 Born on 15th of January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King Jr. grew up like every other black child in the 20th century. He was bullied and discriminated against, but his mother taught him to believe in himself. Young King grew up believing that he was destined to change the world and the civil right movement was to be his opportunity to do that. By age 26, King had already become a significant figure as a human right activist and though he was assassinated before age 40, his single mind and ideologies changed not only his nation but the entire world. In today's video, I'll be sharing with you the truth you must know in your 20s. If you're between the ages of 15 to 40, subscribe to this channel to join other young people who are determined to change the world. The truth you must know in your 20s is that you can change the world. Yes, you can change the world. Until you understand, internalize and accept this truth, you will not live a meaningful, fulfilled life. The power of a single soul. I was born as a sickle-celled child in a poor family in Africa. Growing up with the stigmas that come with falling sick every two weeks, it was impossible for me to even dream of a life where I can ever make any significant impact. However, when I was 17 and started reading books, I started reading the stories of a lot of people who changed the world and two things became very clear to me. First, your background doesn't matter. Everything you believe to be your limitation is as a result of the story you tell yourself or the story you believe about yourself. If you change your story, you'll change the way you see yourself and when you change the way you see yourself, the person you see that's you will change. Wayne Dyer said, change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. The second thing you have to understand is the power of a single person. I understand this as well. Through reading, when I read biographies of people and how their single existence in life changed the human race, I stopped to underestimate my ability to pull the trigger. Think about Mahatma Gandhi. Think about Albert Einstein. Think about Steve Jobs. Think about Mother Theresa. Think about Abraham Lincoln. Think about Thomas Edison. Think about Harry Ford. Think about Nelson Mandela. Wait a moment. Think about Joseph Stalin and think about Adolf Hitler. The above listed individuals were single souls, but their single existence changed the course of human nature. Just imagine, for example, that Thomas Edison was never born. This might mean that the electric bulb and hundreds of other valuable invention that came from his mind would have come probably 50 years later. Imagine for another example that Steve Jobs died at age 7. That simply means, without doubt, the world of computers as we know it today would have never been the same. Imagine for the last example that Martin Luther King wasn't serious about his life. He wouldn't have been qualified to lead a civil right movement and if he didn't leave the nonviolent movement the way he did, we don't know what our world would have looked like today. Maybe we'll still have a world where someone like me, being an African, will never be allowed to make a YouTube video because of the color of my skin. Now, you get the point I'm making in this video and that point is that you, you matter to the world. You were needed in the world. You changed the history of the human race. I mean you. The truth you must know in your 20s is that you can change the world. Yes, you can change the world. The world needs you more than you need the world. On Tuesday, November 8, 1960, John F. Kennedy became the 35th president of the United States and in his inaugural speech he said something the world will never forget. And I quote, And so, my fellow Americans, today I'm speaking to you as a member of the same planet. Ask not what the world can give you instead ask what you can give the world. This change in perspective can turn your life around immediately and there's a reason for that. You see, the problem for most young people is that they wait too much and expect too much from other people. Most young people expect the government of their country, the economy or any outside factor to smile at them. This is a passive strategy towards life and it's for the cowards. The strong are not passive. The strong are aggressive and being aggressive means going after what you need, regardless of how difficult achieving such may be. Let's think about this for a moment. What if you stop thinking that the world owes you everything? What if you start thinking that you owe the world much more? What if you start seeing yourself as a special agent sent by God to change this generation? What if you start seeing yourself as being the father of the world with the responsibility to give, yes, you're the father of the world and you have more responsibility for the world than the world has for you? This is not necessarily what everyone is willing to believe but for those who are willing to live a meaningful life you must see yourself as being the father of the world. The truth you must know in your 20s is that you can change the world. Yes, you can change the world. Activate your sense of responsibility. As at the time of making this video I'm preparing so hard to retire out of the business world. Not like a full retirement but I wish to structure my business in such a way as to give me more time to contribute more to the progress of my continent, Africa. This doesn't just happen to show up in my plan it does show up because of the sense of responsibility. First, if you change the way you look at yourself by starting to see yourself as an important member of the society by stopping to see yourself in the light of the story you were made to believe then you will improve your self-esteem. The second thing to do is to understand and internalize the fact that you can change the world. This belief can be affirmed by the fact that so many ordinary humans like you have in the past changed the world. The third thing you should do is to expect more from yourself to the world than you expect from the world. This new mindset and sense of responsibility will change the way you see or think about yourself and that will make you more proactive and useful for the world. But what about personal successes? What about money, fame or sense of fulfillment? Well, when you're useful for the world you'll automatically get everything you need because everything you mention above wealth, fame and other things we independently look for comes to people who stand up and contribute which is what this video is advocated. The truth you must know in your 20s is that you can change the world. Yes, you have what it takes to change the world. Thank you for watching our videos. This channel was specially created to inspire and encourage and challenge young people between the ages of 15 to 40. If you fall into this category, we invite you to join us as we hope to change the world together with you. We love you.