May 6, 2024 • 24 mins
Since January of this year, we've been constantly talking about people who have contributed to making the world a better place. Even if it was their own world... Almost all of these heroes, whom I deeply admire, started from the place where they were born and raised. In the last episode, we talked about a King. King David, and today I'm going to talk about another king. Not a king with the royal title, but a king who, although he has already died, continues to transmit his faith to his Brazilian brothers and sisters, and beyond. The three-time Formula 1 champion, one of my heroes since the late 80s, the great Ayrton Senna. He was always someone who brought great joy to the Brazilian people. Firstly, with victories in Sunday races after lunch (in Portugal's time zone) and then, after his death, providing conditions for everyone to have the chance to succeed in their lives. One of Ayrton's dreams was to help his people so that everyone could have the same opportunities to succeed in life. The right to have a future and to have hope. To change the scenario of Brazil. His sister Viviane Senna turned this dream into reality with the creation of the Ayrton Senna Institute. In 2024, this institution celebrates its 30th anniversary and works to transform thousands of lives. This is what greatness is all about... continuing the dream of a racing champion but also a champion of life. It has been 30 years since his death on May 1st, but his legacy is very much present in Brazil and also in my heart. Ayrton for me is a flower that will always be placed on my Wall of Hope, and like him, I want tomorrow to be much better than today. I hope to convey to you the energy that he transmits to me every day. As beautiful as my beautiful Madeira Island.
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(00:13):
Hi, guys, it's me.You're Muti vital as usual Francisco. On
the day I'm recording this episode,we celebrate Mother's Day here in Funchale and
also the flower Parade is happening asa part of the flowers festivities. My
dairy Island, for those who neverbeen here, is a really beautiful place.
(00:36):
It's no wonder they call it theAtlantic Pearl. I can assure you
that this island of mine has anenergy that it's different from any other place
I visited in the world. Youhave to come here to feel what I'm
trying to tell you. We havebeautiful forest and of course many flowers.
(00:57):
The Flower Festival is an event thatlasts for four with an exhibition of natural
flowers from the island, floral carpets, music, and of course the flower
parade. This festival begun in nineteenfifty four when a club let's call it
like that, organized an event wherepeople could exhibit their flowers, culminating in
(01:21):
a reward for the best ones.It was such a success that this event
continued to be held annually until nineteenseventy nine, when the government took over
the responsibility for this festival. Inone of these flower exhibitions. There's a
flower mural next to Funchal City Hallcalled Wall of Hope. I don't know
(01:45):
why it's call like that, butall children go there on a Saturday morning
to place a flower on that mural. I think all the boys and girls
born here in Funchale have already gonethere to put a flower on a Saturday
morning. I didn't investigate the nameof this Wall of Hope, but what
(02:05):
I was told when I was achild is that the purpus of this wall
is to create a better world forall of us. I would prefer that
this world be called the Wall offaith rather than hope. As I usually
say, hope means we are waitingfor someone that may not happen, while
faith is the absolute certain that willhappen. Well, this is mess saying
(02:30):
it. So it is what itis, what's certain, and it's good
to empathize. Is that, sinceI was a child, this wall full
of beautiful flowers entered my subconscious andthe phrase to create a better world has
always stay there. Since January ofthis year, we've constantly talking about people
(02:53):
who have contributed to making the worlda better place, even if it was
their own world. Almost all ofthese heros, whom I deeply admire,
start from the place where they wereborn and raised. In the last episode,
we talk about the King, KingDavid, and today I'm talking to
(03:15):
you about another king, not aking with the royal title, but the
king who, although he has alreadydied, continues to transmit his faith to
his Brazilian brothers and sisters and beyondthe three time Formuly One champion. One
of my heroes since the late eighties, the great Ayrton Senna. He was
(03:38):
always someone who brought great joy tothe Brazilian people, firstly with the victories
in a Sunday races after lunch inthe Portugal time zone, and then after
his death, providing conditions for everyoneto have the chance to secede in their
lives. One of the Areton's dreamswas to help his people to that everyone
(04:01):
could have the same opportunities to succeedin life, the right to have a
future and to have hope to changethe scenario of Brazil. His sister viv
and Senna turned this dream into realitywith the creation of Theyrton Sene Institute in
twenty twenty four. This institute celebratesthirty anniversary and works to transform thousands of
(04:27):
lives. This is what greatness isall about, continuing the dream of a
racing champion, but also a championof life. It has been thirty years
since his death on May first,but his legacy is very much present in
Brazil and also in my heart.Ayrton, for me, is a flower
(04:48):
that will always be placed in mywall of hope. And like him,
I want tomorrow to be better thantoday. I hope to convey to you
the energy that he can meets tome every day as beautiful as my beautiful,
my dairy island. This is theDavid and Goliath Podcast, and I
(05:15):
will tell you real stories from normalpeople who had great, mighty wars and
defeated their giants. In the introduction, I told you something that isn't correct.
I said that Ayrton was my favoriteFormerly one driver since the late eighties
of the last century. I meanmy favorite driver was a Brazilian, but
(05:39):
it wasn't Ayrton, it was NelsonPicky. I only start to like and
root for Ayrton in a Formula OneGrand Prix in Brazil nineteen ninety one.
It was in that race that Isaw the true hero he was. He
won that race thirty three years agowith the gearboy stuck in the sixth gear
(06:01):
that means to keep the car ontrack. He had to endure tremendous physical
strain, as the evidence in thevideos from then, he achieved what many
couldn't do. From that day on, he became my favorite. Every Sunday
after lunchtime, the TV channel wasalways tuned to the Formula One race and
(06:24):
there I was always cheering for AyrtonSenna the silver. In the nineteen ninety
three nineteen ninety four season, heleft MacLaren and went to the great and
all powerful William's team. At thetime, Williams had been the Constructors' champion
in the previous season and therefore hadall the conditions to be champions again.
(06:46):
Or so I thought. Senna couldn'tget the best out of the car.
So it was surprised for me tosee Schumacher win almost all the races at
the beginning of that season, untilthat curse day on May first, nineteen
ninety four at Imola Grand Prix thatwe quickened in the qualifying section. There
(07:09):
had already been a dramatic accident involvingReuben Barrichello and the death of Holland Hutzenberg.
At the start of the race,attire hit its protector in stands and
it seems like the bad things wouldn'tstop there, and yes, the worst
was yet to come. Ayrton wasin the lead from the first lap.
(07:32):
The Williams was very good on thistype of tracks where speed is a fundamental
characteristic. On the seventh lap,my champion was still in the lead until
the car steering column locked and hewent straight into the concrete wall at three
hundred kilometers per hour, causing hisdeath. I was at a friend's house
(07:54):
studying for physics elam. It wasSunday and it was a beautiful sunny afternoon.
The accident had already happened, butI thought, although it was a
dramatic accident, it would be okay, just like with so many others,
It was just a dramatic accident,nothing more, I thought. In the
(08:16):
middle of the afternoon, we turnedon the TV and in news came immediately
that Ayrton hadn't survive the accident andhad died. He wasn't a close family
member, but it was a personclose to my heart. On that day,
I cried, just like millions ofpeople who loved Ayrton. From that
(08:37):
day until twenty sixteen, I stoppedfollowing Formula One races and never wanted to
know about this sport again. Itwasn't funny anymore until one day last year
I went to learn more about Ayrton, not as a driver, but as
a person, and guess what,it continues to be my champion. At
(09:03):
the beginning of last year, everythingwas dark around me. There was no
light or anything guide to guide meout of the immense lowliness and sadness.
On one of those days, whenI was grapping with my agony and solitude,
I decided to listen to a Brazilianpodcast called prim Caste and who was
(09:24):
the guest Vivienne Senna Ayrton Senna's sister, president of Dyrton Sena Institute. To
my surprise, she leads an institutewhose main objective is to bring education to
thousands of people so that everyone hasthe same opportunities to be champions in life
(09:45):
in any area of life. Twomonths before his death, Ayrton shared with
his sister the desire to do somethinggreat for the future of the Brazilians,
especially for children and young people.Combining the pilot's dream with what Vivian was
working on human developing in the fieldof psychology, she decided to create this
(10:09):
institute after her brother's death, aeitun dream in action. In nineteen ninety
four, the year of the Champion'sdeath, twenty percent of the Brazilian population
did not able to read. Educationwas Brazil's biggest problem. In twenty twenty
(10:30):
two, the literacy rate was fivepoint six percent in the Brazilian population.
That is ten million Brazilians couldn't reador write. Just to give an idea
of the enormal enormity of literary people. Ten million is the population of Portugal.
(10:50):
That's a lot of people. Surelythe institute does contribute to his huge
decrease in Brazil since nineteen ninety four. What made me even more impressed with
all of these is the different wayof thinking and acting. If you take
a look at the institute website,you will read the following. A new
(11:13):
radiation that prepares only for academic orprofessional success will not be able enough to
ensure autonomy, to make purpose choicesthat result in a better life for each
one and for the world more thanexpending time in school. It is essential
to expand development opportunities that look atthe human being as a whole, and
(11:37):
you also continue to read. TheInstitute believes that every student has the potential
to transform their reality and change theworld, and to make this happen,
it is fundamental to ensure that theyare full development through integrational education. When
a teacher or a school system implementsa proposal for integrational integration education, they
(12:01):
value the students in all their potential, recognize the diversity of ways of being,
and insure to each one opportunities forinternational development. So what is integral
education? It's hard to explain inthe consistent ways, but I will try
(12:22):
in summary way. Fulling development thestudent in all their dimssions such as intellectual,
physical, emotional, motivational, amongothers, Providing opportunities for them to
build their life project projects what isimportant to them as well as well as
their challenges, interests, identity,prepare them to make choices and gradually achieve
(12:48):
autonomy. Preparing teachers self awareness lifeprojects which means space for reflection and construcs
action so that the students can getto know themselves better and establish relevant interest.
Dreams and future objectives grow both fromprofessional personal, collective perspective autonomy.
(13:16):
It must create opportunities and open pathsfor young people to have the necessary tools
to make choices, an outline futureplant autonomously based on fundamental values for the
individual. In other words, whatshould have been done for the past forty
years. This is how Vivianne hasbeen combating the Brazilian goliath that was or
(13:41):
still is the lack of education ofthe Brazilian people. As she herself says,
it's not been donating a certain amountof money that will change the educational
path of the children, or beingby the building their newer schools. If
we don't get to the heart ofthe problem and solve the reasons so that
(14:03):
we can improve the life and futureof the children, the lack of education
will persist and the country will continueto be a poor country. Ray Value
says that when we fall, wehave to go analyze the roots of the
problem, face them head on,and come up with an action plan to
solve the problem and then reach ahigher level of our evolution. Well,
(14:30):
that's what the institute has been doing, coming up with a planned action for
the children education so there is noloss of time, because for children this
time is too important to be wasted. The website says the following. Also,
Ayrton sent a gym of a countrywhere everyone new victory and more opportunities.
(14:52):
And how has this been done?As you are following through education,
Greatness is when someone continues the workof their creator. Ayrton Senna, the
three time champion, continues to bechampion even though he is not physically among
us. His sister is implementing hisdream, his vision and would have thought
(15:18):
on the other side of the Atlanticwithout knowing that he is being done in
Brazil. Continues to inspire someone notonly because of his life example on the
tracks, but also in wanting toleave this place better when he arrived.
This being great just like King David, or just like Victor Carduozo and all
(15:39):
the other people I have talked abouton this podcast. Well, fortunately the
educational problems in Brazil are not thesame as here in Portugal. But looking
closely, the way things are done, the way teaching is carry out,
(16:02):
has remain the same for forty years. And why do I say this,
as you know I have three daughters. At this stage of my life I've
been more closely following the journey ofthe two youngest ones, and I see
that they continue to do the samethings in school as they did in my
time. Although the textbooks have improved, the physical conditions are not the same
(16:25):
as they were in my time.The way the cussion is conducted remains the
same. We don't explain the reasonsbehind the things. For an example,
how tegnometry is very useful for ourpractical lives, how it was used to
measure the distance between Earth and themoon, and how it's used in many
things. We don't motivate children tolearn to simulate their creativity. We continue
(16:52):
to treat kids as if they wereall the same, and anyone who deviates
from the norm is strongly criticized oreven worse, reprimanded, just like I
was forty years ago. At theend of March twenty twenty three, on
a Friday, I gave a lectureat a school here in Fuchale about financial
(17:15):
literacy for children. I explained tothe children what to do with money and
not make the same mistakes I made. In short, I told them to
use their talents to make money,which is the same thing my book says
in one of those lectures, therewas a kid who was always joking around.
(17:36):
I admitted I started to annoy me, but I made an effort not
to let it influence me and continued. At the end of the lecture,
I was meeting with some teacher andkids who wanted to know more about this
subject, when I suddenly this kidappeared me and said to me, Teacher,
I don't know how to do anythingother than make others laugh. My
(18:00):
classes mate called me a clown,and the teachers called me the court gesture.
I saw the fate he was stressingin his eyes. To him,
he was just a nobody. Iturned to him and asked why he didn't
start recording the funny things he does? Why not make some videos and then
(18:21):
who knows make money with it?I finished saying this, and this expression
changed. Then he rushed out ofthe classroom where I gave the lecture.
He gave me great joy to seehim like that, and it still does
when I think about the moment.To succeed in life, we have to
(18:41):
accept ourselves, and we have toaccept that we are all very different from
each other. We have to letthe brightness of others shine and let them
work their magic in this world.Ayrton was a champion because he was different
from others and he had the courageto show it to the world. I
(19:02):
think you already know, but mysport is not racing, although I enjoy
watching Formula One and even though I'ma Ferrari fan, but what I really
love is basketball. As I've saidhundreds of times, why do I want
to be a coach because of thesetwo to teach kids that it's okay to
(19:23):
be different from each other, thatby helping each other we can be better
people, and by becoming better people, we can improve the world we will
live in in all these champions showedjust that being a coach. Just like
Ayrton and VVN believe that it's througheducation that we can improve our society,
(19:45):
I believe also, but also Ibelieve that through sports we can educate true
champions. How I loved watching Ayrtonrace. There was a Grand Prix then
in Monaco in nineteen ninety two wherehe won. This race is a street
(20:11):
race, making overtaking very difficult.He Ayrton went from second to first because
Nigel Mantle, the driver leading theGrand Prix, had the bad bit stop
allowing Areton to take the lead foralmost half the race, Nigel tried to
overtake Ayrton. I'm absolutely sure Ayrtonwas going to win because you could see
(20:34):
from the outside that his focus washis greatest weapon. There are so many
races we could talk about his greatnesson the racetrack, but all of that
has already been talked about and reportedby so many people, and if I
did it, I would be justone more that long list of people.
(20:56):
I was truly amazed at how theinstitute operates in Brazil. I was intonished,
astonished to learn that Ayton believed inthe same things I believe in.
Through education, we can help makethis society a better society, not only
through the education of a standard curricularsuch as math, physics, and others,
(21:17):
but also through the personal development ofeach individual, knowing that each one
is unique in this world. WhenI discovered this, I immediately had a
strong desire to become a coach andthe dream of something greater so that I
can leave this world better than whenI arrived. If I had this education,
I probably wouldn't have made the mistakesI made, and most likely this
(21:41):
podcast would desist If I had thiseducation forty years ago, I would have
accept myself as I am, andI wouldn't have carried the missed guilt of
my existence on my shoulders. Youshould have listened to the last episode King
David. But what does all thishave to do with David and Goliath?
(22:04):
I have said more than once thatGoliath lives in each other of us,
and once again it has everything todo with it. Most likely we go
through a lot of crap when wediscover this, which was my case.
How do I fight and combat myGoliath? Every day I'm re educating myself.
(22:26):
There isn't a single day that Idon't try to be better than I
was yesterday. There isn't a singleday that I don't tell myself that it's
okay to be myself, that it'sgood to be myself. If I had
known this from a young age,I don't have made all of the half
(22:47):
mistakes I made. And just likeAihyrton, I want people to have the
same opportunities to be happy and makethis world much better than it is currently,
to be champions in life. Thisis indeed my dream. Thank you,
Iyrton, Thank you everything you leftto us in the future. We
(23:08):
shouldn't have to put flowers on thewalls of hope to have hope for a
better world, but rather to livein a better world happ
Hi, guys, it's me.You're Muti vital as usual Francisco. On
the day I'm recording this episode,we celebrate Mother's Day here in Funchale and
also the flower Parade is happening asa part of the flowers festivities. My
dairy Island, for those who neverbeen here, is a really beautiful place.
(00:36):
It's no wonder they call it theAtlantic Pearl. I can assure you
that this island of mine has anenergy that it's different from any other place
I visited in the world. Youhave to come here to feel what I'm
trying to tell you. We havebeautiful forest and of course many flowers.
(00:57):
The Flower Festival is an event thatlasts for four with an exhibition of natural
flowers from the island, floral carpets, music, and of course the flower
parade. This festival begun in nineteenfifty four when a club let's call it
like that, organized an event wherepeople could exhibit their flowers, culminating in
(01:21):
a reward for the best ones.It was such a success that this event
continued to be held annually until nineteenseventy nine, when the government took over
the responsibility for this festival. Inone of these flower exhibitions. There's a
flower mural next to Funchal City Hallcalled Wall of Hope. I don't know
(01:45):
why it's call like that, butall children go there on a Saturday morning
to place a flower on that mural. I think all the boys and girls
born here in Funchale have already gonethere to put a flower on a Saturday
morning. I didn't investigate the nameof this Wall of Hope, but what
(02:05):
I was told when I was achild is that the purpus of this wall
is to create a better world forall of us. I would prefer that
this world be called the Wall offaith rather than hope. As I usually
say, hope means we are waitingfor someone that may not happen, while
faith is the absolute certain that willhappen. Well, this is mess saying
(02:30):
it. So it is what itis, what's certain, and it's good
to empathize. Is that, sinceI was a child, this wall full
of beautiful flowers entered my subconscious andthe phrase to create a better world has
always stay there. Since January ofthis year, we've constantly talking about people
(02:53):
who have contributed to making the worlda better place, even if it was
their own world. Almost all ofthese heros, whom I deeply admire,
start from the place where they wereborn and raised. In the last episode,
we talk about the King, KingDavid, and today I'm talking to
(03:15):
you about another king, not aking with the royal title, but the
king who, although he has alreadydied, continues to transmit his faith to
his Brazilian brothers and sisters and beyondthe three time Formuly One champion. One
of my heroes since the late eighties, the great Ayrton Senna. He was
(03:38):
always someone who brought great joy tothe Brazilian people, firstly with the victories
in a Sunday races after lunch inthe Portugal time zone, and then after
his death, providing conditions for everyoneto have the chance to secede in their
lives. One of the Areton's dreamswas to help his people to that everyone
(04:01):
could have the same opportunities to succeedin life, the right to have a
future and to have hope to changethe scenario of Brazil. His sister viv
and Senna turned this dream into realitywith the creation of Theyrton Sene Institute in
twenty twenty four. This institute celebratesthirty anniversary and works to transform thousands of
(04:27):
lives. This is what greatness isall about, continuing the dream of a
racing champion, but also a championof life. It has been thirty years
since his death on May first,but his legacy is very much present in
Brazil and also in my heart.Ayrton, for me, is a flower
(04:48):
that will always be placed in mywall of hope. And like him,
I want tomorrow to be better thantoday. I hope to convey to you
the energy that he can meets tome every day as beautiful as my beautiful,
my dairy island. This is theDavid and Goliath Podcast, and I
(05:15):
will tell you real stories from normalpeople who had great, mighty wars and
defeated their giants. In the introduction, I told you something that isn't correct.
I said that Ayrton was my favoriteFormerly one driver since the late eighties
of the last century. I meanmy favorite driver was a Brazilian, but
(05:39):
it wasn't Ayrton, it was NelsonPicky. I only start to like and
root for Ayrton in a Formula OneGrand Prix in Brazil nineteen ninety one.
It was in that race that Isaw the true hero he was. He
won that race thirty three years agowith the gearboy stuck in the sixth gear
(06:01):
that means to keep the car ontrack. He had to endure tremendous physical
strain, as the evidence in thevideos from then, he achieved what many
couldn't do. From that day on, he became my favorite. Every Sunday
after lunchtime, the TV channel wasalways tuned to the Formula One race and
(06:24):
there I was always cheering for AyrtonSenna the silver. In the nineteen ninety
three nineteen ninety four season, heleft MacLaren and went to the great and
all powerful William's team. At thetime, Williams had been the Constructors' champion
in the previous season and therefore hadall the conditions to be champions again.
(06:46):
Or so I thought. Senna couldn'tget the best out of the car.
So it was surprised for me tosee Schumacher win almost all the races at
the beginning of that season, untilthat curse day on May first, nineteen
ninety four at Imola Grand Prix thatwe quickened in the qualifying section. There
(07:09):
had already been a dramatic accident involvingReuben Barrichello and the death of Holland Hutzenberg.
At the start of the race,attire hit its protector in stands and
it seems like the bad things wouldn'tstop there, and yes, the worst
was yet to come. Ayrton wasin the lead from the first lap.
(07:32):
The Williams was very good on thistype of tracks where speed is a fundamental
characteristic. On the seventh lap,my champion was still in the lead until
the car steering column locked and hewent straight into the concrete wall at three
hundred kilometers per hour, causing hisdeath. I was at a friend's house
(07:54):
studying for physics elam. It wasSunday and it was a beautiful sunny afternoon.
The accident had already happened, butI thought, although it was a
dramatic accident, it would be okay, just like with so many others,
It was just a dramatic accident,nothing more, I thought. In the
(08:16):
middle of the afternoon, we turnedon the TV and in news came immediately
that Ayrton hadn't survive the accident andhad died. He wasn't a close family
member, but it was a personclose to my heart. On that day,
I cried, just like millions ofpeople who loved Ayrton. From that
(08:37):
day until twenty sixteen, I stoppedfollowing Formula One races and never wanted to
know about this sport again. Itwasn't funny anymore until one day last year
I went to learn more about Ayrton, not as a driver, but as
a person, and guess what,it continues to be my champion. At
(09:03):
the beginning of last year, everythingwas dark around me. There was no
light or anything guide to guide meout of the immense lowliness and sadness.
On one of those days, whenI was grapping with my agony and solitude,
I decided to listen to a Brazilianpodcast called prim Caste and who was
(09:24):
the guest Vivienne Senna Ayrton Senna's sister, president of Dyrton Sena Institute. To
my surprise, she leads an institutewhose main objective is to bring education to
thousands of people so that everyone hasthe same opportunities to be champions in life
(09:45):
in any area of life. Twomonths before his death, Ayrton shared with
his sister the desire to do somethinggreat for the future of the Brazilians,
especially for children and young people.Combining the pilot's dream with what Vivian was
working on human developing in the fieldof psychology, she decided to create this
(10:09):
institute after her brother's death, aeitun dream in action. In nineteen ninety
four, the year of the Champion'sdeath, twenty percent of the Brazilian population
did not able to read. Educationwas Brazil's biggest problem. In twenty twenty
(10:30):
two, the literacy rate was fivepoint six percent in the Brazilian population.
That is ten million Brazilians couldn't reador write. Just to give an idea
of the enormal enormity of literary people. Ten million is the population of Portugal.
(10:50):
That's a lot of people. Surelythe institute does contribute to his huge
decrease in Brazil since nineteen ninety four. What made me even more impressed with
all of these is the different wayof thinking and acting. If you take
a look at the institute website,you will read the following. A new
(11:13):
radiation that prepares only for academic orprofessional success will not be able enough to
ensure autonomy, to make purpose choicesthat result in a better life for each
one and for the world more thanexpending time in school. It is essential
to expand development opportunities that look atthe human being as a whole, and
(11:37):
you also continue to read. TheInstitute believes that every student has the potential
to transform their reality and change theworld, and to make this happen,
it is fundamental to ensure that theyare full development through integrational education. When
a teacher or a school system implementsa proposal for integrational integration education, they
(12:01):
value the students in all their potential, recognize the diversity of ways of being,
and insure to each one opportunities forinternational development. So what is integral
education? It's hard to explain inthe consistent ways, but I will try
(12:22):
in summary way. Fulling development thestudent in all their dimssions such as intellectual,
physical, emotional, motivational, amongothers, Providing opportunities for them to
build their life project projects what isimportant to them as well as well as
their challenges, interests, identity,prepare them to make choices and gradually achieve
(12:48):
autonomy. Preparing teachers self awareness lifeprojects which means space for reflection and construcs
action so that the students can getto know themselves better and establish relevant interest.
Dreams and future objectives grow both fromprofessional personal, collective perspective autonomy.
(13:16):
It must create opportunities and open pathsfor young people to have the necessary tools
to make choices, an outline futureplant autonomously based on fundamental values for the
individual. In other words, whatshould have been done for the past forty
years. This is how Vivianne hasbeen combating the Brazilian goliath that was or
(13:41):
still is the lack of education ofthe Brazilian people. As she herself says,
it's not been donating a certain amountof money that will change the educational
path of the children, or beingby the building their newer schools. If
we don't get to the heart ofthe problem and solve the reasons so that
(14:03):
we can improve the life and futureof the children, the lack of education
will persist and the country will continueto be a poor country. Ray Value
says that when we fall, wehave to go analyze the roots of the
problem, face them head on,and come up with an action plan to
solve the problem and then reach ahigher level of our evolution. Well,
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that's what the institute has been doing, coming up with a planned action for
the children education so there is noloss of time, because for children this
time is too important to be wasted. The website says the following. Also,
Ayrton sent a gym of a countrywhere everyone new victory and more opportunities.
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And how has this been done?As you are following through education,
Greatness is when someone continues the workof their creator. Ayrton Senna, the
three time champion, continues to bechampion even though he is not physically among
us. His sister is implementing hisdream, his vision and would have thought
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on the other side of the Atlanticwithout knowing that he is being done in
Brazil. Continues to inspire someone notonly because of his life example on the
tracks, but also in wanting toleave this place better when he arrived.
This being great just like King David, or just like Victor Carduozo and all
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the other people I have talked abouton this podcast. Well, fortunately the
educational problems in Brazil are not thesame as here in Portugal. But looking
closely, the way things are done, the way teaching is carry out,
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has remain the same for forty years. And why do I say this,
as you know I have three daughters. At this stage of my life I've
been more closely following the journey ofthe two youngest ones, and I see
that they continue to do the samethings in school as they did in my
time. Although the textbooks have improved, the physical conditions are not the same
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as they were in my time.The way the cussion is conducted remains the
same. We don't explain the reasonsbehind the things. For an example,
how tegnometry is very useful for ourpractical lives, how it was used to
measure the distance between Earth and themoon, and how it's used in many
things. We don't motivate children tolearn to simulate their creativity. We continue
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to treat kids as if they wereall the same, and anyone who deviates
from the norm is strongly criticized oreven worse, reprimanded, just like I
was forty years ago. At theend of March twenty twenty three, on
a Friday, I gave a lectureat a school here in Fuchale about financial
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literacy for children. I explained tothe children what to do with money and
not make the same mistakes I made. In short, I told them to
use their talents to make money,which is the same thing my book says
in one of those lectures, therewas a kid who was always joking around.
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I admitted I started to annoy me, but I made an effort not
to let it influence me and continued. At the end of the lecture,
I was meeting with some teacher andkids who wanted to know more about this
subject, when I suddenly this kidappeared me and said to me, Teacher,
I don't know how to do anythingother than make others laugh. My
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classes mate called me a clown,and the teachers called me the court gesture.
I saw the fate he was stressingin his eyes. To him,
he was just a nobody. Iturned to him and asked why he didn't
start recording the funny things he does? Why not make some videos and then
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who knows make money with it?I finished saying this, and this expression
changed. Then he rushed out ofthe classroom where I gave the lecture.
He gave me great joy to seehim like that, and it still does
when I think about the moment.To succeed in life, we have to
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accept ourselves, and we have toaccept that we are all very different from
each other. We have to letthe brightness of others shine and let them
work their magic in this world.Ayrton was a champion because he was different
from others and he had the courageto show it to the world. I
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think you already know, but mysport is not racing, although I enjoy
watching Formula One and even though I'ma Ferrari fan, but what I really
love is basketball. As I've saidhundreds of times, why do I want
to be a coach because of thesetwo to teach kids that it's okay to
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be different from each other, thatby helping each other we can be better
people, and by becoming better people, we can improve the world we will
live in in all these champions showedjust that being a coach. Just like
Ayrton and VVN believe that it's througheducation that we can improve our society,
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I believe also, but also Ibelieve that through sports we can educate true
champions. How I loved watching Ayrtonrace. There was a Grand Prix then
in Monaco in nineteen ninety two wherehe won. This race is a street
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race, making overtaking very difficult.He Ayrton went from second to first because
Nigel Mantle, the driver leading theGrand Prix, had the bad bit stop
allowing Areton to take the lead foralmost half the race, Nigel tried to
overtake Ayrton. I'm absolutely sure Ayrtonwas going to win because you could see
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from the outside that his focus washis greatest weapon. There are so many
races we could talk about his greatnesson the racetrack, but all of that
has already been talked about and reportedby so many people, and if I
did it, I would be justone more that long list of people.
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I was truly amazed at how theinstitute operates in Brazil. I was intonished,
astonished to learn that Ayton believed inthe same things I believe in.
Through education, we can help makethis society a better society, not only
through the education of a standard curricularsuch as math, physics, and others,
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but also through the personal development ofeach individual, knowing that each one
is unique in this world. WhenI discovered this, I immediately had a
strong desire to become a coach andthe dream of something greater so that I
can leave this world better than whenI arrived. If I had this education,
I probably wouldn't have made the mistakesI made, and most likely this
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podcast would desist If I had thiseducation forty years ago, I would have
accept myself as I am, andI wouldn't have carried the missed guilt of
my existence on my shoulders. Youshould have listened to the last episode King
David. But what does all thishave to do with David and Goliath?
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I have said more than once thatGoliath lives in each other of us,
and once again it has everything todo with it. Most likely we go
through a lot of crap when wediscover this, which was my case.
How do I fight and combat myGoliath? Every day I'm re educating myself.
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There isn't a single day that Idon't try to be better than I
was yesterday. There isn't a singleday that I don't tell myself that it's
okay to be myself, that it'sgood to be myself. If I had
known this from a young age,I don't have made all of the half
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mistakes I made. And just likeAihyrton, I want people to have the
same opportunities to be happy and makethis world much better than it is currently,
to be champions in life. Thisis indeed my dream. Thank you,
Iyrton, Thank you everything you leftto us in the future. We
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shouldn't have to put flowers on thewalls of hope to have hope for a
better world, but rather to livein a better world happ
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