 Isakit family, if you're just joining us, please remember to follow us on social media at Isakit or Isakit TV show on all social media platforms. And today is the first show we're having this year in Kwanda Lea. So much, so much interviews coming up along like Mike like saying, tukona sabasaba in the building, sasabasi that is, tukona MC Yala, we have someone who I'm holding his book here but before we get to that, please I would like this to reach out to the Waalema youth of Mbaki Nyumbaniwa and Godzakudi Shulep. Please remember to send in your last shout outs to your family, your friends and also remember to send in your musical request at dj underscore talk. Now right about now, I'm joined by someone with so many titles. He's an inspirational and motivational speaker. He's an author. He's also a youth minister. His name goes by Alan Lawrence. Okay, thank you. Now, before we begin, this book of yours has a lot of quotes, right? Thank you. Now, before we get to the book, I'd like us to talk about your journey. You, your inspirational and motivational speaker, maybe you could tell us a little bit about yourself. Okay, thank you. My name is Alan Lawrence as you've been told. Mostly this journey I began as a motivational speaker way back, sometimes back. I used my examples to motivate other people whereby I've gone through a lot in life, like gone through rejection at a very early age whereby being neglected by the society. And we thank God after some time I ended up taking leadership, the long run, I've been using it to uplift many lives. Thank you. Okay. Now, maybe you could tell us what's the inspiration behind this skill that you're doing here? The inspiration behind is I just want everyone to realize their full potential and to maximize their potential that can lead them to achieve greater heights in life. Because I do believe when you have the right information, you can go beyond any heights. There will be no end limit for you because even I do believe in the Bible they say that my people perish because of lack of knowledge. So it means that you have knowledge, you will go for. And in line with that, the Bible does say that without knowledge you can perish. It doesn't say without prayer you can perish. So if you have the right information, you can prosper. If you have the right information, you can be able to withstand any challenge no matter what. Yes. And this is why you have a mentorship program called the Activate Experience. Yes. Maybe you could tell us more about the same as well. Activate experience, we are focused on encouraging, equipping and empowering lives whereby so many people out there, I used my own example. Suppose I got the right information at my early age, I could have been somewhere. So I take it as a challenge to encourage somebody to expand their territories and be able to conquer anything in the world. Yes. Now maybe when you walk in our city here in Nairobi and these other major big towns, normally you face that you can see the many street kids in our society here. And you have this mentorship program, the Activate Experience. Is there anything you can do about the same? Yes. Mostly, that's why as I was saying, it is a question of them getting where they are. Because when you realize who you are, you won't compromise your standards. Because when that person in the street is being empowered with the right information, they will be in a position to get out of the streets and be involved in things that will enable them, will enable them always to provide them with the right information and help them to make sound decision for them to get out of the streets and be able to do something constructive, something positive in the society. So it's like a moving school, a moving agency. Yes. Maybe you can tell us maybe of some of the platforms that you have been able to accomplish and also meet people and also do the same mentorship programs to them. Yes. Last year for the last three months, I've been in Turkana. And I've indulged myself in so many mentorship programs. Okay. Thank you. As I was saying, I've been in Turkana and I've reached out to many foundations over there. Like recently I was in a lot of prisons whereby we had a function with them and we literally empowered them and talked to them that whenever the skill they are getting from the prison they can always do, they can always come out to the world and do something positive, do something constructive because they have learned something out there. And also I've been on a number of radios reaching to people and also with the help of a number of my friends I've been reaching to slums in Madari. And the response is always positive. Yes. When you ask both of the youths out here, they'll say most of the time they lack maybe a platform to showcase their talents, their full potential as you're putting it. Maybe in this mentorship program you have the activity experience. Do you have a platform where people can come to you, showcase their talents? Is there a way you connect them to the right platforms? Exactly. But I'm a firm believer of people should not be looking for a platform. First of all you start with what you have. In your small capacity what are you doing? You don't need to wait for a bigger thing or for a bigger platform so that you can showcase what you have. So you just start where you are. The right people will always come to you. The right things or the right resources that you need will always come to you. So in line with that I do encourage somebody to build capacity, build your own capacity so that whenever you look for a platform, whenever you want a platform, whenever you want us to give you a platform, at least we build on what you already have. So it is a question of you realizing who you are and building on the capacity of what you have. So that we can come and sit together and see what we can do together, we can journey together. Okay. Now as a youth minister of whom you are now, yesterday about this school girl who was drunk before they got to school. Now as a youth minister what do you have to say about this? You acknowledge, you saw it, right? Yes, I saw it. Okay, what do you have to say about this? Because you see our youth here, I don't know maybe in your line of experience, what can you say about it? Okay, I do believe the best advice you can give somebody is you being the real you. And the best advice you can give somebody is not by your words, it's by your action. Because you remember in that clip, this girl was saying, mina tei because my mom ana tei. So it is a question of our parents or the parents being role models, role models, whatever they do. Remember your children are watching, you understand what I'm saying. So our parents and everyone there, you ought to be a role model. Because remember you can be walking on the streets, you never know who is watching. So you always need to be your best and don't pretend actually, just be the real you and remember that you are a reflection of the society, there is somebody you are mentoring. Because it is, most of the people I do understand that mentorship, 95% of mentorship is observation because you will just observe somebody and you get something out of that person. So the society today, everyone in however small capacity you are in, you are an influence. So reflect the best part of you so that somebody can emulate. This is what we were talking in the morning conversation here with, or did you talk about where these influences whom we call are really taking us. Now we could talk about now, you are the youth minister. Maybe you could tell us about some of the people who you've met, some of the cases that inspired you, that you also helped and now they care out here. One case, there is a friend of mine, we are working with Johnny, this guy, because I remember he approached me and he said some of his friends had recruited him into drug abuse and sexual abuse. So most of the time he said that he has been watching me, most of the time he has just been looking at me and he said my life has been inspiring him. So far we are working with him Johnny and as much as we are not there, but at least the way he used to do sometimes back, we are now getting something instant inside Johnny and be ready to work with somebody, help somebody who will work with you. That's why I encourage somebody, I cannot be the best in that field but I can connect it to the right person who can be in a position to give you the right information because you find today people they have not, akunam tuan our advice that the dangers of, or the benefits or dangers of doing something, they are just being told kumben imbaya but they have not been, you know somebody wants to get that tangible evidence that you just give somebody options because you cannot force somebody, you just give somebody advice and work with them my journey and after all they will just change. Are there any cases where you tried to reach out to someone and help them and they walked away from you? Exactly, it happened because first of all this thing it needs to be intentional, you cannot force somebody, somebody has to purpose as much as you can try but it won't make an impact unless that person is strictly convicted deep down their heart that they are ready for change they are ready to be their best to accept it Exactly, so it begins with you accepting who you are begin just accepting but most of the time because of the ego or other things somebody cannot accept so we just sometimes you give up Well, when you see most of these young youths out here it's so unfortunate some of them have joined they have really advanced in life where they reached to campus levels but once they clear school you find some of them really still don't know what they really want to do in life Now, what can you tell such of these people? What is the way forward for such cases? You find first of all, any decision you make in life it counts back to the information you have what do you remember? So these people they just need to be given the right information and have a mindset shift because without the positive attitude somebody can find somebody they are being in school but truly they are not convicted to be in school they don't see the purpose of them being in school because remember education, somebody said education is what remains after finished school so when you are in school you are getting information and they say information is power so how powerful you want to be in the society you must get the right information so the purpose of school for me I do define school as a place for you to realize who you are because there is nothing that is being added while you are in school it is just of you to grow your horizons or expand your territory expand your thinking so that whenever you get out there you be a different person because school is meant to change you just only to be who they are and to have a keen eye on realizing opportunity for them to grow Myself Lawrence now maybe we could talk about this thing I'm holding here viewers at home if the camera person can flip this you can see it's a book by Lawrence and it's full of quotes maybe you can tell us more about the same yes wisdom nuggets issue 001 it has been quite a journey it is not something that I just came up with this it has taken time however small it is because I don't believe in having if I can give you the manuscript for that book you'll be shocked because it takes a lot of research a lot of deep searching when did you get all these quotes my friend that's why I'm telling you it is a journey because I'm a firm believer and it takes a lot of time reading through the Bible and understanding a few things and using my life experience because most of the things there as much as I'm speaking to the world but I'm speaking to myself so that is why I took it as a challenge to just have it on the book who did you really want to target when you making this project who was it supposed to get to I cannot say of an age group I just I targeted everyone who wants to who wants to have the better version of themselves because as much as you can be 90 years but you've not actualized who you are so this one will just empower you because they do say you cannot get back and change the beginning but you can make sure of your ending so I'm just helping somebody out there who wants to have a better ending for themselves so please guys at home make a point to get in touch with Laurence and also get a copy of this it's all about self realization and where can they get this book actually we've just we've not assigned to a specific book shop but I have a team that is distributing it so definitely somebody can log on to our social media platform and they can place an order for it and it will be dropped please share with us your social media platform and also maybe your phone number ok no problem ok my social media platform that is Facebook at Alan Laurence that is Alan speak then Instagram Alan speak then we have our website www.alanlorence.co.ke then you can always reach unto us by our office number that is 07 10 96 43 93 ok Alan I see you doing a very wonderful thing here to the youths and also to the old society at large now maybe we could talk about your future projects if you have any so far I was planning something like another like two books actually latest by February I'll be launching the power of starting and another one Wisdom Nuggets Issues 002 that will be on February yes and also we do I'm also organizing something in the course of this month our monthly free motivational talks and we have amazing guests lined up for everyone and it is absolutely free you can always come we normally share everything on our social media platform ok where will be the location be that is Nairobi 680 hotel 680 hotel when did you say again Nairobi 680 hotel when we've not decided actually on that but it will be at the end of this month so just stick with us we'll form of exclusive we'll let you know and also remember if you want to get us a copy of this you can log into www.alanlorenz.co.ke from this end I want to take a short musical break but when we come back we still have even my guitar here for exclusive interviews don't touch the doll listen to the one and only DJ talk