2 questions to uncover your passion -- and turn it into a career | Noeline Kirabo

Translator: Mojca Ješe Reviewer: Nika Kotnik

When you have a job that pays you enough to cover your basic needs,

Ko imaš službo, s katero lahko plačaš vse svoje osnovne potrebe,

your bills and even some more to spend,

položnice in celo kaj zapraviš zase,

the assumption is that you'd be happy,

se predpostavlja, da si srečen

or, even better, fulfilled.

ali še več, izpopolnjen.

And it seems unthinkable when you wake up and say

Zdi se nepredstavljivo, da bi se nekega jutra zbudil in rekel,

you're going to leave a job like that to pursue a passion.

da boš pustil službo in sledil svoji strasti.

And that was my dilemma six years ago.

In to je bila moja dilema 6 let nazaj.

I had a comfortable job, I lived a comfortable life,

Imela sem udobno službo, živela udobno življenje,

and people expected me to be fulfilled,

ljudje so pričakovali, da se počutim izpopolnjeno,

but I wasn't.

vendar se nisem.

There was something in me that wanted more.

Nekaj v meni si je želelo več.

There was a misalignment between the things I did on a daily basis

Bilo je neravnovesje med tem, kar sem jih počela vsakodnevno

and the things that I deeply cared about.

in tem, kar sem zelo rada počela.

And so I decided to quit

Zato sem se odločila dati odpoved

and explore the possibility of bringing this passion into my daily routine.

in raziskati možnosti, kako to strast prenesti v mojo dnevno rutino.

And the thing about finding your passion

In stvar je v tem, da najti svojo strast

is that it's not straightforward.

ni tako preprosto.

Even for people with money and degrees,

Celo ljudje z veliko denarja in diplomami

they still struggle to identify their passion.

s težavo prepoznajo svojo strast.

And here I was as a 30-year-old,

In tako sem, 30-letnica,

talking about finding my passion

govorila o iskanju strasti

and turning it into a career.

in kako jo spremeniti v kariero.

Literally, people told me,

Ljudje so mi dobesedno govorili

"You don't talk about passion until you've made enough money --

"Ne govori o strasti, dokler ne zaslužiš dovolj denarja

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

or at least until you're ready to retire."

ali vsaj dokler se ne upokojiš."

Because there's a notion that looking inward

Velja prepričanje, da sta pogled navznoter

and finding the things that give us pleasure and fulfillment

in odkritje tega, v čemer najdemo užitek in izpopolnjenost,

is a luxury that only the rich can enjoy,

razkošje, ki si ga lahko privoščijo le bogati,

or a pleasure that only the retired can indulge in.

oziroma užitek, kateremu se lahko predajo le upokojeni.

Which made me wonder:

Pri čemer sem se vprašala:

Is passion only for the rich,

Je strast res namenjena le bogatim

or an experience only the retired can enjoy?

in izkušnja, ki jo lahko uživajo le upokojenci?

For many of us, we've been led to believe

Mnoge so nas prepričevali,

that life is a race of survival.

da je življenje bitka preživetja.

We've been conditioned to see ourselves as survivors

Vzgajali so nas, da se vidimo kot borce,

that must do everything in our power to survive.

ki morajo storiti vse, da bi preživeli.

In Africa, we're nurtured to go through school, cram and pass,

V Afriki smo vzgojeni, da se prebijemo skozi šolo, se učimo, in jo naredimo,

in the hope that you get a job after.

v upanju, da bomo kasneje dobili službo.

And if you do, stick at it no matter how much it sucks.

In ko jo, vztrajaš v njej, ne glede na to, kako bedna je.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Until you get a better offer or you're asked to retire.

Dokler ne dobiš boljše ponudbe ali se upokojiš.

And as a dropout,

In kot falirana študentka

I knew that I was not entitled to anything.

sem vedela, da nimam pravice do ničesar boljšega.

Every opportunity was a privilege.

Vsaka priložnost je bila privilegij.

And so when I thought about quitting,

In ko se začela razmišljati o odpovedi,

it was a huge risk.

je bilo to veliko tveganje.

I was given two alternatives,

Imela sem dve možnosti,

which are the most popular in Africa.

ki sta v Afriki najbolj priljubljeni.

The first one is sign up for any course at a vocational institution and do it.

Prva je, da se prijaviš na katerikoli tečaj na poklicnem zavodu in ga opraviš.

My second option, settle for any job offer you can get,

In moja druga možnost, sprijazniš se s katerokoli službo,

no matter the working conditions,

ne glede na delovne pogoje

and do it.

in jo sprejmeš.

That probably explains why we have so many of our young people

To verjetno pojasni dejstvo, da je ogromno naše mladine

being trafficked in search of greener pastures.

žrtev trgovine z ljudmi, v iskanju boljših priložnosti.

I opted for the first option.

Zase sem izbrala prvo možnost.

I did look at a couple vocational institutions

Pozanimala sem se v nekaj poklicnih zavodih,

in the hope that I would find a course that resonated with my persona,

v upanju, da bom našla tečaj, ki bi izžareval mojo osebnost,

my dream and my aspiration.

sanje in prizadevanja.

I was disappointed to learn that there was no room for misfits like me

Razočarana sem ugotovila, da v teh zavodih

ni prostora za odpadnike, kot sem jaz.

in these institutions.

The education system in many parts of the world

V mnogih delih sveta je izobraževalni sistem

has been designed around preselected options

zasnovan na osnovi vnaprej določenih okvirjev,

that young people are expected to fit in or risk becoming misfits.

ki jim mora mladina ustrezati ali pa tvegati izobčenje.

And so going through school, I was nurtured and conditioned

In tako so me skozi moje šolanje vzgajali,

to think in the straight line and stay within the straight line.

da razmišljam linearno in ostajam znotraj določenih okvirjev.

But when I dropped out, I discovered a world of possibilities.

Ko pa sem šolo pustila, sem odkrila svet neskončnih možnosti.

I knew I could be anything, I could study anything,

Vedela sem, da sem lahko karkoli, študiram lahko karkoli,

and so I leveraged free online courses.

zato sem vpisala nekaj spletnih tečajev.

That's how I built my CV, got into employment

Tako sem si obogatila življenjepis, dobila zaposlitev

and worked for eight years.

in delala osem let.

And after eight years,

In po osmih letih

I told myself there must be more to life

sem si rekla, da moram imeti od življenja več

than just going through the routines of life.

kot to životarjenje skozi vsakodnevno rutino.

So in 2014, I started an organization called Kyusa

Tako sem leta 2014 ustanovila organizacijo, imenovano Kyusa,

where we are working with out-of-school youth

kjer delamo z mladimi, ki niso dokončali šolanja

and empowering them to turn their passions

ter jih spodbujamo, da svojo strast

into profitable, scalable and sustainable businesses.

spremenijo v dobičkonosne, rastoče in obstojne posle.

Now, when we talk about passion,

Ko omenjamo strast,

one of the most common questions that people ask is, "What is passion?

je najpogostejše vprašanje, ki se pri tem pojavi "Kaj je strast?

How do I even find it?"

Kako jo sploh odkrijem?"

And in the simplest definition,

In najpreprostejša definicija je ta:

passion is a collection of your life experiences

strast je zbirka tvojih življenjskih izkušenj,

that give you the deepest sense of fulfillment.

ki ti dajejo globok občutek izpopolnitve.

And to identify your passion, you need to look inward.

In za prepoznanje svoje strasti, se moraš obrniti navznoter.

So we use two reflective questions.

Uporabimo dve vprašanji v razmislek.

The first question we ask is,

Prvo vprašanje, ki si ga postavimo, je

"If you had all the time and the money in the world,

"Če bi imela na svetu neskončno časa in neskončno denarja,

what would you spend your time doing?"

kaj bi počela?"

It sounds like a very simple question,

Zveni zelo preprosto,

but many people struggle to answer this question

vendar imajo mnogi ljudje težave z odgovorom,

because they've just never thought about it.

saj o tem nikoli niso razmišljali.

The second question we ask

Drugo vprašanje, ki si ga postavimo, je

is, "What makes you happy

"Kaj me osrečuje

or gives you the deepest sense of fulfillment?"

in mi daje absoluten občutek izpopolnjenosti?"

Now, you would assume that we all know what makes us happy,

Predvideva se, da vsi vemo, kaj nas osrečuje,

but it's also interesting to note that so many people have no idea

je pa zelo zanimivo, da se ogromno ljudem sploh ne sanja

what makes them happy,

kaj jih osrečuje,

because they are so busy going through the routines of life,

ker svoj čas zapolnijo z vsakodnevnimi rutinami,

they've never stopped to look inward.

in se nikoli ne zazrejo navznoter.

And so identifying the things that give us a deep sense of fulfillment

Tako sta prepoznanje tega, kar nam daje občutek izpopolnjenosti

and the things that give us deep joy

in nam prinaša veliko veselje,

are thoughts that begin to direct us in the direction of our passion.

misli, s katerima pričnemo pot iskanja svoje strasti v življenju.

And just in case you're wondering

V primeru, da se že sprašujete

what your answers are to those two questions,

o vaših odgovorih na ti dve vprašanji,

I invite you to sit with these questions later and just reflect about it.

vas vabim, da se jima kasneje posvetite in razmislite o njiju.

However, I am also aware

Kljub povedanemu, se zavedam,

that passion alone cannot guarantee success in life.

da sama strast ne zagotavlja uspeha v življenju.

And I should note

In tudi, da

that not every passion can become a career.

vsaka strast ne more postati kariera.

For passion to become a career,

Da lahko to postane,

it must be coupled with the right set of skills, conditioning and positioning.

mora priti v kompletu prave izbire sposobnosti, vzgoje in položaja.

So when we get our young people to look inward,

Ko našo mladino vodimo k pogledu navznoter,

we also ask them what skills do you have,

jih vprašamo tudi, katere sposobnosti posedujejo,

what talents do you have, what experience do you have

katere talente, izkušnje imajo,

that you can use to build a niche in the marketplace.

na katerih lahko zgradimo njihov kotiček na tržišču.

But more than that, we also look at the market trends,

Še več, pogledamo tudi trenutne tržne trende,

because it doesn't matter how much you love and enjoy it.

saj ni važno, kako zelo uživaš v tem in imaš to rad.

If nobody wants it or is willing to pay for it,

Če si tega nihče ne želi in tega nihče ne bo plačal,

it can't be a career.

to ne more biti kariera.

It's just a hobby.

Potem je samo hobi.

And the third thing we look at is how do you position yourself?

Tretji pogoj, ki ga preverimo, je na kateri položaj se uvrščaš?

Who are you targeting? Who do you want to sell to?

Kdo je tvoja cilja skupina? Komu želiš prodajati?

Why would they want to buy from you?

Zakaj bi želeli od tebe kupovati?

And so the combination of the three is what enables you to move

Kombinacija vseh treh pogojev je tista, ki ti omogoči premik

from just a passion to a business.

od zgolj strasti do posla.

And many of our young people have been able to turn their ideas

Mnogi izmed naših mladih so uspeli svoje ideje in želje

and burning desires into profitable businesses

spremeniti v dobičkonosen posel

or social enterprises,

ali družbeno podjetje,

in s tem ne ustvarjajo le novih delovnih mest,

and they're not just creating jobs,

but they are solving societal challenges.

vendar tudi rešujejo družbene izzive.

I'll share with you two examples.

Vam bom pokazala na dveh primerih.

One of them is Esther.

Eden izmed njih je Ester.

I met Esther two years ago.

Ester sem spoznala pred dvema letoma.

She had been out of school for two years,

Šolo je pustila dve leti pred tem,

and she had been deeply affected by her dropping out.

kar jo je močno zaznamovalo.

As a result, she had experienced severe depression

Kot rezultat, se je spopadala z močno depresijo,

to a point where she attempted to take her own life several times.

do te mere, da si je večkrat poskušala vzeti lastno življenje.

Her friends and family didn't know what to do for her.

Njeni prijatelji in svojci niso vedeli, kaj naj še storijo.

They simply prayed for her.

Zanjo so samo še molili.

When I met Esther and I started to converse with her,

Ko sem jo spoznala in se začela z njo pogovarjati,

I asked her a simple question.

sem ji postavila preprosto vprašanje.

I said, "If you had all the time and the money in the world,

"Če bi imela na svetu neskončno časa in neskončno denarja,

what would you do?"

kaj bi počela?"

Without thinking or hesitation,

Brez razmisleka ali obotavljanja

so se ji zaiskrile oči in povedala mi je,

her eyes lit up and she began to tell me

kako bi rada spremenila življenja mladih.

how she wanted to change the lives of young people.

She wanted to restore hope and dignity to other teenagers

Drugim najstnikom je želela povrniti upanje in dostojanstvo

by helping them make informed decisions about life.

pri sprejemanju poučenih odločitev v svojem življenju.

I was certain of the fact that this burning desire in her

Prepričana sem bila, da je bilo njeno hrepenenje

was unquenchable.

nepotešljivo.

And so we worked with Esther to put a framework around this desire.

Skupaj z Ester smo to hrepenjenje postavili v ustrezne okvirje.

Today, she runs a social enterprise in her village,

Danes v svoji vasi vodi družbeno podjetje,

raising awareness about substance abuse, mental health, sexual reproductive health

kjer osveščajo o rabi prepovedanih substanc, mentalnem zdravju,

zdravi spolnosti in pomaga drugim, ki so pustili šolo,

and is helping other school dropouts acquire vocational skills,

pridobiti poklicno usposabljanje, da lahko normalno zaživijo.

so they can make a living for themselves.

Esther turned 20 this year,

Ester je letos dopolnila 20 let

and for the last two years, she has organized an annual teen fest

in je zadnji dve leti organizirala letno združenje,

that brings together over 500 teenagers.

ki je gostilo okoli 500 najstnikov.

(Applause)

(Aplavz)

Young people that are able to network and collaborate

Mladi, ki lahko ob tej priložnosti navezujejo stike in sodelujejo

on different projects,

pri različnih projektih

but more importantly to meet professionals they would otherwise never have met.

in pomembneje, spoznajo strokovnjake, za kar drugače ne bi dobili priložnosti.

This is all engineered by a girl that believed the world had no room for her,

Vse to je uspelo dekletu, ki je verjelo, da zanjo na svetu ni kotička,

that without education she would never amount to anything.

in brez izobrazbe ne bi dosegla ničesar pomembnega.

But by looking inward and tapping into a burning desire,

Ampak s pogledom navznoter in izkoriščenjem tega hrepenenja,

putting structure around it,

postavljenega v ustrezne okvirje,

it has become a model that not only changed her life

je zasnovala model, ki ji je spremenil življenje

but is transforming the lives of hundreds of young people every year.

in s tem spreminja življenja na stotine mladih vsako leto.

My other example is Musa.

Drugi primer je Musa.

Musa is a natural artistic guy.

Musa je po naravi umetniški tip.

He's the kind that would look at any design and replicate it with ease.

Je eden tistih, ki lahko samo s pogledom vzorca, tega z lahkoto poustvari.

And so he seeks to recognize that ability in him.

Tako stremi k prepoznavanju te svoje sposobnosti.

When I met Musa, he was doing all kinds of crafts --

Ko sem Muso spoznala, se je ukvarjal z raznoraznimi spretnostmi -

bags, belts, wallets --

torbicamo, pasovi, denarnicami -

but it was more of a part-time thing.

vendar zgolj honorarno.

Or sometimes, if he was really broke and needed to make quick money,

Včasih, ko je nujno moral na hitro zaslužiti,

then he would come up with a design and sell it.

je sam oblikoval nek vzorec in ga prodal.

But he had never thought of it as a business.

Vendar nikoli ni razmišljal, da bi to spremenil v posel.

We started working with Musa,

Pričeli smo sodelovati z Muso,

helping him shift his mindset from a hobby to a business

ga voditi kako spremeniti ta hobi v posel

and beginning to rethink how he can make products that he could sell

in spremeniti način mišljenja, da bo izdeloval izdelke, ki jih lahko proda

and even be able to scale.

in z njimi zasluži.

Musa makes some of the most amazing bags I've ever seen,

Musa izdeluje torbice, ene najlepših, kar sem jih kdaj videla,

and over the last one year, Musa's business has grown.

in v tem zadnjem letu, se je njegov posel zelo razširil.

He has been recognized in different places.

Prepoznavajo ga že marsikje.

Currently, he's talking about exporting to developed countries.

Trenutno načrtuje izvoz v razvite države.

Musa, like any other dropout,

Musa je, kot vsi falirani študenti,

believed that without academic credentials,

verjel, da brez akademske izobrazbe

he wouldn't amount to anything.

ne bo dosegel ničesar.

He thought the talent he had was nothing

Verjel je, da je njegov talent brez vrednosti,

simply because he did not have an academic paper to define him.

ker zanj ni imel uradnega dokumenta o akademski izobrazbi.

But by looking inward and finding that what he had was the greatest asset

Vendar je s pogledom navznoter našel svojo največjo dragocenost,

and supporting him to turn it into a business,

ki jo je z malo pomoči spremenil v posel,

he's not just living -- he's thriving.

s katerim ne samo živi, ampak cveti.

The thing about looking inward is that it can be scary,

Stvar je v tem - pogled navznoter je lahko kar strašljiv,

especially if you're doing it for the first time.

še posebej, ko se ga poslužiš prvič.

But the truth is you never truly start living

Resnica pa je, da šele začneš prav živeti,

until you learn to live from the inside out.

ko se naučiš živeti od znotraj navzven.

And in unlocking potential, we need to look inward to identify

In z razkritjem potenciala se moramo zazreti navznoter, da bi prepoznali tisto,

the things that give us a deep sense of fulfillment,

kar nam daje resničen občutek izpopolnjenosti,

the things that give us the deepest joy,

kar nam prinaša največje veselje,

and then weave them into the patterns of our daily routines.

in to vplesti v našo vsakodnevno rutino.

In so doing, we cease to work and we start to live.

Ko nam to uspe, prehenamo delati in začnemo živeti.

And the thing about living is that you never have to retire or to resign.

In ko živimo, se nam ni potrebno upokojiti ali dati odpovedi.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplavz)

And so as you think about unlocking potential for ourselves,

Torej, ko razmišljamo o odkrivanju svojega potenciala

for our young people, for our children,

ali potenciala naših mladih, naših otrok,

let's not condition them to look outward

ne vzgajajmo jih, da gledajo navzven,

but condition them to look inward

temveč navznoter,

to tap into who they are and bring that self into what they do every day.

da izkoristijo, kar imajo in to prenesejo v svoj vsakdan.

When you cease to work and you live,

Ko prenehaš delati in pričneš živeti,

when passion becomes a career,

ko tvoja strast postane kariera,

you don't just excel,

nisi le odličen,

you become unstoppable.

postaneš neustavljiv.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplavz)