Jim Yong Kim
PhysicianPartners in Health
Boston, MA
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"Following your dreams is one thing, but you’re going to be much better at following your dreams if you have some skill."
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Jim's Open Road
Jim Yong Kim grew up the son of Korean immigrants in Iowa. Campaigning for George McGovern in the 1968 Presidential race, he was drawn to social activism, but ended up studying medicine. Luckily, Harvard Medical School offered a dual-degree program in Anthropology and Medicine, and Jim was able to work on social activism and medicine at the same time. He has since gone on to co-found Partners In Health, a nonprofit health organization that targets the poorest regions of the world and is Professor of Medicine and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Full Length Interview
Duration 04:47
Interview Excerpts
Go After Your Passion
Duration 01:04 
You Have to Try New Things
Duration 00:52 | Title | Theme | Duration |
| Go After Your Passion | Passion, Culture | 01:04 |
| You Have to Try New Things | Finding Your Road, Passion, Transitions | 00:52 |
| Pay Your Dues | Pressure | 01:10 |
| Have a Skill | Volunteerism | 01:24 |
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Co-founder of Partners in Health
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Using a community-based approach, Partners in Health works with people around the world to fight disease and poverty.
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Leila, left, Alex, and Michael talk with Dr. Jim Yong Kim
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Dr. Jim Yong Kim visits the RV after the interview.
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Find your passion and change the world. It is only people like you who ever have.
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Amazing and Awesome
I have a dream to become physician like Jim Young Kim. I really like the way he talks and all the advice he give to young people like us. A thing that\'s really inspire me is when he said young people like us need to think about new careers instead sitting in front of the computer all day and doing nothing. That\'s is truth, teen like us just go home and listen to music, and Facebook and others stuff. It really not gonna help us get out of comfort zone and see what is the real world.
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Get out of the closet and EXPLORE!!!
Jim Young Kim made a really good point in this video, he said that young people need to try to think about new careers instead of sitting in front of the computer and pick a job and stick with it the whole life. This is what I need to do, to explore. After watching this video, I really need to start spending time to think and find out about my future career. I need to start now before it is too late.
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Following your dream
I really liked his advice to learn a skill that you will have for the rest of your life before you start going after something that you aren\'t sure about. This is a very smart idea because that one skill will always be with you and if you ever need support, you can rely on it. He did however also support the ida of going out and following your dreams after you get a formal education in something practical.
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