She Ignites

On this episode I speak to Mamokete Lijane about her life story, we unpack her unconventional upbringing in Lesotho. We take a candid look into her professional growth and her interests and views on motherhood and advice on how women can navigate male dominated industries. 
Mamokete Lijane, is a Fixed Income Sales Trader and Macro Strategist at ABSA Capital with 19 years’ experience as an analyst in financial markets. Prior to Absa she worked at Aluwani Capital Partners as an investment strategist, and Sasfin Securities and Renaissance Capital as a fixed income analyst. Her career spans all areas of non-equity investment research, including macroeconomics, credit and rates on both the buys and the sell sides of the investment business. Mamokete has a deep interest in the intersection between public policy, economics and financial markets.

On this show we cover:

• 02:12  - Background and life growing up in Lesotho in an unconventional African home,  
• 04:41  - Moving between families at an early age and how our childhood memories affect our adult experience,
• 07:57  - Finding comfort and excelling in academia and drifting into a job in finance,  
• 13:12 - books that influenced your life, The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck & Why Nations Fail,
• 19:20 -  Career advice for young people, nothing is easy but it's not life threatening, 
• 24:38 - Profound lessons learned from failure,
• 28:45 - Tips for women in male dominated industries on how to build you brand and show up as your authentic self,
• 33:02 - Insight from mothering twins,
• 39:45 - Best time, energy and money  investments,
• 49:15 - My life's philosophy,

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On this episode I speak to Mamokete Lijane about her life story, we unpack her unconventional upbringing in Lesotho. We take a candid look into her professional growth and her interests and views on motherhood and advice on how women can navigate male dominated industries. 
Mamokete Lijane, is a Fixed Income Sales Trader and Macro Strategist at ABSA Capital with 19 years’ experience as an analyst in financial markets. Prior to Absa she worked at Aluwani Capital Partners as an investment strategist, and Sasfin Securities and Renaissance Capital as a fixed income analyst. Her career spans all areas of non-equity investment research, including macroeconomics, credit and rates on both the buys and the sell sides of the investment business. Mamokete has a deep interest in the intersection between public policy, economics and financial markets.

On this show we cover:

• 02:12  - Background and life growing up in Lesotho in an unconventional African home,  
• 04:41  - Moving between families at an early age and how our childhood memories affect our adult experience,
• 07:57  - Finding comfort and excelling in academia and drifting into a job in finance,  
• 13:12 - books that influenced your life, The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck & Why Nations Fail,
• 19:20 -  Career advice for young people, nothing is easy but it's not life threatening, 
• 24:38 - Profound lessons learned from failure,
• 28:45 - Tips for women in male dominated industries on how to build you brand and show up as your authentic self,
• 33:02 - Insight from mothering twins,
• 39:45 - Best time, energy and money  investments,
• 49:15 - My life's philosophy,

Did you enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners and help others find topics they are interested in.

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Twitter: @Mamokete30

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• 01:25  - Inspiration behind Waiting for Christopher. society telling women that having a baby is easy and enjoyable and finding out that lots of women are struggling with pregnancy and motherhood woes.  
• 03:55  - Women not being open and honest about their motherhood struggles,
• 04:52  - Lessons from Sam's second pregnancy,  
• 07:10 -  Takeaways from The Good Enough Mother and realizing your and making peace with your shortcomings as a mother,   
• 12:54  - The Irreverent Mother's Handbook
• 15:30  - Regrets of a mother and feeling better about your shortcomings as a mother,
•  18:06  - Whiskey & Water, Sam's battle with alcohol addiction.  
• 26:00  - Being in denial about alcohol addiction and how it impacted Sam's family life, 
• 31:55  - Successfully changing habits and finding peace in swimming in the open sea, 
• 35:50  - Brutal School Ties, the exposing the hidden world of the Parktown Boys scandal,
• 40:53  - How the victims dealt with the pain, humiliation of molestation and how the case was mishandled,
• 43:15  - Transformation, journey into coaching and using personal experience to help others,
• 49:30 - Sam's life's philosophy  

• 01:25  - Inspiration behind Waiting for Christopher. society telling women that having a baby is easy and enjoyable and finding out that lots of women are struggling with pregnancy and motherhood woes.  
• 03:55  - Women not being open and honest about their motherhood struggles,
• 04:52  - Lessons from Sam's second pregnancy,  
• 07:10 -  Takeaways from The Good Enough Mother and realizing your and making peace with your shortcomings as a mother,   
• 12:54  - The Irreverent Mother's Handbook
• 15:30  - Regrets of a mother and feeling better about your shortcomings as a mother,
•  18:06  - Whiskey & Water, Sam's battle with alcohol addiction.  
• 26:00  - Being in denial about alcohol addiction and how it impacted Sam's family life, 
• 31:55  - Successfully changing habits and finding peace in swimming in the open sea, 
• 35:50  - Brutal School Ties, the exposing the hidden world of the Parktown Boys scandal,
• 40:53  - How the victims dealt with the pain, humiliation of molestation and how the case was mishandled,
• 43:15  - Transformation, journey into coaching and using personal experience to help others,
• 49:30 - Sam's life's philosophy  

On this episode I speak to inspiring The Wealth Chef author, Anne Wilson to discuss how food, sex and money can be areas of enslavement, liberation or shame.  Anne share's some powerful tools around getting out of debt and knowing understanding your finances. We unpack and explore the world of assets categories and different types of investment strategies to help you enjoy life without making unnecessary financial decisions  by taking on debt through credit, store cards and  other risky investments. Discussing some themes in her book, The Wealth Chef, she explain the analogy of food and money. We close off by discussing her biggest failure and some of the money mistakes

On this show we cover:

• 03:40  - Money representing our access to resources to be able to live life, 
• 05:30  - Growing up in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa,
• 09:47  - Getting into the trap of belonging and fitting in by getting into debt,
• 14:02 -  Taking fun, creative and playful actions to climbing out of a debt hole,   
• 17:20  - Thinking the idea of financial freedom is depriving yourself and controlling your desires,
• 19:50  - How do I get into relationship with money, how do I grow it and how I can invest, 
•  22:20  - Exploring the world of asset categories, 
• 25:00  - Feeling like an intruder in a world where the financial market seemed like a male dominated industry,
• 29:41  - Describing where the food analogy in the Wealth Chef come from and knowing what's enough or what we're working towards, 
• 35:56  - The idea that our wealth comes from that one great investment leading to being scammed and bad investments,
• 43:27  - Biggest money mistakes people make around their wealth growth strategy,
• 49:50  - Anne Wilson's life philosophy.  

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https://thewealthchef.com/

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On this episode I speak to inspiring The Wealth Chef author, Anne Wilson to discuss how food, sex and money can be areas of enslavement, liberation or shame.  Anne share's some powerful tools around getting out of debt and knowing understanding your finances. We unpack and explore the world of assets categories and different types of investment strategies to help you enjoy life without making unnecessary financial decisions  by taking on debt through credit, store cards and  other risky investments. Discussing some themes in her book, The Wealth Chef, she explain the analogy of food and money. We close off by discussing her biggest failure and some of the money mistakes

On this show we cover:

• 03:40  - Money representing our access to resources to be able to live life, 
• 05:30  - Growing up in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa,
• 09:47  - Getting into the trap of belonging and fitting in by getting into debt,
• 14:02 -  Taking fun, creative and playful actions to climbing out of a debt hole,   
• 17:20  - Thinking the idea of financial freedom is depriving yourself and controlling your desires,
• 19:50  - How do I get into relationship with money, how do I grow it and how I can invest, 
•  22:20  - Exploring the world of asset categories, 
• 25:00  - Feeling like an intruder in a world where the financial market seemed like a male dominated industry,
• 29:41  - Describing where the food analogy in the Wealth Chef come from and knowing what's enough or what we're working towards, 
• 35:56  - The idea that our wealth comes from that one great investment leading to being scammed and bad investments,
• 43:27  - Biggest money mistakes people make around their wealth growth strategy,
• 49:50  - Anne Wilson's life philosophy.  

Did you enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners and help others find topics they are interested in.

Get in touch:

https://thewealthchef.com/

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On this episode I speak to Yumna Tayob who is the Head of Learning at FNB. She is a mover and shaker with lots of experience in different roles in corporate from marketing, leading teams and she's a huge tech enthusiast. Yumna is a former delegate of The Networking Company's training and leadership development programs. We discuss her journey in corporate as well as the challenges of being a single super mother and dealing with divorce. We unpack some of her very helpful tools to navigating the corporate world and forming relationships to help you get ahead and be noticed. We unpack her framework for reinventing yourself as well as some key steps to achieving success and some of the books that have helped inspire her moves and motivate in her pursuit of success and a wholesome life.   

On this show we cover:

• 01:54  - Early life and upbringing in a family of strong women who taught financial dependence and taking bold risks ,
• 14:30  -  Tips, tricks and a framework to help reinvent yourself in whatever role you are chosen for or pursuit,  
• 11:21  - Overcoming being seen as weak and lessons from a failed marriage,
•  23:10  - Being kind to yourself, trusting your instincts and allowing your kids to teach the parent being important tips for single mothers, 
• 20:15  - Sharing parenting philosophies and the guilt single mothers feel for having a life outside of their young children,
• 32:11  - Operational excellence, trusted relationships, evolution and authenticity and empathy being important steps to success, 
• 37:48  - Discussing top 3 books that influenced Yumna Tayob, Dare To Lead & The Alchemist and The Biggest Wake Up Call,
• 40:55  - Moments of pause became a tactic to survive and refocus during the COVID pandemic,
• 42:55  - Words that describe and sum up Yumna Tayob, "Carpie Diem" 

Did you enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners and help others find topics they are interested in.

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On this episode I speak to Yumna Tayob who is the Head of Learning at FNB. She is a mover and shaker with lots of experience in different roles in corporate from marketing, leading teams and she's a huge tech enthusiast. Yumna is a former delegate of The Networking Company's training and leadership development programs. We discuss her journey in corporate as well as the challenges of being a single super mother and dealing with divorce. We unpack some of her very helpful tools to navigating the corporate world and forming relationships to help you get ahead and be noticed. We unpack her framework for reinventing yourself as well as some key steps to achieving success and some of the books that have helped inspire her moves and motivate in her pursuit of success and a wholesome life.   

On this show we cover:

• 01:54  - Early life and upbringing in a family of strong women who taught financial dependence and taking bold risks ,
• 14:30  -  Tips, tricks and a framework to help reinvent yourself in whatever role you are chosen for or pursuit,  
• 11:21  - Overcoming being seen as weak and lessons from a failed marriage,
•  23:10  - Being kind to yourself, trusting your instincts and allowing your kids to teach the parent being important tips for single mothers, 
• 20:15  - Sharing parenting philosophies and the guilt single mothers feel for having a life outside of their young children,
• 32:11  - Operational excellence, trusted relationships, evolution and authenticity and empathy being important steps to success, 
• 37:48  - Discussing top 3 books that influenced Yumna Tayob, Dare To Lead & The Alchemist and The Biggest Wake Up Call,
• 40:55  - Moments of pause became a tactic to survive and refocus during the COVID pandemic,
• 42:55  - Words that describe and sum up Yumna Tayob, "Carpie Diem" 

Did you enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners and help others find topics they are interested in.

Get in touch:

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On this episode I speak to Julia Kerr Henkel is the MD of Lumminos Coaching and Change Consulting. She is an executive coach, seasoned change and organisational development consultant, facilitator and speaker. In March 2019, Julia studied directly with Dr Brené Brown in Texas and is one of her Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitators commissioned to teach the skillsets of courage, connection, vulnerability, shame, empathy and emotional literacy. Julia runs various in-house, public or individual programs based on these skillsets. Prior to founding Lumminos in 2008, Julia spent 4 years at Goldman Sachs London and was a director for 8 years at College Hill Investor Relations and Magna Carta, communications and reputation management agencies. She is married to Vaughan, stepmother to two university-going young adults and fur-mother to 3 Maine Coon cats. She loves learning, deep conversations, dancing, travelling and non-peaty whisky. She lives and practices in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

On this show we cover:

• 02:46  Early life and upbringing in Zimbabwe and Durban in South Africa,
• 07:09  Advice for career women on finding and living their purpose,  
• 11:21  What success looks like and people Julia Kerr admires,  
• 16:15  Top 3 book with the biggest impact and some concept related to lessons from those books, 
• 20:15  Favourite failure that taught you the most in life,
• 24:48  When the why's are big enough the how's will figure themselves out,
• 25:59  Experience and personal takeaways from attending sessions and working with Brené Brown,
• 27:41  Giving context around the idea of being "clear is kind",  
• 32:40  Details about the Dare To Lead sessions, 
• 34:20  Energy and joy hacks that have helped over the COVID period,
• 37:13  Coaching tips for people feeling stuck and emotionally depleted,
• 42:55  Words that describe and sum up Julia Kerr Henkel, "Be kind when possible because its always possible" 

Did you enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners and help others find topics they are interested in.

Get in touch:

• [email protected]
• www.lumminos.co.za 

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www.thenetworkingcompany.co.za

Follow us:

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On this episode I speak to Julia Kerr Henkel is the MD of Lumminos Coaching and Change Consulting. She is an executive coach, seasoned change and organisational development consultant, facilitator and speaker. In March 2019, Julia studied directly with Dr Brené Brown in Texas and is one of her Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitators commissioned to teach the skillsets of courage, connection, vulnerability, shame, empathy and emotional literacy. Julia runs various in-house, public or individual programs based on these skillsets. Prior to founding Lumminos in 2008, Julia spent 4 years at Goldman Sachs London and was a director for 8 years at College Hill Investor Relations and Magna Carta, communications and reputation management agencies. She is married to Vaughan, stepmother to two university-going young adults and fur-mother to 3 Maine Coon cats. She loves learning, deep conversations, dancing, travelling and non-peaty whisky. She lives and practices in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

On this show we cover:

• 02:46  Early life and upbringing in Zimbabwe and Durban in South Africa,
• 07:09  Advice for career women on finding and living their purpose,  
• 11:21  What success looks like and people Julia Kerr admires,  
• 16:15  Top 3 book with the biggest impact and some concept related to lessons from those books, 
• 20:15  Favourite failure that taught you the most in life,
• 24:48  When the why's are big enough the how's will figure themselves out,
• 25:59  Experience and personal takeaways from attending sessions and working with Brené Brown,
• 27:41  Giving context around the idea of being "clear is kind",  
• 32:40  Details about the Dare To Lead sessions, 
• 34:20  Energy and joy hacks that have helped over the COVID period,
• 37:13  Coaching tips for people feeling stuck and emotionally depleted,
• 42:55  Words that describe and sum up Julia Kerr Henkel, "Be kind when possible because its always possible" 

Did you enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners and help others find topics they are interested in.

Get in touch:

• [email protected]
• www.lumminos.co.za 

Visit us:

www.thenetworkingcompany.co.za

Follow us:

Facebook –The Networking Company
Instagram - thenetworkingcompanysa