Ted Audio Collective.

This past summer, I spent two magnificent weeks traveling with my 18 year old nephew, and I learned so much from him.

For example, he taught me how to take a better selfie.

But seriously, I just find myself thinking differently when I'm around him.

It's like I see myself through his eyes.

For instance, he just started his freshman year at college

and he asked me, what advice would you give me and I had to really stop and think about that.

I remembered what canned prescriptive guidance was given to me at his age, but the world has changed

since I went to college. It's changed a lot, and I've changed a lot. And so the conversation that followed was a true exchange between him and I, about what we cared about, about what we wanted, about

what the future holds, which, like a selfie, showed me a whole lot about myself that I had yet to fully articulate.

I'm a dupe ganola.

This is Ted Business from the Ted Audio Collective.

Our guest today is Youth Empowerment Advocate Mohan Seva Loganathan, and Mohan wants us to know that the kids are

all right.

He says powerful leadership is informed by the voice of the next generation.

They'll keep us both accountable and adaptable for the big challenges ahead.

Then after the talk, I'll reflect on my own experience

working with students in the classroom post-pandemic.

But first, a quick break. And now Mohan Seva Loganothan takes the Ted stage.

My first job out of school was at Procter and Gamble. Shortly after launching my career,

I sat down at a restaurant with my parents. Sri Lankan immigrants who came to the country

poor, nothing in their pockets but became immensely successful through careers in public service.

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