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MOTIVATIONAL   MINUTE     Give your passion preference




                                                                          also known as Richie D’Unicorn and this is my
                              Richie D’ Unicorn (Richard Lezama)
                              Clerical Asst II- Support
                                                                          passion to become a unicorn.
                              Tunapuna Branch                             story on how I overcame fear and followed my
                                     his is a story of a young man who did not   Firstly- do not ever doubt yourself, you are the
                                     fit in to society because he was always   epitome of greatness, believe in that greatness.
                                     odd, different, in the eyes of everyone..
                             TNO-ONE.  This young man in his ear-         It all starts with a dream. I didn’t believe I could
                              ly days did not conform to the norm, instead he   have become the voice of anything, now I am
                              knew who he was the minute he began into the   the voice of RBL Tunapuna and the voice of the
                              world. In school he was shunned for his personal-  people on my YouTube Chanel. My passion for
                              ity, his way of commanding and leading a crowd.   TV broadcasting stemmed from me being char-
                              As he grew and became older, that shadow fol-  ismatic naturally. For those that know me, I am
                              lowed him into university and the workplace.   confident even if I know I am going to fail “better
                              Only this time, they accepted him for who he is   to try and fail, than fail to try”. I was told from
                              and nurtured his charisma, uniqueness, nerve and   young “get a job”, “Forget drama and theatre”
                              talent. Yes… This young man is Richard Lezama   but here I am where the drama and theatrics got
                                                                          me the confidence I needed to fulfill my dream of


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