MOVIES

SCREEN TIME

Our selection to keep you entertained

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

In cinemas 11 November 2022

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever After the traffic passing of our favourite super hero Chadwick Boseman fondly known to fans as King T’Challa the Black Panther franchise was left in limbo and many doubted whether it could recover from such a devasting loss but they’re back! The sequel beautifully honored T’Challa and sees them “fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia and Everett Ross and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.”. quote from: rottentomatoes.com The movie is 2hours 41 minutes so be prepared with popcorn and tissue for the tears as they pay tribute to the late king T’Challa, not only with this movie have you on the seat of your chair but the beautiful cinematography, the phenomenal way they have simultaneously honoured two cultures and the storyline with have your jaw on the floor (do remember to pick it up once you’re done). We won’t oversell the movie because that always ends badly but will say that recovering from the loss of a lead actor who became a household nameand bouncing back is no easy feat and because of that we salute the cast and crew who made this movie possible.The Box office took note of our allegiance King T’Challa and the Black Panther franchise as of this edition release grossed over $3billion at global box offices so far. All we can say is #WakandaForever!

INVENTING ANNA

Netflix, premieres globally on 11 February

We would say this was brilliant writing on the part of the writer but the fact that this story is true and happening in real time is even more intriguing. The series follows a journalist looking for a big break after a previous story fiasco while juggling marriage and pregnancy. The star of the show however is Anna Delvey who prenetrates the inner New York elite social circles posing as a German heiress and while scamming numerous banks and socialites alike. Note the real Anna Delvey was only released in 2021 so we’re intrigued to see what she’ll do next.

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In this edition our wish list focuses on 2 iconic brands Zara and MAXHOSA. Zara is a global fast fashion brand, having become almost a house hold name with influencers and women across the world wearing the brand daily it’s hard to have any non-luxury fashion must have’s without including them in the list. Maxhosa is a South African clothing line taking over the fashion world, having been worn by A list celebrities like Trevor Noah, Kelly Rowland, Beyonce and many more MAXHOSA is becoming the face of modern African fashion with a clear infusion of traditional prints and textiles and we couldn’t be happier.

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Talking Brand

story & relatability

by Anesu-Tendesai Chikumba

Having lived through the events that make up our story, our own stories can start to feel a little repetitive and like something that isn’t worth sharing. Taking this stance is a disservice to not only you, but to your brand because there really is power to be found in storytelling. From the prospect of creating relatability *even to you showing you are an authority in your space; storytelling is something you need to harness and leverage for your own brand (be it personal or business).

Brand storytelling is essentially telling the story of your brand to improve your brand relations while creating deeper connections with your key stakeholders, that include anyone from future employers to clients, partners and even shareholders. Any individuals or groups that you would like to take interest in you are your stakeholders and thus people worth getting to know. When you start developing your story by getting to know them; instead of starting it with what happened to you — you begin with the end in mind and create the connection required to have a basic level of insight into what the receivers of the story care about and why they care about it. By answering where your story overlaps in conjuction with what they care about? You will see what the main highlights of your brand story should be.

While your brand story relates to your brand, it should be drawn from the journey you have walked. We all have something we’ve struggled through and overcome and you overcoming it points to you being able to step out of your struggle. We tend to shy away from sharing these parts of our journeys, but the reality is that being open about past struggles and discomfort humanizes you in a world where people are accustomed to sharing the best parts of their lives with aesthetically pleasing content on social media.

Remember that people connect with people — and people are drawn to people that have had similar experiences. If you are reading this with your business brand in mind then the same goes as you should be making an effort to humanize your business brand as far as possible. Think of this in terms of how you have made friends in the past, it could have been situational, through a mutual friend but more often than not it was probably because you identified traits that you could relate to. Bringing this back to your brand: The struggle you choose to share about might be an initial shared position that people can relate to, and empathize with; and you overcoming this struggle is the transformation they are looking for in their own lives. Having that shared initial position makes you relatable and your ability to move from that initial position to a new transformed position can help position you as an authority: For example; “______ happened to me so I can help you with ______.”. A branding statement could state that “I have started several businesses, failed at some but learned from all of them so I can help you build better business and brand foundations”. Building on this foundational statement can build your brand story on. What have endured and how can you help people that are going through what you went through? You need to continuously share this, refining your message as you grow and build on your own experiences.

Get to know Anesu Chikumba

Anesu Chikumba is a Serial Entrepreneur, Brand and Digital Strategist who works with for profitand non profit organizations looking to build stronger brand foundations. She holds a B.Comm in Management Studies as well as an Advanced Diploma in Digital Marketing. With a keen interest in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, Anesu founded The Created Creative (company and podcast) — a brand and digital marketing service which helps both personal and business brands bridge the gap between what they wanted to be known as and who they currently are. Through her expertise and experience, Anesu has worked with firms such as Eight2Five and the Udugu Institute over the past 3 years. Her journey began as a freelancer and this led her to cofound Hive Freelance Network, a platform for skilled individuals interested in gig-work in need of community as they build around their core skill and prepare to secure the right placement. Anesu is passionate about problem solving for African challenges, empowering young people and contributing to the growth of the Zimbabwean entrepreneurial ecosystem.

A new year begins, a new journey unfolds The roadmap to achievement

Ever wondered how high achievers actually become high achievers? In this editions ‘insight section’ we touch a few points to consider when striving to become or stay in the category of high achievers.

New age wisdom would say that everyone is a high achiever in a way that maybe true but the reality of the world says different. Have you ever wondered what some of societies high achievers do to get their goals achieved? Then we’re in the boat or at least we were until I got tired of wondering and actively started researching. One of my first key research findings in context to a longitudinal study that explored how high and low achievers differ in self-regulated learning was that “High achievers, irrespective of their prior achievement, showed lower work avoidance, boredom, and hopelessness, and higher strategy use and self-reported quality of strategy use. Whereas low achievers on the paper with higher prior achievement especially showed less joy, higher fear, and lower scores on emotional regulation competencies than the high achievers, low achievers on the paper with lower prior achievement notably displayed a lower level of intrinsic motivation than the high achievers.”sciencedirect.com. In essence high achievers are masters at getting things done quickly and not avoiding even the most challenging of tasks in order to reach their desired goals. The study also seemed to suggest that high achievers have a sense of hoefulness and are self motivated, they rarely look at situations as hopeless and are usually more prepared to find a solution to a problem rather than a problem to every solution.

Another study if The self-worth theory of achievement motivation (Covington & Beery, 1976; Covington, 1984 “assumes that the highest human priority is the search for self-acceptance and that “one’s worth often comes to depend on the ability to achieve competitively”- principlesoflearning.wordpress.com. This is a deeply insightful concept has it connects high achievers with a high sense of worth due to high achievers believeing in their abilities either being their brilliance or their diligence, their effort how much hard work they put in, their performance and self worth. Although some people are born naturally brilliant in some areas, those who wholeheartedly diligent seem to surpass those who are naturally brilliant but not diligent. As the saying goes ‘hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work’.

Another notable concept is the idea of protecting one’s image at the cost of achievement but “It turns out, if you believe your brain can grow, you behave differently.”-https:// www.mindsetworks.com. To become a high achiever you must believe your mind and ability can grow. You must have a growth mindset and not a fixed mindset “Growth mindset describes a way of viewing challenges and setbacks. People who have a growth mindset believe that even if they struggle with certain skills, their abilities aren’t set in stone. They think that with work, their skills can improve over time.

People with the opposite belief — that abilities are what they are and won’t change — have a fixed mindset. They think their skills won’t improve no matter how hard they try.”-understood.org. Self protective mechanisms come into play when we grow up with the belief that when we fail at a task we believe we are a failure when in actuality we just failed at a task not at life. Am I saying don’t protect yourself to become a high achiever? No i am saying very few failures are catastrophic in life and you must decide that becoming is more valuable than failing and your ability and mind are in continous growth mode and therefore you can still and you WILL be better with the right effort over a clear timeline.

High achievers, irrespective of their prior achievement, showed lower work avoidance, boredom, and hopelessness, and higher strategy use and self-reported quality of strategy use.

The new Mentorship

We are so excited to showacase the Woman Unlimited Next Gen Mentorship Program that was initiated by our Founder Nicolle Shana, Woman Unlimited Next Gen is a sub-unit of Woman Unlimited which it was developed under to speak to the needs of young women aged 18 to 35 years old. This Program was a 1 month structured Mentorship Program under Woman Unlimited which had prestigious speakers from industry speaking to the different women who applied for the Program from around the world.

The Program took place every Saturday in person and on-line and was a co-branded event in partnership with the Eight-to-Five Innovation hub powered by Old Mutual. The mentees did various personal development projects, updated their social media to become competitive in their fields, worked with peer accountability partners and completed a detailed structured personal development plan amongst other activities. We like to thank our Mentors Pastor Maureen Shana, Janah Ncube, Nosisa Mazibuko Doe, Buhlebenkosi O Nyathi, Tutsirai Jenje, Nontsikelelo Nzula, and Nicolle Shana. The Mentorship Program wil be an annual Program with a new Cohort of mentees joining in 2023. To sign up to join the next cohort follow https://www.facebook.com/womanunlimitedzw to stay connected for the applications dates, locations and processes.