you know my talk when John and I were discussing what it is that I’m so
discussing what it is that I’m so
discussing what it is that I’m so passionate about for me it comes down to
passionate about for me it comes down to
passionate about for me it comes down to one word but that one word means
one word but that one word means
one word but that one word means different things to different people so
different things to different people so
different things to different people so first I’m gonna tell you what
first I’m gonna tell you what
first I’m gonna tell you what authenticity means to me to me
authenticity means to me to me
authenticity means to me to me authenticity is about you being you
authenticity is about you being you
authenticity is about you being you every day every minute every second when
every day every minute every second when
every day every minute every second when you wake up from the time you go to bed
you wake up from the time you go to bed
you wake up from the time you go to bed it’s about living your values it’s about
it’s about living your values it’s about
it’s about living your values it’s about living in a way that allows your purpose
living in a way that allows your purpose
living in a way that allows your purpose your passion to be at the forefront of
your passion to be at the forefront of
your passion to be at the forefront of everything that you do it means that you
everything that you do it means that you
everything that you do it means that you get to be who you were meant to be when
get to be who you were meant to be when
get to be who you were meant to be when you are going to work when you’re going
you are going to work when you’re going
you are going to work when you’re going to school when you’re in a relationship
to school when you’re in a relationship
to school when you’re in a relationship with your partner at any stage and to me
with your partner at any stage and to me
with your partner at any stage and to me that’s a beautiful thing but let me tell
that’s a beautiful thing but let me tell
that’s a beautiful thing but let me tell you why we kind of put the harnessing
you why we kind of put the harnessing
you why we kind of put the harnessing the power of your youness as the
the power of your youness as the
the power of your youness as the descriptor because being authentically
descriptor because being authentically
descriptor because being authentically you is powerful it’s something nobody
you is powerful it’s something nobody
you is powerful it’s something nobody can take away from you regardless of
can take away from you regardless of
can take away from you regardless of what happens in your life there are a
what happens in your life there are a
what happens in your life there are a lot of things that are out of our
lot of things that are out of our
lot of things that are out of our control
control
control that is not nobody can strip that from
that is not nobody can strip that from
that is not nobody can strip that from us some may try you know we’ve heard
us some may try you know we’ve heard
us some may try you know we’ve heard some stories today and we all know
some stories today and we all know
some stories today and we all know people in our lives who have had
people in our lives who have had
people in our lives who have had unspeakable things happen to them you
unspeakable things happen to them you
unspeakable things happen to them you know I look at what’s happening in our
know I look at what’s happening in our
know I look at what’s happening in our world in 2017 we have countries on the
world in 2017 we have countries on the
world in 2017 we have countries on the brink of famine whole countries women
brink of famine whole countries women
brink of famine whole countries women children families those things are
children families those things are
children families those things are outside of our control what’s in our
outside of our control what’s in our
outside of our control what’s in our control is that we can wake up every
control is that we can wake up every
control is that we can wake up every morning and choose to be who we actually
morning and choose to be who we actually
morning and choose to be who we actually are choose to live our values choose to
are choose to live our values choose to
are choose to live our values choose to live with an integrity of our yunus or
live with an integrity of our yunus or
live with an integrity of our yunus or we can pretend we can get up we can put
we can pretend we can get up we can put
we can pretend we can get up we can put on a mask we can go into an office that
on a mask we can go into an office that
on a mask we can go into an office that we don’t want to go into we can wake up
we don’t want to go into we can wake up
we don’t want to go into we can wake up with a sigh begrudging that we have to
with a sigh begrudging that we have to
with a sigh begrudging that we have to go to school or progres during that we
go to school or progres during that we
go to school or progres during that we have to do something else that day I
have to do something else that day I
have to do something else that day I choose the first
choose the first
choose the first and I’m gonna tell you why and I’m gonna
and I’m gonna tell you why and I’m gonna
and I’m gonna tell you why and I’m gonna tell you a little bit more about me
tell you a little bit more about me
tell you a little bit more about me because I think it’s important but first
because I think it’s important but first
because I think it’s important but first I’m gonna start with my number one
I’m gonna start with my number one
I’m gonna start with my number one belief as it relates to this topic I
belief as it relates to this topic I
belief as it relates to this topic I think life’s too short to do something
think life’s too short to do something
think life’s too short to do something you don’t love period we to a large
you don’t love period we to a large
you don’t love period we to a large extent don’t get to choose when we leave
extent don’t get to choose when we leave
extent don’t get to choose when we leave this earth and I don’t mean to take us
this earth and I don’t mean to take us
this earth and I don’t mean to take us down a rabbit hole but I’m sharing this
down a rabbit hole but I’m sharing this
down a rabbit hole but I’m sharing this intentionally because what that means
intentionally because what that means
intentionally because what that means for me is that we’re here for a reason
for me is that we’re here for a reason
for me is that we’re here for a reason and what we choose to do with our time
and what we choose to do with our time
and what we choose to do with our time it’s up to us to a large extent whether
it’s up to us to a large extent whether
it’s up to us to a large extent whether we choose to live authentically and be
we choose to live authentically and be
we choose to live authentically and be who we are or whether we choose not to
who we are or whether we choose not to
who we are or whether we choose not to my second belief it’s hard it is hard
my second belief it’s hard it is hard
my second belief it’s hard it is hard work to answer that question Who am I am
work to answer that question Who am I am
work to answer that question Who am I am I happy and to answer that question
I happy and to answer that question
I happy and to answer that question every day and sometimes the answer’s no
every day and sometimes the answer’s no
every day and sometimes the answer’s no and I think for a lot of us we start out
and I think for a lot of us we start out
and I think for a lot of us we start out with an O and we get stuck there or we
with an O and we get stuck there or we
with an O and we get stuck there or we don’t think we have the right for a life
don’t think we have the right for a life
don’t think we have the right for a life where we can be happy for a life where
where we can be happy for a life where
where we can be happy for a life where we can just be us and get paid and make
we can just be us and get paid and make
we can just be us and get paid and make money and have happy fulfilling lives
money and have happy fulfilling lives
money and have happy fulfilling lives being us
being us
being us I’m here to tell you that I think that
I’m here to tell you that I think that
I’m here to tell you that I think that actually can happen you know when I
actually can happen you know when I
actually can happen you know when I think about my own journey as Sean
think about my own journey as Sean
think about my own journey as Sean mentioned you know I came here to go to
mentioned you know I came here to go to
mentioned you know I came here to go to university nothing more I’m from a tiny
university nothing more I’m from a tiny
university nothing more I’m from a tiny little island in the middle of the
little island in the middle of the
little island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean called Bermuda as Sean
Atlantic Ocean called Bermuda as Sean
Atlantic Ocean called Bermuda as Sean alluded to we’re 22 miles long about 2.2
alluded to we’re 22 miles long about 2.2
alluded to we’re 22 miles long about 2.2 wide 65,000 266 thousand people not big
wide 65,000 266 thousand people not big
wide 65,000 266 thousand people not big right eye and you know our island is
right eye and you know our island is
right eye and you know our island is beautiful if you haven’t gone I’m gonna
beautiful if you haven’t gone I’m gonna
beautiful if you haven’t gone I’m gonna encourage you to do so but there are no
encourage you to do so but there are no
encourage you to do so but there are no universities there so I knew I had to go
universities there so I knew I had to go
universities there so I knew I had to go away I knew I had to leave home I knew I
away I knew I had to leave home I knew I
away I knew I had to leave home I knew I had to leave my family my friends the
had to leave my family my friends the
had to leave my family my friends the life that I created that I loved where I
life that I created that I loved where I
life that I created that I loved where I was being me and go someplace new but I
was being me and go someplace new but I
was being me and go someplace new but I didn’t know take on studies that I
didn’t know take on studies that I
didn’t know take on studies that I really wasn’t quite sure with but the
really wasn’t quite sure with but the
really wasn’t quite sure with but the road would be or what the end of those
road would be or what the end of those
road would be or what the end of those studies would be for me so
studies would be for me so
studies would be for me so lack of unknowns right so I came here
lack of unknowns right so I came here
lack of unknowns right so I came here many years ago now
many years ago now
many years ago now and had the fortune of participating in
and had the fortune of participating in
and had the fortune of participating in co-op programs not by design not because
co-op programs not by design not because
co-op programs not by design not because I asked myself is something I actually
I asked myself is something I actually
I asked myself is something I actually want to do but because an advisor said
want to do but because an advisor said
want to do but because an advisor said to me hey Chantelle what do you think
to me hey Chantelle what do you think
to me hey Chantelle what do you think about co-op what okay why not that
about co-op what okay why not that
about co-op what okay why not that decision changed my life I didn’t know
decision changed my life I didn’t know
decision changed my life I didn’t know it then if you would have asked me four
it then if you would have asked me four
it then if you would have asked me four years ago I probably didn’t even know it
years ago I probably didn’t even know it
years ago I probably didn’t even know it then for me co-op was the start of
then for me co-op was the start of
then for me co-op was the start of becoming my own person again and
becoming my own person again and
becoming my own person again and figuring out this whole thing called
figuring out this whole thing called
figuring out this whole thing called adult things right and I was working
adult things right and I was working
adult things right and I was working with a Public Service Commission at the
with a Public Service Commission at the
with a Public Service Commission at the time and finishing up my second co-op
time and finishing up my second co-op
time and finishing up my second co-op term with them when they asked me to
term with them when they asked me to
term with them when they asked me to stay to stay working with them for the
stay to stay working with them for the
stay to stay working with them for the summer and I said okay I remember
summer and I said okay I remember
summer and I said okay I remember sitting in a Halifax public gardens call
sitting in a Halifax public gardens call
sitting in a Halifax public gardens call and mum and dad and saying mom died I’m
and mum and dad and saying mom died I’m
and mum and dad and saying mom died I’m gonna stay and then I nodded not to them
gonna stay and then I nodded not to them
gonna stay and then I nodded not to them which myself right cuz I was making a
which myself right cuz I was making a
which myself right cuz I was making a huge decision but I wasn’t making it on
huge decision but I wasn’t making it on
huge decision but I wasn’t making it on something because I had thought through
something because I had thought through
something because I had thought through is this gonna make me happy do I get to
is this gonna make me happy do I get to
is this gonna make me happy do I get to do what I want to do 18 year old
do what I want to do 18 year old
do what I want to do 18 year old Chantelle wasn’t even thinking of those
Chantelle wasn’t even thinking of those
Chantelle wasn’t even thinking of those things and so I stayed 10 years later
things and so I stayed 10 years later
things and so I stayed 10 years later Here I am with a house in Enfield so
Here I am with a house in Enfield so
Here I am with a house in Enfield so we’re committed okay and I love Nova
we’re committed okay and I love Nova
we’re committed okay and I love Nova Scotia after my coop I had the
Scotia after my coop I had the
Scotia after my coop I had the opportunity to work with a small
opportunity to work with a small
opportunity to work with a small consulting firm where I was doing a
consulting firm where I was doing a
consulting firm where I was doing a variety of work and I really got to work
variety of work and I really got to work
variety of work and I really got to work with a couple different kinds of clients
with a couple different kinds of clients
with a couple different kinds of clients from private sector to public sector
from private sector to public sector
from private sector to public sector different parts of government small
different parts of government small
different parts of government small business and and I got to try a few
business and and I got to try a few
business and and I got to try a few different things and that was fun for me
different things and that was fun for me
different things and that was fun for me that led to an opportunity with one of
that led to an opportunity with one of
that led to an opportunity with one of my clients to kind of join them as their
my clients to kind of join them as their
my clients to kind of join them as their first person who was gonna be
first person who was gonna be
first person who was gonna be responsible for people okay and the
responsible for people okay and the
responsible for people okay and the first probably six months that I was
first probably six months that I was
first probably six months that I was with that company we doubled in size so
with that company we doubled in size so
with that company we doubled in size so I was employee number 23 24 we doubled
I was employee number 23 24 we doubled
I was employee number 23 24 we doubled that at the end of year 2 we tripled
that at the end of year 2 we tripled
that at the end of year 2 we tripled that
that
that coming to year 3 we had some hard
coming to year 3 we had some hard
coming to year 3 we had some hard decisions to make as a company we were
decisions to make as a company we were
decisions to make as a company we were changing what we were going to do so
changing what we were going to do so
changing what we were going to do so year 3 I had to have about 50 really
year 3 I had to have about 50 really
year 3 I had to have about 50 really hard conversations with people who we
hard conversations with people who we
hard conversations with people who we had to say goodbye to these are people
had to say goodbye to these are people
had to say goodbye to these are people that I’ve recruited to join this company
that I’ve recruited to join this company
that I’ve recruited to join this company who I’d sold on the vision of what we
who I’d sold on the vision of what we
who I’d sold on the vision of what we were going to do and change in this
were going to do and change in this
were going to do and change in this world these are people with families
world these are people with families
world these are people with families with children with partners with
with children with partners with
with children with partners with expectations so it was something that I
expectations so it was something that I
expectations so it was something that I didn’t take lightly these conversations
didn’t take lightly these conversations
didn’t take lightly these conversations and that year was a hard year for me I’m
and that year was a hard year for me I’m
and that year was a hard year for me I’m a people person at the heart of it
a people person at the heart of it
a people person at the heart of it that’s who I am and you know yes it was
that’s who I am and you know yes it was
that’s who I am and you know yes it was hard because the nature of your having
hard because the nature of your having
hard because the nature of your having those conversations but what I realized
those conversations but what I realized
those conversations but what I realized at the end of that year when I was in a
at the end of that year when I was in a
at the end of that year when I was in a hotel room in Toronto traveling home to
hotel room in Toronto traveling home to
hotel room in Toronto traveling home to Bermuda it was harder than it needed to
Bermuda it was harder than it needed to
Bermuda it was harder than it needed to be because I wasn’t doing work that I
be because I wasn’t doing work that I
be because I wasn’t doing work that I felt mattered I wasn’t doing work that
felt mattered I wasn’t doing work that
felt mattered I wasn’t doing work that was connected to my values to the things
was connected to my values to the things
was connected to my values to the things that I want to see changed in this world
that I want to see changed in this world
that I want to see changed in this world I was also doing work that wasn’t a line
I was also doing work that wasn’t a line
I was also doing work that wasn’t a line with what’s so important to me and so
with what’s so important to me and so
with what’s so important to me and so you know what process started it was
you know what process started it was
you know what process started it was like this light bulb went off or
like this light bulb went off or
like this light bulb went off or somebody I’d hit my activate button but
somebody I’d hit my activate button but
somebody I’d hit my activate button but it was slow for me because I didn’t know
it was slow for me because I didn’t know
it was slow for me because I didn’t know where to go I didn’t know how to start
where to go I didn’t know how to start
where to go I didn’t know how to start this awakening luckily enough for me I
this awakening luckily enough for me I
this awakening luckily enough for me I had the opportunity where a mentor came
had the opportunity where a mentor came
had the opportunity where a mentor came into my life at that point in time and
into my life at that point in time and
into my life at that point in time and it allowed me to ask myself the
it allowed me to ask myself the
it allowed me to ask myself the questions I’m going to encourage you
questions I’m going to encourage you
questions I’m going to encourage you today to ask yourself he asked me if I
today to ask yourself he asked me if I
today to ask yourself he asked me if I was happy he asked me if I could be
was happy he asked me if I could be
was happy he asked me if I could be doing something that I would be happier
doing something that I would be happier
doing something that I would be happier that’s a powerful question can you be
that’s a powerful question can you be
that’s a powerful question can you be happier he asked me if I was doing
happier he asked me if I was doing
happier he asked me if I was doing something where I was just being me and
something where I was just being me and
something where I was just being me and because it was somebody else asking me
because it was somebody else asking me
because it was somebody else asking me those questions
those questions
those questions it’s often – the answers you know what
it’s often – the answers you know what
it’s often – the answers you know what the answers are gonna be right there
the answers are gonna be right there
the answers are gonna be right there were no it wasn’t happy I felt like I
were no it wasn’t happy I felt like I
were no it wasn’t happy I felt like I was pretending to be somebody that I
was pretending to be somebody that I
was pretending to be somebody that I wasn’t I felt like I was having to put
wasn’t I felt like I was having to put
wasn’t I felt like I was having to put on a slight mask when I went into work
on a slight mask when I went into work
on a slight mask when I went into work day in and day out I was that person who
day in and day out I was that person who
day in and day out I was that person who longed for Fridays and groaned on
longed for Fridays and groaned on
longed for Fridays and groaned on Mondays when I was 3 years old 5 years
Mondays when I was 3 years old 5 years
Mondays when I was 3 years old 5 years old 7 years old I was not that person I
old 7 years old I was not that person I
old 7 years old I was not that person I was the person who wanted to help people
was the person who wanted to help people
was the person who wanted to help people I was missing nice be nice in my
I was missing nice be nice in my
I was missing nice be nice in my yearbook graduating from high school
yearbook graduating from high school
yearbook graduating from high school right and I didn’t feel like I was doing
right and I didn’t feel like I was doing
right and I didn’t feel like I was doing any of those things and so I set out on
any of those things and so I set out on
any of those things and so I set out on this journey where for the next probably
this journey where for the next probably
this journey where for the next probably a year year and a half I decided that I
a year year and a half I decided that I
a year year and a half I decided that I had the right to be happy I had the
had the right to be happy I had the
had the right to be happy I had the right to be who I said who I’m supposed
right to be who I said who I’m supposed
right to be who I said who I’m supposed to be and who I am and I have the right
to be and who I am and I have the right
to be and who I am and I have the right to be Who I am and make money while
to be Who I am and make money while
to be Who I am and make money while doing it so to be myself in a company to
doing it so to be myself in a company to
doing it so to be myself in a company to be myself doing work and I’m here to
be myself doing work and I’m here to
be myself doing work and I’m here to tell you it was not easy
tell you it was not easy
tell you it was not easy those are hard questions to be that
those are hard questions to be that
those are hard questions to be that introspective to really analyze your own
introspective to really analyze your own
introspective to really analyze your own self and figure out why you made some
self and figure out why you made some
self and figure out why you made some decisions and not critique it’s not get
decisions and not critique it’s not get
decisions and not critique it’s not get down and stay in that place but rather
down and stay in that place but rather
down and stay in that place but rather to use those learnings as an opportunity
to use those learnings as an opportunity
to use those learnings as an opportunity to catapult yourself forward and so you
to catapult yourself forward and so you
to catapult yourself forward and so you know it wasn’t gonna quit my job you
know it wasn’t gonna quit my job you
know it wasn’t gonna quit my job you know I still was loving parts of what I
know I still was loving parts of what I
know I still was loving parts of what I was doing
was doing
was doing I loved the the team that I was working
I loved the the team that I was working
I loved the the team that I was working with the things that we were doing were
with the things that we were doing were
with the things that we were doing were really fun and innovative and I was
really fun and innovative and I was
really fun and innovative and I was still getting to learn and develop new
still getting to learn and develop new
still getting to learn and develop new skills so wasn’t gonna quit right I got
skills so wasn’t gonna quit right I got
skills so wasn’t gonna quit right I got bills to pay so what I started doing was
bills to pay so what I started doing was
bills to pay so what I started doing was coming up with a plan of how could I
coming up with a plan of how could I
coming up with a plan of how could I what could I do to find more me so I
what could I do to find more me so I
what could I do to find more me so I went back to volunteering with an
went back to volunteering with an
went back to volunteering with an organization that is very near and dear
organization that is very near and dear
organization that is very near and dear to my heart that empowers young women to
to my heart that empowers young women to
to my heart that empowers young women to make informed career choices
make informed career choices
make informed career choices specifically to explore careers in
specifically to explore careers in
specifically to explore careers in Sciences trades technology engineering
Sciences trades technology engineering
Sciences trades technology engineering and I went to a board meeting of some
and I went to a board meeting of some
and I went to a board meeting of some kind and I came back to to my day job
kind and I came back to to my day job
kind and I came back to to my day job and I was talking with someone in the
and I was talking with someone in the
and I was talking with someone in the office and he looked at Mannion what did
office and he looked at Mannion what did
office and he looked at Mannion what did you just do what do you mean what did I
you just do what do you mean what did I
you just do what do you mean what did I just do
just do
just do I said you’re glowing okay is that a
I said you’re glowing okay is that a
I said you’re glowing okay is that a good thing
good thing
good thing no like what did you just do so I
no like what did you just do so I
no like what did you just do so I thought about it and there was that
thought about it and there was that
thought about it and there was that little instance or deep down I knew that
little instance or deep down I knew that
little instance or deep down I knew that I’d recovered the thing that I meant to
I’d recovered the thing that I meant to
I’d recovered the thing that I meant to do on this earth that’s what I meant to
do on this earth that’s what I meant to
do on this earth that’s what I meant to do because I believe life is too short
do because I believe life is too short
do because I believe life is too short to do something that you don’t love
to do something that you don’t love
to do something that you don’t love because I believe that it’s worth hard
because I believe that it’s worth hard
because I believe that it’s worth hard road of figuring out what that is and so
road of figuring out what that is and so
road of figuring out what that is and so I volunteered more and more and more and
I volunteered more and more and more and
I volunteered more and more and more and more to the point where I was able and
more to the point where I was able and
more to the point where I was able and out and I was having conversations where
out and I was having conversations where
out and I was having conversations where I was just being myself and that led to
I was just being myself and that led to
I was just being myself and that led to what I’m doing right now and my current
what I’m doing right now and my current
what I’m doing right now and my current role with my current business partners I
role with my current business partners I
role with my current business partners I love what I do I feel privileged to wake
love what I do I feel privileged to wake
love what I do I feel privileged to wake up every morning and do work that I am
up every morning and do work that I am
up every morning and do work that I am so darn excited about some of my
so darn excited about some of my
so darn excited about some of my students are in the room today and not
students are in the room today and not
students are in the room today and not really my students anymore they’re young
really my students anymore they’re young
really my students anymore they’re young professionals out starting their own
professionals out starting their own
professionals out starting their own careers and I am so proud of that I’m
careers and I am so proud of that I’m
careers and I am so proud of that I’m proud that I get to work with a firm or
proud that I get to work with a firm or
proud that I get to work with a firm or I get to be me I show up fully day in
I get to be me I show up fully day in
I get to be me I show up fully day in and day out Fridays are just another day
and day out Fridays are just another day
and day out Fridays are just another day at this point right I don’t roam because
at this point right I don’t roam because
at this point right I don’t roam because it’s a Monday I’m excited because I’m
it’s a Monday I’m excited because I’m
it’s a Monday I’m excited because I’m doing something I’m doing the thing that
doing something I’m doing the thing that
doing something I’m doing the thing that I’m meant to do I can’t turn it off if
I’m meant to do I can’t turn it off if
I’m meant to do I can’t turn it off if you meet me and you ask me a question
you meet me and you ask me a question
you meet me and you ask me a question around why I believe in being you and
around why I believe in being you and
around why I believe in being you and why I think it’s powerful or how to get
why I think it’s powerful or how to get
why I think it’s powerful or how to get your best career life going or how to
your best career life going or how to
your best career life going or how to live a deliberate life through career
live a deliberate life through career
live a deliberate life through career good luck shutting me up because I’m not
good luck shutting me up because I’m not
good luck shutting me up because I’m not passionate about it because I believe it
passionate about it because I believe it
passionate about it because I believe it can change the world and you know I I
can change the world and you know I I
can change the world and you know I I referenced earlier some of the things
referenced earlier some of the things
referenced earlier some of the things that we have happening at a macro level
that we have happening at a macro level
that we have happening at a macro level in our world today I’d be remiss if I
in our world today I’d be remiss if I
in our world today I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that because it’s just
didn’t mention that because it’s just
didn’t mention that because it’s just part of where we are I’m not gonna be
part of where we are I’m not gonna be
part of where we are I’m not gonna be the person that cures cancer
the person that cures cancer
the person that cures cancer I’m not gonna be like ohm and come up
I’m not gonna be like ohm and come up
I’m not gonna be like ohm and come up with a new product and a software that
with a new product and a software that
with a new product and a software that could be potentially life-saving for
could be potentially life-saving for
could be potentially life-saving for people that’s not my role that’s not my
people that’s not my role that’s not my
people that’s not my role that’s not my thing my thing is helping people figure
thing my thing is helping people figure
thing my thing is helping people figure out what their thing is I’m absolutely
out what their thing is I’m absolutely
out what their thing is I’m absolutely doing the right work I’m convinced of it
doing the right work I’m convinced of it
doing the right work I’m convinced of it day in and day out my thing is meeting
day in and day out my thing is meeting
day in and day out my thing is meeting the unprofessional was in my office and
the unprofessional was in my office and
the unprofessional was in my office and asking him or her what do you want to do
asking him or her what do you want to do
asking him or her what do you want to do when are you your most you what did you
when are you your most you what did you
when are you your most you what did you want to do when you were five what did
want to do when you were five what did
want to do when you were five what did you want to change in this world when
you want to change in this world when
you want to change in this world when you were five years old when you were
you were five years old when you were
you were five years old when you were seven years old forget that it got beat
seven years old forget that it got beat
seven years old forget that it got beat out of you at some point by the peoples
out of you at some point by the peoples
out of you at some point by the peoples words actions or whatever the cases dig
words actions or whatever the cases dig
words actions or whatever the cases dig deep to find that answer to create a
deep to find that answer to create a
deep to find that answer to create a safe place to encourage people to think
safe place to encourage people to think
safe place to encourage people to think that way to empower them to take the
that way to empower them to take the
that way to empower them to take the chance to think that they can be happy
chance to think that they can be happy
chance to think that they can be happy being them I love my job working with my
being them I love my job working with my
being them I love my job working with my firm and the over 700 students we’ve
firm and the over 700 students we’ve
firm and the over 700 students we’ve been able to help primarily in Nova
been able to help primarily in Nova
been able to help primarily in Nova Scotia in Canada at this point I have no
Scotia in Canada at this point I have no
Scotia in Canada at this point I have no regrets at this point in my life not the
regrets at this point in my life not the
regrets at this point in my life not the time when I was doing something those
time when I was doing something those
time when I was doing something those really hard years in my previous company
really hard years in my previous company
really hard years in my previous company now that’s me looking back now right
now that’s me looking back now right
now that’s me looking back now right because I recognize what that allowed me
because I recognize what that allowed me
because I recognize what that allowed me to do I recognize that that allowed me
to do I recognize that that allowed me
to do I recognize that that allowed me to have that Awakening and go back to my
to have that Awakening and go back to my
to have that Awakening and go back to my roots
roots
roots I’ve always been this person who wants
I’ve always been this person who wants
I’ve always been this person who wants to help other people
to help other people
to help other people I’ve always been this person who
I’ve always been this person who
I’ve always been this person who believes in equality and who believes
believes in equality and who believes
believes in equality and who believes that any person has the right to do what
that any person has the right to do what
that any person has the right to do what it is that they want to do in this earth
it is that they want to do in this earth
it is that they want to do in this earth I’ve always believed that we control
I’ve always believed that we control
I’ve always believed that we control their own lives to a great extent and
their own lives to a great extent and
their own lives to a great extent and that what is without our control we just
that what is without our control we just
that what is without our control we just let it be but what’s in what’s in our
let it be but what’s in what’s in our
let it be but what’s in what’s in our control we take control of and we use
control we take control of and we use
control we take control of and we use and we use that power of who we are you
and we use that power of who we are you
and we use that power of who we are you know when I was
know when I was
know when I was I don’t practice for these things right
I don’t practice for these things right
I don’t practice for these things right because for me given my topic but also I
because for me given my topic but also I
because for me given my topic but also I choose to speak from the heart
choose to speak from the heart
choose to speak from the heart because I can’t not I believe life is
because I can’t not I believe life is
because I can’t not I believe life is too short to do something you don’t love
too short to do something you don’t love
too short to do something you don’t love I believe that by each and every single
I believe that by each and every single
I believe that by each and every single one of us in this room on this campus in
one of us in this room on this campus in
one of us in this room on this campus in this province in this country going the
this province in this country going the
this province in this country going the hard road asking those hard questions to
hard road asking those hard questions to
hard road asking those hard questions to figure it out can be a life changing I
figure it out can be a life changing I
figure it out can be a life changing I hope that I’ve shared a little bit
hope that I’ve shared a little bit
hope that I’ve shared a little bit enough of my story that you’re able to
enough of my story that you’re able to
enough of my story that you’re able to feel and blazoned empowered whatever the
feel and blazoned empowered whatever the
feel and blazoned empowered whatever the whatever the emotion is it’s gonna work
whatever the emotion is it’s gonna work
whatever the emotion is it’s gonna work for you to ask yourself am I happy
for you to ask yourself am I happy
for you to ask yourself am I happy could I be happier am I being my most
could I be happier am I being my most
could I be happier am I being my most authentic self and I encourage you to
authentic self and I encourage you to
authentic self and I encourage you to not only ask yourself those questions
not only ask yourself those questions
not only ask yourself those questions but to seek to answer them because
but to seek to answer them because
but to seek to answer them because there’s immense power in that it’s the
there’s immense power in that it’s the
there’s immense power in that it’s the power to change your life your family’s
power to change your life your family’s
power to change your life your family’s lives your business life your community
lives your business life your community
lives your business life your community but it starts with you and whether or
but it starts with you and whether or
but it starts with you and whether or not you choose to be you thank you for
not you choose to be you thank you for
not you choose to be you thank you for your time
your time
your time [Applause]
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