 Welcome back. Welcome back. This is still why in the morning, thank you for staying with us. If you're just tuning in, well, you are in the right place at the right time because we are starting the first conversation of the day on youth and career. And for today, we're talking about goal setting because in any area, if you want to journey in your career, you need to have a goal. So setting that goal and walking towards that, that's what we're talking about. And for that, we are joined by Mr. Geoffrey Ongwai, who's a pastor, a mentor, a motivational speaker and a writer. Thank you very much for joining us. Thank you, my sister. Glad to have you with us. I'm happy to be here today. Amazing. It's a blessing. Let's talk about goal setting. This is an area that you love speaking on. Yes. Why? What about it? Because you know, whatever you want to do, you must set a goal and as I know, godless life is a divided life. There is no way you can succeed without setting goals in this life. So you need a goal to succeed. Yes. It's actually essential. Yeah. So tell us, before we get into how and the strategies, tell us, because you have interacted with teenagers and youths and even teachers, what are some of the things that actually prevent people from pursuing their goals or not living up to their full potential? Yeah, I've been having a meeting with the principal's, teachers, students in various schools and we have been talking about setting goals. You know, especially the youths, the youths are supposed to set their goals while they are in high school. Some are supposed to set goals while they are in primary school. So once somebody has not set their goals right, there's no way you can succeed. So there are several factors that can end up people from setting their goals. One is when somebody likes what you call self-esteem. When somebody thinks that I cannot do it, I'm not worthy, you know, and that's the thing that is affecting many people. When you feel that I cannot do it, maybe if it is a youth, maybe they are in high school, maybe I've been out of college, where they feel that I don't fit maybe to do this or that one. So lack of self-esteem is one of the factors that can end up people from setting their goals right. Okay, so you need to walk on the self-esteem that you walk on the self-esteem. Yeah, yeah. Why do you believe that I can do it? I can do it out of the potential. You know, once somebody likes self-esteem, it is why now you cannot be able to move. It will ender you maybe from pursuing even your career, whatever you want to do in life. So I've counseled many people, especially in high school, in colleges, those who like self-esteem. And once somebody likes self-esteem, what happens, failure is on the way. All the spirit of failure will possess you. That's why you find that people are hopeless. In fact, some of the people who are hopeless today, they have potential. In fact, they have potential. But the problem is, they like what we call self-esteem, where you believe yourself. Okay. When I'm in your combat, I can do it. So this is one of the main factors, what are the other six factors that close your mind? And you know, I've really worked with several schools in this country on how to lay self-esteem. One is to believe that I can do it. That's how you lay self-esteem. Yes, I can do it. Maybe if you are pursuing your career, you are in high school, if you want to become an engineer, you want to become a doctor, you want to become maybe to work in banks and you want to become a teacher. One thing that you should do is to believe, there is power in believing. Once somebody starts believing, that's the one way you can defeat what you call the lack of self-esteem. All right. Yeah. So that is the key main thing in defeating self-esteem, believing in yourself, which you can do it. In fact, even the Bible says there is power in believing. Yes. You can remember when Obama, the former president of America, what he said, he said, yes, I can. Yes, I can. And that one became a slogan that really inspired many people, not only in America, but all over the world, that when you believe, yes, I can, you turn your weakness into strength. Okay, amazing. Yeah. So apart from self-esteem, what are the other factors? Another factor is the environment where you have maybe brought up, it can maybe hinder you from setting your goals. You know there are some people from poor background and you know where you live some time, environment can influence you. So and it is one thing that I've seen that people from setting goals, maybe if you are coming from a poor family, we don't have a teacher, we don't have any profession in our family. So the background sometimes can, but what we tell people, that's the mother where you are. You can arise. It doesn't matter where you're coming from, where you're going to. You can arise. You can become somebody. Yeah. Because you have seen people, you know, this is what I tell people, people who are being celebrated all over the world today, they were just ordinary people, just ordinary people, but they decided to work for their goals. They decided to pursue their goals. They said, yes, I can. I come from a very poor background, but I can arise. I can become somebody, you know. That's why people who are being celebrated all over the world. If you go and search the east of these people, you know, they came from very poor families, but they decided, they said, one day I'll become somebody. And that's what we have been coming, we have been telling even young people in colleges and universities that your background cannot enter you from becoming what God wanted you to become as long as you believe yourself. Okay. Yes. So it goes back to, again, believing in yourself. Yes. Any other factor before we continue? You know, they are separate. There are many. There are many. So, okay, now, so how would you say they would fight, you know, how do you manage to change their mentality from believing that I'm coming from this background, nothing, I can amount to, you know, nothing because this is the father that my family reaches or I have a poor, I have a low self-esteem and, you know, I don't believe in myself much. So how do you manage to change their perception on this because I believe it starts with a mind? Yes. You know, our success starts from the mindset. How do you believe about yourself is very important. How do you believe about yourself? And you know, our success is a reflection of our thinking on what is in our mind. So once you work on your mind, you start changing your mind from being negative to both safe and it is very easy to change your mind because the mind is flexible. It's not permanent. That's why sometimes I tell the people, never brand yourself that you are a failure. I've been telling young people in high school, in campers where I've been invited to talk, never believe that you brand yourself that I'm a failure, there's nothing I can do because once you change your mindset, outside world will change automatically. So people should work on their mindset where you start to believe in that maybe, you know, maybe I come from a very poor family, I can arise, I'm different, I can make history in our family, I can change, I can be the first one maybe to go to university, I can be the first one to have a career that the people can admire. Some of us we come from very poor background, but we decided to arise. That's why we are able to write several books that people are reading all over the world. So somebody must work on your belief system. Your belief system. Your belief system. Yeah. If you believe that maybe because I come from this remote area, very poor background, there's nothing I can do, it will work for you. And even you start saying, yes, I come from a very background, but I can do something. I can become somebody. You know, there are about four questions that you must ask yourself. When you want to succeed in this world, when you are setting your goals. What are those questions? Number one, you must ask yourself, who am I? Who is me? You must know yourself. You need to know yourself. Yes. Even when you pursue your career, you must know yourself. Yes. So what is your passion, what do you like? So, who am I? Who is me? And that question nobody can answer, it's only you. It's only you. So you are supposed to define yourself in terms of career or in terms of your personality, How do you answer the question, who am I? Who am I? There are some things you look at. What do you like in life, maybe when you were in high school? You can remember maybe some of you were working here. You started practicing this while you were in primary school, some in secondary school. You started discovering yourself. That's the way I've said it. You must ask yourself, who am I? Who am I? The second question, who am I becoming? Who am I becoming? Because it's very important, you must become somebody. You know, five years from now, ten years from now, where will I be? You know, it's very important. Who am I becoming, five years, ten years? You know, am I moving from one step to another? You know, that's how people even build their career. So you're meant to register the progress that you're making? Yes. You must assess your progress. Even when you set goals, we talk about that, if we have time. You know when you set goals, you might have what you call a timeline. If you want to become, you have to have masters, you have to have a degree, maybe you want to do this. You must have a deadline, where you say five years from now, ten years from now. So that's what I've said. The second question, who am I becoming? Who am I becoming, okay. Number three, the question that you ask yourself, how can I become? Because becoming somebody is a process. For ten years, when I started my company, GTOX and Emendership, you know, it's now almost fifteen. I was having a big picture of talking to principals, schools, campers, and I've seen it coming to reality. Because I've been invited several schools, talking to principals, talking to campers, somebody changed their mindset. Even a company, when you set goals, maybe we want to go all over Africa at what time? You see, how long will you take? So that's why you must ask yourself, when will I become? It's very important. When will I, that's how and then you ask yourself, when will I become? Yes, do you see now? How long it will take? It's a process. Any career you want to pursue, there's a process. Okay. There's a process. There's a process. Yes. All right. So now, I want us to take a short break and then come back to this conversation, this interesting conversation. So we are going to take a small breather and then continue the conversation of goal setting, get into how exactly do we set this goal? What are some of the strategies that we need to put in place? So let's take a short break and then we'll be right back. Y254, imagine.