Connections2Communities (C2C): Towards a Shared Understanding on the Idea and the Ideal of Mentorship

Maureen Manongwa Nyakuchena, 14/12/2020

My name is Maureen, I am a businesswoman based in the United Kingdom (UK) and I am a forward leaning person, who believes that I must walk the talk so that future reflects the decisions and actions of today.

I am fully convinced in the idea that if you believe in change, you should never wait for anyone to give it character and personality.

As such, like many other people, I have been following Mr. Mawere’s Facebook-live shows on social media and since I had not met him before, I personally decided to directly send him a message whether he would respond or not since I had also tried in vain to reach Mr. Strive Masiyiwa.

Mr Mawere’s Facebook Live shows greatly inspired me and so naturally, this provoked me to let him know of my wish to learn more from him.

After privately following Mr. Mawere, it occurred to me that I have nothing to lose that to take this leap of faith and I pressed the send button on my WhatsApp and we started to communicate.

I was surprised that he responded by sharing a thread of a conversation with another person who like me also wanted to be mentored by him.

Mr Mawere’s request is that I must consider building a circle of 100 members for me to benefit effectively rather than a one-to-one approach that finite time in a day does not permit.

I am more than inspired that he has accepted that I can join a structured mentorship circle using him as a glue to connect with others and had no problem in being part of a class that I will lead under my name using Connections2Communities as a vehicle.

I know I am not the only one who wants to get ahead in life quicker and since learning never ends, I believe that by being part of a class in which I can play a part in its building, my communication skills will be put to a test.

In all this, I think that as a business entity or individual, for a yearly fee of R2000 or R500 respectively towards being a member or participant in this academy or synagogue of learning life skills is cheap and affordable when compared to the benefits associated with the exercise.

Below is a thread of my conversation with Mr. Mawere which also includes threads of conversations he had with other people in regard to mentorship.

Conversation with Maureen

[12/13, 10:16 AM] Maureen: Good Morning Sir

My name is Maureen Manongwa Nyakuchena I am businesswoman based in the UK. I was following your business coaching and all your live videos and I got inspired and I would really want to have a business talk with you so I can learn more in business. I was trying to reach out to Sir Strive Masiiwa then because of Covid nothing happened but hearing your business coaching on Facebook made me feel like I really want to walk with you throughout my business journey, I will be in Zimbabwe in January and I could maybe try and meet you in South Africa if I have to I hope you are well and staying safe stay blessed Sir.

Regards

Maureen

Conversation with Leonard

[12/13, 10:21 AM] mdmawere1: [12/10, 10:14 AM] Leonard Gwanyanya: Is there a C2C Citizen WhatsApp group or it’s just on Facebook?

[12/10, 10:15 AM] Leonard Gwanyanya: I would like to join if there is one

[12/10, 10:15 AM] mdmawere1: Who is this?!

[12/10, 10:15 AM] Leonard Gwanyanya: It’s Leonard Gwanyanya

[12/10, 10:16 AM] mdmawere1: Ok great. Are you in SA?

[12/10, 10:16 AM] Leonard Gwanyanya: Yes, I’m in Centurion, Pretoria

[12/10, 10:17 AM] mdmawere1: What do you do?!

[12/10, 10:19 AM] Leonard Gwanyanya: I do supply & fitment of in-car entertainment products, Android radios, reverse cameras, dash-cameras, headrest screens, car sound, alarms & accessories

[12/10, 10:20 AM] mdmawere1: Great.

[12/10, 10:20 AM] mdmawere1: What provoked you to DM mail me?

[12/10, 10:22 AM] Leonard Gwanyanya: I watched a video on top there where you were interviewing a certain guy. You were asking relevant, hard-hitting questions

 [12/10, 10:27 AM] mdmawere1: CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE WORTH SHARING

Please read the thread below and kindly respond to the question of the day; “Is the content and context relevant to you?” and if so in what way?

Conversation with Yvonne

[12/8, 8:24 PM] Yvonne: Good evening Mr. Mawere

Thank you for a great meeting and formation into understanding the way forward of a value and business.

Contacts are very important and I have learnt one or two things today and am hoping to learn more once I join the group.

Thank you for your time.

Regards

[12/8, 8:46 PM] mdmawere1: Thanks. Hope you have been able to access the video links for you to share with your connections in the hope that they may be inspired, provoked and ignited to be positive change agents and critical thinkers on the myriad real problems that challenge many of us especially in this new normal.

[12/8, 8:54 PM] Yvonne: I do not have the video links may you kindly forward to me??

Am very much interested in joining the C2C and I will forward to as many connections as i can

[12/8, 8:56 PM] Yvonne: Thank you and I will revert back to you if I have any questions

[12/8, 9:09 PM] mdmawere1: No problem.

[12/8, 9:09 PM] mdmawere1: https://zonfulenergy.com/membership/

 [12/8, 9:39 PM] Yvonne: With this link do I just subscribe with a R500? Then after will I be automatically be on the group??

[12/8, 9:41 PM] mdmawere1: Yes

 [12/10, 7:45 AM] Yvonne: Good morning Mr. MAWERE

[12/10, 7:45 AM] mdmawere1: Good morning

[12/10, 8:43 AM] Yvonne: Mr Mawere, How is your program today?? Like I mentioned in my previous message above, i would like to have a meeting with you at the Royal Restaurant today if you are available.

This I would like to have a one on one meeting with you with a repeat of an intense explanation of C2C so that as I join your group today at our meeting I may also be able to have a clear understanding of the purpose of the group in further explaining to my fellow contacts. Would it be possible to meet??

I will be available at 12h30

Warm Regards

Yvonne

[12/10, 8:47 AM] mdmawere1: Thanks. C2C is not me and I should like to think it would be wrong for me to substitute a group of free spirited people.

[12/10, 8:49 AM] Yvonne: No am coming to you as an individual sir

[12/10, 8:50 AM] mdmawere1: What has this to do with C2C?

[12/10, 8:51 AM] Yvonne: I am going to meet you at my own expenses and also the lunch was communicated to us but am sorry that we did not pay and I would like to go and make my part payment if possible

[12/10, 8:52 AM] Yvonne: I was asking for a meeting but if meeting with you for a further understanding of c2c has nothing to do with C2C my apologies sir unless i font understand you.

[12/10, 9:37 AM] Yvonne: When I go to the link I find 3 products: Business Membership, Mentorship, C2C. My question is can one affiliate to all or only one of the above??

[12/10, 9:39 AM] mdmawere1: You can do mentorship plus C2C of you are joining as an individual. If you are going as business, you can do #1.

[12/10, 9:50 AM] Yvonne: Thank you

[12/10, 9:57 AM] mdmawere1: Let me know after joining. I would very much like to meet with you. You have the spirit in you to get ahead. We can arrange a get together with many others who may be interested in meeting.

I have shared a conversation I had with others this morning in another group. I am not sure whether you are interested in learning from shared threads and conversations. If you are, I will send you.

[12/10, 9:58 AM] Yvonne: To be very honest am inspired and yes I would like to receive the conversations.

[12/10, 10:02 AM] Yvonne: Without abusing my opportunity of having this privilege of chatting to you Mr Mawere…I want to join as a business because my gut spirit tells me my intentions to learn and grow myself with established business people together with my energy and hard work that I will put in will allow me to understand a lot more.

Thank you sir. I will let you know after I join.

Conversation with Maureen

[12/13, 11:13 AM] Maureen: Amazing stuff there so where do I go from here Sir? I want to join as a business member. I will give you a bit of background of myself I moved to UK in 1999 and I was about 24 years old I’m now 44 years. I had a very tough road during my stay in this country but I worked my way through. I worked as a care assistant for many years then I was going through hardships and so I decided to occupy my mind and I came up with a business idea of having my own Perfume. I did my research and then came up with a certain company in Germany. I contacted them and I created my first perfume and it was a dream come true, then it was challenges trying to put it on the market and then I decide to leave it and carried on working as a Care Giver. I decided to start my own Care company but I had no idea on how to start a care business and a lot of people said you need to be a nurse or with a degree background in health and social care but I did not give up till I contacted CQC, a company which register Care companies and I was advised to go through a level 5 NVQ Leadership skill course and I started on working towards that course after that I started working on opening my care company and it was not easy but I eventually managed to open my business and the beginning was very hard but I carried on till I was fully registered with CQC and now I am running my a Care company in Great Britain and I have also managed to start the following businesses: Male Clothing Line, Cosmetic Line, Music Promotion Business

I have a record Label company, I manage music artists, mentor them and promote music events and promoting upcoming artists and recognition of the whole arts and musicians  through events ,dress music artists .In future I would also want to have a charity drop in for women who are in abusive relationships  in Zimbabwe or who are involved in abusive relationships so that I can share my past experience and help them through and their well-being and also planning to open a care service in Zimbabwe. I have registered the company already but in future that’s my dream so I really need a business coach like yourself Sir. I am here to learn and to expand in what I’m doing or rather what I have already started. Can you please guide me on how I can connect with yourself sir thank you.

Regards

Maureen

[12/13, 11:33 AM] Maureen: Hello again I have opened some attachments and there is a payment page and I’m lost how much is being paid and also do you mind just explaining a bit more on how the process goes so that I can have a full understanding and I would love to join the platform I can learn a lot from what I’m reading so far thank you.

[12/13, 12:11 PM] mdmawere1: Thanks. Powerful story of endurance. Your story needs space and you are the living part of it.

Sometimes the people closest to you are the very people who may not understand you.

The idea behind C2C is to raise awareness that connected people can choose to share and in so doing inspire others without any living person pretending to know what is yet to happen in life.

You took the first step to contact from information that exists in the public domain.

We have taken the number of 100 or a centenary to be the minimum number of companies or individuals that should be in your circle.

It is not unusual to find it impossible to get a circle of just 10 people who understand you and complement you in life.

The C2C that you then create by sharing your stories become the basis of creating your new family or company from which you can draw inspiration.

Imagine you are the first CEO in your family or circle, how lonely can be the reality of life?

How many people who believe that they have arrived and see no need of learning from people they don’t know? How many of us actually take pride in being inaccessible?

However the blueprint and intended operation of life precludes me retailing myself or anyone for that matter including you.

Instead of being a mentor to one, it is not efficient to build a minimum classroom of 100 so that the mentees can know each other using the mentor only as a hook to connect and share.

You can use the link and choose the business category. The membership fee per annum is shown there. If you have a problem in finding it, let me know.

Do you think you have a minimum of 10 people who you can call your circle or company, if so, you need to share the above thread so that when they read, they also may see the need to accelerate so that we can reach the target earlier than later?

You can call this circle MMN-C2C MENTORSHIP being a group that is inspired by Ms. Maureen Manongwa Nyakuchena under the C2C platform of which you will be the first member in the circle.