okay so I wanted to ask all of you to answer honestly in your head what’s the
answer honestly in your head what’s the
answer honestly in your head what’s the first thought that you have when you
first thought that you have when you
first thought that you have when you hear that on a Monday morning and all
hear that on a Monday morning and all
hear that on a Monday morning and all you can think is oh my goodness I swear
you can think is oh my goodness I swear
you can think is oh my goodness I swear my bed is the most comfortable place on
my bed is the most comfortable place on
my bed is the most comfortable place on the planet right now I’m guessing
the planet right now I’m guessing
the planet right now I’m guessing everyone in this room is thinking in
everyone in this room is thinking in
everyone in this room is thinking in some interesting amalgamation of bitter
some interesting amalgamation of bitter
some interesting amalgamation of bitter satire and absolute sincerity uh I don’t
satire and absolute sincerity uh I don’t
satire and absolute sincerity uh I don’t want to get out of bed I would do pretty
want to get out of bed I would do pretty
want to get out of bed I would do pretty much anything to not go to school today
much anything to not go to school today
much anything to not go to school today to not go to work that I do not have any
to not go to work that I do not have any
to not go to work that I do not have any responsibilities but to just kind of be
responsibilities but to just kind of be
responsibilities but to just kind of be more asleep than awake and I’m sure my
more asleep than awake and I’m sure my
more asleep than awake and I’m sure my parents are laughing me right now
parents are laughing me right now
parents are laughing me right now because the thing is I’m the biggest
because the thing is I’m the biggest
because the thing is I’m the biggest offender of that 100% but what becomes
offender of that 100% but what becomes
offender of that 100% but what becomes more problematic is when this attitude
more problematic is when this attitude
more problematic is when this attitude is something that isn’t just getting up
is something that isn’t just getting up
is something that isn’t just getting up in the morning but it’s something that
in the morning but it’s something that
in the morning but it’s something that follows you throughout your day when
follows you throughout your day when
follows you throughout your day when that desire to be less active rather
that desire to be less active rather
that desire to be less active rather than more active more asleep rather than
than more active more asleep rather than
than more active more asleep rather than awake is something that pursues with you
awake is something that pursues with you
awake is something that pursues with you into your day to a point where you just
into your day to a point where you just
into your day to a point where you just think okay this is what I have to do
think okay this is what I have to do
think okay this is what I have to do today but I really wish I could just
today but I really wish I could just
today but I really wish I could just fast-forward through it to the end of
fast-forward through it to the end of
fast-forward through it to the end of the day to what I need to get and that’s
the day to what I need to get and that’s
the day to what I need to get and that’s when it becomes concerning because the
when it becomes concerning because the
when it becomes concerning because the thing is you can count how long you’re
thing is you can count how long you’re
thing is you can count how long you’re going to be alive in years and days and
going to be alive in years and days and
going to be alive in years and days and seconds and for such a huge fraction of
seconds and for such a huge fraction of
seconds and for such a huge fraction of that a lot of people are often thinking
that a lot of people are often thinking
that a lot of people are often thinking you know this isn’t something that I’m
you know this isn’t something that I’m
you know this isn’t something that I’m enjoying doing right now I would kind of
enjoying doing right now I would kind of
enjoying doing right now I would kind of rather be in bed than then working then
rather be in bed than then working then
rather be in bed than then working then studying then sitting in school than
studying then sitting in school than
studying then sitting in school than doing things and that begs the question
doing things and that begs the question
doing things and that begs the question of why so many people are so dedicated
of why so many people are so dedicated
of why so many people are so dedicated to living the longest lives they can but
to living the longest lives they can but
to living the longest lives they can but they spend such that huge fraction not
they spend such that huge fraction not
they spend such that huge fraction not enjoying what they’re doing not enjoying
enjoying what they’re doing not enjoying
enjoying what they’re doing not enjoying them
them
them Elves not being happy the thing is there
Elves not being happy the thing is there
Elves not being happy the thing is there are a lot of things in life that you
are a lot of things in life that you
are a lot of things in life that you can’t control but people often
can’t control but people often
can’t control but people often trivialize what a huge impact there is
trivialize what a huge impact there is
trivialize what a huge impact there is to be had in how you internally perceive
to be had in how you internally perceive
to be had in how you internally perceive the world the thing is maybe whether I
the world the thing is maybe whether I
the world the thing is maybe whether I like it or not I’m going to have a math
like it or not I’m going to have a math
like it or not I’m going to have a math test tomorrow but that doesn’t have to
test tomorrow but that doesn’t have to
test tomorrow but that doesn’t have to ruin my whole day I can I can you know
ruin my whole day I can I can you know
ruin my whole day I can I can you know after I kind of wake up I can get out of
after I kind of wake up I can get out of
after I kind of wake up I can get out of bed with a smile on my face and say I’m
bed with a smile on my face and say I’m
bed with a smile on my face and say I’m going to enjoy today and even when I’m
going to enjoy today and even when I’m
going to enjoy today and even when I’m walking into my second period I can say
walking into my second period I can say
walking into my second period I can say you know this really could go either way
you know this really could go either way
you know this really could go either way but it’s going to be an adventure either
but it’s going to be an adventure either
but it’s going to be an adventure either way I’m going to enjoy it and that
way I’m going to enjoy it and that
way I’m going to enjoy it and that ability to internally decide how you’re
ability to internally decide how you’re
ability to internally decide how you’re going to respond to a scenario is
going to respond to a scenario is
going to respond to a scenario is something that’s so profound and I think
something that’s so profound and I think
something that’s so profound and I think the best example I ever saw of it was
the best example I ever saw of it was
the best example I ever saw of it was when I was I think five or six so I
when I was I think five or six so I
when I was I think five or six so I guess my sister was about eight and we
guess my sister was about eight and we
guess my sister was about eight and we were bowling um and I know you guys know
were bowling um and I know you guys know
were bowling um and I know you guys know me I’m a a pretty serious athlete so at
me I’m a a pretty serious athlete so at
me I’m a a pretty serious athlete so at five or six I am positive I had like a
five or six I am positive I had like a
five or six I am positive I had like a 10 or 14 pound bowling ball and just
10 or 14 pound bowling ball and just
10 or 14 pound bowling ball and just kind of lugged it down the lane not when
kind of lugged it down the lane not when
kind of lugged it down the lane not when it came back up I remember we were kind
it came back up I remember we were kind
it came back up I remember we were kind of playing with that cool machine that
of playing with that cool machine that
of playing with that cool machine that like spins them up um and my sister’s
like spins them up um and my sister’s
like spins them up um and my sister’s hand got caught in between a ball and
hand got caught in between a ball and
hand got caught in between a ball and and my my heavy ball um and it got
and my my heavy ball um and it got
and my my heavy ball um and it got smushed and her immediate reaction was
smushed and her immediate reaction was
smushed and her immediate reaction was just to scream and she was in a lot of
just to scream and she was in a lot of
just to scream and she was in a lot of pain and she cried and my dad walked up
pain and she cried and my dad walked up
pain and she cried and my dad walked up and I don’t know how he thought of it so
and I don’t know how he thought of it so
and I don’t know how he thought of it so quickly he didn’t remember this story
quickly he didn’t remember this story
quickly he didn’t remember this story but what he said was uh if you stop
but what he said was uh if you stop
but what he said was uh if you stop crying right now I buy you ice cream on
crying right now I buy you ice cream on
crying right now I buy you ice cream on the way home and it worked my first
the way home and it worked my first
the way home and it worked my first thought was this isn’t going to work
thought was this isn’t going to work
thought was this isn’t going to work this is insensitive you know if you’re
this is insensitive you know if you’re
this is insensitive you know if you’re sad you’re gonna cry and she’s in pain
sad you’re gonna cry and she’s in pain
sad you’re gonna cry and she’s in pain she can’t control that but I have never
she can’t control that but I have never
she can’t control that but I have never seen tears dry up faster than when she
seen tears dry up faster than when she
seen tears dry up faster than when she got excited about this ice cream on the
got excited about this ice cream on the
got excited about this ice cream on the way home and that really is the exact
way home and that really is the exact
way home and that really is the exact epitome of how you control how you feel
epitome of how you control how you feel
epitome of how you control how you feel she was still in pain but she decided
she was still in pain but she decided
she was still in pain but she decided she was more focused on being excited
she was more focused on being excited
she was more focused on being excited about this ice cream then on held down
about this ice cream then on held down
about this ice cream then on held down by this pain in her hand
by this pain in her hand
by this pain in her hand and you might think how can this
and you might think how can this
and you might think how can this positive shift to be something that you
positive shift to be something that you
positive shift to be something that you can move not from bowling but some that
can move not from bowling but some that
can move not from bowling but some that you can transition over to when you’re
you can transition over to when you’re
you can transition over to when you’re in school or when you’re working or when
in school or when you’re working or when
in school or when you’re working or when you’re not happy with what you’re doing
you’re not happy with what you’re doing
you’re not happy with what you’re doing and you wish you could fast-forward
and you wish you could fast-forward
and you wish you could fast-forward through that because that’s that’s such
through that because that’s that’s such
through that because that’s that’s such a waste that you would want to skip
a waste that you would want to skip
a waste that you would want to skip something skip a part of your life but
something skip a part of your life but
something skip a part of your life but that’s often how so many people feel at
that’s often how so many people feel at
that’s often how so many people feel at school you know I’d rather be asleep I
school you know I’d rather be asleep I
school you know I’d rather be asleep I just want this day to be over and the
just want this day to be over and the
just want this day to be over and the first thing is something that I think is
first thing is something that I think is
first thing is something that I think is so simple even an 18 year old can talk
so simple even an 18 year old can talk
so simple even an 18 year old can talk about it’s probably one of the only
about it’s probably one of the only
about it’s probably one of the only things if not the only thing that I can
things if not the only thing that I can
things if not the only thing that I can at least think I understand and that’s
at least think I understand and that’s
at least think I understand and that’s to smile I think a lot of people have
to smile I think a lot of people have
to smile I think a lot of people have seen the the thing that when you smile
seen the the thing that when you smile
seen the the thing that when you smile it releases oxytocin serotonin
it releases oxytocin serotonin
it releases oxytocin serotonin endorphins and dopamine to your brain
endorphins and dopamine to your brain
endorphins and dopamine to your brain and that will make you happy so smiling
and that will make you happy so smiling
and that will make you happy so smiling isn’t the effect but it can be the cause
isn’t the effect but it can be the cause
isn’t the effect but it can be the cause of happiness and the first time I read
of happiness and the first time I read
of happiness and the first time I read that I was I was bit younger and I
that I was I was bit younger and I
that I was I was bit younger and I remember that I was shocked I didn’t
remember that I was shocked I didn’t
remember that I was shocked I didn’t believe it so the next time I got upset
believe it so the next time I got upset
believe it so the next time I got upset I flexed these muscles in my face and
I flexed these muscles in my face and
I flexed these muscles in my face and the immediate feeling I had
the immediate feeling I had
the immediate feeling I had it wasn’t happiness it was more of a why
it wasn’t happiness it was more of a why
it wasn’t happiness it was more of a why would I want to be sad it this is so
would I want to be sad it this is so
would I want to be sad it this is so much better and immediately I thought
much better and immediately I thought
much better and immediately I thought you know what this does is it makes me
you know what this does is it makes me
you know what this does is it makes me realize that I’d rather be happy and I
realize that I’d rather be happy and I
realize that I’d rather be happy and I have complete control over that now that
have complete control over that now that
have complete control over that now that being said that’s kind of easy coming
being said that’s kind of easy coming
being said that’s kind of easy coming from me I’m a student I’m a senior
from me I’m a student I’m a senior
from me I’m a student I’m a senior that’s pretty nice second semester I’m
that’s pretty nice second semester I’m
that’s pretty nice second semester I’m going to college I’m not that stressed
going to college I’m not that stressed
going to college I’m not that stressed about anything but there are other
about anything but there are other
about anything but there are other positions through this still happens and
positions through this still happens and
positions through this still happens and all that really does is make it more
all that really does is make it more
all that really does is make it more inspirational more profound for instance
inspirational more profound for instance
inspirational more profound for instance whenever I go to the supermarket there’s
whenever I go to the supermarket there’s
whenever I go to the supermarket there’s this one guy I don’t know how many hours
this one guy I don’t know how many hours
this one guy I don’t know how many hours he works but every time I go there he’s
he works but every time I go there he’s
he works but every time I go there he’s out and his job isn’t extremely
out and his job isn’t extremely
out and his job isn’t extremely glamorous it’s something a lot of people
glamorous it’s something a lot of people
glamorous it’s something a lot of people would think I was inconsequential not
would think I was inconsequential not
would think I was inconsequential not important that they would forget but
important that they would forget but
important that they would forget but every time I see him he’s out in the hot
every time I see him he’s out in the hot
every time I see him he’s out in the hot Sun 80 or 90 degrees
Sun 80 or 90 degrees
Sun 80 or 90 degrees pushing shopping carts every time just
pushing shopping carts every time just
pushing shopping carts every time just sweating
not something forgettable except he’s so
not something forgettable except he’s so unforgettable because what he does isn’t
unforgettable because what he does isn’t
unforgettable because what he does isn’t think okay I need to do whatever I can
think okay I need to do whatever I can
think okay I need to do whatever I can to get this day over with what he does
to get this day over with what he does
to get this day over with what he does is he has this stretches from ear to ear
is he has this stretches from ear to ear
is he has this stretches from ear to ear and every single time that I see him
and every single time that I see him
and every single time that I see him he’s either laughing with parents or
he’s either laughing with parents or
he’s either laughing with parents or joking around with kids and he turns
joking around with kids and he turns
joking around with kids and he turns this thing that so many people would
this thing that so many people would
this thing that so many people would just think I have to get this over with
just think I have to get this over with
just think I have to get this over with this is a necessary evil of work that I
this is a necessary evil of work that I
this is a necessary evil of work that I have to do to get paid he takes this and
have to do to get paid he takes this and
have to do to get paid he takes this and he turns it into something that makes
he turns it into something that makes
he turns it into something that makes him happy to be alive that’s worthwhile
him happy to be alive that’s worthwhile
him happy to be alive that’s worthwhile and he makes other people around him so
and he makes other people around him so
and he makes other people around him so happy and that brings me into my second
happy and that brings me into my second
happy and that brings me into my second point about how you can make yourself
point about how you can make yourself
point about how you can make yourself happier because when you make other
happier because when you make other
happier because when you make other people smile your brain registers it as
people smile your brain registers it as
people smile your brain registers it as altruism as a sort of giving that
altruism as a sort of giving that
altruism as a sort of giving that reinforces your own happiness and it
reinforces your own happiness and it
reinforces your own happiness and it works in such a strong way that say
works in such a strong way that say
works in such a strong way that say you’re the most selfish person on the
you’re the most selfish person on the
you’re the most selfish person on the planet you can still make other people’s
planet you can still make other people’s
planet you can still make other people’s smile just out of this own desire that
smile just out of this own desire that
smile just out of this own desire that it’ll make you happier this desire to be
it’ll make you happier this desire to be
it’ll make you happier this desire to be happier yourself so whether you’re
happier yourself so whether you’re
happier yourself so whether you’re entirely selfish or entirely selfless
entirely selfish or entirely selfless
entirely selfish or entirely selfless brightening up other people’s days has
brightening up other people’s days has
brightening up other people’s days has an amazing impact on you and them and
an amazing impact on you and them and
an amazing impact on you and them and that’s what leads to that ripple that I
that’s what leads to that ripple that I
that’s what leads to that ripple that I think everybody wants to try to
think everybody wants to try to
think everybody wants to try to encourage because when you make other
encourage because when you make other
encourage because when you make other people smile they get happier and they
people smile they get happier and they
people smile they get happier and they do the same thing so why wouldn’t you
do the same thing so why wouldn’t you
do the same thing so why wouldn’t you start every single day saying I want to
start every single day saying I want to
start every single day saying I want to make someone laugh today or I want to
make someone laugh today or I want to
make someone laugh today or I want to make someone smile today or I’m going to
make someone smile today or I’m going to
make someone smile today or I’m going to give someone a completely genuine
give someone a completely genuine
give someone a completely genuine compliment today because it can have
compliment today because it can have
compliment today because it can have such an amazing effect it’s not just
such an amazing effect it’s not just
such an amazing effect it’s not just about making your life feel like it’s
about making your life feel like it’s
about making your life feel like it’s more worth living or about appreciating
more worth living or about appreciating
more worth living or about appreciating being awake and active and alive people
being awake and active and alive people
being awake and active and alive people work on average I think it’s 15% more
work on average I think it’s 15% more
work on average I think it’s 15% more efficiently when they’re excited about
efficiently when they’re excited about
efficiently when they’re excited about what they’re doing when they’re excited
what they’re doing when they’re excited
what they’re doing when they’re excited to get out of bed and just give it
to get out of bed and just give it
to get out of bed and just give it whatever you got for this math test
whatever you got for this math test
whatever you got for this math test which probably isn’t a lot it’s such an
which probably isn’t a lot it’s such an
which probably isn’t a lot it’s such an amazing effect on a society when people
amazing effect on a society when people
amazing effect on a society when people are excited to spread that ripple when
are excited to spread that ripple when
are excited to spread that ripple when people are excited to smile for their
people are excited to smile for their
people are excited to smile for their sake and for other
sake and for other
sake and for other that I challenge each and every one of
that I challenge each and every one of
that I challenge each and every one of you to try to do it to start that ripple
you to try to do it to start that ripple
you to try to do it to start that ripple to start that huge effect that can
to start that huge effect that can
to start that huge effect that can spread so far and maybe it sounds
spread so far and maybe it sounds
spread so far and maybe it sounds immature or trivial but it has such a
immature or trivial but it has such a
immature or trivial but it has such a profound effect on a society that I
profound effect on a society that I
profound effect on a society that I strongly encourage it and it is amazing
strongly encourage it and it is amazing
strongly encourage it and it is amazing thank you
thank you
thank you [Applause]
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