generation
the world expects them to be entrepreneurs
innovators and actors in development
but in practice
we live under established structures
where the real possibility of exploring is
very small
the school system does not encourage
creativity is awarded to those who meet
with the predetermined order
even extraordinary students do not
they have different contributions
also the level of demand is so
high and it takes so many hours to do
something different is rarely in the
imaginary
today we have great access to
information and great communications
but we have trouble using this
tool with ambitious goals
we know we have the potential but not
we know how to use I always had the
huge desire to do big things and
important to demonstrate my ability and
to leave a mark but until recently
I had not found the mechanism
adequate a year ago I decided to try
win a game robert gates so you could
be part of a small group of
people who do unique things and
it could be officially amazing as
describes and I had to find out how
applied to beat a record because
at the beginning I did not even know where
start
I found that I had to create a profile
and make a proposal on their website
to make you honest use the name the
information from my mom because I
I was worried that they did not take me seriously
for being a minor it occurred to me
make the locro of potatoes one of our
most typical dishes the biggest
world for additionally positional the
Quito gastronomy worldwide and
so increase tourism
its at the beginning nobody else jackass
what were the real possibilities of
that you see but after two months of
subscribe application has responded
at my request and they accepted me
they also sent me a lot of
documents from contracts to list
of requirements to beat the record
among them that the soup had to
think at least 10,000 pounds had
to be prepared in a single container
and with the traditional recipe and that everything
the product had to be consumed that
the same day
It was the first time it rained a
contract without doubt the first
Once I filled the contract
one of my biggest concerns was the
container in which I was going to cook this
huge achievement
I started looking for possible footprints in the
process
I found the table of the chats
an organization of chefs that performs
activities for social purposes
I presented my project and with great
generosity of volunteers hoisted
help me
we had several meetings in which
We organize the culinary aspects of
event
we calculate the amount of ingredients
that we will need taking into account
the evaporation and the residue the
calculations had to be precise
because the record gave us by weight with
help desk sets in
against a base like a paila in a
school of gastronomy in ambato
We negotiated with the owner and I was able to bring the
baza a metalworking in keep the today
it was two months being adequate
together with many experts
we work to grow you
significantly at the end already
It was three meters in diameter by 1.4
meters deep to make sure
that the pot was suitable we made several
tests first we compared the weight and the
volume of the locro with the weight and
water volume the values were
close with a cistern we fill the
pot with water to make sure that
come the 10,000 pounds we boiled water
to calculate the cooking times and
to make sure that the
firewood mechanism for cooking
the project went from being mine to doing
our every time the
number of people that we worked
to win guinness world records
as the prize they gave us by weight
I had to get cranes with scales
incorporated to lift the pot and
A) Yes
get the fish one of the other options
to use an industrial scale
but the logistics was much more
complicated and the heat scared us
distorted the weight that showed
to skype
we did several tests of lifting the
pot to make sure that it does not
will lose weight for a week
before the event
in one of these tests the hole is
broke in an extreme of urgency
we had to reinforce the isolda
my idea to cover the expenses of
event was to create a business plan in the
that requested economic support in exchange
of advertising
I had to go from office to office
company in company and meeting
at a meeting presenting this plan
at the beginning the level of rejection was
very high for my age inclusive
getting the appointment will be complicated but
little by little while seated the
project can get several
sponsors the contributions will be as much
economic as in kind work with
So many brands will be difficult because
you had to comply with the contracts and
with the demands of each one
even to make them arts of
advertising each piece had to pass
by several filters the call was
fundamental because if it is not
they distributed the 10,000 pounds
they did not give us the prize we made pages
of the locro test in the different networks
social
in the course of the project film two
videos
combined the videos had more than
300,000 views although most of
reactions were positive
I also received some comments
negative and offensive
learn to ignore these comments was
extremely difficult especially when
these were public means that today
have the project called me to
interview me in total over 115
interviews between radio television and
newspapers
the event had both national coverage
as an international it was broadcast in
Countries like Spain Colombia
Dominican republic honduras between
others
thanks to social networks and
means the people found out he wanted to be
part of the project the day of the event
More than 300 people prepare the loc
many of these volunteers from
Gastronomy students at the moment
weigh the frame scale 12,760 pounds
just from shop a luck that the pot and
has resisted because we only had
Done tests for 10,000 pounds
the international judge of gin schrott
who came to certify the middle event
the record accompanied me several
public figures like the mayor
representing the city during
all day we had entertainment
there were artists circus bands and
animators
according to the calculations of the police
national and according to the number of
tickets we had to post
attended by more than 60 thousand people
event
we distribute for free 25 thousand
individual portions and 400 of them
that were sent to different
organizations with social purposes
it was a day in which independently
of social and economic origin
political positions and origins
geographic many Ecuadorians we
we meet with a common goal to do
something big
it’s a lesson that we should
focus on our similarities and not
divide us by our differences
I think that many of us aspire to do things
great but it’s not easy to find
the way
some have revolutionary ideas
but for others to do something different
requires a constant search and
deep
I have learned that to have an impact
in the competitive world in which
we live it is necessary to make the decision
of being great and being perseverant and
risky regardless of the
structures under which we live is
necessary to do different things to
be different
we have to do the search for
opportunities a system of life
Thank you
is
[Applause]
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