Raul Cuero Video Comments

Raul Cuero is an amazing individual and is another great rags to riches story. Cuero grew up in Buenaventura, Columbia as a child he was extremely impoverished and was raised by his parents and later by his grandmother. Cuero was able to go to college through a basketball scholarship, he was also one of the number one players on the Columbia national team. In the video Cuero talks about how he used creativity and critical thinking to help improve his situation. From a very young age Cuero knew that he had leave where he was from all around him was despair and poverty. He knew there was a bigger picture to be seen but he also knew that he couldn't see it just yet. Through creative thinking he was able to identify what needed to be done in order for him to see the bigger picture and become a part of it. He also discusses that people's thoughts are largely shaped by what others tell them. He goes on to add that sometimes you need to stop and think about what you are told. You need to asses if it is true or untrue because your thoughts and attitudes are based off what you hear from other people. He is in a sense telling viewers that they need extrapolate their own meaning and understanding of the world.
Cuero's concept of self teaching or "awareness" is very important and it should be applied by all of us. If someone tells you that something works one way they aren't necessarily wrong but at the same time they aren't right. If you can find a more efficient or easy way to complete task or solve a problem then you should do it. Furthermore you should try and question everything that you hear, see, or do. By questioning pre existing concepts you open yourself up to creating new concepts and ideas. The constant questioning concept can be applied to everyday life. When you wake up in the morning maybe you can think of a better route to class or a quicker way to get ready for the day. Cuero's idea of questioning the status quo is certainly not shared by him alone, all great inventors, thinkers, writers, any great person behaves in the same way. They question things and think before they act and that is what separates them from the average person.