Youths need to divert as believers for progress

Kamrul Hasan moved to Dhaka from Jhenaidah in 1994 with three bags in his hands. One of the three bags contained clothes and books in the other two. And he had dreams in his eyes. Lots of dreams. Now, Kamrul Hassan is a speaker, coach and founder of the CKH Network, who helps thousands of youngsters all over the country to gain valuable life skills. 

After coming to Dhaka to attend Dhaka College for his HSC, Hassan began to earn for himself to pay tuition. He sold encyclopedias on the streets of Dhaka and later to corporate houses. While still an undergraduate student, he landed a job at the multinational bank HSBC. 

He went onto study MBA at the North South University and later in 2019 attended in a programme titled ‘Leadership Strategies on Coaching’ at Harvard University. After working for a number of top-level corporate houses, Hassan decided to retire from his job and pursue a career in life coaching. 

Kamrul Hasan is fulfilling his dreams by crossing various paths with the dreams of constantly weaving in the eyes of the youth of the country. That story of Kamrul Hasan is highlighted for the readers of the Bangladesh News in an interview with Sohel Atol.

 

When and why did you determine to work with the youth and help them develop their skills?

I’m a dreamer and I decided to quit my corporate career to fulfil my potential in life. That’s what I’m doing from ‘CKH Network,’ to transform the nation through developing the youths of Bangladesh. Specifically, I want to help the nation’s hundreds of millions of youths by developing their most valuable asset, their mindsets. They need to convert from being a doubter to a believer. 

A couple of questions changed the trajectory of my thoughts forever. I began to ask myself questions like, how do I want to be remembered and what can I do for the others. To know the answer, I’ve decided to dedicate myself to serving the youths to help them fulfil their full potentials. That’s my current dream. I refuse to leave the planet unnoticed and I want to make my footprint marked through my work.

Exactly what kind of training you provide the youths to develop their skills?

Alongside soft skills development, I strongly focus on mindsets development, spiritual development and holistic well-being for life. I help and challenge others to think big and think beyond, what we don’t see due to our limiting vision and beliefs. The biggest problem of mankind is we simply don’t think enough. 

What specific soft skills do you work on usually?

Well, the kind of soft skills that we put emphasis on are communications skills, attitude and positive behavioural skills, problem-solving, customer centricity, entrepreneurial mindsets, teamwork, workplace awareness and digital literacy.

Do you think young entrepreneurs need help?

Yes, of course. Entrepreneurs need more learning and development opportunities than most other people. About 90 percent of young entrepreneurs are failing to succeed due to lack of proper understanding and absence of entrepreneurial mindset. To be successful in this space and time, one must have a thinking and resilient mind more than anything!

What are your future plans with CKH Network?

Within the next 5 years, we will train and develop at least one million youths through our platform CKH Network and within the next 10 years, we plan to establish our presence around the world - in more than 100 nations. 

What is the most interesting piece of knowledge you gathered in your work?

The most interesting thing, I have realised is that the biggest gap lies in our education system. The whole purpose of education is missing. It’s time to rethink and revisit the entire education system from the primary school to the university level. The whole purpose of education should be to design the curriculum around the principle of realising the full potential of human beings and their wellbeing. So, I decided to work with this and no one is working in this spectrum. I found that to be the most interesting thing I have realised as of yet.