The Happily Imperfect Leader, Diversity and Inclusion Show Self-Inclusion Talks and Interviews with Amina Chitembo

“Every migrant is imperfectly perfect. The strength that drives leaving all you have to pursue the unknown gives you tremendous mental toughness” Amina Chitembo.

In preparation for the launch of The Perfect Migrant book on 25 May 2018, the first of co-authored books compiled by me and published by my company Diverse Cultures Publishing. I am featuring interviews with some of the co-authors of the book. You can pre-order a copy of the book at www.diverse-cultures.co.uk/p/books. The book features 10 authors from around the world. The authors of this book come from the following countries: Zambia, Botswana, United Kingdom, Kenya, United States of America, Gambia, Italy, Switzerland, Cameroon, and Zimbabwe.

Here is the first of the interviews:

You can also watch this interview on Youtube

What I have learned in my first year in a private (for profit) business.

International Woman’s Day 2018.

1. People are willing to help you as a new business
2. Just start doesn't mean it is going to be easy
3. Customer or client-based business?
4. Watch out for the vultures
5. Read those contracts
6. Some people will take you for a joke, stay focussed
7. Love yourself first

"I immigrated to the United States when I was six. And I guess this is one of the things that I would mention. We didn't have much, my mom had to babysit so we had money to eat. We ended up wearing some second-hand clothes and drank powdered milk because that's all we could afford. From that, watching my mom, her hard work and being inspired by her, I ended up finding over two thousand houses that I rented out, multiple apartments, buildings and built up a network worth of over 50 million U.S. dollars" Rod Khleif.

This Interview blew my mind. Listen and learn.

Download Rod's books, free for a limited time only: https://rodkhleif.com/books/

Subscribe free to Rod’s podcast: https://rodkhleif.com/lifetime-cashflow-podcast/

Hi there! its Amina Chitembo here,

Are you always being told you're not good enough? Are you being told that your goals are too big, you can't achieve them? Or maybe people just dismiss you whenever you tell them you want to do something with your life?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you're in the right place. The Happily Imperfect Leader is any person who is willing to push through their fears, defy their stereotypes and imperfections, so that they achieve that great goal that they set for themselves.

Too many people are just sitting there in the name of waiting for the right time or the perfect moment to achieve something. That fear that they have of being Judged for their imperfections is so great, it stops them, it just stops them from moving forward or working alone.

I make a lot of mistakes; my vocabulary is not great, I can't even pronounce certain words... but you know what? I don't let that stop me and I don't want that to stop you either. Those imperfections are not weaknesses, that's the way we were made. So, if that's the Way You Are Made, and people want you to change just to please them. Think about how much time you are giving to them.

So, if you don't like where you are right now in your life. I hope The Happily Imperfect Leader will teach you and encourage you to start NOW and chase those goals.

Yes, some people will ridicule you, some people will make fun of you, but by you taking those steps one at a time. Just starting to do something, working towards that great goal. The fact that you are just taking those small steps, you are already far ahead of them because they are not even trying.

You are here, you're already listening to this and I honour you.

What are you waiting for? subscribe to my channel on YouTube. The Happily Imperfect Leader or you can follow me on social media. Every week, I will record some teachings for you, Interview thought leaders in the industry; millionaires, corporate leaders who I work with through my coaching businesses, and other entrepreneurs. To learn how they started,
what issues they faced and what has made them so successful. They will share all that and I want you to be part of it, I want you to listen to them too. I teach and help you, you then help other people... imagine how good things will be in the world if we all learned, and we all shared.

So, see you on the other side. See you at my next interview or my next training.

It's Amina here, your fellow The Happily Imperfect Leader.

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Today's interview is with my dear friend Mwape Chibwe. She's based in Zambia. She is an Entrepreneur, she has built a business from ground up and she works in a predominantly male industry. So today, I just want to find out a bit about where she is at, what she has gone through and her achievements. Amina Chitembo.

The three words that I'm going for with letter B are Believe, Bravery and balance.
I will start with believe, so whenever you are thinking of starting a business or whenever you’re thinking of doing anything new in life you have to start with belief, believing in what you are doing, believing in yourself.
It may be a difficult road ahead, trust me it will be so much easier if you can believe that you can achieve whatever you want to do, no matter how ambitious.
And yes by the way, make the goal ambitious and just start. So, believe in yourself believe in the capabilities that you have and where you don't know; as they say wing it until you know it. The most important thing is believing.
The second word is bravery, it takes a lot of courage and bravery to do anything that is new. A lot of people get stuck where they are. They're not happy but they just get stuck there because they don’t feel brave enough to take that step. So just start, just begin, you have an idea? start working towards it.
I'm not saying you start straightway, like you have an idea today and you start your business straight, you quit your job and get another one straight away.
What I'm talking about is having the ability to plan for yourself. You start with saying ok; this is what I would like to do, set yourself a target. Set yourself a goal for maybe 12 months ahead and say to yourself on that day. I will have achieved A B and C, then start working towards whatever the goal is that you have set yourself. Be brave enough to meet any challenges that come because challenges will be there.
Somebody that I trust so much Brendon Burchard always says when new opportunities come work beckon. So you have to be ready to do the work, you have to be ready to face all the difficulties and usually you will find that before you get to the end. There's A, B, C and D that's not working as you planned from the beginning.
It's ok be flexible enough to change your plans but make sure that you're brave enough to go through it, because if you don’t, you will always wonder what it would have been if you had achieved. However, if you begin and you just get on with it because your plan didn’t materialize, at least you can say I tried. I gave it my best shot.
This brings me to the third word and that's balance. You have to make sure that there's balance in your life, so that you don't end up burning yourself out and trust me I have been there when you burn out. You start wondering, you even forget where you left the pen that you're holding your hand. Make sure that you balance the goals. Make sure you balance the plans that you have with giving yourself enough time to rest.
Take a good night sleep and enough rest, whatever that is to you, it's all different for many people, they’re people that need more sleep than others but just follow whatever works for you, in terms of balancing your plans and balancing time for those around you. If you just contrite on your goal leaving out time for others.
You will find that you are on your own on the other side and all the friends all the family, you had have moved on. This may be because you didn't give them enough time, you're probably too busy with whatever you were planning. So… balance, balance, balance. That's important and you just must do it.
Just remember:
• You must believe, believe in yourself, believe in whatever it is that the plan.
• You have to be brave because it takes bravery to go through and do anything in life.
• You must Balance, remember to give yourself enough time to rest, because when you start a new project, it can be hard work and it might take up a lot of your hours, just remember to give yourself time to play have fun while you do it and that's the only way you're going to survive it because if you take life too seriously you will start getting frustrated if you don’t achieve your goal quickly, you will start to think it is not a good idea and give up.