Discovering Hidden Gems: S4:E33 🎙️LIVE with Terell Jones

16 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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In this live episode, the host discusses notable African American figures and a young Zimbabwean inventor, highlighting their contributions to technology and design. Lewis Latimer is credited with assisting Edison and Bell and is claimed to have invented the light bulb. Benjamin Banneker is recognized as the first architect of Washington, D.C., having designed the city’s layout. Maxwell Sanyulani Shikumbutsu, a young Zimbabwean innovator, is described as creating energy from air using radio frequency technology. The conversation then shifts to book recommendations for personal growth and leadership. The host suggests "Extreme Ownership" by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, foundational self‑help classics "Think and Grow Rich" and "Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude," and Dale Carnegie’s "How to Win Friends and Influence People" for communication skills, noting a specific chapter on self‑talk in "Think and Grow Rich."

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Um, like I said, I'm African American, so I, I like to look at African American history. Lewis Latimer would be the first one. Um, he kind of helped, uh, Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. You know, quite frankly, I think he invented the light bulb, to be honest. And, um, second would be Benjamin Banneker. He designed the District of Columbia. He was the first architect of Washington, D.C., right? And then, uh, third would be a young man from Zimbabwe. Um, Maxwell Sanyulani Shikumbutsu. He has created energy from air with, I think, radio frequency. So he is using free air or energy from the air.
That's amazing. Wow.
He's a young guy too. Yeah.
Wow. Okay. Fifth segment. We are running out of time. Uh, what have you read that we should read? Which book do you recommend? I know one of them is this one, Extreme Ownership by, uh, Jocko Willink and Leif Bock. Yes. Anything else?
Um, I think the foundational books is Think and Grow Rich and, um, Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude. Those are foundational books, but for communication skills, it would definitely be Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People. We have to continually learn how to speak with each other, and it's a book that you have to keep going back every decade to look at, to refresh your memory. Um, those are foundational books. And What to Say to When You Talk to Yourself, that's probably the chapter in, in Think and Grow Rich's book that