African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep13: Brain Skills and Mental Health for Founders

The African Pre-seed Podcast

📍 The end of the year's first quarter is typically a time for companies—and their founders—to take stock of what has been accomplished so far. So for public companies, we huddle over investor calls and try to understand performance. For private companies, we hope and pray a media publication somehow finds their numbers and shares them with us.

🎯 For this month’s podcast, Adam Wakefield speaks to Dr. Kirti Ranchod, a clinical neurologist and the founder of memorability.co. The conversation focuses on brain health, mental wellness, and understanding that, much like everything else in life, you can learn skills to improve your mental wellness.

What specific brain skills can we consider useful, especially for entrepreneurs looking to improve performance? For Dr. Ranchod, there are 8 brain skills, and 4 of those matter the most to founders: creativity, empathy, focus, and calm.

For calmness, for instance, many people practice meditation or mindfulness to learn to stay calm even in tough situations. And before you get super cynical, some science shows that the brain can change in response to what we do or our external environment.

That’s enough spoilers for one episode. Listen and tell us what you found the most impactful in this episode! - Olumuyiwa

💡 Top 5 insights unpacked in the episode:

• Brain and mental health and its impact on founders [07:03]
• Efficiently maximising the brain's capabilities [09:24]
• Creating an environment that promotes health and mental wellness [16:05]
• Leveraging community and communication for better wellbeing as a founder [20:19]
• Mental health at the intersection of running a business [24:43]

CONNECT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA:

• Connect with Kirti Rachod.
• Connect with Adam Wakefield.

Tell us...

• What was your favourite quote or lesson from this episode?
• What topic would you like for us to feature on a future podcast?

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