 This is the way to do it. This is the way to do it. This is the way to do it. You are a unique package of divine possibilities. The epitome of God's work, the very best, the master architect and grand designer of the universe who purpose to make little versions of himself complete with a mandate of having dominion on earth. Wow! What a catchy statement. What is the genesis of that? The genesis of all this I believe that every human being was created with a purpose. A bird was created to fly. A fish was to swim. So human beings have got a purpose. And if I reflect about the words of Dr. Mars Mundo when he said that the wealthest place on the earth is the cemetery. So as human beings we have potential within us. We are only limited to the comfort zone. Such words of wisdom are what I want to introduce kindly. Tell us about yourself. Thank you so much once again. I'm Brando Tien of Diambo. I'm born, I come from Kisumu. Currently I'm a student of Kibabu University, third year. I'm taking finals. So beside the academic program I'm a motivational speaker and also an author. Besides also being an interviewer also have a personal media. Wow! A motivational speaker and author. You're a master of many things. How did that come about? What inspired you to follow this path? I think human beings were not limited. Just like Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, what he said during a certain ceremony. He said that no human being is limited. As human beings I think the only limit you have is our mindset. But as a human being if you can widen our paths we are going to realize that you've got a potential of being a lot more than we can begin even to imagine. And wealth within you. That's statement just you're a unique package of divine possibilities. And now the title is wealth within you. What, where did it come from? Well just like potential and every human being is talented. You know I believe that God never created any single soul without something. God brought us on this planet to do something. And wherever we discover our purpose to me wealth is not money. Wealth is the value of a human being. What is it that you are gifted in that you are doing? Think about when God spoke to Jeremiah that before you were born, before you put your mother's womb, I knew you and I appointed you to be a king. Therefore as human beings we have got potential that we can't believe. We have the hidden treasure in us. So the potential to me is wealth when we use it in our right purpose. Wow. And how did it come about that Brian Odiambo publishes a book called wealth within you? Yeah wealth within you I was inspired. I read a book by a titled Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. And I also get a certain book called change your thinking, change your life. Then I read another one from Brian Tracy about the secrets of millionaires. So this book when or after going through these books there's something that I realized that is common. They were all talking about individualism or being just personal being. That apart from even we got studies we have many things ways of acquiring wealth. But truly human being itself or himself or herself is a wealth. So this book gave me a wider view about what wealth is. Yeah. And how did it come that you published it? Yeah so it somehow it has been a journey that was not easy. So I started writing, in fact this was when it was not my first book. It was my my fifth book. Okay. And by God's grace it has now become the first one to be published. I started writing quite a number of them. I think my first one the first idea book title that I wanted to write and that I wrote was life of a student. So I shared with my mentor Dr. Robert Ofula and with that I was I kept on learning how to write as I was reading. So when I wrote about wealth they knew I when I now I told my parents that I would wish to publish a book title wealth they knew to me I felt that the information that I have based by God's grace should be your first published work. So through them my mentor Dr. Robert Ofula and the support of the parents in terms of capital I was able to get a good publisher and make it a dream come true late December last year. And you're a student how Jamaliza Shule you've published a book. How was the reception of society towards your book when you wanted to publish it and they're like ah you're not too young or something? Truly and this is what I always say that it's a word from my favorite speaker Les Brown that you are not young to teach and you're not old to learn. So to me at first I felt like I'm too young when people accept really my book what do I have now to tell people but by now I've realized that it has become an inspiration to many young people and even the old. Oh at this age you've published a book it's a challenge and also an inspiration. Wow I see here it's about the author Brian Oziambu is a third year finance student at Kebabi University. He's a motivational speaker and a career mentor of students in secondary schools and colleges. How do you manage that? Being an author I think it's just about balancing the studies and also this is my passion and being a student at university I realize that you've got a lot of time so at least after class I've got something that can keep me busy and escape any other way of wasting time or something that can benefit you. You are a motivational speaker and a career mentor to students in secondary school and colleges these are people almost your age. How do you get that platform to lead and talk to them where did that come from? Okay I was lucky to be in Kebabi University and I discovered myself as a public speaker when I joined so I want to appreciate my mentor he's like a dad to me Dr. Robert Ofula. He's the person that I think has mentored me that today I can speak wherever he has platform. Kebabi University itself we have a program of mentorship where every Thursday secondary school will visit Kebabi and give them a talk and I always feel it to be one of the speakers that they through mentor Dr. Robert Ofula and Bishop Lee and even when maybe we have a visit to the outer schools he goes a visit he will always ask me to accompany so that one gives me a platform for it yeah and maybe also social media. Talking about career mentorship and from my understanding our career mentorships our career mentor is someone maybe in the industry who has had an experience in career but you as a student where are you coming from being a mentor? Yeah true that was also I felt like maybe my age can I really speak about it but to me this is how I understand career. I think in life or in education it got two things you have a profession in a career. A profession is what you study while in class but a career can be your full your purpose what you are fulfilling for example we have people that for example Muhammad Ali he got a career with the talent that he had we had people who are doing sports they that is their own career so to me also being that the purpose in life I've realized it's public speaking or motivational speaking and also writing I want to use this as a career and also share with young people let them not limit themselves with profession but there is a lot they can pursue a career and encourage people to pursue their career it's of God's purpose. Wow and the other speaker what topics or what areas do you tackle and why do why those topics? The first key area and I think I'm much passionate about it is called personal development talk. The reason why I focus about personal development talk is because I believe many young people and many people miss opportunities in life not because they are not talented not because they are not knowledgeable enough but because of their personal most of them have self-limiting beliefs so always believe that's a personal development speaker and I love the area of changing your mindset if I'm able to talk to somebody and the mind of the person in transform just like it is indicated in the book of the book of life that don't be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind when your mind has changed your life has changed the second area that I talk about is entrepreneurial or business I call myself a business speaker beside finance but I love the area of marketing I see that the world has changed and young people currently we should focus on entrepreneurship many jobs have been overtaken by technology and as a young person look whatever you are pursuing as a cause in a way in which you can create now a business is it something that if you do not like it over direct employment you've got something you can do and earn a getaway of earning your income then the last part that I do in my public speaking is leadership I think everybody was born a leader and once you were born a leader let us be leaders and leadership to me is not politics and it's not a position to me leadership is a personality when you are a leader you become an influencer and you can change the world yeah I one one cannot give off a cup that is empty right true so you've talked about personal development business and leadership do you have that through me I see myself I have that personal development number one I think it is because I believe myself that's why I've published a book as in business also I've been able through kibabi university creative ideas like mentorship talk show is a program that I started in kibabi university I'm trying to see in future that this mentorship talk show will also teach our politician how to speak when you are not comfortable and mentorship talk show I'm also looking away in which I'll be able to train young people how to speak I'm very sure if they are able to speak before people that build their confidence and that's the best way to network leadership I see myself as a leader I'm a role model I thank God that now become a role model to many people and the people you say a young person be like I would wish to do what you are doing you published a book so I think there's I'm talking about what I'm doing or I'm much on a line on it yeah okay and as you started you had a goal you know why did you decide to follow through with this action of publishing a book becoming a speaker and doing whatever you're doing truly speaking to me is power I think when you have ability whatever a person speak is what you sell so as a human being when you have an idea but you can't speak about your idea somehow your idea may be useless now because it has no benefit but if you have an idea and you've talked about it as an inspiration as an education is a blessing to the society so to me I felt that this message I believe that my message is an impact of somebody when somebody can listen to my videos on YouTube when somebody can read my work he will be inspired and with that to me I feel it's a blessing then also on being an author they choose about I saw many public speakers that others people like let's grab my favorite speaker I people like Brian Trace people like Zig Ziglar so I said for me also to be effective let me put it on what this one will leave even if after my death so that's what makes me happy yeah and what is the place of your profession as a finance person that you're studying where where does it fit in in all this wow somehow a good question and the question somebody also asked me we know finance are only to be sitting they are not excited to be talking to me but even though it's you know I think I don't want to limit myself I don't want to stick myself professional but to widen my space and fight over my space yeah so it's even though it's not related but I can be finance speaker after pursuing finance a profession and having further studies I'll be able now to speak about finance how to manage money some people say money is a friend of mine who told me that money is not everything but it's the only thing so after finance let me educate your money okay and where do you get the time to write writing is not an easy task you know where do you get the time to write and also do your course work as finance through writing it took me for example the book itself took me more than a year to write and I think time management is worth managing that's what I've talked about it here okay when as the human being you know how to manage your time you will be able to balance work and by the end of the day you are purposeful so it's a matter of creating time when I'm in school I have attempted to follow for academic work but also there's a lot of time as young people you know so it's just about being utilizing and maximizing your time 24 hours is a blessing to everybody each day yeah I would love to understand how is that experience being an author motivational speaker reaching out to young people like you how is that experience me the fruits are good I never expected it so though it was very hard for when I began the journey for people to accept and even sometimes to accept myself when I thought myself about being a motivational speaker I attended a common unit class where I was talked by Dr. Kennedy Simeo so after the class I felt that I have something to speak about so I rushed to Dr. Kennedy Simeo's office and I told him doc I'm feeling that I want to speak I mean that he was out teaching communication I thought is now he can now help me on that so he took me to Dr. Robert I told Dr. Robert the same that I would wish to speak and I wish to help so when he told me that a journey of 100 miles begin with one step it was very hard by that time I would be speaking and people are like Brian what are you speaking about who are you you still have you're not having much in life and we expect speakers to be good financially well educated but at the time I realized it's not inspiration that people like my message they are taking it as a it's giving a validation in their life though it's also had a criticism was there some challenges of rejection you are too young to speak you've not yet tested how long I've been living on this planet but now we thank God and what do you intend to target while doing this work you've talked about potential within oneself and reaching out to young for what is your aim or goal towards this I think I'll be so happy by the end or by the end of my days in this planet when many life will be impact when many people are going to live a life of a purpose that by the end of the day beside even your profession beside what where you are brought up you've changed your life and now even yourself you are living a life that pleases God and pleases yourself so I'm looking forward to impact life that's why my slogan for my public speaking is it is inspiration before expiration yeah and what can you say you've talked about the challenge of maybe not believing in yourself that you can do it what other milestones have you encountered or maybe you'd worth worth mentioning maybe someone wants to do the same and they feel that Kuna challenges more what challenges have you encountered in terms of writing was a big I started writing while I was a first year but now you see I've published a book when I was a third year almost ending and I want to I'm so much grateful to my parents once again it was expensive to publish to be honest it was quite a high fact I was depressed there's one when it's a I can't forget it was I thought like will I really make it but now some things to do with number one is uh financially it's some more challenge then secondly in terms of people you know society expect people to be speaking at least their people were aged people were intellectuals people who have done things that I think that are remarkable but now when you're when you're young even sometimes you're used to feel like that given a state would be hard but I think having mentorship is what has really helped me yeah having mentorship yeah having a mentor has really helped me what can you say about that what how how important is it is it to have a mentor in someone's life you know like I believe that a mentor is like a map you want to go somewhere you've never been and when you have a map or a google map at least you have some direction as young people I think the young people the only problem we have we have talent we are having brilliant ideas even entrepreneurship but if you don't have somebody to take you to that then it's very hard even the people that made it in life let us check people like opera Winfrey opera Winfrey had a mentor called Maya Angelou if I check people like Mark Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg was mentored by Steve Job check on Bill Gates Bill Gates is being mentored by Warren Buffett and now you as a person the question is who is your mentor we need somebody to guide you somebody told you Brian here this is the limit do this way with that I think is the best way to move in life I like what you've said about the different people who have different mentors but I might I may be a person who say by this you see since to knock on the mentor so what can you say about that who how should a mentor be or what criteria should I use to look for mentor mentor a mentor I think the easiest way of the best way to identify a mentor look somebody is doing what you want to do I was so happy Dr. Kennedy Lake with Dr. Robert Dr. Robert is a public speaker and also international speaker so this person is doing what I wanted to do you can you may be maybe want to pursue something or to do business I think you you need a mentor in business this person will take me business young people things to do even in marriage get a mentor in marriage if this is a career you want to be a doctor get a mentor on being a doctor but now mentorship if there's that person you admire I admire Dr. Robert that's why I do even attend I want to see how this person speaks so it's just somebody you can learn something from here wow yeah I'm being mentored thank you so much what about wealth within you where where do you see a future going with this I'm very sure and one day it will be a best-selling book I'm very sure about and being that this is the first edition I know many have got many positive feedback from different people that after reading the book and I'm very sure many lives are going to be in part many people are going to realize who they are things to do with the employment that youth we are complaining about there's no jobs we have got trade and treasure with us yeah so I'm saying it's gonna be a best-selling book few years thank you and what's what's next big thing we're expecting to see from Brian at the end being that this is my passion and this is my purpose now hopefully this this this year this is a new year I'm praying that every year I'll be publishing a book at least by the end of the year let there be a book and then my next book that hopefully we're the maid of the air without the beauty of a woman then I'll follow the change of mindset yeah I've done what the manuscript I'm just being some clarification by God's grace there'll be out let's talk a bit about that the beauty of a woman beauty of a woman yourself you're not a woman so how do you expect to write a book about women there is one I choose a woman and for example to me I love my mom so much my mom has been also mentor to me she has encouraged me and most of the times I'm like when I'm difficulty the first person to call it my mom so I see my mom as a role model even to many women I believe through her life is an inspiration to me and if I write the story about the story about it has a family beauty inspiration to other people there another thing things with a girl child no society also I think it's now time with this 21st century it's time to end up even things with female gender mutilation let us empower the girl child the girl child let us give the women or ladies a position in our society leadership I like this lady by called Margaret Thatcher she has become now she's well known as iron lady through leadership in Kenya we can have a Margaret Thatcher we do we do have so I believe that book will be an inspiration to many girl child and it will impact also their lives benefit them much more and become better beyond their belief system yeah speaking of your books being an inspiration to many people where can if I am a person who has been motivated to read your book where can I find it maybe where what are your social media handles that we can find you okay so book my book for example work with any if I'm in Kisumu we've got this bookshop called epic bookshop opposite mega city near KCB bank we've got K school suppliers of Godinga street and we've got Nyanza laboratory bookshop they are available and also I'm looking forward to now publish it on amazon that any person all over the world can access the book then on social media platform youtube facebook page twitter facebook page instagram I call myself Dr brand motivator that's where I post my daily inspiration to people and get inspired and how do you do your market strategy because getting it into libraries and other bookshops is not easy how do you market yourself I like that question so much as a business speaker market in the area that I love you know I believe that marketing is the heart that pumps the business when there's no market I think the business will die so for example my book I have I have a targeted audience my book is my term highly recommended for young people though also mature people can read it so something like when I attend platforms maybe to speak to students in school school always access them second to school or college then also on social media I post about the book I can grieve I can give a brief capture of the book and people will be like I would wish to know more maybe if I have a book yeah and what what sparked your let's say that you wreck a moment in this book that you can highlight for us in the book the book has a lot let me just give a few let me talk about something to do with time time to me as well and the difference between people who achieve a lot and people who achieve less they just manage poor management of time or managing times would make the difference things to do with the talent on chapter one everybody on this well I've had many young people who have also approached me and told me Brian was my talent everybody has got talent that's why in the my first chapter I've talked about how to discover your talent many people have got known their talent they have discovered their talent but they don't know how to empower that talent so empowering is now what I talk about mentorship and then exploring your talent after discovering and now you are empowering being trained how do you exploit that that now you can know that oh this person's talented in singing you're talented you can be a good preacher you can be a good speaker so on that I've talked about and that's about showing up that one has reminded me of quote that says 90% of life is just showing up believing in yourself and show it up whom you are wow and what advice do you have for someone who is watching you in envy and they feel they want to do the same what I can tell you is that starting early is not a crime coming early is not a crime get started that's all I am wow wow starting early is not a crime arriving early is not a crime get started that will be my ending this has been your thin action I am young what's up grannies see you next time this is the way to do it this is the way to do it this is the way to do it