You might remember Binura Perera from my DAAD scholarshipvideo. Today I invited him to share his views on what it takes to beuniversally ready. Initially, I wanted to talk about being “corporate ready” –things students should pay attention to before they enter the job market.However, Binura challenged my perspective and told me to look at the bigpicture, to take on the whole world instead of being the best in Sri Lanka. Binuracurrently works as a Sustainability Professional for a Multinational company inGermany. He received his Masters from Carl von Ossietzky University ofOldenburg through a DAAD scholarship. His undergraduate degree was inMechanical Engineering from Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology(SLIIT).
00:00 Intro
01:52 What is Universally ready and global citizen
06:10 Talking about migration in general
10:44 Migration has different reasons
16:58 Fundamental difference between developed countries andSri Lanka?
17:47 Binura’s analogy: Train Vs Helicopter
20:03 We are afraid to take risks
23:02 Age is not a barrier for education in Westerncountries
24:20 I don’t have to do the same degree was the rest of mylife
26:39 Sri Lankan’s don’t make useof our facilities
30:30 Politicians reflect us
32:18 Is migration all beautifulas they say?
35:59 How to align our values andtargets
44:22 Skills#1 Decision making
50:19 Skills#2 Time management
54:02 Skills#3 Networking
1:00:10 Skills#4 FinancialDiscipline
1:03:21 Skills#5 Teamwork
1:11:04 Suggestion to audience
1:12:46 Skills#6 Empathy andsympathy
1:18:25 Closing question: Whatmakes a man?