Last month, I drove 7h to a remote Northern Territory Aboriginal town to provide 2 Music & DJ workshops. A 14 years old young & shy boy showed real interest. His attention span was greater than his 30 other peers... While I left the community, he kept working very hard. I returned to the community last week. During the 5 days training leading to the festival, we put in countless hours to perfect the craft of mixing, discussed various mentoring topics (hard work, focus, resilience, determination...) to instil confidence, break barriers and face their fears.
Seeing Boyd courageously performing for few minutes on the stage's festival in front of his whole community in the afternoon, and run/dj the youth disco that same evening for his peers was a moment of joy that set off a chain reaction for positive development that will be hard to quell.
As a role model and mentor to these young impressionable youth, setting such a positive example to them of what can be achieved in life by aiming high and sticking to their visions in order to accomplish their objectives is what keeps me motivated. There’s a whole new challenging world outside of their small worlds, but baby steps are necessary in order to achieve bigger goals. #Dream #Impact #Inspire
