Hello everybody. Welcome to a special of Kid President!
It’s my can phone and I’m getting ready to talk to somebody on it.
One of the bestselling authors of all times.
Hello! I’m Kid President. Introduce yourself to all these people.
So I’m Paulo Coelho, I’m a writer.
You’re a smart guy, have you travelled a lot?
Yes, but there are many, many things that I did for United Nations as a Messenger of Peace
but I think the most important thing is yet to be done.
That is, be a tool, be an instrument of—
not helping, I don’t like this idea of helping people—
but, empowering people. Make people understand that they themselves can change everything.
What counts is not what they think, but what they do.
So people must do and not only think about it.
For World Humanitarian Day we’re asking people what the world needs more of.
What do you think the world needs more of?
Well I do believe that first people need to act and people need to realize that they have power.
It’s not the politicians that have power. The power belongs to the people.
And finally, I would like to see them like they were riding motorcycles.
Motorcycles of hope, motorcycles of enthusiasm, things like this.
Let’s break the world record with most motorcycle wheelies together!
Well, when I was in the Mojave Desert, I wrote a book called The Valkyries.
I was there and I did not break the record because I’m really scared of motorcycles.
But I think motorcycles are a good metaphor.
People are scared but from the moment that you jump in a motorcycle, you have nothing to lose,
and you have this contact with the wind, you have this contact with Nature.
You really are there. You become one with everything.
Well I want to change the world, how do I do that?
Well you can follow my example.
When I became this famous author I thought I’m going to change my country, Brazil.
And then I realized that I could not change Brazil.
And then I realized that I could not change Rio de Janeiro, the state.
And then I realized that I could not change Copacabana, the neighborhood.
But I could change my neighborhood.
So we went to see a favela, a slum city, nearby and we start changing 430 children.
And the energy of these 430 children starts spreading all over the slum city
and after fifteen years this zone is now a model for this.
Because we did not think “Let’s change Brazil.”
We thought, “Let’s change what we can change,” that it is our neighborhood.
Don’t just talk about being awesome, do it!
So, Mr. Kid President. Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to talk to you.
I hope that you use your mandate to really make important changes.
Being a kid you have this innocence, not naivete, but innocence to think that everything is possible.
And from the moment that everything is possible, things become possible.
Thank you for believing.
Let’s go riding motorcycles one time man!
Bye bye, thank you!
It’s about celebrating people who make the world more awesome.
Everything is possible!
Thank you for being my friend.