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2 questions to uncover your passion — and turn it into a career | Noeline Kirabo

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. What’s your passion? Social entrepreneur Noeline Kirabo reflects on her work helping out-of-school young people in Uganda turn their passions into profitable businesses — and shares the two questions you can ask yourself to begin doing the same. The…

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April 23, 2020

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What’s your passion? Social entrepreneur Noeline Kirabo reflects on her work helping out-of-school young people in Uganda turn their passions into profitable businesses — and shares the two questions you can ask yourself to begin doing the same.

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26 Comments

Cerbyo

April 25, 2020 at 10:50 am

waste of time

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Rick Harold

April 25, 2020 at 1:04 pm

Nice thx

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Aloha NT

April 25, 2020 at 1:25 pm

“But the truth is, you never truly start living until you learn to live from the inside out.”

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Obsession of the Month

April 25, 2020 at 1:33 pm

Never make your “passion” your career/job. I did and regret it. I used to love computers till I worked in IT now I hate them and the attached users.

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- Annette bogere
  
  April 27, 2020 at 12:04 pm
  
  read the E myth
  
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Татьяна Александрова

April 25, 2020 at 7:55 pm

Hello! Thank you for this speech. I think a lot about that problem, and I think then you really right.

All the things that you love is you. We must be happy and make the world a better place!

I’m so sorry if I have mistakes in the text. I from Russia. I love psychology and try to learn English.

Good luck!

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Harshal Gondkar

April 25, 2020 at 8:02 pm

If I had all the money and time for me…..I would read books.
Is there something wrong in that?
But then what would be my career?
Please answer.

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MrFungus420

April 25, 2020 at 9:08 pm

Yeah…it’s a nice pipe dream…

And, for most people, that’s all it can ever be.

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Filip Barac

April 25, 2020 at 9:09 pm

Just another life story… Well I didn’t expect magical answers or even questions but still the ratio of upvotes and downvotes is pretty good for a basically useless ted talk.

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Tomáš

April 25, 2020 at 10:18 pm

Does anyone have contact to Musa? We should bring these bags to Czech republic as well!

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Anthony Abeja

April 25, 2020 at 11:43 pm

Great talk! And that accessory around her neck and shoulders is so fresh… 🙂

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Jan Adriel Villafranca

April 26, 2020 at 2:17 am

This.

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Elena Lopez

April 26, 2020 at 2:27 pm

Se pude decidir entre vivir para servir o servir par vivir. Entre hacer mas rico al que tiene o hacer mas pobre al que no tiene, o si quieres complacer a ambos servir alos demas o servirte de ellos , si quieres as lo que te de la gana total vivimos en democracia , saludos

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Elena Lopez

April 26, 2020 at 2:38 pm

Cualquira que sea tu pasión trata de no joder el medio ambiente (contaminación) y no te comas cualquier cosa que camine o viva en el agua (exótico afrodisíaco ) pinche culero

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Rashelia Agatha

April 26, 2020 at 2:44 pm

would i able to meet her?

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Toanrt

April 26, 2020 at 11:14 pm

All hobbies are hobbies without turn to business
All hobbies are passion if they can turn to business.
Right?

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Engr. Waleed Khan

April 27, 2020 at 12:45 am

I watch just a single TED talk daily and it is really helping me. I now know about many things which were not teach in school and by our parents. It really expands our knowledge, our perception and way of thinking and analysing things. Thank you TED.✌

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Eunice M

April 27, 2020 at 6:37 am

She’s so cute.

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Gabriel Francis

April 27, 2020 at 8:14 am

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jesca ahimbisibwe

April 27, 2020 at 12:40 pm

Looking inside your heart brings creativity that only God can help you, steward.

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Tammla Price

April 27, 2020 at 1:58 pm

Is passion really only for the rich?

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RONAH ATURINDA

April 27, 2020 at 2:49 pm

Thanks ma

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Mujawimana Rachel

April 27, 2020 at 5:01 pm

Great talk. Looking inward instead of outward…..

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Foggy Craw

April 28, 2020 at 12:25 am

I feel like nothing really brings me joy 🙁

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Afifah Jansit

April 28, 2020 at 4:19 pm

find passion and start moving towards achieving your version of success, ohh i love that she

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Mikhail Hjadynkov

April 28, 2020 at 10:14 pm

A misfit college dropout with a ‘strange’ but unquenchable sense of passion? Seems like she’s talking about me too.

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