The Dream | Ahmed Wakeel | TEDxYouth@TheNile

Ahmed Wakeel is an ambitious and active student who plays sports and works in network marketing, his talk is about what moves you, what makes you do what you do which is your compelling reason, your cause or your DREAM.

I'm glad to be here!

It's an honor that I'm performing
the first TEDxYouth Del Cairo.

First I'd like to begin by
asking you all a question.

Why do you do what you do?

I'll tell you why.

You do what you do because
you're either three of these people,

you're either just working hard,
you have no dream, no vision

and you have no compelling reason.

Or you have a dream,
and you have a vision,

you want to achieve something,
But you just don't have the belief

that you can achieve it.

Or you are the person number three,

you have something you want to achieve

and day by day you are committed.

You are committed and consistent
to achieving your dream.

From my perspective,
and I can guarantee you

that from all of your perspectives,
the person number three

is the most efficient
and productive person.

First, before I begin,

I'd like to give credits to a man
that has inspired this speech.

This man is called
Pathman Senathirajah

Pathman Senathirajah is
a Malaysian network marketer.

He made a video called

"the eight basic building blocks".
Basically discussing

the most important building blocks
for network marketing

or for business.

The most important building block which is
block number one was called "the dream".

The dream is basically what
develops all your actions;

all your actions, all your decisions
are based on this dream.

Because like life, without the dream.

Your actions don't mean anything,

this is the most important one,
this is the biggest block,

this is why your decisions
and actions are taken.

Now, what is this dream?
What is a dream?

A dream is not something you think about
when you are sleeping.

It's something you can't sleep
because you are thinking about.

It's something that circulates
in your head for 24 hours

everyday, of every week,
of every month of every year.

It's something that you're willing to pay
any price so you can achieve.

My personal dreams are,
at some point of my life,

I'd like to buy a Rolls Royce and
I'd like to attend private university

and then I'd like to live in
a Miami Beach house.

Now, I want every single one of you
to close your eyes.

Everyone, close your eyes.

Close your eyes, everyone.

Now, I'd like you to think of the thing
you want most in life,

the thing you are willing to pay any price
so you can get.

Now, on your way out
in the conversation break

There'll be a board outside,

I want every single one of you
to write your dream,

I want you draw the thing
down on paper.

Now, open your eyes.

Moreover,

looking back every child
was a dreamer.

Every single child grew up as a dreamer,

your childhood was about
I want this and I want that

but as you grow up, that skill,
that capability grows off you

and that is the saddest thing
I've seen in life.

When I see a fully grown up adult who
has lost the capability to dream

because anyone can dream.

If your are eighty, if your are five,
you can have a dream

no matter how big or
how small your dream is.

Now, I'd like to show a demonstration
of what dreaming is about.

If I give you a key to a Rolls-Royce
parked outside right now,

and you go and you drive your Rolls-Royce,

and you're driving with music in the car

but you don't know
where to go.

You have no destination.

So why have a Rolls-Royce,
or why have a vehicle,

when you don't have a destination

Just like dreaming.

Why do actions?
Why make decisions?

when you don't have a cause
and you don't have a reason?

Because that's the difference
between us and computers right now,

they can process faster than us,
they can take actions faster than us,

but we have the capability to dream;
we are dreamers.

And because I like to think of it
like, because, a dead man --

I'm sorry, I made a mistake --

a person who does not have a dream
is as good as a dead man.

I'm going to go off-topic a bit right now
but you're going to connect later.

What is this thing called success
everyone is talking about?

What is success?

Success is not being the best
or the richest man

who ever walked the Earth.

It's not being the best plastic surgeon
on the planet.

Success is achieving what you want,
what is in your head.

Success is achieving your dream
and what you want is your dream.

Thank you.

(Applause)