The Superpowers of Young People 🦸

2023-04-17 · Short · a guest · recording, 0:53 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Mindset, motivation and happiness · mode: Personal story

In a Short from Ali's podcast, a guest tells how at 17 he got a backstage pass to an event with James Caan, Alan Sugar and Richard Branson by offering to lay out the chairs, and says young people underestimate their superpowers of energy, time and naivety.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — The backstage pass for laying out chairs; the superpowers of young people

• ★★ a guest: At 17, the guest wanted to attend an event with keynote speeches by James Caan, Alan Sugar and Richard Branson, emailed its owner offering to lay out all the chairs the day before in return for a backstage pass, and the owner agreed. — 00:00:00
• ★★★ a guest: The guest says many young people do not realise how many superpowers they have in their energy, time and naivety. — 00:00:29
• ★★ a guest: Where others would give up on getting access, the guest says to work out what you can bring to the table, such as energy and time. — 00:00:29

Threads in this video

• restate · How do you reach and connect with people who can help you? — Where others would give up on getting access, the guest says to work out what you can bring to the table, such as energy and time. (00:00:29)

Mentioned

Alan Sugar · James Caan · Richard Branson

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