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Maxima's Tales: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Builders

Maxima Nsimenta
Ancient Wisdom
Parenting
Business Lessons
Folk Tales
Patience
Ethiopia
Personal Growth
Emotional Intelligence
Anansi
Nyaame
Cherokee Tale
Mentorship
Family Relationships
Trust
Stonecutter
Tasaku
Python
Hornets
Ghana
West Africa

Every week, I share a folk tale from Africa, Asia, or the Americas - and extract the business lesson hidden inside.

I'm Maxima, founder of Livara, Stanford MBA student, and a storyteller who believes the best business advice doesn't come from case studies. It comes from civilizations that survived thousands of years.

Each 30-minute episode brings you:• One ancient story, told with humor and heart•... more

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What do you do when someone won't let you in? This Ethiopian folk tale follows a woman who must pluck three whiskers from a living lion to win her stepson's love. What she discovers changes everything - and reveals why the hardest hearts require the ... more

THE STONECUTTER | Episode 3 

"He was already powerful. He had always been powerful. He just couldn't see it from where he was standing." 

Have you ever watched someone else's success and felt that familiar ache? The funding announcement you didn't ... more

You've seen this story on Instagram. Two wolves. One good, one evil. "The one you feed wins."

Beautiful. Tidy. Incomplete.

There's a second part - a harder part - that changes everything. Tonight, a Cherokee grandfather reveals what really happens ... more

Hi, friends. Welcome to Maxima's Tales: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Minds.

I'm Maxima. A mom of two, a founder, and a collector of old stories. I believes the answers we're looking for have already been found - we just haven't discovered them yet.

Ev... more

What if a spider could teach you more about negotiation than an MBA?

In this episode, I take you to West Africa - to the Akan people of Ghana - to tell you the story of Anansi, a tiny spider who climbed to heaven, faced four impossible challenges, a... more

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Founder of Livara and storyteller, known for sharing folk tales that extract wisdom applicable to business and life.

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