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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 • The wisdom our ancestors knew (that we forgot) • How it applies to building businesses, raisi ...
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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. Every week, I share a folk tale from somewhere in the world. Trickster spiders from Ghana. Wise grandmot…
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The Spider Who Outsmarted God | Anansi (Ghana)
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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, and won the most valuable prize in existence: all the world's stories. But this isn't just a folk tale…
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