They Matter Too (Episode 79)

I'm Fatima Bey the Mindshifter , and welcome everyone . Today's episode is going to be a little bit different . I'm Fatima Bey the Mindshifter . This episode is about planting a thought seed in your mind . I want to explain something to you that most of you probably don't think about . Western civilization represents roughly just 20% of the global population .

I want you to let that sink in for a second . Only roughly 20% of the world is considered Western civilization US , uk , australia , just to name a few . We often design content , products and experiences for this 20% . That means 80% of the world's population is frequently overlooked , at least by us . Within that 80% , there is untapped potential .

There are talents and ideas that we have never heard of , that we've never seen , we've never experienced , we've never had the opportunity to experience why we don't cater to them . We only cater to the small 20% . We're so busy running around trying to impress one another in this 20% world , that we're ignoring 80% of the world's potential .

I'm going to explain something to you that really brings this home . I'm going to use myself as an example of what I'm talking about today my website . I just rebuilt myself from the ground up . It's in the . You can take a look at it . It's fatimabaycom .

It's just my name , but I rebuilt my entire website recently and my website is set up in a very particular way . If you visit it , you will notice that it doesn't really look that typical , especially for people in my arena . Like other coaches and people in my arena , there's no big picture files . I only have a few videos , very simple and easy navigation .

In fact , I created a blog for each and every single episode of this podcast . So why would we , as an international mind shift coach , create a very simple website ? It's pretty but it's simple in functionality . Why did I do that ? I'm going to explain to you why I did that .

So , within that 80% of the world , within those other cultures and other places in the world , connectivity to the internet is an issue . You see , here in the US , we take in the US and other places like here , we take internet connectivity for granted because it's just available to us and we complain if something isn't fast .

We are just used to this level of connectivity . Many parts of the world don't have that . That is actually a privilege and quite often expensive , and even in some places in the world where they do have connectivity , the issue is they have limited data , just like we used to pay for minutes here in the US for our phones .

Many people in the world still live on that sort of system where they have to pay for data . That's a big deal . So when I and also the hearing impaired , so the hearing impaired we often don't think about them when we create things .

We kind of like do things on the side for them , but we don't actually always think about them enough , I would say , because some people do . But the hearing impaired , I want to make sure they have access to my podcast as well , which is why I created the blog .

I want every teen in the world , literally who can , to have access to the impactful conversations that happen on this podcast . I don't just want to talk to the 20% . We have enough information already . We're going to use it or not .

I really want to make sure that that other 80 percent of the world teens in the world can actually have access to the same things that you and I do , because they matter too . The other thing I did when setting up my website is I made sure that my website is translatable in over 50 languages around the world , because not everybody speaks English .

Why does that have to be a barrier ? Since they matter too , why not find a way to give them access and my website automatically translate into the language that of your location , basically , but you can also choose languages . Why did I do that ? For the same reason , I made the design simple Because they matter too , and I want them to know that .

I want them to have just as much access to everything else that we in the 20% world have . Now , I just use that as an example to strike a point . Let me give you some other numbers . Do you know that only 66% of the world has strong internet ?

That means 30 , 34% of the world does not have strong internet , so even if they could pay for data , they still might not be able to get it . Well , I think they matter too , so that's why I had a website set up easy enough , where someone with low data can still navigate everything on there .

And if they can't listen to the audio because it uses up too much data , they can at least read about it . Many countries sell data the way , like I said , the way we used to do in the US , and this can be very costly for them .

I don't think most of you really understand what a big deal it is to navigate some of these websites that we create here in the 20% world . We want to be big and flashy and sell ourselves , especially coaches . So look at me why you need my expertise . Blah , blah , blah .

All of that stuff that we put , that we front load into our landing page on our websites . They take up a lot of data because we use a lot of big files animations , videos . All of those things matter . You don't optimize photos . All of those things matter , and you know what that means .

You're only going to reach the 20% because a lot of the people around the world can't load that Correction . 34% because we're talking about internet connectivity and that piece .

That means there's a considerable amount of people that you're not reaching because you're focused on just a few , and this means that many of these people without internet connectivity at you know strong internet connectivity they don't have access to something that could change their lives , because maybe you have the thing that they need to hear , but you haven't

considered them , so they haven't mattered to . I want to give you this analogy Ignoring the 80% of the world , who is not Western civilization . Ignoring the 80% of the world is like picking up pebbles because they're close and not looking just a little bit further to see the precious gems that are worth even more .

Are you ignoring gems out there while focusing on pebbles even more ? Are you ignoring gems out there while focusing on pebbles ? There's a man by the name of Miles Monroe . He died in 2014 , but he was one of the greatest minds of the last century . He really was . Look him up . He really really was .

Don't have time here to tell his whole life story , but I'm just going to point out a couple of things about him . He came from a third world country and used to sleep on a dirt floor with rats and roaches . He was told that people like him could never excel . He was literally told that Fast forward to the future . He became very wealthy , one of the most .

I don't know how many books this man wrote . He was an author . He wrote maybe a hundred or so books . I really don't even know because I didn't look up the number , but he wrote many , many , many books . He was an author , he was a speaker and very , very wealthy . But the key thing I want to point out about him is he was an influencer to world leaders .

I would say , out of everything we know about the man , that was his biggest asset . He had the ear of world leaders .

Kings and queens and presidents and world leaders literally would listen to this man , and he was a Christian man and he preached and taught from the Bible , and many of these people in the world who listened to him were of other religions and faiths , yet they listened to him . He grew up in a third world country . He was a part of that 80% .

He was part of the people that the people ignored . He was part of the ones who . You can't be anything . People like you don't go anywhere . Some of you are like yeah , do you ? Some of the world's greatest inventions and cures are lying in places that we are brushing off or not considering , and I want you to take this , no matter what your age is .

I want you to take this to home .

What are you ignoring around you that might be a precious gem , while you're sitting around playing with stones , sitting around playing with pebbles , ignoring the gems that are down the street , in the city next to you , in the state next to you , because they don't look like you , because they're poor , because they're whatever detail , fill in the blanks .

What gems are you missing out on ? Now I'll take a moment to talk to the teenagers , in particular , teens listening to this or reading this right now . I want you to know that you matter and I want you to know I don't want you to be like the generations before you . I want you to be better . Be better than us .

Be better than us , who only pay attention to the 20% and miss out on the treasures of the 80% . Be better than us . Recognize the gems in life , because you are the generation that's going to make this world better . We have already screwed it up .

You are the people , you are the generation that can make this world better by making it different , by doing it different , by recognizing that there are gems around you and you just got to pay attention . Stop staying within the confines of what your culture has taught you , and I don't care what country you're from .

All of us have cultures that have taught us , good and bad , every single one of us . Get outside , climb outside that box . Discover what's outside , what your culture has taught you , discover the precious gems that are out there . But the biggest gem I want you to discover is the one you see when you look in the mirror .

Yeah , you , you are one of the most precious gems in the world and I want you to know that . I see you and I believe that you are the most precious gem in the world . The greatest potential is usually untapped potential . What's in you teenage boy , teenage girl that's untapped , that you've hidden because it's not accepted ?

What's in you that you haven't let people see , that you haven't let out ? What's in that great big mind of yours that you think no one will listen to ? You probably have the answer to one of the world's problems , but you're not letting it out .

I want you to know that you matter too , and to everyone listening or reading this out there again , I want to plant that thought in your head While you're sitting around playing with pebbles or focusing on pebbles . What gems are you missing out on ?

What great value are you ignoring playing with the 20% and missing out on the greatest potential of all time because you want to focus on the pebbles , because they're close to your feet . Look a little further , find those gems , and for any teenager out there listening , I really want to know that you're listening , that you're reading , whichever way .

So if you go to fatimabaycom slash podcast , or you can go to mindshiftpowerpodcastcom and send me a message , let me know that you understand that you matter too , and I want to leave you guys with this thought here there are gems that look like stones until you get close enough to see their brilliance . They matter too . Thank you for listening .

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