back to the channel and welcome back to absolute outdoor greatness. Just waking up out of the tent. Me and Stephanie survived the night. It was comfortable, y'all.  We spent basically the whole day setting up camp, just getting everything the way we wanted to, kind of scoping out, mapping out things. Stephanie has never caught a fish, A, on a fly rod and B, a trout. Period. And we got rainbow trout up here. There's brown trout, cutthroat. There's also some small brook trout up in these little creeks. So I thought it'd be awesome to take her out and experience a little bit of what I got to last time. When I was elk hunting up here in the mountains, I didn't have a whole lot of time to fish. I still did. Enjoyed it immensely. So I've been studying a lot, studying some more rivers, creeks and lakes up in the mountains and that's what we are going to attack. But I'm super excited for Steph to be able to go catch her first trout. And the other awesome thing about having my amazing wife up here is that she is an awesome cook. She does love the outdoors. She is going to make some pancakes this morning to go along with our delicious coffee. I don't know if it gets any better than that. Go ahead and smash it. Let's get the day started. We've really got the perfect setup here, y'all. We've even got this amazing little stump right here. Not really supposed to chop down live trees, but a lot of these are deadfall trees. Just full of sap and what is called fat wood, which is really flammable. It's almost like a torch, so it's super easy to make fires. And I just can't be more pleased with our camping spot. Well, the coffee's ready. Well, what's going on with these cakes? Well, they were a little frozen, so I pre-made the pancake batter, so I wouldn't have to do it out here because it's a lot of things to lug around. I went ahead and put them in the mason jars, but they got kind of like frozen. So we tried to defrost. They're definitely going to be camp cakes. Camp cakes. I think one of them is burning on the edge right there. That's the glass. They're making cakes in there. Inside of the jar. Maybe we're done. Mason cakes. Maybe we're done. Let's go ahead and get that grill started. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Nothing's better than hot, hot coffee. First thing in the morning. You can't even drink it so hot. Yeah, yeah. What do you think you're going to do with that? Do it for the shot. Do it for YouTube. Now, what do you think about fly fishing, baby? You've never caught a fish on a fly rod. You've never caught a trout, so what do you think? Are you excited about this? I'm excited because all I know is like what I've seen in like videos and photos and movies. So I want to like, I wish we had like the full waiter type of thing and then I'd be like really get out there, but we don't.  It might be the way to go. I don't even know the first thing about fly fishing or any kind of technique or anything. You just want that insta photo. Kind of. We're going to get you a trout, don't worry. Okay. But to answer your question, I am excited. I'm excited to see a new thing. Get some of the butter on there, a bit of the stick. Oh, these are going to be some big cakes. Oh, yeah. Did you shape them? Yeah, I did. Shape mine into a stick. Say something prophetic right now. Prophetic or poetic? Either one, such a good shot. Coffee in the morning. I'm going to do a haiku. Coffee in the morning. Leaves of golden, yellow. Hiking around the camp. Campfire. Whoo. That's pretty good. You're so educated. In the kitchen outdoor edition with OSG. Come on now. Like that button now. Probably the most high quality syrup I've ever had at camp. This is my cake. Came out a little crisp, but it's going to taste just fine. Bacon. Coffee. Got to love it. Oh, easy now. You need to turn it down. Just a scotch. Almost had a grease explosion. Oh. It's heavenly. Just look at the trees changing colors, y'all. The taste of fall. I feel like every morning I walk out here, it's a little bit more yellow. Maybe just my imagination. Maybe you're just into the moment. Maybe I am. But I'm telling you what. We can eat this anytime honey. I'm taking you camping every day now. Every time I go. So if it was just me here, I would probably be fishing already and eating a little snack bar about 11 when I'm starving. I didn't bring Stephanie out here to to torture her with outdoor activities. This is how you do it right here. Especially in Colorado when it's you know almost freezing in the mornings. You get your grilled cakes going. Get your coffee. Maybe get a little fire. Have a nice humongous breakfast. Enjoy yourself.  It's the perfect scenario. Like there's really no need to get out there super early unless you're just hardcore of the hardcore. After that buttery bacon treasure trove of cakery. Thank you my dear. It is time to fish. We found ourselves a river. We're doing a little research right now. It's really important to understand the waters. Know what you can catch and how you can catch them in different things. There are certain regulations. Yeah. So it's pretty complicated right. They are very serious about the regulations. We're only going to be catching and releasing and it's fly lure only so we can't use any live bait or like our bait or anything. Power bait. Yeah. You don't even know what power bait is. Good for you. The water that we found it's moving pretty fast right here. Let me just show you guys what's going on. Now we don't have like hip waiters or anything like that. Well we're going to be doing is just shoreline walking and then trying to cast upstream and let our flies drift down but I'll be honest with you I don't really know how to fish water this fast. Like it is absolutely moving and grooving here. Okay we got our first pool. Small pool. This water is moving really fast. Cast down over here and just reel it back. Go as far as you can. So you try to try to go past all the heavy current and then reel it into like cast all the way over there those rocks. Yeah all the way out there. There you go. Now slowly reel it. It's difficult because the water is moving.  See how the currents just kind of taking that blade and then you would pretty much get bit right there. They're not gonna be in the real heavy stuff. Okay. So they need to reel it in. See there's some little calm areas. We're looking for these calm areas that are next to these rapids. Keep tracking. OSG is still troutless. Still troutless. Hey it was kind of rough.  This particular creek that we are on right now is just too hardcore. I think we're gonna have to find some smaller streams or go to one of the lakes. We're gonna switch up our tactics. OSG's got to get her a fish. Still a question. Gonna make it happen today. Well y'all, this car right here has got two flat tires. It is not a good deal. Not a good deal at all. So we had to take a break from fishing. There was an elderly couple in the car and I could tell they needed some help. So me and Steph pulled over and once we got one tire fixed they realized they had another one going down. So we had to take them into the closest town and they've got help now. They got somebody that's gonna fix that tire. Just a tough deal. I felt like I absolutely needed to help them. It could easily happen to us and kind of makes me scared because I don't want to fix a flat in here. I don't have four-wheel drive. I think I will be much better prepared next time. Just knowing two tires could go down. That kind of took a lot of time out of our day but look at this. Just look at that. There's your reward. That's what they were actually driving around to see. There's a lot of people just driving to see the leaves and color changes and whatnot but we're doing that while we fish. Let's get back to fishing, right? Let's get back to fishing. Don't hook me. I'm right behind you. I feel like it's gonna happen here. This is it. Cast one right out this way as far as you can. It's good. Let it sink just a second before you start reeling. Go ahead. Nice steady slow retrieve. Hopefully, hopefully your first trout. I got a couple of bites right there so there's something going on.  You had one. You had him. He's trying to get it. He's trying to get it. He's trying to get it. Oh wait. You feel him bumping it? Yeah. You felt him bump it? He did. Okay you're stuck on a rock now. I saw him. Did you see him? Yeah. You almost had him. He was almost there. Was he going too fast or was he just too fast? No. He just he couldn't make up his mind. He was like, I want it but not that bad. Hooked up baby. Hooked up on the fly. Oh that's pretty. Look at that floppy flopper. Oh man. Okay we found some. Yeah you should come over here. This might be your fly destiny over here. Your first trout destiny. I guess we're gonna let this guy go because we have such delicious meals ahead in our future. This might be a sin to release such a delicious spectacle but I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it for good luck. For Steph. Woo. Look at that. Awesome. I saw him following it and then he smashed it. Yeah. Oh you're hooked up. You lost him.  Yeah they got a real sensitive mouth. Okay. Just let that yeah just let just keep reeling.  Tough conditions. That's why I'm hiding the camera behind a rock because it's so windy and I don't have my my microphone. Going with that thing right there. The fake minnow. I got to fish this spot before and it was good but all of this where she was standing was actually underwater. It was like waist deep where she is. Take it easy on it. First fish. Oh look at that jumper. That's a nice one babe. Oh gosh. It's a nice trout. Oh it's a beautiful trout. Watch out for my line. There you go. I just want to ease him up towards the shoreline. Just ease him on up.  Oh yeah. There you go. Wow. Nice rainbow babe. That's a big one. Oh my gosh. Nice. Let's touch hands. Oh my gosh. It's a beautiful trout. Now let him go. He might be a little distraught from the photo sesh. If he is we'll put him on the stringer but they're pretty feisty. Sometimes it takes him a second to recover. That's a really big trout. Really? There she goes. Nice. You did it. You caught a true mountain trout babe. True mountain trout. Awesome. I deserved that dinner last night after catching one. That's like I've caught one a little bit bigger than that but that's almost as big as the biggest one I've ever caught. Really? Oh yeah. That's a really big one. So I'm gonna say that is a 16 and 3 quarter inch rainbow trout. Really nice one for your first one. I'll take it. Awesome. So caught it on the little spoon here. We made a switch. The old one. Sure everybody the spoon. Hang on now. Now I did not assist her at all in catching that.  You did give me the bait though. Yeah I mean I kind of helped you out there. Yeah last time I was here the orange wasn't really kicking in but maybe it is now. Thank you. Alright. Let's catch another one. Get another one. No just just come here. Let's get you one on a fly. Really? Yeah no I'm serious. I was looking at one and another one ate my bait. That's the first time. Oh there's another one right there. I can see him. Look at him. They're coming up. Oh yeah we're gonna get one. We're gonna get the trout. The rainbows. Okay hold that. Okay honey have you ever casted a fly? No. I think this is the optimal opportunity to catch one on a fly. For you especially because they're close. They're close in so it's all about momentum with that fly rod. Yeah. You want to go back and a half second cast. Let's more line out of the reel. Like there you go.   Don't come back up. There you go. Now take your left hand and pull the line not the rod. Okay it's gonna require some lessons. There you go. Alright. Switch positions.  Give it a little pause. Okay. A little bit of a pause on the back stroke. That's not bad. That's good. That's good. That's good. Okay now do your stripping. That's funny to say that. Do your stripping. Your your left hand is the control of the line. But what happened to him? May have to go to the lure again. There's close babe. It was about to happen. She's gonna have to find a pot of them again. Getting pretty good at it.  They push their arm forward and you just want to kind of let your wrist do the work. Let the rod load up on the back end. Rainbow of the fly. Oh baby. Jumper. I knew we'd get one on that point. Well I wanted you to catch that fish. There you go. Look at that guy go. I think that's the deal.  Wooo baby got off. Awesome fight. Gotta respect the trout. Oh got another one. No. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.  Alright little buddy. I want my wife to catch you. Let's make it a couple of test casts here. Get you hooked back to your home down there. Want to try? Oh I got him. I switched off dude. Strip it. I'm catching all the trout honey. I just I just switched rods with the staff and I got this other one. Well we've been eating good tonight. We weren't catching release today. See you buddy. If you're done. If you're done with the fly. Okay well we finally broke off our lure and had to come back to camp. The wind was super tough. I think you were over it. Yeah the last five minutes my face got pounded by that wind and I was just yeah it was kind of over it. Yeah we got you know got about two hours out of here which is pretty good. Let's say for you know that's our average gangl two to three hours. Tough conditions out here y'all. And then flush your hands get all freezing and it's hard but you almost had one on the fly. We were in we were in the prime the prime spot that were there. I'm telling you it's gonna happen before we leave.  Yeah great one too. Fought really good. Awesome jumps.  Sign of some good times. Nice. A lot more to come here from the camp and we're gonna be doing some more adventurous fishing so gotta get Stephanie a trout on the fly and then I want to find some more mountain links. I was actually just talking to a fishing freak over on the side of the mountain on our way up. He was kind of telling me some some other areas. Some juicy areas. Some juicy spots. Hope you guys enjoyed today's video. Hit the like button for Stephanie catching her first rainbow trout and I'm sure it won't be the last. Until the next one I hope you're getting yourself some outdoor greatness and we'll see you on the next video.


And I'm moving on to news outside Africa. The situation on the Ukrainian-Belarussian border is calm and controlled. However, Ukraine has increased the number of border guards there due to the escalation of the situation on its borders. According to the Ukrainian military, about 140,000 combined Russian military and pro-Russian separatist forces are massed near Ukraine, including 125,000 ground troops. There are also 9,000 Russian troops in Belarus which came to the country this month for large military drills with Belarusian armed forces.


There may be new military clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia. After the Azerbaijan army, units took control of the dirt roads north of the Lachin Road. Attempts were made to transport manpower, ammunition, mines, as well as other military equipment from Armenia for illegal Armenian armed detachments in the territory of Azerbaijan and to set new passage routes for this purpose. Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defence said, According to the information, in the morning of April 21, the movement of military vehicles carrying supplies to the combat positions of illegal Armenian armed detachments, accompanied by the Russian peacekeeping forces, was observed by technical surveillance means. We notify that the transportation of manpower, weapons, ammunition, and mines by Armenia to the Karabakh Economic Region to Azerbaijan and the attempts to set new passage routes in this regard are a gross violation of the provisions of the trilateral statement. All the above mentioned create a basis for increasing tension in the region and new Armenian provocations. Ministry of Defence said, Experts believe that such situations can lead to new military clashes in Karabakh. Therefore, all responsibility falls on the Russian peacekeeping contingent and Armenia.


The first week of the season is done and dusted. We already have some massive changes to the top 10 of the rankings for both the men and the women and of course ahead of the Australian Open the seeds are now locked in for the first Grand Slam of the year. Let's go a look at who actually won last week because we actually have five tournaments over the two tours. We'll start with the WTA and Rabakina. She won the Brisbane International which was a 500 event so a lot of points up for grabs. She beat Sabalenko in the final 6-love 6-3. The big statement ahead of the Australian Open and over in Auckland we had Coco Goff defending the title there beating Spitalina in three sets 6-7 6-3 6-3. It was only a 250 event but still defended the title and kept the points that she earned from last year. Go over to the men's side and Brisbane for the men. Demetroff winning his first title in six years. He took out Runa in the final 7-6 6-3 over in Hong Kong. Rublev beat Roussevore 6-4 6-4 to lift his first trophy of the year and also both of those being 250 events and of course the United Cup Germany beating Poland more specifically Zverev winning against her catch in the men's singles and of course Fiontech beating Kerber but Germany won the mixed doubles and that's how they got the win in the end. Saving championship points as well which was kind of crazy so they are the results for the first week of the season. Let's go to the players that have gone up in the rankings this week after a good start to the season. Andrava she's gone up 11 spots number 47 in the world after getting to a quarter final in Brisbane. Namir Sarkar she's gone up over 9,000 spots and is ranked again currently at 832 it's not the greatest ranking but she is ranked again after making the second round of Brisbane so slowly starting to get back up the ranks and Roussevore he's back into the top 50 after making the final of Hong Kong. Goes up 19 spots higher than last week. Plaza gone down in the rankings after the first week Madison Keyes she's gone down five spots number 18 in the world after dropping points from the United Cup last year. Nuskov up she's gone down 11 spots outside the top 50 despite making the semifinals of Brisbane but she lost the finals points from Adelaide last year so she wasn't able to replicate that result. And Veratini he's dropped down 33 spots outside the top 100 125 of the dropping points from the United Cup and not playing to start the season so a couple of big names there that have been really good at the Australian Open over the last few years dropping down the rankings to start the year. All right let's start with the WTA rankings for the first week of the season and Yggish Fjontech stays at number one with Sabalinka at number two but we do have a change in the top four. Rebakkena overtaking Goff to number three spot pushing Goff down to number four even though Goff won in Auckland Brisbane was worth more points and that is where Rebakkena was able to take over Goff. Pagula still stays at number five with Jabaret six when Drucerer at seven Sakari at eight Mukova at nine and Krajikova rounds out the top ten for week one but a few points changes as well big points changes especially for players like Fjontech who gained a lot of points and Pagula who dropped a lot of points from both playing well at the United Cup this year and not playing so well in Pagula's case so there was a lot of points changes as well not just that one raking change in the middle. Go over to the men's side of things now and Djokovic stays at number one heading into the Australian Open he will be the number one seed with Elkara's number two seed Medvedev's number three Cinder at number four and that is the top four for the Australian Open in terms of seeds. Rublev stays at number five but adds some points to his total because of Hong Kong and winning that but we do have a change with Zverev going up to number six pushing Siddi pass down to number seven ahead of the Australian Open after playing so well at the United Cup winning four out of his five matches unfortunately Siddi pass he only played a couple of matches and one of those was to Zverev where he actually lost so that was a big factor in why that changed. Runa stays at number eight with her catch at nine but we do have a change on the bottom with Alex Diminore becoming the first Australian to get into the top ten since late in Hewitt back in 2006 on the ATP side and he goes up two spots into that top ten spot pushing Fritz outside the top ten after Fritz failed to defend the points from the United Cup last year so some big changes towards the bottom of the top ten there and that'll be the top ten as it will be for the ladies going into the Australian Open for 2024 so there you have it they are the rankings for week one now we won't go through the rankings for the race of the finals because after one week it looks really weird you got some players there that are not going to be there in maybe even a week or two's time so we'll do that after the Australian Open we'll start talking about the race of the finals because a lot of points are up for grabs at the Australian Open and a lot of players will gain points and we'll start to get a little bit of an idea of who maybe we see at the end of the season in November in both the ATP and WTF finals but let me know down in the comments below what's been the best thing about the rankings for week one in fact let me know down in the comments below what has been the favorite part of the season so far I feel like week one has been so crazy on and off court for multiple reasons not just because of the results but also injuries and all that kind of stuff but what has been your moment of week one mine personally probably the Aussies making the semis Dimin or top 10 I like that Dimitrov as well winning a title he deserved it after the play that he's had over the last six months but limited in the comments below what has been your favorite moment of week one of the season


This really winds up the narcissist. This really irritates them. This really makes them mad. The narcissist wants to bait you into an argument. They want to pull you into their mud. They want you to fight with them. They want to make you angry. It's like everything they do is designed to hurt you. Everything they do is designed to get a reaction out of you.  It relieves their stress and tension. It makes them feel better. However you feel affects how they feel about themselves. Which is why you become their emotional punching bag.  They use you to regulate their emotions. You might be a very calm reasonable person. Maybe you just want to resolve the situation. But the narcissist is not looking for a resolution. All they want is an emotional reaction. They want you to respond to them emotionally. So they will push and provoke you until you give them what they want. Until you give them an emotional response. And then they instantly become calm. It's like a child that is throwing a temper tantrum. Or a baby that needs to be burped or fed. As soon as you attend to them. They calm down. As soon as you give the narcissist an emotional response. It relieves their tension. And then it's almost like they have amnesia. It's like they've instantly forgotten about everything they did to provoke that emotional response from you. And now they're playing the victim. Now they're pointing the finger at you. And so you did something wrong. Now they're holding you accountable for reacting to them. When that was just the result of what they did to you. If you poke someone again and again. No matter how calm and reasonable they may be. Eventually they're going to get mad. But this is what narcissists do. And it is designed to get an emotional response out of you. It is designed to make you react to them. Because then that regulates their emotions. It relieves their stress and tension. It makes them feel better. But as George Bernard Shaw has said. Never wrestle with pigs.  Never let the narcissist pull you into their muds. Because it will always end unfavorably for you. You cannot beat the narcissist in their wrestling ring. They've had years of experience.  They know the game so well. Because they've played it a thousand times already. So you're never going to win in their arena. You're never going to beat them at that game. You're just going to be left feeling distressed and annoyed. Because of the inability to change or achieve something. So instead of doing that.  Don't let them pull you into their muds. And watch how they react to your lack of participation. Because what really winds up the narcissist is when you choose to disengage. When you choose to not lower yourself to their level. Because when you fight with a narcissist. That's all you're really doing. You're allowing yourself to be pulled down. You're choosing to engage in something that is beneath you. You should not be participating in petty childish games like that. And that's why you feel so bad after you get pulled into it. But it makes the narcissist feel good. When they pulled you out of your frame. Because they already know that you don't belong in their muds. It makes them feel good. To take a person who is morally uncontaminated.  Because then in their minds that makes you no different to them. But when you choose to not participate in these types of interactions. When you choose to disengage. You stay clean. It's like you're just standing there. Watching them rolling in the mud. Well they're trying to throw mud at you. But it doesn't affect you. You don't get dirty. When they're trying to pull you into their mud. Imagine that you are wearing a nylon suit. So anything that they try to throw at you is just going to run right off of you. The narcissist will instantly notice this. They will realise that you are not responding to them in the way that you normally would. And it will really wind them up. It will really make them mad.  They can't get you to respond emotionally. Which then reflects on how they see themselves. Now instead of them seeing you coming in mud. All they see is a mirror reflection of themselves. They see themselves for what they really are. Which makes them really mad. But this is where you need to be really careful. Because when they don't get a reaction that they're looking for. They may push harder to get it. They may say some really hurtful things to you. They may become physically abusive. Withholding your emotional reactions. It's not designed to change or control the narcissist's behaviour. It will actually only make them worse. But it is designed to protect you from getting dirty.  Something that they might use against you. Because all they really want is an emotional reaction. They want something that they can use to label you as the abuser. And when you don't give them what they want. They're forced to see themselves for what they really are. But they don't want to accept that they are their problem.  But this is something that really winds up the narcissist. When you choose to stay out of their wrestling ring. When you don't let yourself get pulled into their muds. Because it shows them that you're better than them. Thank you for watching. I hope this video resonated with you. Please like, comment, share and subscribe. If you would like to donate, my PayPal link is in the video description. Coaching Queries. You can email me at www.coaching.co.uk Thank you for watching and I'll talk to you soon.


All right, we have right here the Xiaomi 14 Pro released today available right now. I'm gonna do the unboxing Very carefully. Okay. Let's open the plastic the first time here in Hwasang Bay Shenzhen in Bao An Bao An Center. Look at this Co-engineers with Leica Right there Unboxing is the unboxed therapy Right here. Oh, we got a blue back Look at this Leica optics right here and I'm gonna open it right here and we can see we can see over here. There's already another one booting up It's starting up right here Hey, what's your name? Hwasang. Hwasang. You a customer? You want to buy this? Yes, or you want to buy this one? Xiaomi 14. 14 There it is Look how clean it is. It just came out of the box It's blue. It's green. I'm not sure. It's a funny color You have also pink, black, white You have you also have the Xiaomi 14 This is the 14 and the 14 Pro next to each other Leica optics Let's try to boot it up for the first time Xiaomi. What does it mean? Xiaomi? Food. It's food. That's rice. That's why it's a red-meat rice and Xiaomi Xiaomi Hyper OS. This is like for the hyperactive community of users Right here booting up. You can choose English No, not yet new. Zengua Chinese you click Let's boot it up Can you take it out of the box? Okay, let's let's set up the hyper OS. I'm gonna put this one. No, I'm gonna leave it in Chinese. I don't want to mess it up Okay, I can log in Wi-Fi, you know Wi-Fi Oh, Xiaomi speaking here You hear the Xiaomi? This is the Xiaomi speaker Also, there's a Xiaomi karaoke. I think Xiaomi karaoke. Xiaomi has everything. You want a security camera? You want a tablet? Okay, but let's go back to the setup Here we are locked on. This is the white Which color you prefer. That's a big question. It's available actually to buy only two exclusive people like me, right? I can buy it today. I'll go today with this and I'm joking. It's only next week, right? It's available next week There it is. Oh, this is set up. Thank you So there we are set up We are going on the app store and the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to okay. Let's switch to English Okay, I'm gonna get some I download the English English USA this is download this It's got a keyboard allow all the time I'm just gonna I'm just gonna turn on the English keyboard for a second. And so the first thing I'm gonna do I'm gonna download the Google Play Store You see you get the full Google apps. It's not like a Huawei Mate 60 Pro which might or might not have some problems with the Google apps. This one you just downloaded it Updating the Google Play Store. So you see how fast is downloading on the 5g is the fastest CPU in the world Qualcomm Snapdragon The latest 5g support and check out the price. The price is not even so expensive, but No price right here. The price is even coming up. It just launched one hour ago one hour ago This is a 14 Now I can open the Google Play Store But yeah, there's one problem when you open the Google Play Store in China, you need to have VPN installed So I don't have the VPN on this phone right now Let's get the maximum brightness Let's check out the the camera quality Okay, hello Like a vibrant Photo, okay, I take my my you see it does a macro mode You get the thumb thumb photo Take a selfie high quality 3.2 times zoom You can record video 1080p and 4k 24 4k 30 4k 60 without HDR So you can record a 4k 60 video and I'm going to Publish this video on my YouTube so you can check it out To see how the optical image stabilization is working right here and when I work around with this camera So why why you like what show me why? Show me it's good. Yeah, it's good. Yeah, show me is better than Huawei Maybe show me is better right now. Maybe maybe all right cool. All right This is the camera quality in 4k 60 me available. Hey, what's up? Hey, right? What's up? All right, cool It's got a nice autofocus How's the camera difference you think? Do you think this camera this camera the same? Same camera or different Something better here Yeah, we got it looks like bigger lenses bigger Maybe a bigger sensor All right But there it is in the box you got some paper and some some stuff That's what you get in the box Look at this phone. It's really nice So is that an upgrade I should consider? Compared with my Huawei is to be checked. All right You got Billy Billy you got this guy doing an unboxing Oh, you see didn't even let you sign in to Google play, but I think it's not gonna let me and have the Google play without a VPN You know, so Let's keep it on the side for now And you just download the VPN app directly Is there any VPN Use this this guy Shadow rockets and once you have the shadow rockets You're good to go you can get all the apps you want you can do all the googling the YouTubing while you're in China Look at their zoom camera solution I can zoom to 60 times. Yeah digital zoom Same here It goes to 70 times on the pro You can really spy on the neighbors really far away Show some function something cool. What is cool? Let's check the CPU the CPU is My device You got the snapdragon 8 gen 3 mobile platform 12 and 4 gigabytes Hi resolution screen You've been since in the CPU OS Hyper OS I'm gonna put it back to Chinese soon So this is a demonstration phone Right here. I can't really take this away. This stays in the shop. Is it gonna go right here? People are gonna check it out In the shop. That's what it looks like Um, where's my phone? Let me ask right here Is that calculator How much how much This For 5,500 for the pro and for and for this one How much For two nine nine. All right, there's a price you see You see 12 They have different versions starts at 3599. All right, there it is Shammy with all the fans around you a shammy fan. Okay, show me fan show me fan Here's the show me fan there All right, cool. Thanks for watching here the unboxing in Shenzhen Bao An. Thanks for watching


What's up guys, it's your boy Isaac representing the RealizeTheMan.com and I thought I'd just drop this quick video for you guys as I was about to head off to the gym and it got me thinking like when I started going to gym I needed motivation I always needed motivation I'm watching some motivational videos visualizing and doing all these things to get my ass up and in the gym because you know it was pain like a lot of people experience that it's it's something new and it's painful it's getting out of your comfort zone now what is more powerful and motivation I've come to understand is discipline having discipline or forming the necessary core habits for success that way you don't even need to think about it it's just it just happens habitually you wake up and you grind and you do what you have to do like these days going to gym isn't anything for me it's just part of my daily routine I don't think twice about it I don't have to exert any extra energy into going there it's just something that I do so obviously if you have that type of lifestyle that pattern success is inevitable you will see some transformations in your body or in terms of personal development of success you're gonna see some great success so what's really crucial besides being motivated and all that is actually spending the time to develop the core habits unnecessary because when this when this happens things get easier for you it's just a matter of time just live your life go through the habit and before you know you be where you need to be and you can spend your willpower focusing on other things as well so what I want you guys to take away from this video is make sure you exert your willpower into creating discipline so use your willpower just long enough until it becomes a habit they say it takes about 30 days for a new behavior to become a habit just keep pushing for those 30 days or 60 days whatever it takes and know that it's going to be worth in the process because it does get easier it gets a lot easier and once it's a habit it's game over guys it's it's it's that's it it's a wrap so form habits don't worry about motivation habits are more important anyway I hope you guys got something from this video peace all right guys if you haven't already make sure you check out the new personal development global group on facebook link is in the description heaps of good shit for you this is pretty much the go-to place for your personal development articles free content for everybody and just a whole community that we're building up there's no spam here also you can check out the link to my website the realized man right at this website and you can suss that out if you have something to post make sure you check it out and come on anyway have fun guys peace


Good afternoon. My name is Chris Smeaton and I'm happy to be joining you today and looking forward to talking about leadership practices in a connected world. I'm going to have three short videos, you know, talking a little bit about being a learner and my involvement with social media and also just aspects of what I believe are really important for leaders. So I want to begin first my presentation about simply being a leader and I want to start with the question, can we do education like we've always done it and expect different results? That sounds like a rhetorical question yet I really want to ask ourselves where are we systematically doing education different? So here's a couple questions I'd like to like you to refrain or just reflect a little bit of hard. Do we still have students sitting in rows? In my world and some of the Albert Ed officials know this, I like to call that cemetery seating. Is lecture our primary mode of delivery? Do we say, and this one always irks me, do we say that all students are unique and then make them learn virtually the same material in the same amount of time? And finally, I need to talk a little bit about timetables and how many schools still have 8 42 minute periods per day? So I know that you're there's probably some very exceptional innovative classrooms out there. But the question is, have we been able to scale out and scale up? And by and large, I would say the answer is no. My thought process on that is there's a number of reasons why and and some will be external and some will be excuses. But a majority of them I think would be internal rather than speak to either one of those. I'd like to talk about the possible opportunities that we have. So beginning with this statement, being a learner needs to be non negotiable in today's world. Being learned is simply insufficient. So what I mean by that is receiving a bachelor or your graduate or post graduate degree in itself makes you learn it. It doesn't necessarily make you a learner. One of my favorite statements that I've used around this one is from Eric Hoffer and he states the following. In times of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists. Again, it's a statement that I use often in my in working with our staffs in change management. And I say the following in a time of drastic change. It is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists. So if we have teachers and we have leaders who have got their degree and done nothing else, they are in a world that is no longer exist, no longer exist. And really they cannot be doing what we need them to do in our classroom today. So my question to you is are you learned or are you a learner? Well, most of us would like to answer we're learners. I think we really need to reflect on that and ask ourselves what are the characteristics that would demonstrate being a learner as opposed to simply being learned. Most times the differentiation can be summed up by asking this one question and it's when did you last fail? If you're truly learning, you're going to have some missteps along the way. If you've not had missteps in your leadership, if you've not had missteps in your parenting, if you've not had missteps in your teaching, then chances are you're not learning. The acronym we use quite often and it's fairly consistent on Twitter is fail, first attempt in learning. And it's an important reminder between the difference between learned and learning. In our division, we've used the model fail forward for the last number of years. And that's a tough mentality to adopt because typically as a society, we're very failure-aversive.  So when we look at being a learner, one of the difficulties about that is we've grown up in a learned society. Our education and especially our pre-service training is all based on content. If you go back to when I got my first degree in 85, content was key and as a teacher, I held the content and therefore I was all powerful. But today, content is easily attained. And I'm not saying that we forget about literacy and numeracy, the foundational skills are still a must, they still need to be taught. But if we're going to really prepare our students for the future, we need to also focus on competencies and that will allow them to be successful in the world tomorrow. In my work with C21 Canada and our shifting mind documents, we talk about the seven C's. And some people will talk about four C's. Alberta has got another list of competencies, but they're very similar. The ones I like to use are the seven C's may begin with creativity and innovation, which is looking for new ideas and bold possibilities. Second is critical thinking, seeking fresh insights and doable solutions. In terms of collaboration, really what we're looking for is establishing partnerships at work, communication, making sense and expanding perspectives, character reaching higher and growing stronger. Certainly in Alberta with the immigration we have and the Syrian refugees, this is a critical competency, culture and ethical citizenship, sharing what we value. And the final one is computer and digital technologies, transforming not only how we learn, but also how we lead. And while I would suggest that some of those are common in our schools, it is the last one around computer and digital technologies that require some further exploration. We are being asked to transform how we learn and how we lead. And we've been authorized by law, and I need to emphasize that, that is the law to follow the ministerial order on student learning. And just by and large, we can't get there without being a learner period. So as a superintendent, I have many titles, and I'm probably called a few other things as well, which is that's okay, I know that. But my title of CEO cannot just be chief executive officer, it really needs to be chief educational officer. And what that means to me is I need to be the lead learner in the division. I need to be viewed as a learner, who is one who is seeking to continually improve my skills as a leader. If I don't role model my learning to my staff, how can I fairly ask them to be learners themselves? It is not right to do, as I say, I need to make sure that they do as I do. So my actions must align so that they can be learners as well. So to begin this first discussion part, I want to ask you two questions for you to ponder at the table. The first one, how have you shifted your leadership from being learned to being a learner?


Well, our guest is an expert. She is currently working as the principal prosecution council at the office of the director of public prosecutions. This is Jacqueline Omoe, who will help us understand this conversation. Jacqueline. Thank you. It's quite a pleasure having you with us. Thank you for having me. Welcome. So let's get into this first before we start. Well, tell me what are some of the stereotypes associated with the career of being a lawyer? Because Mimi, at some point in my life when I was young, I wanted to be a lawyer so much because one, it's a prestigious career to be associated with lawyer, doctor, engineer, those types of career.  You want to be a lawyer. So basically that's what they said. That's the first one. That's the first one. There's the stereotype that lawyers are just in it for money. We are rich. We have money, which is not entirely true. We are all trying to make it in this life. There's a stereotype that we just like to argue. It doesn't matter whether we are right or wrong. We just like arguing. Exactly. You know, as some people in school, you're like, I know how to argue a lot. So I think I can be a lawyer. Yeah. You know, and you find you'll come across people who don't like arguing, who are actually lawyers, who are very quiet. There's always often people think we are very loud or noxious, you know. But some of us say just polite, say chilled. And chilled, yeah. So there are very many stereotypes, but as we were doing breaking the bias last week for the women, there's also that breaking the bias we are doing for lawyers. All right. Hopefully that goes hopefully, you know, the perception changes and break the stereotypes. And so now maybe you can tell us what you do exactly, what exactly you do and your roles before we start. Yes. So I work at the office of the director of public prosecutions. I am a principal prosecution counsel and I'm currently based at Makadara Low Courts. So what I do is I prosecute criminal cases. I only deal with criminal cases. So our office has the mandate to institute criminal cases on behalf of the government and the people of Kenya in a criminal court. So that's what we do. We institute the criminal cases. And we prosecute them to completion. And we also give the government advice on issues pertaining to criminal law. Okay. So basically you go and represent the state in a court of law. Yes. Okay. Perfect. You got it. I'm not so bad at this. I have an idea. Okay. All right.  And we just want to make it clear so that as we go into the conversation, people understand. So give us the difference between being a lawyer and being an advocate first and then also being a prosecutor and being an attorney. Okay. So being an attorney and being advocate is kind of like the same. It's just that the jurisdiction words are different.  Then you have graduated. And as soon as you graduate, you're now a lawyer. Okay. Right.  You go and do your pupillage. So once you do that, you become an advocate. You get to an advocate status when you're admitted into the role. Yes. So you get into the role and then you're admitted to the bar and then now you can practice before a judge or a magistrate. As a lawyer, you cannot appear before a judge or a magistrate.  For us who are in government, we have an exemption to that rule. We can still practice before the magistrate and the judges without us having to obtain a practicing certificate every year. Okay.  A lawyer. Yes. Okay. But you can't represent anyone in court. You can't stand before the magistrate. No, you can't. So you go to the next Kenya School of Law. You still go to Kenya School of Law again for two years? One and a half because one year is like the teaching and then you have half a year where you are in practical. Right. Okay. So that's what you call the pupillage? The pupillage, yes. So after that, after you finish that and its success and you sit for your exams and you pass, then now you're eligible to be admitted into the role and then now you go get admitted to the bar and now you are recognized by LSK. You get a number by LSK and then you can pay for your certificate. You have advantages that come with being a part of the society. All right. Yes. So what are some of those advantages? Advantages. Just last week they were doing the elections. So of course if you're part of LSK, you can run for office. Okay. They have different associations within the organization that allows you to get like the Advocates Belivellent Fund. They have things that give you access to like insurance at a better rate because they have negotiated for you already. So they are parks to being under the LSK society. Yes. All right. And you know, being admitted to the bar, people make such a big deal out of it. Maybe it is. It is a big deal. It is. Okay. So how hard is it to you to be admitted to the bar? It is hard. It's not easy because it takes a whole lot from you to actually go through the coursework and pass your exams. They are not easy exams, by the way. So it takes determination and it takes a lot of work for you to get to where you are. Yes. So what if you fail at that point? There's an option for you to recede your examinations just like in any other course. Yes. All right. There's an option. So with all the, you know, the process and everything, why is this career important for someone who wants to get in and they're thinking that, ah, if it's such a process, such a hectic process, six years to learn and getting to get into the market, you know. So why is it an important career for someone to get into? Into it. And maybe I should say it depends on why you want to get into this career because there's very many aspects but basically a lawyer is someone who advocates for rights. Right? And everyone needs someone who will advocate for their rights. All right. Yes. So it depends on now which area this person is advocating your rights on. You will find like us prosecutors, we advocate for human rights mostly in the criminal courts and for law and order and peace and security. That's where now we are. Then we'll have a company lawyer or a corporate lawyer who will be ensuring that your organization is running smoothly, that the laws and regulations that are set by the government pertaining to companies are held to esteem in your own company. So then we have them, they're checking your ethics as well. So they make sure you're right. So they're advocating for you as well. You wouldn't be in trouble with the law when it comes to any civil cases. Then we have people who would probably be advocating for civil rights. We have people who'd be advocating for immigration rights. Right? So at the end of the day a lawyer is someone who advocates for the different kinds of rights that you have that are set out in your constitution for all rights. So the different parts in being a lawyer and we'll get into that in depth later on. So basically it's why you want to be a lawyer that counts. So okay, all right. And what's the difference between a lawyer in the public and a lawyer in the private firm? Okay. So I think like if we say it in layman's terms, so a lawyer in the private arena would probably someone who has employed themselves or even if they're employed, they are governed by the rules of the particular law from that day they are in. And in government, as I told you before, we are exempt from getting the party certificate which we'd see as a park. They are here or sometimes we don't see it like that but sometimes we don't see it like that because it excludes us from certain aspects with the LSK as well. Because like right now we cannot stand for office under the LSK. So basically lawyers who work in the public sector we are employed by the government offices, right? So you can be employed by the public service commission, you can be employed by the IEBC, you can be employed by the EACC, you can be employed by KRA, you can be employed by of course ODPP or the Atoni General. So we see we fall in the public in the public sector. Then private is like when you finish your law school, you can open up your own law firm and run it as a one-man shop. You can decide to employ other people, come into a partnership and then you get to pick and choose what cases you're going to do, right? And for us we don't pick and choose which cases we're going to do. Once I am there I will handle every matter that comes before me. Yes.  Yes, because it's like a business. It's a business. So after that you're good to go, you get partners and everything. Now being a lawyer in the public space, again we have some perception, I don't know if you represent people for free. Yes, that's exactly what we do. That's exactly what we do. Okay, okay. So in the right direction. So now people say that you know you like represent criminals, crooks and is that the case? So now you're mixed up again because in the public like now if I speak as a prosecutor, so I prosecute the criminals, right? So they will get a private lawyer to represent them against me who represent the states and as much as I'm representing the states, I'm also looking into the rights of the person who has complained, right? So if for example you're assaulted, right, and you go and report to a police station, then you become someone who we call a complainant, right?  When you come to court, you don't necessarily need to have an advocate because now my job is to advocate for you as a prosecutor. I present your case before the magistrate so that the magistrate can see that you are rights were infringed upon by the person who assaulted you. Then the person who assaulted you will hire a private lawyer to come and represent him as against what I am saying, trying to disprove whatever facts I am trying to prove on your behalf. Yes. So what's the process before you take on a case? Do you go into checking if they're really, if the complaint is really true first before? So that mandate falls under the national police service because they are the investigators.  So once they investigate their cases, they bring for us a file to look at. And when we look at a file, we read the facts and we say, okay, this one seems to have enough evidence that can convince a magistrate beyond a reasonable doubt that this person is guilty. And that's the kind of file that we will want to register and take to court. So they will investigate and we will prosecute and the magistrates will again make their final decision. So it's a stakeholder kind of thing that goes on. We cannot all work in isolation. We all work together. We have to work as a team. Okay. All right. So Babtu, if someone wants to be a lawyer, you said first is the reason why you want to be a lawyer. So if this is well established, so I want to be a lawyer because I'm passionate about social justice, defending people's rights. So what next after that? What next? So you, okay, when I was going to law school, right, to get into a law school to do a degree, you had to have at least a B in English or in Swahili. Right? So either of those. Okay. Then of course, your grades must be good. You have to have a B average altogether. I don't know if there's a C plus. No, it's not. When I was going, it was like a B average. You don't know if they've taken it to a C plus, but B is safe for you.  Anyone. For anyone who wants to be a lawyer. So you will go to law school for your four years and graduate. Right? Then after that, then you apply to join the Kenya School of Law. This means that you want to represent people before court, but you can also decide, you can also go to Kenya School of Law and decide you don't want to enter a courtroom. So these are the different parts that a lawyer can take? Can take, yes. So what are those? Because you can be a corporate lawyer, right? Yeah. You work behind the office, you look at documents, you do contracts, you attend meetings, you can partner it with your HR so that now you can be doing the HR legal side of the company and things like that. Right? So at no point will you be needed in a court? No, because you'll find that many of these big companies will definitely have a panel of lawyers who can represent them before court. So you as the legal officer in that company will just be liarsing with them. So you don't necessarily need to go before court and appear and represent them. All right. Yes. So there's that. And then you can, if you look at activists, most of them you'll find that many lawyers are actually activists, right? Because we see what the law says and then we see where it is not being followed and we always raise a lump about it. And that's another power that the LSK branch holds, the society holds because they are to keep the government in check in ensuring that the people's rights are not being infringed upon even by the government itself. Right? Yeah. So to take you back to your question, being a lawyer is not just appearing before court. You can do it in very different ways. You find, even at the UN, we have very many people who are lawyers who basically would sit and run projects that would be advocating for certain rights, like I was talking to you about immigration rights, about the refugee rights. So you'd see that there are lawyers who are needed in all those species. I think we need lawyers in almost all aspects. Actually, that's the thing. Lawyers are very, it's a good career because you can fit in anywhere. Anywhere. Yes. Because when you want to get married, you need a lawyer for something. Yes. When you want to get help, you need a lawyer for something. So yeah, different aspects of life need lawyers. And you can, you can, journalists, how many journalists do you have who are lawyers? Think about it. Not many. Not very many, by the way. Law can be paired. There's a cost that's called law and journalism and the law. Yes. Right? Because you guys also have certain rights and you have certain restrictions by the act that governs you that you also need to know about. So who's going to tell you about all those rights? Okay. It's a lawyer. It's a lawyer. Yes. Right. Okay. So either way, we are here to protect and serve the rightful citizens. That's what you do. Okay, to more service. It's a career in service. You were speaking earlier about whether jobs are a calling. Yes. I think, I think most jobs are for the people, like even us, is definitely a calling. Definitely. So okay, on that still, so if it is a calling, so someone can just wake up, you know, and decide, I think I might want to do law, you know, to become a lawyer just because I can, just because, you know, I'm smart and I can understand the law at some point. So that's not enough. Is this, is that enough? It's actually it's enough. It's it. The thing is, when you get in there, then you will find that the game is different.  Many people in our time got into law because we wanted to make money because looked rich, right? And we're like, this is best able career and I won't have to hustle too much. Exactly. And people respect me in the society, you know. Exactly. So now you get here and you get a job like a prosecutor and it stops being about the money and it starts being about the people. So you can decide at whatever point because you're smart, you want to do this, but once you get into the field, things are different. You may get there and you just into ensuring that everyone who is trying to buy property is, is not swindled, right? So you go into convincing law, right? So your job is to ensure their contracts are proper, their stamp duty is properly paid, they've done their searches properly, and all those things. And you get passionate about it. And then at some point stop being about the money. And I'm telling you lawyers, we do a lot. We are therapists, yeah? We are counselors, we are confidants. Yeah, those people, people call in the middle of the night like, I need to, yeah. People will always be coming to you and asking for your advice and things like that. So that's what happens. So what are some of the cases, maybe one particularly, before maybe you got into criminal law? I don't know if you did something before, something different, but a case where you represented a client and you got attached maybe to the case or the client of the particular issue. So before I joined the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, I was working for the Atoni General's office and I was still representing the government, but in civil cases. But if we want to talk about attachment, then I'd tell you where I am right now is where you actually get attached to people, right? Because every complainant, survivor, victim is someone who you have to interact with on a daily basis and hear them out and listen to their concerns and assure them that they will get justice. And that's why I was telling you when you get in there. You have to be a counselor.  You wear many hearts. Yes, you're everything to that person and you will often get attached. There's not one case that you will do and just be like, you don't care because everyone approaches you is different to that different story.  And you're not supposed to get attached to a case, maybe?  So either way, you'll still get attached to it. And okay, so back to what we're talking about before we come to a close. So tell us about what you do outside your office because I also know that you have Linda Salama. So your passion goes beyond what you do in the office. Okay, so Linda Salama, I found it in 2018. Can I stuff you just for a bit because we want a good on a break and then we'll come back to this. Tell us about Linda Salama and what you do and more into the career of Lowe. So thank you for being with us. Let's take a small break and we'll be back to continue with a discussion. All right, welcome back. Well, this is still one in the morning and we're continuing with the conversation understanding the lawyer's career. If you have any questions from what we have discussed so far, you can share your questions at Y254channel using the hashtag Y in the morning. My personal handle is at Stephanie Yeta. Well, our guest's handle because I did ask about that. Where can people find you in case they have questions which they would want to. On Twitter at Jacqui. On Twitter at Jacqui. So that is your social media handle. Okay, so before we went on a break, we were talking about what you do outside the office and it shows the conviction, the commitment, the passion that you have because it's similar to what you already are doing. So tell us about it. Linda Salama. So I attended our training with Yali, Young African Leadership Initiative. And after that, I formed Linda Salama.  And this was because of the number of cases that I was coming across in the office, which were regarding a lot of sexual assaults against women and against children at the time. But that doesn't mean that we don't also sensitize and give awareness to the other gender being the males because they too, and often not, they do get part of the gender-based violence at the end of the stick.  This is quite a nice initiative and it comes from your passion really to help people fight for their rights and know the rights that they have. And so if someone wants to reach out to you, maybe they're going through something and not you in the office of the DPP but you in Linda Salama. So we have our Facebook page where we do take in messages that you can do it even anonymously if you want. So we have a Facebook page that's called Linda Salama. Just that one word Linda Salama and you will find us and then you can give us an inbox and then we will follow up on your request. All right. So I believe that will help a lot of people. So back to it. So one wants to be a lawyer but they have a personality, a shy personality and you've mentioned this at first. So you know you have a shy personality and you're maybe an introvert but you want to be a criminal lawyer you know because the other aspects of being a lawyer you've mentioned it but I want to be a criminal lawyer but you know I'm an introvert but I have the passion to represent criminals in court. So what do I do? Well if you're an introvert I don't know how else to put this but you don't have to be loud or an extrovert to be a lawyer or to even represent anyone before court right? But you have the passion okay maybe you should apply to the judiciary side as well. You can also think about that. You can apply to be a magistrate. You can apply to be a researcher. You can apply to be a low clerk. You know all those everyone it has to take hold of their relationship. Everyone is important but again I must reiterate that you do not have to be an extrovert to appear before a court of law and represent someone.  So long as you're able to represent your client's case that works. Okay so the personality doesn't really matter. We are all very different personalities by the way. Okay okay all right and for someone who's already in this particular career but somehow they're lost maybe because you know I have a case where a friend finished their studies. I believe they got their accreditation as an advocate but then they've never really gotten a job 10 years later down the line. So why is this you know someone can be lost. This is your career but you're not getting the opportunities. But would you be lost or probably you would be looking for something specific and you don't want to try out anything else. You know because as I told you earlier there's law in everything. There's law in journalism. There's law in medicine. There's law in HR. There's law in everything. So you can try out different areas and even just try even just like as I see in the civil society you just go and volunteer then you see if it's a fit before you can decide then this is not my path this is not what I want to be doing. You can decide and come and sit in a courtroom and be like no this is not what I want to be doing then you'll find that you're better at convincing. So you'd rather be advocating for people selling property and things like that being the real estate business. So law is in everything so you don't have to restrict yourself to a particular kind of law or wait or just know that once I finish school and go to LSK to KSL then I must go before court and represent criminals or on the other side you know. No don't close your mind to it because it is so wide you can pick anywhere you want to go. So basically what you're saying is that after you're done with school you should be open to opportunities and one way to do that is to volunteer in different areas to see where you fit in best so that you can decide let me go with this because this is my thing. And for those lawyers that's actually some are lost they're here they're there you know I'm in criminal because I'm also trying to find my way and I'm past the pupil age stage you know. So I get a case in criminal in criminal uh is it criminology criminal case. Yes criminal case. I get a case in criminal case I get a civil case I get um you know a conveyor case so you know I'm neither here I'm neither there. Well you know it's allowed so that's a general practitioner yeah so you generally you can handle all kinds of business right so you can be as if you can handle that civil case you can handle a criminal case and you can handle a convincing case and I think that makes you more marketable in this Kenya that we live in right being able to open just like the way supermarket open branches everywhere right. They're getting more clients when they have branches in all parts of them of the country if you are able to handle all the three facets then it is fine. But is it not better to be identified specifically with one like something like being a jack of all trades but a master of one? Well you can be a master of one which is good as well but then and that would make you an expert in your field right like if you're doing only um divorce cases then that would make you an expert in your field then probably you can charge a higher rate because you are the expert right but then remember that you what if something changes what if something changes and only me maybe you're a convincing lawyer and something changes and now the real estate business is down then what happens exactly but in that case you will have you know because being a jack of all trades but a master of one means that you know all these other areas but I'm better in one in one yes I'm more identified you know when you have a criminal case this is the person to go to so I think that would be better it's better but I don't think there's a problem in in knowing all parts of the law because we learn all those different parts of the law in your training and and for me I am in the criminal side because that's where my passion is yes but if anything happens I should be able to hold myself up and move to the other side okay so what about those lawyers that are there but want to get ahead in the career want to have that extra factor you know that's extra factor that people are looking for what should they do what should they do yes what are some of the advice the tips to get I think is it are we talking on our private side or on our public side well general because um you like even for us even in our field even as prosecutors we will find that some of us are we handle like sexual assaults better than others because for others it's a bit too much for them to handle we'll have people who are doing murder cases only and therefore they can be called experts in that particular field so for you to advance yourself further and you want to be to move further ahead then there are certain courses that you can do just to make yourself more marketable because often you find there's a training here and there that you can attend and pay for and you get a certain certificate that will push you further ahead than the other people okay right and it doesn't just happen in in the public side also in the private side all right you can find a lawyer has gone and done the higher diploma course in HR so that that's already given that particular lawyer a push factor of a someone who has not done any extra course so what are some of these extra courses already depends on where we want to yes exactly now that again depends on you as an individual like what is your passion so having that extra certificate is a good thing yes all right and what are some of the areas coming up maybe uh that lawyers can look into maybe especially now with technology you know technology has come up and things are changing lawyers already in it lawyers are everywhere they're everywhere because lawyers are everywhere remember before any law is passed a lawyer will be consulted right so there is actually law in IT right now and lawyers are already there that's something you lawyers are everywhere you cannot do law and not get a job unless you're very strict and constricted on what specific kind of thing you want to do but if you're open-minded you can fit in anywhere so basically in school like you know most of uh this other courses you're taught at the far you taught general things the first maybe two years and then in your third year you major in something specific maybe like for journalism uh you know about the lighting sound but when you get to third year you major in broadcast print whichever area that you want to focus in so in law there's nothing like that you would find that there's some optional courses that you can do like you can decide to do the law and journalism course in in in campers and then I can decide to do uh the child protection law because that one's not a compulsory a compulsory course so you can pick which of those two to do right but basically you find that all the other major parts of the law we all do the same thing yes when you go to ksl we all do the same thing there's no there's no specific course that you could pick selective courses no you all do the same thing so you do the same thing and then you later on yes so now when you go when you want to go do your masters you see that's a different thing because now you can decide to go master in environmental law right I can decide to go master in criminal law so that's why now you can decide where your speciality will be okay yes so all right just as we come you know to our close of this conversation there are some of you have some achievements that you have made I believe in your area of specialty so just to encourage someone what are some of those achievements the successes in so that in law yeah in being a lawyer you know a prosecutor in your organization I also know that you're there with legal sisters yeah so what are some of those wins the wins okay so I'm the legal sister we started the petition to have the border border operators regulated yes yes and we got very we got a lot of public support which we are so grateful for and we are pushing forward to ensure that all the regulations that the government has indicated that they want to set we want to make sure that they actually do it because this conversation has been had before and there was no follow through so we want to make sure that the follow through happens yes I'm also part of a group called positive circles we curate positive conversations in the society basically around the women because you know they say as women we never come together for good so we do create positive conversations around the women in the society and yeah that's what we do okay all right as we come to a close as we finish actually what is the last advice that you'd like to give to youths who are looking forward to becoming lawyers you know it's a viable career path it's a very viable career path I would say if you have the heart for it because it requires a lot of studying or as well but if you have the heart for it go for it you will not miss a place where people need you to advocate for rights at the end of the day you will always find a space in this table for you all right thank you so much for joining us thank you for having me it's been a great conversation and I believe very informative for us youths and those you know who specifically want to pursue the lawyers career so if you have any questions feel free to uh converse with us at y254 channel using the hashtag wine the morning and we'll be reading out your comments later on in the show that has been a wonderful conversation with Jacqueline Omol who is the principal prosecution counselor council at the office of the direction director of public prosecutions well we take a short break and we'll be back with


Welcome, everyone. Hope you're not sleepy after lunch. This is my first live presentation in 22 months. So forgive me if I'm a little rusty. My name is Paula Hunter, and I'm the executive director of the Mojloop Foundation, a new associate member of the Finnaz organization. I've been talking to a lot of people less two days about Mojloop. And I often hear, what is Mojloop? And I've never heard of it before. So I'm going to go off script a little bit on some of my slides to hopefully give you some background on why we're doing this. So first of all, the why. Why are we developing an open source software stack for the financially underserved? Well, there's opportunity. I mean, there's nearly 2 billion people that lack access to digital financial services, even though most of them have mobile phones. Not smartphones, feature phones, but they have phones. And if we can tap into these individuals and engage them into the digital economy, the impact to the gross domestic product of various countries in particularly Africa is in the trillions. So not only does it help the individuals, but it helps the local economy. And in order to get that growth, we really need inclusive open payment systems. We need payment systems that are interoperable across providers. You can't just assume everyone's got the same mobile network operator or the same wallet. We need instantaneous settlement. People can't afford to wait for their money to arrive at their device. We want pushed, not pull payments. But we also want to address the concerns and requirements of the local regulators and central banks. And we have to provide varying levels of KYC. So let's make it a little more real. Let's look at Winnie, a shopkeeper. She depends on digital financial services for multiple reasons. She has a mix of day-to-day income and cash. And it's not an option for her to wait for settlement. So she right now cannot use a lot of the digital platforms because there's too much of a lag in when she sees the cash on hand. She also, most of her mobile money account doesn't interoperate with a customer's payment systems. So what happens is she ends up settling with cash. And so at the end of the week, she takes her cash. She'll walk two miles carrying cash, which is not exactly safe, and do a cash-in, cash-out transaction where she might pay off a portion of her microfinance loan. She might pay utilities. She might send money to a family member in another country. Problem with that is every time she does a transaction, there's a cost associated then. Imagine you make $100 a month and you have to do three or four electronic transactions every month to get bills paid to send money, et cetera. And the transaction cost could be 8, 12%. That's huge when you're making $100 a month. So we've got to reduce the transaction costs and increase the interoperability in order for folks to be able to play in this market. So on the top end of the market, what we need is convenience and innovation to serve the small business owners that want to accept digital payments and get out of this cash requirement. We also want folks to be part of the broader digital community. So it's, again, getting those microfinance loans distributed to them via wallet or digitally versus having to go somewhere to get the cash and then go somewhere again to pay off their loans. So how can Mojloop help? So first and foremost, Mojloop is an open-source software platform. Mojloop Foundation is a 501C nonprofit. I don't sell anything other than an idea. But we do have a very robust community that has been working on financial inclusion and a Mojloop platform for several years now. It's open-source software for instant payment clearing. It connects hub operators, banks, and non-banks, but not end users. The end user relationship is with the bank, the mobile network operator, the SACO, whoever has that customer relationship. We're the plumbing. We use a hub-managed process to manage all bank account funds and settlement between participants. And we connect to existing infrastructure as required, ACH, cards, point of sale, ATMs, et cetera. We're not trying to replace those technologies. We're trying to coexist and interoperate across these different technologies. It's important to emphasize how dependent we are on the open-source community for this platform, as you see by some of the logos here. We are Linux-based. We use a number of tools, open-source tools, to build out the code base. We're also hosting Agnostic. Our development platform today is on AWS. We'll be adding Azure as well. What we're finding in Africa, in the markets, and particularly that we're talking to, there's a lot of concern about data and who owns the data and data sovereignty. So there's a hesitancy to go cloud-based with these types of offerings in those markets. So what we've been doing is tuning our code base so that it can be run in-house, but using the cloud platforms for development, pilot projects, proof of concepts, sandboxes. So obviously the cloud reduces barriers to people trying things out and kicking the tires. But in many cases, the central banks are still insistent upon hosting their own instances. So what really matters when we think about financial inclusion and digital payments? I can't emphasize interoperability enough. We see some digital wallets that are successful in Africa and PES is probably one of the most successful digital transformations that you'll find on the continent, but it requires that you be within that system to exchange money. We want interoperability. We wanna make sure that regardless of who your mobile network operator is or your wallet provider or your loan provider, that your money can flow. We need the instant push payments that are settled immediately to the recipients account. People just can't budget. It's one of the reasons why cash remains king is if they have to wait, then digital provides them with no benefit. So we have to make sure that the settlements are instant. We also wanna make sure that at the last mile, that our ecosystem is innovating, innovating in how they deliver the services out to the customers. Because again, us being the plumbing, we're not creating the UI. We're not managing the relationship with the customer. And so what we need to make sure is that we have open APIs that drive that innovation. So if you look at it from the reference of a stack, Mojoloupe provides the rails for connectivity and interoperability. Allows the bank to establish the rules, the regulatory and governance framework for how the cash is transferred or the currency is transferred. And then the innovation happens at the apps and account level. There's still a lot of confusion about open source, particularly in developing countries. And one of the biggest concerns that I hear from solution providers is that we're trying to compete with them. That we're trying to undercut them by offering free software. Well, as I said, I don't sell anything. Mojoloupe Foundation does not support or sell any services associated with Mojoloupe. It's our ecosystem partners, systems integrators, solutions providers, et cetera, that take the open source code and implement it with their bank customers and other service providers. And this is something, you know, why open source that is probably not all that new for you. But it really is something that we need to reintroduce over and over again with the folks in developing markets that are as not as familiar as accepting of open source that you find here in New York or US or Europe and other developed countries. The lower capital costs up front is really important. In many cases, these countries do not have the cash on hand to start a new project. So they might be looking for grant funding. They might look for other partners to provide some type of funds to get started. So having an open source platform, cloud-based, they can test the tires, they can play with the system, they can play with the sandbox, get a sense for what the capabilities are of the platform. And as they roll to full migration, they don't have to worry about those licensing fees. And then of course, the maintenance and additional functionality, you all know this is a huge benefit for open source. What we've found is that while we preach this, it doesn't really resonate until they get into the throes of a pilot project or a proof of concept. And they have questions and they go back to our community. And while they might have a relationship with a systems integrator that's helping them on the deployment, they come to our community, which is hundreds and hundreds of people that are fluent in Mojloop. And lo and behold, this community is raising hand to help them to address their questions, to help them with the maintenance and enhancement of the project. So we actually have a product council that collects feedback from customers about the roadmap, the requirements. So again, traditionally something you're quite familiar in an open source project, but something that they almost need to experience before they really realize how important this is and how this really frees them up from the vendor lock-in that they've been experiencing. So central banks and governments in particular have been our focus in Africa, Southeast Asia and the like. And what we've found is that they are very keen on investing in digital infrastructure projects. And they want to be involved in the discussions on how these solutions roll out. In some cases, we're working with the Bank of Tanzania. The Bank of Tanzania is defining the rules and the implementation of Mojloop in country. And then they're plugging in 40 or 50 other digital financial service providers that will have the customer-facing relationship. But across all of our discussions thus far, those central banks are critically important. They're the regulatory bodies that ensure this can happen in their country. And so they are very, very much part of the conversation as we do a Mojloop deployment. So I want to switch to CBDCs, which was part of the topic for this session today. As you all know, there's the interest in CBDCs worldwide is very high. I can't wait to see the slide updated for 2021. I can't take credit for having prepared it. But even in the last two weeks, I think it was Nairobi we saw that had just announced a new CBDC initiative. But as you see, it's across the world, there's interest in central bank digital currencies. And why? CBDC reduces the reliance on banks and other financial institutions. And it can be a medium that brings in those underserved citizens and some folks would say, well, that's competitive with the banks. The banks aren't serving these folks today. So it could be a potential opportunity, but in many cases it might be just a bypass. The fact that they can't get a bank account doesn't mean that they can't possibly trade with CBDCs. It can be universally accessible and widely used. One of the things that we see in markets where there are a lot of migrants or refugees is having government to people payments, GDP implemented via CBDC will be a very compelling scenario. Imagine you're in a refugee camp. You don't want to be holding onto a lot of cash. You do have your phone. There are ways to distribute aid payments via CBDC that would reduce those fears and concerns with trading in cash. And, you know, while cash is still king in many of the markets that we're talking to, another reason why CBDCs are of interest is in addition to aid payments and distributing out to the citizens different types of payments from the government, cash is unsafe. Not only can you be robbed of your cash, but in times of COVID, fewer and fewer people want to process cash, want to handle cash. So that's another factor that is driving government's interest in rolling out CBDCs. So what's the Mojloop Foundation doing about it? Okay, so we've got the Mojloop project, an open source project. We've been working on that for about four years now. And we have a handful of deployments that are underway in Tanzania, Mawali, Orange and MTN have an instance that they're testing out in Egypt and other countries. As you can imagine, the sales cycle on this type of deployment is pretty long and complex, particularly when you add in the fact that many of these countries need investment. They need grants to move these projects forward. So in parallel to that, the monetary authority of Singapore came to us and said, we like the rails that you're designing here. We like the fact that you're open source. We'd like to work on some initiatives to move CBDCs forward in developing countries. So Singapore obviously demonstrates great leadership and innovation in the regulatory space. It's not for the benefit of their citizens that they're doing this, it's for the broader populace. I mean, even when you think about currency exchanges, they have a lot of individuals from like the Philippines that are guest workers in Singapore, they wanna send money home. And that requires a cash in, a currency conversion. Again, the transaction fees just start racking up. So they came to us and said, let's start working on this, focusing first on wholesale and then longer term potentially on retail. In parallel, Mass launched a retail CBDC hackathon and a challenge this year in partnership with Asian Development Bank, the IMF and many other large global institutions. There were 300 submissions, 15 finalists and of the 15 finalists, three of them are using Mojaloop. And what we did was we created a sandbox for folks to kick the tires and play with Mojaloop. We're using Apex. I don't know if any of you are familiar with Apex? Yes? No? That came out of collaborations with Mass and other Asian based organizations and it's a platform for testing out APIs. So we have created a sandbox on Apex for folks to use Mojaloop and three of the finalists in the global challenge actually used Mojaloop as part of their underpinnings, including the ANSI Banking Group in Australia, Soromatsu and Switzerland and the Standard Charter Bank. So it was reaffirming that our technology is sound and that it does have relevancy for CBDC. But what we need to do now is really define this project more specifically.  It's completely open source and transparent. Anyone can join the project and participate in the project. And there's three areas that we're gonna focus on. Domestic clearing with settlement in CBDC using Mojaloop as the central clearing system with settlement via external CBDC. Domestic issuing and clearing of CBDC, providing account-based wholesale CBDC and cross-border payments. Test the use of wholesale CBDC with multiple currencies and disparate networks. If you were to ask me for more detail on those three bullets I'd say when I hire my first person that person will be glad to answer that question. So it's boring new project. Just talked about it earlier this week at the Singapore Fintech Festival. So as I mentioned, I'm hiring a director to lead the project, a technical lead to lead the technical aspects of the project and we'll open the doors and welcome any and all that wanna participate and collaborate on that. So there are some of you here at the conference that I've already talked to that are interested in this. Again, our focus is wholesale right now. Couple of years from now hopefully we'll pivot to retail but right now we really wanna make sure that we address the needs on the wholesale side. So one of the things that we're gonna be doing in 2022 is starting pilot projects. So we're really keen to pick a couple of countries where we test out some of these technologies. We'll also be hosting financial inclusion workshops and hackathons. So Mass sponsored the retail hackathon that happened this summer. We will do joint hackathons with Mass that are focused on horizontal. And then we will also be developing a CBDC toolkit. Again, we're gonna be working with Mass and other experts in this area to help those developing countries roll out CBDC. So as far as the Mojo Foundation is concerned, we really wanna build out this ecosystem that benefits everyone. As I mentioned, we don't have a relationship with the end user, but our work hopefully has an impact on their inclusion in the financial sector. We're very keen on the merchants being able to tap into our rails, governments, central banks, and fintechs. So there's plenty of opportunity. And while in some of these developing countries, the governments may not have the funds and on hand to fund these projects, there are many philanthropic organizations and NGOs out there that are writing grants for these types of deployments. We're starting a deployment in Rwanda right now that there's been funds allocated to that from external parties. So we're not asking people to do pro bono work on the implementation and deployment. Obviously, open source, we wanna see people contributing, but when it comes to the hard work, not that open source development isn't hard, but when it comes to the work of integrating and implementing these projects, we recognize that systems integrators and other solution providers need to be at the table and need to tap into those funds. They can't just allocate precious resources to do that kind of work for free. So there is money in the system to help bootstrap these implementation projects, but it's a more complicated sale cycle than a traditional sale cycle in a more developed market because there's other players that we have to bring into the deals to secure those funds. As far as the community is concerned, we currently have well over 1,000 participants and we're growing that base. The Mojulu project, the open source project actually started about four years ago when the Gates Foundation fund specific companies like Coil, Ripple, ModusBox and others to write the base code. So over the course of those three and a half, four years, this developer community started to grow. I was fortunate to be able to meet with them a few times on the ground in Africa before COVID erupted, but we have a really passionate group of individuals that are supporting this initiative and it's really very distributed around the world. We obviously, Africa is our focal point for deployments, other developing countries like Myanmar, Philippines and Indonesia are also important to us, but the community is much broader than that. The community that's contributing is literally all over the world. So what I've done is kind of giving you enough to be dangerous when talking about Mojulu. If you wanna learn more about what is Mojulu, what kind of services does it offer, how does it deliver instant interoperable payments, I'd encourage you to download our executive briefing white paper, which kind of goes to a much more detail than what I've provided here today. And then we welcome you to participate in our community work. If you are interested in the project, it's all of our repositories are up on GitHub. We have a pretty active Slack channel and of course we're always looking for new members that want to participate in our governance and operations of the foundation itself. We're young, we were launched as a nonprofit last May. We have a small team distributed around the world, but we're always looking for more people to participate, provide input and engagement. So with that, I think I have a little time for questions. Any from the room? In the US? No, not at this time. Really all of our focus has been Africa and Southeast Asia. Oh, I see one up there. We're coin agnostic.  So what we want to make sure, again, open interoperable. So whether it be crypto, CBDC, or any type of currency, we're the pipes. Jim's comments. It's a big shift. As I mentioned, cash is king right now, but there are trusted relationships in market. So for example, as I mentioned, MTN and Arash, big mobile network operators in Africa. And what they've done is rolled out services that allow all citizens to send money abroad. So getting people accustomed to very specific use cases that are meaningful to them, because you find it's not just Singapore and Philippines, there's the Hong Kong Philippines, Myanmar, and places where there's either large refugee or migrant populations. Being able to knit together their transactions is a very discreet exercise that can really reduce cost for them, those transaction costs. But that's part of the remit of the MTNs and the oranges and the folks that have the relationship with that individual. But if we can again reduce the transaction costs and increase the interoperability, we can start shifting people's behavior in that regard. Sometimes the reticence to use digital right now is the lack of interoperability and the cost. So we need to address both. I'm sorry, I didn't catch that if you'd do it again. It's early, in part because we only have a handful of deployments that are underway. But as I said, as they get indoctrinated in our community, I know Mawali in particular was one, that's a joint venture between Orange and MTN. They had specific requirements, so they did some development and now want to give it back. So I think it takes them a little while to get comfortable. It used to be we had face-to-face community meetings four times a year, so there was an opportunity to bring those customers in and have them meet the people that are working on the code base and strengthen those bonds and a sense of contribution. The other thing that we're working with folks that are granting funds for infrastructure projects to ensure that when they grant funds, they stipulate that if there's any new development it needs to be given back to the community. Because these big aid organizations would rather not fund the same thing over and over and over again. So that's a good carrot or an incentive for people to contribute back. But it's still a bit early. And again, they're understanding the open source way is not as sophisticated as the folks in this room. So it's a learning and experience. I find myself repeating messages that I used to give 10 years ago here in the States. So it'll take some time, questions. My email is p-hunter at mojo-loop.io. Probably should have put it on the slide. But I welcome you to reach out to me. And if you have any questions or comments or thoughts, we're happy to have them. All right, thank you. Thank you.