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Embracing Change and Success | Ramin Vahidi | TEDxAmericanInternationalSchoolofBucharest


speaking about his passion for music a

speaking about his passion for music a romanian persian recent high school

romanian persian recent high school

romanian persian recent high school graduate raman decided to pursue his

graduate raman decided to pursue his

graduate raman decided to pursue his career in music immediately after

career in music immediately after

career in music immediately after completing his studies he plays them bad

completing his studies he plays them bad

completing his studies he plays them bad with his friends where expert Ubisoft

with his friends where expert Ubisoft

with his friends where expert Ubisoft and uses music as a medium to determine

and uses music as a medium to determine

and uses music as a medium to determine his life up after a speech please feel

his life up after a speech please feel

his life up after a speech please feel free to leave the theater and have a

free to leave the theater and have a

free to leave the theater and have a conversation break in the atrium for 20

conversation break in the atrium for 20

conversation break in the atrium for 20 minutes now please welcome Ram it in the

minutes now please welcome Ram it in the

minutes now please welcome Ram it in the stage hello my name is no mean bohemian

stage hello my name is no mean bohemian

stage hello my name is no mean bohemian today I’m going to talk to you about how

today I’m going to talk to you about how

today I’m going to talk to you about how I decided how I figured out what I want

I decided how I figured out what I want

I decided how I figured out what I want to do in life and that’s me and I’m

to do in life and that’s me and I’m

to do in life and that’s me and I’m going to share with you my perspective

going to share with you my perspective

going to share with you my perspective on how to make difficult decisions

on how to make difficult decisions

on how to make difficult decisions regarding your professional lives it’s

regarding your professional lives it’s

regarding your professional lives it’s funny because i’m actually pretty young

funny because i’m actually pretty young

funny because i’m actually pretty young man i don’t know if i succeeded but

man i don’t know if i succeeded but

man i don’t know if i succeeded but we’ll see right so let’s see where do i

we’ll see right so let’s see where do i

we’ll see right so let’s see where do i pick off this is stage fight anyway so

pick off this is stage fight anyway so

pick off this is stage fight anyway so it’s been a constant struggle because i

it’s been a constant struggle because i

it’s been a constant struggle because i always had to decide between the things

always had to decide between the things

always had to decide between the things that I love doing and those that would

that I love doing and those that would

that I love doing and those that would bring me financial success and i’m

bring me financial success and i’m

bring me financial success and i’m pretty sure that most if not all people

pretty sure that most if not all people

pretty sure that most if not all people my age go through the exact same

my age go through the exact same

my age go through the exact same struggle but through personal experience

struggle but through personal experience

struggle but through personal experience it has to do with dealing with chains

it has to do with dealing with chains

it has to do with dealing with chains you’ll find yourselves changing your

you’ll find yourselves changing your

you’ll find yourselves changing your minds on multiple occasions like I’ve

minds on multiple occasions like I’ve

minds on multiple occasions like I’ve done that too and probably do them many

done that too and probably do them many

done that too and probably do them many others right so here’s my story sorry

others right so here’s my story sorry

others right so here’s my story sorry about that ever since I was young people

about that ever since I was young people

about that ever since I was young people will know that I’m more inclined to

will know that I’m more inclined to

will know that I’m more inclined to making part and while i was in school i

making part and while i was in school i

making part and while i was in school i would be drawing things all the times

would be drawing things all the times

would be drawing things all the times and when I wouldn’t be drawing let me

and when I wouldn’t be drawing let me

and when I wouldn’t be drawing let me playing guitar a lot yeah for big chunk

playing guitar a lot yeah for big chunk

playing guitar a lot yeah for big chunk of my life I thought I would be a

of my life I thought I would be a

of my life I thought I would be a graphic designer or an architect because

graphic designer or an architect because

graphic designer or an architect because these were the things that I was the

these were the things that I was the

these were the things that I was the best at and it’s when I studied year 9

best at and it’s when I studied year 9

best at and it’s when I studied year 9 in England that I figured out that I

in England that I figured out that I

in England that I figured out that I want to pursue this career fast forward

want to pursue this career fast forward

want to pursue this career fast forward a few years after my family and I meant

a few years after my family and I meant

a few years after my family and I meant back to Romania I picked up music more

back to Romania I picked up music more

back to Romania I picked up music more seriously and I started a band with my

seriously and I started a band with my

seriously and I started a band with my brother and my best friend and that’s

brother and my best friend and that’s

brother and my best friend and that’s when things changed the more I learned

when things changed the more I learned

when things changed the more I learned about music the more interested I became

about music the more interested I became

about music the more interested I became in discovering its wonders and I fully

in discovering its wonders and I fully

in discovering its wonders and I fully forgot all about being a graphic

forgot all about being a graphic

forgot all about being a graphic designer or an architect so as the van

designer or an architect so as the van

designer or an architect so as the van for it and we started winning

for it and we started winning

for it and we started winning competitions and playing in festivals

drawing wasn’t as interesting to me as

drawing wasn’t as interesting to me as was making music now we would think that

was making music now we would think that

was making music now we would think that unless your van becomes really famous or

unless your van becomes really famous or

unless your van becomes really famous or you’re a really well-known producer or

you’re a really well-known producer or

you’re a really well-known producer or singer you can’t me make money the music

singer you can’t me make money the music

singer you can’t me make money the music right well I i discovered this beautiful

right well I i discovered this beautiful

right well I i discovered this beautiful game called the last of us and the

game called the last of us and the

game called the last of us and the kingdom struck me it’s actually really

kingdom struck me it’s actually really

kingdom struck me it’s actually really beautiful and I advise you to play

beautiful and I advise you to play

beautiful and I advise you to play whatever age it doesn’t really matter

whatever age it doesn’t really matter

whatever age it doesn’t really matter it’s beautiful so I watched a

it’s beautiful so I watched a

it’s beautiful so I watched a documentary on how the game was

documentary on how the game was

documentary on how the game was one section of that documentary they

one section of that documentary they

one section of that documentary they showed the work that the sound designers

showed the work that the sound designers

showed the work that the sound designers put into the game and and it hit me I

put into the game and and it hit me I

put into the game and and it hit me I realized that music and sound were

realized that music and sound were

realized that music and sound were really important parts of the holistic

really important parts of the holistic

really important parts of the holistic experience of playing a game or watching

experience of playing a game or watching

experience of playing a game or watching a movie and I knew I wanted to do that

a movie and I knew I wanted to do that

a movie and I knew I wanted to do that in life so by the end of the 12th grade

in life so by the end of the 12th grade

in life so by the end of the 12th grade I thought I figured it all out it was

I thought I figured it all out it was

I thought I figured it all out it was easy I finished high school get a job in

easy I finished high school get a job in

easy I finished high school get a job in the gaming industry and become a sound

the gaming industry and become a sound

the gaming industry and become a sound designer somehow so I applied for a job

designer somehow so I applied for a job

designer somehow so I applied for a job at Ubisoft and I started working in

at Ubisoft and I started working in

at Ubisoft and I started working in rocksmith in a team of only 20 testers

rocksmith in a team of only 20 testers

rocksmith in a team of only 20 testers and volume be soft worldwide but things

and volume be soft worldwide but things

and volume be soft worldwide but things weren’t quite right I realized that yeah

weren’t quite right I realized that yeah

weren’t quite right I realized that yeah that was okay so things weren’t like

that was okay so things weren’t like

that was okay so things weren’t like right I realized that I actually wanted

right I realized that I actually wanted

right I realized that I actually wanted to go to university in england and apply

to go to university in england and apply

to go to university in england and apply for apply to study sound design so i

for apply to study sound design so i

for apply to study sound design so i went to a stressful period in which i

went to a stressful period in which i

went to a stressful period in which i knew i wanted to study at university I

knew i wanted to study at university I

knew i wanted to study at university I knew I had to apply but I had no

knew I had to apply but I had no

knew I had to apply but I had no certainty that the universities would

certainty that the universities would

certainty that the universities would accept me and fast forward a few months

accept me and fast forward a few months

accept me and fast forward a few months i had my application ready and sent and

i had my application ready and sent and

i had my application ready and sent and the universities had accepted me but I

the universities had accepted me but I

the universities had accepted me but I wasn’t quite happy i realized that i

wasn’t quite happy i realized that i

wasn’t quite happy i realized that i would have to give up on making music

would have to give up on making music

would have to give up on making music with the band I’d have to leave my

with the band I’d have to leave my

with the band I’d have to leave my friends so I entered

friends so I entered

friends so I entered episode and my emotional state was

episode and my emotional state was

episode and my emotional state was getting worse by the day I I only

getting worse by the day I I only

getting worse by the day I I only managed to get out of depressive state

managed to get out of depressive state

managed to get out of depressive state when I realized that I don’t have to go

when I realized that I don’t have to go

when I realized that I don’t have to go so there was I had to decide whether I

so there was I had to decide whether I

so there was I had to decide whether I wanted to go study abroad and have a

wanted to go study abroad and have a

wanted to go study abroad and have a short career in sound design or whether

short career in sound design or whether

short career in sound design or whether I wanted to stay here with the people I

I wanted to stay here with the people I

I wanted to stay here with the people I love and play live and make music with

love and play live and make music with

love and play live and make music with my friends so I decided to stay I got

my friends so I decided to stay I got

my friends so I decided to stay I got back in rocksmith I play with my band

back in rocksmith I play with my band

back in rocksmith I play with my band and I work on a project that I made with

and I work on a project that I made with

and I work on a project that I made with a few friends a game development project

a few friends a game development project

a few friends a game development project and I do the sound designing for it so

and I do the sound designing for it so

and I do the sound designing for it so what do I want to diminish the answer i

what do I want to diminish the answer i

what do I want to diminish the answer i thought was true is I want to be

thought was true is I want to be

thought was true is I want to be successful but what is success what

successful but what is success what

successful but what is success what makes a person successful most people

makes a person successful most people

makes a person successful most people have this unrealistic fantasy that

have this unrealistic fantasy that

have this unrealistic fantasy that they’re going to be rich and have a lot

they’re going to be rich and have a lot

they’re going to be rich and have a lot of time on their hands and they are on

of time on their hands and they are on

of time on their hands and they are on all sort of things that don’t don’t

all sort of things that don’t don’t

all sort of things that don’t don’t necessarily work together as this may

necessarily work together as this may

necessarily work together as this may sound like the I don’t know the ideal

sound like the I don’t know the ideal

sound like the I don’t know the ideal lifestyle it’s not a very realistic

lifestyle it’s not a very realistic

lifestyle it’s not a very realistic approach and you shouldn’t you shouldn’t

approach and you shouldn’t you shouldn’t

approach and you shouldn’t you shouldn’t feel down don’t get it now don’t get me

feel down don’t get it now don’t get me

feel down don’t get it now don’t get me wrong comfort is important but I decided

wrong comfort is important but I decided

wrong comfort is important but I decided that for me it’s more important to be

that for me it’s more important to be

that for me it’s more important to be happy rather than be wealthy and I’m

happy rather than be wealthy and I’m

happy rather than be wealthy and I’m trying to say don’t go study abroad I’m

trying to say don’t go study abroad I’m

trying to say don’t go study abroad I’m going to say that you should I’m trying

going to say that you should I’m trying

going to say that you should I’m trying to suggest that you should stop and

to suggest that you should stop and

to suggest that you should stop and rethink what you want to do in life you

rethink what you want to do in life you

rethink what you want to do in life you should keep checking if where you’re

should keep checking if where you’re

should keep checking if where you’re going is the right place for you

going is the right place for you

going is the right place for you you’re going to be happy with the

you’re going to be happy with the

you’re going to be happy with the results look for something that you

results look for something that you

results look for something that you enjoy and use it to your advantage work

enjoy and use it to your advantage work

enjoy and use it to your advantage work your way around capitalism like today

your way around capitalism like today

your way around capitalism like today it’s easier to do something that you

it’s easier to do something that you

it’s easier to do something that you enjoy and get paid for it than it ever

enjoy and get paid for it than it ever

enjoy and get paid for it than it ever was the internet is a magical place I

was the internet is a magical place I

was the internet is a magical place I don’t just be creative enjoy the things

don’t just be creative enjoy the things

don’t just be creative enjoy the things that you love doing and do them don’t

that you love doing and do them don’t

that you love doing and do them don’t focus one hundred percent of your time

focus one hundred percent of your time

focus one hundred percent of your time and energy on on on your future self

and energy on on on your future self

and energy on on on your future self because you hope you will keep doing

because you hope you will keep doing

because you hope you will keep doing that and you will forget to enjoy

that and you will forget to enjoy

that and you will forget to enjoy yourself now I know I figured out what I

yourself now I know I figured out what I

yourself now I know I figured out what I want to do in life and that is being

want to do in life and that is being

want to do in life and that is being happy and I want to now not later that’s

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