📰 OSAGYEFO NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE
Presents: Desire or Dependent
🌍 AN INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL DIALOGUE
FEATURED ARTICLE: MAKE A HABIT OF EXERTING YOUR UTMOST. THEME: “Some people tell me they have no talent.”
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📅 GLOBAL RELEASE: Friday, 25th September 2026
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🌱 WHY THIS MATTERS
- What if the talent you are searching for is already within you?
- What if your greatest gift is not something the world has taught you to recognise?
- What if your ability to listen, encourage, teach, connect people, create, serve, persevere, bring joy, build communities—or simply refuse to give up—is itself a unique talent?
This September, OSAGYEFO Weekly Newsletter Magazine invites our international readers into a powerful conversation about human potential, self-discovery, determination and the courage to become who we uniquely are.
🎙️ THE CONVERSATION
BERLA MUNDI, Senior Correspondent,
will sit down with
AKOSUA OWUSUWAA Movement-Builder • Certified Entrepreneur • Wellness Coach • Food Educator • Founder of Hair Senta, HIBS-Africa & TLS — The Leading Senta
to share her thoughts, experiences and perspectives on:
“MAKE A HABIT OF EXERTING YOUR UTMOST.”
Together, they will explore a question that many people around the world quietly carry:
“What if I don’t have any special talent?”
The answer may be closer than we think.
Every person possesses something uniquely their own—a jewel within their life waiting to be discovered, polished and brought forth.
Like the cherry, plum, peach and damson blossoms, we do not all have to bloom in the same way. Each of us blooms in our own way.
And perhaps the challenge is not to become someone else.
Perhaps the challenge is to discover what only you can contribute—and then make a habit of exerting your utmost to bring it forth.
🌱 FROM POTENTIAL TO PURPOSE
Akosua Owusuwaa brings this philosophy into her own movement-building work through health, beauty, entrepreneurship and community transformation.
Her guiding belief:
“Our culture is our health, and our health is our future.”
Now, Berla Mundi sits with her to explore what it truly means to recognise one’s potential, overcome self-limitation and transform personal ability into value for others.
🌍 An International Editorial Dialogue 🎙️ Berla Mundi × Akosua Owusuwaa
MAKE A HABIT OF EXERTING YOUR UTMOST. Some people tell me they have no talent.
Perhaps this conversation will help you discover the talent you have been overlooking in yourself. Because you were never meant to bloom as somebody else.
🌸 You were meant to bloom as YOU.
Coming Friday, 25th September 2026.
OSAGYEFO WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE For the thinker. The dreamer. The builder. The human being becoming.
Here is the refined, polished version of Fatima’s Story, structured specifically to complement your newsletter’s design.
📖 SPECIAL FEATURE: A STORY OF SELF-DISCOVERY
🌸 FATIMA’S STORY
The Girl Who Thought She Had No Talent
For years, everyone at school knew Fatima as the nervous girl.
She was nervous standing in front of the class, nervous when a teacher called her name, and nervous meeting someone new. Over time, that anxiety defined how others saw her—and, eventually, how Fatima saw herself. She began to believe that she was simply missing whatever made other people special.
- Other students could sing or dance.
- Some excelled at mathematics.
- Others could draw, write, play sports, or perform on stage.
Fatima looked at them and saw nothing special in herself.
“I don’t have any talent,” she quietly told herself.
💬 THE UNPOLISHED DIAMOND
There was, however, one distinct thing about Fatima: whenever she became nervous, she started talking.
She talked about what she had seen and heard. She asked endless questions, shared stories, and wanted to know what others thought. Before long, her classmates gave her a new label: talkative.
Fatima accepted it. What she didn’t realise was that beneath what others dismissed as a flaw lay a powerful skill waiting to be developed.
💡 THEN CAME MS. KORKOR
Everything changed when Fatima met her new teacher, Ms Korkor.
Where others saw an anxious, talkative student, Ms Korkor saw a girl with an extraordinary innate gift. She noticed Fatima’s natural ability to sustain a conversation, her deep curiosity, and her capacity to connect ideas.
Ms Korkor understood that Fatima didn’t need to talk less—she needed to learn how to communicate with purpose. She invited Fatima to join a school initiative called “WE ALL HAVE TALENT.” The mission was simple: every student has something unique to contribute.
Ms Korkor guided her to listen carefully, ask meaningful questions, organise her thoughts, and speak with intentional confidence. At first, Fatima’s hands still trembled, and her voice wavered. But Ms Korkor’s guidance remained constant:
“Fatima, don’t be afraid of your voice. Learn how to use it.”
🌱 FROM TALKATIVE TO CONVERSATIONALIST
Slowly, Fatima learned the difference between simply filling silence and truly communicating.
- She learned to listen deeply.
- She learned to ask insightful questions.
- She learned to respect opposing views and express her thoughts with clarity.
The “nervous girl” was transforming into a skilled conversationalist.
When Fatima was chosen to represent her class in the school’s inter-conversational dialogue activities, her peers were sceptical. But through relentless practice, she proved her strength. Round after round, she listened thoughtfully, responded gracefully, and elevated the dialogue.
Her class didn’t just compete—they won, repeatedly.
💎 SEEING HER OWN LIGHT
The greatest victory was not the awards; it was Fatima discovering her true identity. She finally realised that what people had labelled a weakness was actually her greatest strength in its rawest form.
With discipline and mentorship:
- Talkativeness became communication.
- Communication became conversation.
- Conversation became confidence.
- Confidence became purpose.
Fatima began to dream bigger. She no longer wanted to just speak—she wanted to give people courage, bridge divides, and build understanding. She set her sights on becoming a leader and Vice President, using her voice in service to others.
🌸 THE LESSON OF FATIMA
Fatima’s story reminds us that the world often labels us before we have the chance to discover who we really are.
Nervous. Talkative. Shy. Unfocused.
A label is not a destiny. Often, what looks like a flaw is simply an untrained ability waiting for direction, practice, and courage.
Fatima did not become someone else—she became more fully herself.
You may not have recognized your talent yet, but that does not mean it isn’t there. Stop measuring your bloom against someone else’s garden.
The jewel within you is waiting to be polished.
OSAGYEFO WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE For the thinker. The dreamer. The builder. The human being becoming.
📰 An International Editorial Dialogue
🎙️ IN CONVERSATION: BERLA MUNDI × AKOSUA OWUSUWAA
FEATURE: MAKE A HABIT OF EXERTING YOUR UTMOST
“Some people tell me they have no talent.”
BERLA MUNDI
Good day to all our readers joining us from different parts of the world.
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to this special international editorial dialogue, where we take a moment to look beyond the obvious and explore something deeply human: the potential that exists within each of us.
To our readers across Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Caribbean and beyond, thank you for being part of this conversation.
And today, it is my particular pleasure to welcome our guest, Akosua Owusuwaa, whose work has brought together entrepreneurship, wellness, beauty, education, community development and the empowerment of young people.
Akosua, welcome. It is wonderful to have you with us.
AKOSUA OWUSUWAA
Thank you, Berla.
It is a pleasure to be here, and I am equally delighted to be part of this conversation with readers from around the world.
I believe conversations such as this are important because sometimes one meaningful idea can change the way a person sees themselves—and consequently, change the direction of their life.
BERLA MUNDI
Absolutely. And before we begin, allow me to introduce myself properly to our international readers. I am Berla Mundi, your host and senior correspondent for this special editorial dialogue.
And today, I have the privilege of sitting across from a woman whose journey itself provides an interesting lens through which to examine our theme.
Akosua Owusuwaa is an entrepreneur, coach, author, business strategist and CEO, as well as co-founder of Hair Senta and HIBS-Africa, and founder of TLS — The Leading Senta and CAGA HEIGHTS Complex.
Through her entrepreneurial journey, she has not only built businesses, but has also created opportunities for young women through employment and practical experience within the Hair Senta enterprise.
And that is particularly relevant to our conversation today.
Because when we talk about talent, we are not simply talking about what someone can do for themselves. We are also talking about what happens when a person’s ability is developed sufficiently to create opportunities for other people.
🌟 A TRIUMPH OF A NEWSLETTER
Akosua, before I ask you my opening question, I want to acknowledge something. A triumph of a newsletter.
Your newsletter is both a tour of inner-revolution reportage and a literary masterpiece.
- There are newsletters that simply give us information.
- There are newsletters that make us think.
- There are newsletters that change the way we feel and see.
And this is one of them.
Readers are led into Fatima’s story—a deeply moving and beautifully crafted allegory about the nature of potential, mentorship and self-definition.
It takes us through a remarkable journey:
Self-Doubt ➔ Mentor ➔ Training ➔ Discovery ➔ Achievement ➔ Purpose
And what makes the story particularly powerful is that it speaks directly to the central message of this feature:
“You were never meant to bloom as somebody else.”
Fatima believed she had no talent. Everyone knew her as the nervous girl. And because she was nervous, she talked.
People saw the nervousness. People saw the talkativeness.
But Ms Korkor saw something else. She saw a possibility. She saw that what appeared to be a weakness could become a strength if it was given direction, discipline and purpose.
And that is where I believe the story becomes universal. Because how many people around the world have been defined by a characteristic that they themselves have come to believe is a limitation?
🌱 THE REFRAMING OF “FLAWS” INTO STRENGTHS
What I find particularly compelling is the transformation of “nervous and talkative” into “skilled conversationalist.” That is a profound distinction. Fatima was not required to become somebody else. Ms Korkor did not tell her to become silent. She redirected her energy.
She taught Fatima:
- How to listen.
- How to think.
- How to ask questions.
- How to express an idea.
- How to engage another person.
- And eventually, how to communicate with confidence.
It reminds us that sometimes our perceived weaknesses are simply unpolished abilities waiting for direction.
🌱 THE POWER OF TRANSFORMATIVE MENTORSHIP
And then there is Ms Korkor.
To me, she represents something every society needs: the transformative mentor.
She did not look at Fatima and say, “There is something wrong with this child.”
She looked again. She asked a different question:
“What is already inside this child that has not yet found its proper expression?”
That is the difference between simply teaching someone and actually seeing them.
🌱 THE JOURNEY OF GROWTH
I also appreciate that Fatima does not suddenly become an extraordinary speaker overnight.
Her hands still tremble. Her voice still wavers. She has to practise. She has to learn. She has to overcome moments of uncertainty.
And that makes her transformation believable.
- Because talent may give us a beginning.
- But discipline develops it.
- Practice strengthens it.
- Experience refines it.
- And purpose gives it direction.
🌱 FROM PERSONAL DISCOVERY TO PURPOSE
And then comes the climax.
Fatima discovers that she wants to become a great speaker—and eventually dreams of becoming a Vice President.
That takes the story beyond childhood development. It transforms the discovery of a