 Welcome back to Entrepreneurship Tuesday right here on Why in the Morning at Michelle Lashira, so you can find me on her social media platform. At Y254 channel is where you can reach out to us. So in this particular session right now, we are having a discussion about IYF International Youth Fellowship. Joining me in studio, I have Johann Kim. So Johann Kim is the chairman of International Youth Fellowship Africa. Thank you very much for creating time to be there. Thank you so much. Alright, so for our viewers back at home, probably we'll just start off by understanding and finding out what is IYF all about. Yes, IYF stands for as you have mentioned International Youth Fellowship and especially IYF was organized by guidance, guiding the youth and tame the hearts of the youth. And because we believe that everything starts from the heart and the difficult life and the suffering also starts from the heart and also the good life and the happiness that many people are yearning for also starts from the heart. That's why as an NGO organization, we found many NGO organizations that supports and helps youth financially and materialistically. But what about the mental aspect of it? What about the mind aspect of it? What about the motivational aspect of it? We couldn't find many NGOs and that takes care of the software part of the young people. That's why IYF was founded and to be in charge of that part of the youth. So what are some of the programs that are actually being offered at IYF and who is qualified to be part of these programs? Yes, I mean qualification if you're a youth then everyone is qualified. Yes, and then in terms of program, our main line program is mind education program. Like I just mentioned, everything is decided according to your mind. How you set your mind, that's how your life is going to be. It's not about money. It's not about your family background. It's not about where you are from. It's all about the mindset. But people are not so much aware about that world. So we teach mind education and we train people on the mind education. And then many other program follows to support this mind education. One of the model that we have is challenge. Our model is three, challenge, change and cohesion. And we consider this challenge as a very important thing. And now to fulfill that, now we have volunteer programs where now we send volunteers to another country. And then for one year, they have to live in that country. They have to learn the language of that country, culture of the language to the volunteer of that country. And while they do that, they face many challenges. But through that, they also learn how to overcome it through the mind. And so we have volunteer programs in lining with mind education. And also we have youth camp, which we are going to now have soon online youth camp this time because of COVID-19. And also during this camp, we also teach mind education to the youth as well. Okay. So let's look at, you are a senior lecturer on mind education for IYF East and Central Africa. So what is mind education? Because someone who is watching this, the young person who is making this particular discussion, wondering what is mind education? Usually we are very swift to follow what we see with our eyes, such as all the youth now as they think about their future. And they will want to be successful, right? And I believe you also want to be successful as well. Yes. And I think you're already successful. You're on TV, you're a presenter. Yes, as you have mentioned, not yet. Some people, they might look at you and say, oh, I want to be like her. Yes. But now you say, not yet. Which means we always want to be more successful in the way I am, which is good. There is a motivation inside of us. But now many people also think that they can be successful when they have a lot of money, when they have many materialistic things, just the position. However, there's not everything about the success. We find many people in the high position. We find many people with a lot of money, like celebrities. But now that money is not everything. If you do not have the right software, then instead money is the one that is going to control your life. But if you have the strong mindset, which is the software of our life, now that mindset is the one, I am the one who is going to control money. So which life are we going to live? That's why learning about this mindset is very important for the youth. On Sunday of 26th of July, there was an opening ceremony for the 2020 IYF World Youth Connect. Yes. And just encouraging young people to be part of this program. So what should the young people look out for? Yes, especially we are having this IYF World Youth Connect online platform. And we are doing this in 94 different countries. We are doing this program on a software called Zoom. You heard about it? Yes, on Zoom. So we can, on live, we are able to meet with the youth in West Africa, Southern Africa, East Africa, and Europe in America in Asia. We all meet together. And then we also have a forum. We share our ideas. And we believe that connecting ourselves is very important and being able to connect. And so that's why through this platform, we are organizing so that they can connect together. So how do you get to reach out to young people who are not religiously oriented, considering that the IYF has some foundation of Christianity? Yes, yes. Actually, this mindset is needed not only for Christians, but it is needed for all the youth. Yes, because a mindset is not only Christians are the ones who have a mindset. Everybody has a mindset, the world of the heart and the world of the mind. And so this is needed for everyone. And especially if they go to IYF, Kenya, Facebook, and they're able to get more information how they can come and also join as well. Because also it's not only about the lecture. And there is also academic classes and group forums. And also the forum with European youth and also Asian youth and also with the youth in America. And so we have different kinds of programs. And so even this is not a Christian program that we are doing here. And this is a mindset education program that we are doing here. So everyone is welcome. All right. So the youth are going through a lot of challenges, especially during this time of uncertain times caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. And mental health is an issue. And I would like to find out what is this program having in mind for these particular people, young people per se? The reason why such a time like this in COVID-19, we are having a lot of mental issues and mental problem is because communication is very limited now. You used to go outside, you know, youth, they are very active. You used to go to the club and you used to go meet with people, hang out with people. But that is very limited. And even if you meet with a group of people, you got to live the social distance. And the people that are like watching you when many people are together together, who are they breaking the law and things like that. And that's why now that communication that you used to have freely with your friends and your families, with other people, now has been drastically reduced. And so that's why because of lack of communication, people are having that kind of difficulties inside of their heart. So now in also mind education, flow of the heart is also very important. And because also our body, God has amazingly made our body so that even if our blood flows very well in our body, that has natural power to just secure almost all kinds of diseases that we have in our body. In the same way, when our hearts are also able to flow. And then most of the depression and mental problems that we have, it can be cured. And then the more we conversation that we have, the more we have our hearts also to flow together. And then our mind is also going to be strong and healthy as well. So yes, it is not easy to meet with people and start talking and sharing your heart. But in such a time like this, I really encourage for people to, not although not with many people, but on one on one basis with a social distance and having the mask on and also having the conversation and let their heart continuously flow together. When their heart flows together, their heart also becomes strong. When their heart is strong, they are able to also overcome many kinds of situations as well. Johan Kim, you are also very much of a businessman. You see you running media station. And you also part of also Mahanam International High School, Mahanam Educational Institute. I would like to find out, is there a strategic plan as you being part of this program that looks at nurturing the intellectual power of young people just propelling them into not just seeking employment but actually getting into business by themselves? Yes, as you probably can feel everything that I say is mind to mind to mind. I'm a very mindset oriented person. And so even in terms of entrepreneurship and also business, now I believe that it's all about the mindset. For example, if you have a strong mindset, there is this one thing that you always say there is always a way. But now if your mindset is weak, then this person who has a weak mindset, they always say negative words, I can't. It's difficult. It's impossible. Now I hear many people saying it's difficult. It's impossible to start a business to do something because of COVID-19. I don't think so. As you have mentioned right now, I'm running Mahanam International High School, Mahanam College and also GBS TV stations and so many other things, IYF organization, chairman here, chairman there. But I think this chair is enough. But so many things, but there's this one belief, one mindset that I have in me. And that is that no matter what the situation is, no matter what the difficulties is, if you have a strong mindset, then you have this mindset. There is always a way. Because with that mind that I look at things that I see a lot of opportunities. But if you believe that it's impossible because of COVID-19, then you look at this one, it still seems like it's impossible. You look at that one, still this one looks that impossible because you're already looking at it with a filter in your eyes thinking that this is impossible. So before we get into any entrepreneurship or any business at this time, one thing that our youth got to do is to change their mindset. No, there is always a way. Let me give one story. In 1991, this happened in Japan. And Japan, there is a special region called Aomori. And Aomori was a region which was very famous for apples. Do you like apples? Absolutely. Yes, I don't like apples. There's an apple. And because of the big windstorm, all the apples just fell down. And only one third of the apple remained on the tree. So imagine farmers, they eat and leave one whole year for one harvest. But two-thirds of the whole apple have fallen down. That's why these farmers, they were hitting, banging on the ground and they were crying and they thought that they failed their business and everything. Imagine, you have to survive for one year with that one harvest, but two-thirds of the apples have fallen down because of the storm. So while they were crying, there was this one farmer among them. Whose mindset was different. Whose mindset was strong. Everybody was crying in that room, in that situation room. All the farmers gathered together. But this farmer whose mindset was different came and then he stood up like this. Excuse me, my colleagues, until when are we going to cry? Just because you cry does not mean that this situation is going to change. We got to think about a way. If we discuss and think about a way, there is always a way. They began to talk, they began to discuss and they decided to put a sticker on the apple.