The Failure Effect Wayua B Muli

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Event MC Abel Opiyo - actually known as Habel Opiyo - was thriving and living his best life as an ex-Communications student, tutor and host - when life suddenly started to teach him some interesting lessons.

For our first interview this year, we sit down with him as he tells us how he learned to surmount social pressures to become his own man, which then enhanced his entrepreneurial and financial journey - and if you're a creativepreneur, you already know how important it is to find your own voice, and how to insurmountable that one task can often seem.

Listen in to find out more.

Did you know that Nameless experienced music failure when his second song after "Megarider" was badly received? Well, it was.

Thus started his journey into design-thinking, and creating music for his target audience rather than creating music he liked. In the meantime, while his career was tanking... so was his relationship with his wife Wahu. In fact, it was so bad, he literally moved out of his home to reflect on things.

And this is how he learned the art of selfishness - and how beneficial this would be to his relationship going forward.

In the second half of this interview, he shares the lessons he learned from this split and other 'failures' he has experienced.

"Everyone like to have a little fun so, shake your bum like a true African!"

Ma-lines za Nameless! Considering his public performance confidence, do you think Nameless has a social anxiety problem? Doesn't look like it, but when he first burst onto the music scene with his hit song 'Megarider', this is what he was battling,

While it seemed like he was confident and displayed a deep understanding of the craft of making music, deep inside, he was grappling with fear and uncertainty. The pressure of stepping into the limelight for the first time weighed heavily on him all through his first performance, leaving him anxious about whether his debut song would be embraced and enjoyed by the public.

In this captivating interview, the superstar candidly opens up about learning to live with a mental health condition, and the early days of his relationship with his now-wife, the talented singer Wahu, recounting the challenges and stresses they faced together.

Join us as we delve into the story of Nameless, in this, the first half of his two-part interview about the invaluable lessons he has learned along his life journey.

In the final part of the Tazim Elkington interview, she explains how the lessons she has learned over time have made her the person she is now - comfortable in her skin, and aware that there's always more growth to experience.

She's had to put those lessons into practice, finally allowing herself to let people into her life, and to be open to their friendship, support and imperfections. Click 'play' to find out more, and don't forget to subscribe, share and leave a comment!

Tazim Elkington is not a fan of the word 'failure' - because in her experience, everything is a lesson designed to inspire us and take us to the next level.

In Part 2 of her interview, she explains how she suffered career burnout, got divorced, found happiness with a new partner, and moved to Canada to start a new life with him... until 9/11 put an end to her new, fairytale life. Thus started a season where she had to seek unexpected work that, surprisingly, brought her joy and new insights about her personality, all while she was dealing with the end of yet another season of her life.

Things turned when she dedicated herself to a new spiritual practice and came back to Kenya to re-set. And it was her ex-husband who stood by her side and gave her the space to find a new way to relate to herself. How did it all end? Part 3 comes out tomorrow, and that's when you'll find out.

In the meantime, catch up with the latest installment of her story here, and keep your notifications on for the last part of this series, out tomorrow.

Tazim Elkington wears many hats: she is a hypno- and regression therapist, authentic leadership speaker, evolutionary disrupter, among many others. While she has her finally has her life as an entrepreneur in the therapy space together, it didn't start out that way.

In fact, things were so bad at home, growing up, that she opted to leave at the tender age of 17 to find work and become independent. She then met the man who would change her life… and cause her to eventually come to a hard re-set.

This is part 1 of her three-part interview.