The document contains responses to questions asked of an individual about their career ambitions, experiences, strengths, weaknesses, and views. As a child, they wanted to be a lawyer but did not achieve that ambition. They struggled with mathematics in school but overcame difficulties by putting in extra effort and taking lessons. Their greatest success was becoming proficient in arithmetic, and their greatest fear is failure. They hope to achieve more career-wise and eventually become a manager or top executive. They plan to potentially change careers to pursue their childhood ambition. Their greatest strength is persistence. They suggest implementing more creativity, innovation, and practical learning in education systems.

1. Empathize and Define Assignment
Empathy Map
and
Problem Definition

2.  What was your childhood ambition, did you achieve it?
 Wanted to become a lawyer, no.
 What are the issues you faced during your school days, and any
possible way you overcome them?
 Subjects and networking, difficulties with computations. Mathematics.
Had to put in a lot effort.
 What was your greatest failure and how you overcome it?
 Calculations, it was because of Math. Took extra lessons. Also
collaborating with others to gain insight.
 Can you point out your greatest success? Why is it so?
 Become efficient in arithmetic , with difficulty, but kept doing it. Become
easier to work with other.
 What are your fears?
 Fear of failure , being criticized and challenge.
 Did you achieve what you required in your career?
 Not really, half way…Hope to do so.

3.  How do you manage time for your career and passion?
 Planning. Career takes weekdays, passion weekends.
 Where would you like to see yourself in 10 years?
 From career point of view as a manager, then perhaps as a top
executive.
 Do you plan to change career? If so why?
 Yes. Have inclination to my childhood ambitions.
 When will you be choosing?
 Any time so, as part time, need to support family and sustain
myself financially.
 What is your greatest strength?
 Persistence.
 Do you have immediate plans for your career development?
 Yes.

4.  If you had the authority of changing the education system, what
changes would you make?
 Implement creativity, innovation and practical approach.
 Any suggestion how we can improve the creativity through
education?
 Be research oriented and individual, without fear of failure.
 How will you define yourself? In 3 words.
 Determined, self-motivated, simple.
 In a number of issues that concerns everyone are eminent, or to
surface in future like global economy and climate change, as a
student or professional what are your suggestion to handle these?
 Need to create advance solutions, awareness, and institutional
collaborations both private and public.
 What advise can you give to fellow students or professionals?
 Never fear failure, persevere, and collaborate to gain extensive insight.

6.  A way to have an alternative career at mid-
career period in line with career objrctives.

7. M Siwale