow Success

    5D AGO · BONUS

    Segment: Hunger & Desperation - Why Young Ghanaians Choose Internet Fraud Over Slow Success

    From hunger and desperation to internet scams and unrealistic expectations: Why Ghana's youth are choosing fraud over legitimate paths - and the brutal truth about the social media pressure cooker that makes every 18-year-old think they'll become billionaires, the "big six" classmates who were beaten down in primary school and now four are scammers because nobody helped them find what they're good at, the machine conversation that removes guilt when you're talking to an avatar instead of seeing the 80-year-old human whose life savings you're stealing, and why the education system kills the spirit of kids who aren't good in class by tagging them as "you know nothing, you can't be anybody" from primary school onward, while hunger creates desperation that makes people say "if I didn't do this I would have died" even though it doesn't justify the action, and the only real question becomes: what other options do young people actually have when the system never taught them to discover their unique advantages, whether that's a good voice, public speaking courage, artistic eye, or hands-on skills - leaving them to choose between starvation, scams, or the rare path of finding that one thing they're interested in and building it into something real. In this raw episode of Konnected Minds, host Derrick Abaitey sits down with young Ghanaians who dismantle the dangerous pipeline pushing their generation from classroom failure to internet fraud, revealing the exact moment when the realization hit that society programs people to think you can't make money through legitimate means so scamming feels like the only option, when watching age mates at 18 and 19 buying Benzes and living lavish lifestyles copied from musicians made the temptation real enough to almost pull him in because "if I make this money I can give it back and clean it up by investing in other businesses," when the guilt question emerged - "how can I become somebody everybody knows and talk about good stuff when I know where I'm coming from" - and that moral standard saved him even though for most people getting into scams those moral standards don't exist, when understanding that talking to a machine on the internet removes the human consequences because you don't see the 80-year-old person whose wealth you're stealing so you don't internalize that there's a real human on the other side, when the hunger excuse becomes undeniable because "if you are food, let's say if you are rich in a poor community you are safe" but when hunger and desperation hit people will do anything to survive even if it doesn't justify the action, and when watching the "big six" - the last six students in primary school who were constantly told "you know nothing, you can't be anybody" - revealed that four of them became scammers and two claim they're selling stuff but nobody knows how they have money, because the education system killed their spirit instead of helping them discover what they're uniquely good at. This isn't motivational youth empowerment talk from Instagram activists - it's a systematic breakdown of why social media has raised expectations across the board where almost every kid now says they'll become a billionaire but in reality that's not what happens, why unrealistic expectations meet young boys who don't know how to reach those goals but desperately want them, why they learn the scam skills from people already into it - the "Godfather" system where you get close to someone living the lavish life so they can connect you to people who will teach you, why majority of people who watch Konnected Minds videos still haven't subscribed and that doesn't help the channel grow beyond expectations, why even rich people in poor communities are safe because the people doing the scamming are driven by hunger and desperation to solve survival problems, whether that's a natural good voice, courage to speak in public, ability to do things with their hands, a good artistic eye for photography, or anything else they can hone into a skill and build into something that creates legitimate income instead of choosing the scam path that leads to foreign prison cells. Host: Derrick Abaitey

    10 min
  7. Segment: Hunger & Desperation - Why Young Ghanaians Choose Internet Fraud Over Slow Success

    6D AGO

    Segment: Hunger & Desperation - Why Young Ghanaians Choose Internet Fraud Over Slow Success

    From hunger and desperation to internet scams and unrealistic expectations: Why Ghana's youth are choosing fraud over legitimate paths - and the brutal truth about the social media pressure cooker that makes every 18-year-old think they'll become billionaires, the "big six" classmates who were beaten down in primary school and now four are scammers because nobody helped them find what they're good at, the machine conversation that removes guilt when you're talking to an avatar instead of seeing the 80-year-old human whose life savings you're stealing, and why the education system kills the spirit of kids who aren't good in class by tagging them as "you know nothing, you can't be anybody" from primary school onward, while hunger creates desperation that makes people say "if I didn't do this I would have died" even though it doesn't justify the action, and the only real question becomes: what other options do young people actually have when the system never taught them to discover their unique advantages, whether that's a good voice, public speaking courage, artistic eye, or hands-on skills - leaving them to choose between starvation, scams, or the rare path of finding that one thing they're interested in and building it into something real. In this raw episode of Konnected Minds, host Derrick Abaitey sits down with young Ghanaians who dismantle the dangerous pipeline pushing their generation from classroom failure to internet fraud, revealing the exact moment when the realization hit that society programs people to think you can't make money through legitimate means so scamming feels like the only option, when watching age mates at 18 and 19 buying Benzes and living lavish lifestyles copied from musicians made the temptation real enough to almost pull him in because "if I make this money I can give it back and clean it up by investing in other businesses," when the guilt question emerged - "how can I become somebody everybody knows and talk about good stuff when I know where I'm coming from" - and that moral standard saved him even though for most people getting into scams those moral standards don't exist, when understanding that talking to a machine on the internet removes the human consequences because you don't see the 80-year-old person whose wealth you're stealing so you don't internalize that there's a real human on the other side, when the hunger excuse becomes undeniable because "if you are food, let's say if you are rich in a poor community you are safe" but when hunger and desperation hit people will do anything to survive even if it doesn't justify the action, and when watching the "big six" - the last six students in primary school who were constantly told "you know nothing, you can't be anybody" - revealed that four of them became scammers and two claim they're selling stuff but nobody knows how they have money, because the education system killed their spirit instead of helping them discover what they're uniquely good at. This isn't motivational youth empowerment talk from Instagram activists - it's a systematic breakdown of why social media has raised expectations across the board where almost every kid now says they'll become a billionaire but in reality that's not what happens, why unrealistic expectations meet young boys who don't know how to reach those goals but desperately want them, why they learn the scam skills from people already into it - the "Godfather" system where you get close to someone living the lavish life so they can connect you to people who will teach you, why majority of people who watch Konnected Minds videos still haven't subscribed and that doesn't help the channel grow beyond expectations, why even rich people in poor communities are safe because the people doing the scamming are driven by hunger and desperation to solve survival problems, why the internet removes moral consequences because you're literally talking to a machine and most scammers couldn't pull off the same theft in person when they'd see the human impact, why the education system plays a destructive role by tagging struggling students as failures from primary school onward and killing any belief that they can do anything, why those beaten-down students become the ones most prone to internet scams because "there's nothing they can do" has been drilled into them since childhood, why the superiority complex kicks in when everyone speaks down on you and suddenly the scam path offers a way to make money so people can finally see you as important, why some people turn that beating into motivation to do something great while others turn to fraud because both paths offer the feeling of importance, why the real question isn't about judging people in desperate contexts because "if I lived the way they lived I would do it too," why every young person has either something they're interested in or some unique advantage. Host: Derrick Abaitey

    10 min
  8. Segment: Fear of What Your Mother Thinks Is Stopping You - Look Fear in the Eyes and Move

    FEB 7 · BONUS

    Segment: Fear of What Your Mother Thinks Is Stopping You - Look Fear in the Eyes and Move

    From gambling losses to fearless entrepreneurship: Why fear is the silent killer of young African potential - and the brutal truth about the girlfriend test that asks "is she adding or taking," the SHS gambling story that lost a week's food money but taught the lesson that failure doesn't kill you, the business partner who saves money but won't invest because "what if it burns," and why the exterminator picks up the snake without fear because they know 91% of snakes aren't poisonous while everyone else panics from ignorance, leaving young people trapped by the fear of what parents will say, what friends will think, whether the business will fail, and whether taking the risk means losing everything - when the real truth is that as long as you're alive you can work again, save again, and invest again, but if you let fear stop you from ever starting then you've already lost before the game even began. In this raw episode of Konnected Minds, host Derrick Abaitey sits down with young entrepreneurs who dismantle the dangerous "play it safe" mentality keeping Ghana's youth trapped in fear-based decision making, revealing the exact moment when sitting in a bad boy's room in SHS watching card games led to winning twice the week's food money and then losing it all in seven or eight hours of gambling, when staring at his best friend after losing everything triggered the realization "we are going to survive, we are still alive," when that gambling loss became the foundation for fearless business investing years later because the lesson was clear: if I study the business, go deep into it, test what I need to test, and lose - I'm still alive and I can work hard to make the money back, when watching a brother who works hard and saves money but refuses to invest because "what if the money burns" showed the difference between people who let fear control their decisions and people who understand that risk is part of growth, and why the girlfriend question isn't "should I date or not" but "is this person adding to where I want to go or taking from it" - because if your girlfriend, your friends, your video games, your pornography, or anything else in your life isn't adding to your goals then it's taking from you and shouldn't exist in your focus. This isn't motivational youth empowerment talk from Instagram entrepreneurs - it's a systematic breakdown of why majority of people who watch Konnected Minds videos still haven't subscribed and that doesn't help the channel grow, why young people enter relationships for pleasure and fun without talking about life goals or what they really want to do, why gambling and video games use the same addictive psychology where the possibility of winning excites your brain chemicals even when you lose a hundred times, why once you start gambling it's almost impossible to stop because the psychology keeps you coming back, why people need to wake up and realize "bro this is real money I'm spending" even when they win a thousand cedis because the question is how much have you already spent, why the snake analogy explains fear perfectly - you're scared of the snake in your house because you don't know what kind it is, but the exterminator picks it up without fear because they know 91% of snakes aren't poisonous and this one isn't dangerous, why fear stops young people from starting businesses not because the risk is actually that high but because they don't have enough information to know that failure won't kill them, why fear of how other people react - fear of what your mother will say, what friends will think, whether people will call it cringe - stops Derrick himself from taking on some projects he wants to work on, and why every young person in Ghana and Africa needs to look fear in the eyes today and say "I'm scared of you" and go anyway, because the thing with fear is it's just ignorance dressed up as danger, and the only way to defeat it is to study the thing, test the thing, and realize that even if you fail you're still alive and you can work again, save again, and invest again - but if you let fear stop you from ever starting then you've already lost before the game even began. Critical revelations include: The SHS gambling story that taught fearlessness: sat down in a bad boy's room, won twice the week's food money, played for seven or eight hours, lost everything - and the lesson was "we are going to survive, we are still alive" How gambling loss created business courage: that day taught him that as long as he's alive, if he loses money in business he can work hard and make it back - so now he's not scared to invest after studying and testing The final challenge to young Africans: look fear in the eyes today and say "I'm scared of you" and go anyway - because if you let fear stop you from ever starting, you've already lost before the game even began Host: Derrick Abaitey

    9 min
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Konnected Minds: Success, Wealth & Mindset. This show helps ambitious people crush limiting beliefs and build unstoppable confidence. Created and Hosted by Derrick Abaitey YT: https://youtube.com/@KonnectedMinds?si=s2vkw92aRslgfsV_IG: https://www.instagram.com/konnectedminds/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@konnectedminds?_t=8ispP2H1oBC&_r=1 Podcast in Africa | Podcast in Ghana | Podcast in Nigeria | Best Podcast in Nigeria | Africa's best podcast

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  • Creator
    Derrick Abaitey
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    272
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2025 Konnected Minds
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