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“Basically, crises are the most normal thing in the world”, at least that’s what Janis McDavid says. And he should know, because he is a true professional when it comes to crises. The motivational coach and Unicef ambassador has had to overcome a number of hurdles in his own life because he was born without arms and legs.
For Janis McDavid, crises as we know them are the most normal thing in the world. That’s why it still surprises the 30-year-old motivational coach when people are surprised when they have a crisis. “Human life and our coexistence is constantly shaped by crises”McDavid says on episode 264 of the podcast “important today”. The really new thing about the situation for many is the fact that “we experience that these crises are getting closer and closer to us”. And how close, he had to experience first-hand from the Ukraine war. “For me, the low point was reached when the war in Ukraine started”, he tells podcast host Michel Abdollahi. For a week and a half, McDavid felt very powerless, even reporting being unable to work.
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podcast “important today”
Sure, opinionated, on the 12: “important today” is not just a news podcast. We set topics and initiate debates – with attitude and sometimes uncomfortable. Host Michel Abdollahi and his team speak out for this star– and RTL reporters with the most exciting people from politics, society and entertainment. They let all voices have their say, both the quiet and the loud. who “important today” listens, starts the day informed and can have a well-founded say.
In December 2021, Janis McDavid traveled to Ukraine as a Unicef ambassador and met open and committed activists. But barely six months later there was war there, and the motivational coach felt powerless. Because he is aware of how helpful donations and solidarity are, but at the end of the day that would also be the case “do not stop these atrocities”. It is important for him to also illuminate this side transparently, because he doesn’t think much of it himself “Colleagues who act as motivational trainers, where you get the feeling they are always happy.” According to him, this behavior is “inhuman” and above all also “unhealthy”.
As a backpacker on Kilimanjaro
But the Berliner also had reason to celebrate. Together with four other friends he climbed Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, when “Backpacker in the truest sense of the word”. Because of his congenital handicap, McDavid was placed in a commercial tracking backpack and carried all the way to the summit by his friends. McDavid himself admits: “None of us assumed that all five of us would actually make it up there.” He is all the more pleased that they all made it together and describes the experience as one “great experience”.
Boris Becker: A sports legend who may have to go to prison
Also, we’re watching “important today” to London – there Boris Becker, one of the greatest athletes in Germany, is on trial. Three weeks ago, the tennis hero was found guilty by a jury on four out of 24 charges. Judge Deborah Taylor will announce the sentence today. In short, Boris Becker is accused of deliberately not having disclosed some parts of his assets in insolvency proceedings. His defense attorney, on the other hand, says his client is naive but innocent. Theoretically, Boris Becker could even go to prison for this judgment – we will find out today.
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Source: Stern
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