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From Homeless to Global Thought Leader | Perry Knoppert

3 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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This YouTube interview features Perry Knoppert recounting his journey from being homeless to becoming recognized internationally. In the opening segment he describes being ignored while homeless, feeling different since childhood, struggling to fit in, and a turning point four years ago driven by a deep curiosity about homelessness that led to public speaking and interviews worldwide.

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Four years ago, is homeless and nobody wanted to talk to me. And, you know, I was, don't talk to him. He's homeless. And. And here we are giving interviews all over the world. What started it is that it's. It's being different. Maybe it started when I was a little kid, little boy. I was always the different one, the weird one. You know, I was always doing things differently. And it sounds cool now, but it wasn't that cool. And it was difficult sometimes as well. And I've tried my best to fit in. I've tried my best. I tried my. Oh, my God, did I try to do my best and to really do the things that were expected of me. And four years ago I thought, no, no, I'm not doing it anymore. There were some events that led up to that, but the main thing was my curiosity for homelessness. I have no idea, Richard, where that came from.