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Though my podcasting service is currently undergoing some technical difficulties, I am on it and intend on it being up very soon.

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Without further ado:

The Podcast

Things Covered

1) So what did he do after Part 1?

2) Funny story about how a struggling speaker gets his daily bread.

3) How did he transition into being on Def Poetry Jam, the Queen Latifah Show and performing for the NAACP?

4) After speaking to hundreds of college students, his take on what separates the successful college students?

5) How one can acquire discipline and self-initiative?

6) What was his grand vision when he first quit his job?

7) Was he always a good speaker?

8 ) How would one become a professional speaker?

9) What is his process as a speaker?

10) Final thoughts….I ran out of questions

PURSUE YOUR PASSION,

Mwangi

Technical Difficulties

For some unforeseen reason, I am unable to put this out as a podcast for the time being, however the audio file works just fine. It’s an absolutely wonderful interview, enjoy.

The Podcast

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Things Covered

1) Brief introduction: Just who is Kirk Nugent?

2) His life story beginning in Kingston and how he arrived in the States.

3) Comparisons between education levels in White schools and Black schools in the States

4) How he ended up dropping out of University

5) Interesting story of how he got his first job in sales while his friend ended up on America’s Most Wanted

6) His super difficult transition from a successful job in sales sales to a spoken word poet and speaker via a long period of destitution.

Much much more

Websites Mentioned

1) Kirk Nugent’s website: http://www.kirknugent.com/

2) Kirk Nugent’s Myspace page: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=52415162

When I wrote about Coach Carol’s book, one of the things that came up was the fact that there aren’t that many people for the African boy-child to look up to and the general lack of support that African boys have from their peers.

Anyway I was browsing around the blogosphere, and while I was checking out Africabeat, I found this Youtube video where this young African man was asked to justify why he supports Obama. I must say, I have been absolutely blown away!

This brother actually made American politics make sense.He actually made me start believing that American politicians can exist for anything other than corporate or self-interest.

Most of all, he moved me. So check him out and let me know what you think and what you know of him.

The fourth video is by Kirk Nugent. Over the course of this blog, I will post up that video A LOT. I don’t think “Pursue your passion” will ever go stale. Do you?