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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have a job that pays you enough\Nto cover your basic needs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your bills, and even some more to spend,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the assumption is that you'd be happy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or, even better, fulfilled.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it seems unthinkable\Nwhen you wake up and say
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to leave a job like that\Nto pursue a passion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was my dilemma six years ago.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a comfortable job,\NI lived a comfortable life,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people expected me to be fulfilled,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I wasn't.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was something\Nin me that wanted more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a misalignment between\Nthe things I did on a daily basis
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the things that I deeply cared about.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I decided to quit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and explore the possibility of bringing\Nthis passion into my daily routine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the think about finding your passion
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it's not straightforward.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even for people and money and degrees,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they still struggle\Nto identify their passion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here I was as a 30-year old\Ntalking about finding my passion
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turning it into a career.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Literally, people told me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You don't talk about passion\Nuntil you've made enough money."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Or at least until\Nyou're ready to retire."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, there's a notion\Nthat looking inward
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finding the things that give us\Npleasure and fulfillment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a luxury that only the rich can enjoy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a pleasure that only\Nthe retired can indulge in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which made me wonder:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is passion only for the rich
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an experience only\Nthe retired can enjoy?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For many of us, we've been led to believe
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that life is a race for survival.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been conditioned to see ourselves\Nas survivors that must do everything
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our power to survive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Africa, we had to go\Nthrough school, cram and pass,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hope that you get a job after,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you do, stick at it\Nno matter how much it sucks.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until you get a better offer\Nor you're asked to retire.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a dropout,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that I was not\Nentitled to anything.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every opportunity was a privilege.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so when I thought about quitting,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was a huge risk.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was given two alternatives,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are the most popular in Africa.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first one is sign up for any course\Nat a vocational institution and do it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My second option, settle\Nfor any job offer you can get,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter the working conditions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That probably explains why we have\Nso many of our young people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being trafficked in search\Nof greener pastures.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I opted for the first option.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did look at a couple\Nvocational institutions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hope that I would find a course that resonated with my persona, my dream, and my aspiration. I was disappointed to learn that there was no room for misfits like me in these institutions. The education system in many parts of the world has been designed around pre-selected options that young people are expected to fit in or risk becoming misfits. And so going through school I was nurtured and conditioned to think in the straight line and stay within the straight line. But when I dropped out, I discovered a world of possibilities. I knew I could be anything, I could study anything, so I leveraged free online courses. That's how I built my CV, got into employment, and worked for eight years. And after eight years, I told myself there must be more than life than just going through the routines of life. So in 2014 I started an organization called Kyusa