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who here can say that you’re happy raise
who here can say that you’re happy raise your hand if you’re happy are you truly
your hand if you’re happy are you truly
your hand if you’re happy are you truly happy if everything’s you have today was
happy if everything’s you have today was
happy if everything’s you have today was taken away from you would you still be
taken away from you would you still be
taken away from you would you still be happy if all of yours life’s plan came
happy if all of yours life’s plan came
happy if all of yours life’s plan came crumbling down would you still be happy
crumbling down would you still be happy
crumbling down would you still be happy and if not why so I believe that true
and if not why so I believe that true
and if not why so I believe that true lasting happiness depends on two things
lasting happiness depends on two things
lasting happiness depends on two things first your mindset attitude and outlook
first your mindset attitude and outlook
first your mindset attitude and outlook on life and second your actions and
on life and second your actions and
on life and second your actions and goals aligning with who you truly are so
goals aligning with who you truly are so
goals aligning with who you truly are so I grew up with two very different
I grew up with two very different
I grew up with two very different parents in Bangkok Thailand and my dad
parents in Bangkok Thailand and my dad
parents in Bangkok Thailand and my dad is a positive liberal free-spirited
is a positive liberal free-spirited
is a positive liberal free-spirited entrepreneur who’s very into personal
entrepreneur who’s very into personal
entrepreneur who’s very into personal development so growing up he was my life
development so growing up he was my life
development so growing up he was my life coach and mentor and on the other hand I
coach and mentor and on the other hand I
coach and mentor and on the other hand I grew up with a tiger mother who is very
grew up with a tiger mother who is very
grew up with a tiger mother who is very strict and conservative and she tends to
strict and conservative and she tends to
strict and conservative and she tends to worry a lot so because my mom is very
worry a lot so because my mom is very
worry a lot so because my mom is very strict and she was always worried I
strict and she was always worried I
strict and she was always worried I didn’t really enjoy living at home since
didn’t really enjoy living at home since
didn’t really enjoy living at home since little I always wanted to move away from
little I always wanted to move away from
little I always wanted to move away from home but I couldn’t because I was too
home but I couldn’t because I was too
home but I couldn’t because I was too underage I know she wants the best for
underage I know she wants the best for
underage I know she wants the best for me but the dreams and expectations that
me but the dreams and expectations that
me but the dreams and expectations that she had for me just were not for me and
she had for me just were not for me and
she had for me just were not for me and as I became a teenager we started
as I became a teenager we started
as I became a teenager we started arguing a lot and one day we had a
arguing a lot and one day we had a
arguing a lot and one day we had a really big argument and I turned to my
really big argument and I turned to my
really big argument and I turned to my dad because he seemed to understand me
dad because he seemed to understand me
dad because he seemed to understand me and he said one things to me that
and he said one things to me that
and he said one things to me that changed my whole perspective he said mom
changed my whole perspective he said mom
changed my whole perspective he said mom your mom has been this way for over 40
your mom has been this way for over 40
your mom has been this way for over 40 years now it’s probably impossible for
years now it’s probably impossible for
years now it’s probably impossible for her to change or for you to try to get
her to change or for you to try to get
her to change or for you to try to get her to understand your point of view but
her to understand your point of view but
her to understand your point of view but you’re still very young you can be upset
you’re still very young you can be upset
you’re still very young you can be upset and frustrated about it or you can learn
and frustrated about it or you can learn
and frustrated about it or you can learn to see this as an opportunity to train
to see this as an opportunity to train
to see this as an opportunity to train and strengthen your mind I want you to
and strengthen your mind I want you to
and strengthen your mind I want you to realize one thing
realize one thing
realize one thing that often times you can’t control
that often times you can’t control
that often times you can’t control people or situations but what you can
people or situations but what you can
people or situations but what you can control is yourself and your attitude
control is yourself and your attitude
control is yourself and your attitude and how you look at what happens to you
and how you look at what happens to you
and how you look at what happens to you I want you to practice that so these
I want you to practice that so these
I want you to practice that so these words have stuck by me since and have
words have stuck by me since and have
words have stuck by me since and have been the guy in how I live my life and
been the guy in how I live my life and
been the guy in how I live my life and you know what whether you see the glass
you know what whether you see the glass
you know what whether you see the glass half-full half-empty
half-full half-empty
half-full half-empty a few grateful that you even have a
a few grateful that you even have a
a few grateful that you even have a glass you are in control of that so soon
glass you are in control of that so soon
glass you are in control of that so soon I didn’t want to be a doctor like my mom
I didn’t want to be a doctor like my mom
I didn’t want to be a doctor like my mom wished me to be I became very
wished me to be I became very
wished me to be I became very intentional about fighting out what
intentional about fighting out what
intentional about fighting out what might my true passions in life are and
might my true passions in life are and
might my true passions in life are and try to turn that into my life’s work a
try to turn that into my life’s work a
try to turn that into my life’s work a DJ friend of mine said to me that if I
DJ friend of mine said to me that if I
DJ friend of mine said to me that if I could turn my passion into a career work
could turn my passion into a career work
could turn my passion into a career work we never feel like work another day in
we never feel like work another day in
we never feel like work another day in your life but he sounded too good to be
your life but he sounded too good to be
your life but he sounded too good to be true at a time how could I turn my
true at a time how could I turn my
true at a time how could I turn my passion into a career and which passion
passion into a career and which passion
passion into a career and which passion of mine should I turn into a career but
of mine should I turn into a career but
of mine should I turn into a career but that became my goal for the rest of my
that became my goal for the rest of my
that became my goal for the rest of my years in high school so I went to Gemma
years in high school so I went to Gemma
years in high school so I went to Gemma Dom 6r and in the last year of high
Dom 6r and in the last year of high
Dom 6r and in the last year of high school when we were studying for the
school when we were studying for the
school when we were studying for the exams I asked my friends hey guys what
exams I asked my friends hey guys what
exams I asked my friends hey guys what do you want to be when you graduate and
do you want to be when you graduate and
do you want to be when you graduate and my friend said oh I don’t know maybe
my friend said oh I don’t know maybe
my friend said oh I don’t know maybe I’ll do finance law accounting East
I’ll do finance law accounting East
I’ll do finance law accounting East Korea are great but what frustrated me
Korea are great but what frustrated me
Korea are great but what frustrated me was that none of them seemed passionate
was that none of them seemed passionate
was that none of them seemed passionate about what they wanted to do for a
about what they wanted to do for a
about what they wanted to do for a living they just mentioned those Korea
living they just mentioned those Korea
living they just mentioned those Korea because they seem like the most decent
because they seem like the most decent
because they seem like the most decent jobs at the time and that would make the
jobs at the time and that would make the
jobs at the time and that would make the parents proud so I feel really
parents proud so I feel really
parents proud so I feel really frustrated that the smartest kids in the
frustrated that the smartest kids in the
frustrated that the smartest kids in the country were never encouraged to find
country were never encouraged to find
country were never encouraged to find out what that true passions in life are
out what that true passions in life are
out what that true passions in life are and turned that into a career and that
and turned that into a career and that
and turned that into a career and that moment inspired me that one day I want
moment inspired me that one day I want
moment inspired me that one day I want to inspire people to find out what the
to inspire people to find out what the
to inspire people to find out what the true passions in life are so year after
true passions in life are so year after
true passions in life are so year after high school I my parents got divorced
high school I my parents got divorced
high school I my parents got divorced and I finally were able to move to
and I finally were able to move to
and I finally were able to move to Australia like I wanted to because my
Australia like I wanted to because my
Australia like I wanted to because my dad approved and didn’t really need my
dad approved and didn’t really need my
dad approved and didn’t really need my mom’s approval anymore
mom’s approval anymore
mom’s approval anymore and for the first time ever I felt true
and for the first time ever I felt true
and for the first time ever I felt true freedom
freedom
freedom but more so the freedom to really
but more so the freedom to really
but more so the freedom to really explore who I really am and to become my
explore who I really am and to become my
explore who I really am and to become my most authentic self and that moment I
most authentic self and that moment I
most authentic self and that moment I realized how important it is for someone
realized how important it is for someone
realized how important it is for someone to have the freedom to become the most
to have the freedom to become the most
to have the freedom to become the most authentic self in order for them to find
authentic self in order for them to find
authentic self in order for them to find a true happiness so the reality started
a true happiness so the reality started
a true happiness so the reality started to kick in when I graduated from
to kick in when I graduated from
to kick in when I graduated from university and started looking for a job
university and started looking for a job
university and started looking for a job and the unemployment rate was high how
and the unemployment rate was high how
and the unemployment rate was high how to compete with Australian students and
to compete with Australian students and
to compete with Australian students and I was dealing with visa issues it was
I was dealing with visa issues it was
I was dealing with visa issues it was very stressful so I called my dad for
very stressful so I called my dad for
very stressful so I called my dad for curry advice and he said to me more I
curry advice and he said to me more I
curry advice and he said to me more I think instead of worrying about fighting
think instead of worrying about fighting
think instead of worrying about fighting a job I think you should first focus on
a job I think you should first focus on
a job I think you should first focus on fighting who you are and trying to
fighting who you are and trying to
fighting who you are and trying to understand yourself otherwise just jump
understand yourself otherwise just jump
understand yourself otherwise just jump from one job to another and then one job
from one job to another and then one job
from one job to another and then one job to another without feeling truly
to another without feeling truly
to another without feeling truly fulfilled
fulfilled
fulfilled don’t waste time doing that and my dad
don’t waste time doing that and my dad
don’t waste time doing that and my dad was right
was right
was right and I realized that you know the
and I realized that you know the
and I realized that you know the experience of living overseas and the
experience of living overseas and the
experience of living overseas and the struggles that I had growing up I
struggles that I had growing up I
struggles that I had growing up I learned so much about myself as well as
learned so much about myself as well as
learned so much about myself as well as others and I developed love and passion
others and I developed love and passion
others and I developed love and passion and a gift and curiosity for
and a gift and curiosity for
and a gift and curiosity for understanding human and human psychology
understanding human and human psychology
understanding human and human psychology so I finally found a job and my first
so I finally found a job and my first
so I finally found a job and my first few jobs in Australia were at a media
few jobs in Australia were at a media
few jobs in Australia were at a media agency and at an innovation agency where
agency and at an innovation agency where
agency and at an innovation agency where I got to you know learn more about human
I got to you know learn more about human
I got to you know learn more about human and trying to come up with new product
and trying to come up with new product
and trying to come up with new product and advertising ideas but then live hit
and advertising ideas but then live hit
and advertising ideas but then live hit me with a break again the contracts
me with a break again the contracts
me with a break again the contracts finished and the company didn’t want to
finished and the company didn’t want to
finished and the company didn’t want to renew the contract so I had to find out
renew the contract so I had to find out
renew the contract so I had to find out a job but then because my visa was
a job but then because my visa was
a job but then because my visa was running out I just kept getting rejected
running out I just kept getting rejected
running out I just kept getting rejected from from companies like over and over
to be honest I hit rock bottom
to be honest I hit rock bottom every day I grow up now every day I woke
every day I grow up now every day I woke
every day I grow up now every day I woke up I had to count whether I had enough
up I had to count whether I had enough
up I had to count whether I had enough money to get a sandwich but in the
money to get a sandwich but in the
money to get a sandwich but in the inside I am grateful I never got
inside I am grateful I never got
inside I am grateful I never got offered a job because I never got
offered a job because I never got
offered a job because I never got offered a job I had more time to look
offered a job I had more time to look
offered a job I had more time to look inward and start pursuing my own
inward and start pursuing my own
inward and start pursuing my own entrepreneurial dream you know
entrepreneurial dream you know
entrepreneurial dream you know and it started with my own inspirational
and it started with my own inspirational
and it started with my own inspirational blog and initially it which is a you
blog and initially it which is a you
blog and initially it which is a you know a place where I wanted to keep
know a place where I wanted to keep
know a place where I wanted to keep others the inspirational quotes that I
others the inspirational quotes that I
others the inspirational quotes that I came across and you know later on I
came across and you know later on I
came across and you know later on I started writing my own blog post like
started writing my own blog post like
started writing my own blog post like life lessons and words of wisdom from my
life lessons and words of wisdom from my
life lessons and words of wisdom from my father and a blog grew and it started
father and a blog grew and it started
father and a blog grew and it started attracting a lot of readers and
attracting a lot of readers and
attracting a lot of readers and accounting it got to a point where I
accounting it got to a point where I
accounting it got to a point where I started receiving emails for my readers
started receiving emails for my readers
started receiving emails for my readers telling me how inspiring my blog was to
telling me how inspiring my blog was to
telling me how inspiring my blog was to them so I decided to ask them when they
them so I decided to ask them when they
them so I decided to ask them when they subscribed to my newsletter if I could
subscribed to my newsletter if I could
subscribed to my newsletter if I could write about one thing that makes your
write about one thing that makes your
write about one thing that makes your day what should I write about a lot of
day what should I write about a lot of
day what should I write about a lot of them replied and said that they want to
them replied and said that they want to
them replied and said that they want to learn more about how there could be more
learn more about how there could be more
learn more about how there could be more positive and happier so I thought ah it
positive and happier so I thought ah it
positive and happier so I thought ah it is so interesting there are so many
is so interesting there are so many
is so interesting there are so many books and articles that they’re about
books and articles that they’re about
books and articles that they’re about happiness and positive thinking but it’s
happiness and positive thinking but it’s
happiness and positive thinking but it’s not something that you can just read a
not something that you can just read a
not something that you can just read a book or an article and then change
book or an article and then change
book or an article and then change overnight it’s like if you’ve been
overnight it’s like if you’ve been
overnight it’s like if you’ve been smoking cigarette or eating junk food
smoking cigarette or eating junk food
smoking cigarette or eating junk food for the last thirty years you can’t just
for the last thirty years you can’t just
for the last thirty years you can’t just read a book on how to quit smoking and
read a book on how to quit smoking and
read a book on how to quit smoking and then the next day you’re just gonna quit
then the next day you’re just gonna quit
then the next day you’re just gonna quit it
it
it it requires a lot of practice over and
it requires a lot of practice over and
it requires a lot of practice over and over and over and to all my distrain and
over and over and to all my distrain and
over and over and to all my distrain and it becomes a part of who we are so I try
it becomes a part of who we are so I try
it becomes a part of who we are so I try to come up with an idea for something
to come up with an idea for something
to come up with an idea for something you know a tool that can help people
you know a tool that can help people
you know a tool that can help people become more self aware and understand
become more self aware and understand
become more self aware and understand themselves better so that they can set
themselves better so that they can set
themselves better so that they can set goals that will make them feel truly
goals that will make them feel truly
goals that will make them feel truly fulfilled once they receive them a tool
fulfilled once they receive them a tool
fulfilled once they receive them a tool that can help people shift the focus and
that can help people shift the focus and
that can help people shift the focus and realize that if they change the thought
realize that if they change the thought
realize that if they change the thought or the focus that our attitude about
or the focus that our attitude about
or the focus that our attitude about something then the feeling about it also
something then the feeling about it also
something then the feeling about it also changes and that’s how you become in
changes and that’s how you become in
changes and that’s how you become in charge of your happiness just like what
charge of your happiness just like what
charge of your happiness just like what the Buddha said happiness is a state of
the Buddha said happiness is a state of
the Buddha said happiness is a state of mind and this is how it works a tool
mind and this is how it works a tool
mind and this is how it works a tool that can help people change their
that can help people change their
that can help people change their patterns you know we all adopted our
patterns you know we all adopted our
patterns you know we all adopted our patterns since when we’re little and
patterns since when we’re little and
patterns since when we’re little and some of them might be destructive and
some of them might be destructive and
some of them might be destructive and have been holding us back
have been holding us back
have been holding us back so I launched a happiness planner in
so I launched a happiness planner in
so I launched a happiness planner in 2015 and you know it comes with three
2015 and you know it comes with three
2015 and you know it comes with three main elements and the first one which is
main elements and the first one which is
main elements and the first one which is you know it comes with questions that
you know it comes with questions that
you know it comes with questions that get you to ask yourself like what makes
get you to ask yourself like what makes
get you to ask yourself like what makes your happy how happy does it make you
your happy how happy does it make you
your happy how happy does it make you feel how often should you integrate into
feel how often should you integrate into
feel how often should you integrate into your daily life
your daily life
your daily life what makes your unhappy how much does it
what makes your unhappy how much does it
what makes your unhappy how much does it affect you can you do anything to change
affect you can you do anything to change
affect you can you do anything to change it what qualities or habits would you
it what qualities or habits would you
it what qualities or habits would you like to change what is your definition
like to change what is your definition
like to change what is your definition of success
of success
of success yours not the society’s not your
yours not the society’s not your
yours not the society’s not your family’s but yours and then I started to
family’s but yours and then I started to
family’s but yours and then I started to think you know whom how can I help
think you know whom how can I help
think you know whom how can I help people find happiness every day and I
people find happiness every day and I
people find happiness every day and I thought you know if you can wake up
thought you know if you can wake up
thought you know if you can wake up every day feeling excited about today
every day feeling excited about today
every day feeling excited about today you know whether it be you know the
you know whether it be you know the
you know whether it be you know the weather’s good today you want to walk to
weather’s good today you want to walk to
weather’s good today you want to walk to work or you know the lunch should be
work or you know the lunch should be
work or you know the lunch should be having the people you’ll be meeting then
having the people you’ll be meeting then
having the people you’ll be meeting then you’re already set yourself up for a
you’re already set yourself up for a
you’re already set yourself up for a good day and if you’re for going to bed
good day and if you’re for going to bed
good day and if you’re for going to bed you reflect on a day and focus on the
you reflect on a day and focus on the
you reflect on a day and focus on the good things that happen and what you’re
good things that happen and what you’re
good things that happen and what you’re grateful for it and you go to bed happy
grateful for it and you go to bed happy
grateful for it and you go to bed happy so that’s how you make a day a great day
so that’s how you make a day a great day
so that’s how you make a day a great day right and if you repeat that then you
right and if you repeat that then you
right and if you repeat that then you end up with a great week and if you
end up with a great week and if you
end up with a great week and if you repeat that you end up with a great
repeat that you end up with a great
repeat that you end up with a great month and a great year and a great life
month and a great year and a great life
month and a great year and a great life and then the next element which is you
and then the next element which is you
and then the next element which is you know something that I really want people
know something that I really want people
know something that I really want people to learn is to see the positive side of
to learn is to see the positive side of
to learn is to see the positive side of the negative thing so we asked people to
the negative thing so we asked people to
the negative thing so we asked people to reflect on the week and the month on the
reflect on the week and the month on the
reflect on the week and the month on the highest laws but more importantly on the
highest laws but more importantly on the
highest laws but more importantly on the lessons learned and how they could
lessons learned and how they could
lessons learned and how they could improve and a customer said that this
improve and a customer said that this
improve and a customer said that this section has helped her learn that
section has helped her learn that
section has helped her learn that happiness is not about you know when
happiness is not about you know when
happiness is not about you know when life is great but it’s about seeing
life is great but it’s about seeing
life is great but it’s about seeing great things when life doesn’t go our
great things when life doesn’t go our
great things when life doesn’t go our way so it’s been three years now since I
way so it’s been three years now since I
way so it’s been three years now since I launched a happiness planner but over a
launched a happiness planner but over a
launched a happiness planner but over a year ago I still felt like something was
year ago I still felt like something was
year ago I still felt like something was missing until one day my mom messaged me
missing until one day my mom messaged me
missing until one day my mom messaged me and she said that she’s very proud of me
and she said that she’s very proud of me
and she said that she’s very proud of me that’s it the ho in my heart has been
that’s it the ho in my heart has been
that’s it the ho in my heart has been filled growing up I always felt like I’m
filled growing up I always felt like I’m
filled growing up I always felt like I’m a deaf a bad daughter because I didn’t
a deaf a bad daughter because I didn’t
a deaf a bad daughter because I didn’t want to be who she wanted me to be but I
want to be who she wanted me to be but I
want to be who she wanted me to be but I knew that you know was it
knew that you know was it
knew that you know was it come into one day prove to her that
come into one day prove to her that
come into one day prove to her that following my own dreams is not a wrong
following my own dreams is not a wrong
following my own dreams is not a wrong path and that I would make her feel very
path and that I would make her feel very
path and that I would make her feel very proud one day and that time has come but
proud one day and that time has come but
proud one day and that time has come but the funny thing is even though she said
the funny thing is even though she said
the funny thing is even though she said it she’s proud of me she never used a
it she’s proud of me she never used a
it she’s proud of me she never used a happiness Planner so I was like so she
happiness Planner so I was like so she
happiness Planner so I was like so she always talked about who worries and you
always talked about who worries and you
always talked about who worries and you know how she felt live was unfair so I
know how she felt live was unfair so I
know how she felt live was unfair so I was like mom I know you’re proud of me
was like mom I know you’re proud of me
was like mom I know you’re proud of me but I want you to use the happiness
but I want you to use the happiness
but I want you to use the happiness Planner can you please use it so she
Planner can you please use it so she
Planner can you please use it so she started using it and she took photos of
started using it and she took photos of
started using it and she took photos of her happiness planners and show it to me
her happiness planners and show it to me
her happiness planners and show it to me and she called me and she said mom I
and she called me and she said mom I
and she called me and she said mom I realized that I never felt grateful for
realized that I never felt grateful for
realized that I never felt grateful for anything in life I realized that I
anything in life I realized that I
anything in life I realized that I focused way too much on my worries and
focused way too much on my worries and
focused way too much on my worries and the negatives instead of the positives
the negatives instead of the positives
the negatives instead of the positives I was like yeah keep using it that’s how
I was like yeah keep using it that’s how
I was like yeah keep using it that’s how you find happiness so my mom completed
you find happiness so my mom completed
you find happiness so my mom completed the whole year of happiness Planner and
the whole year of happiness Planner and
the whole year of happiness Planner and I have to say that I see a dramatic
I have to say that I see a dramatic
I have to say that I see a dramatic shift and change in her and she stopped
shift and change in her and she stopped
shift and change in her and she stopped talking about her worries and now she
talking about her worries and now she
talking about her worries and now she talked about exciting things that she
talked about exciting things that she
talked about exciting things that she get up to every single day so yeah
get up to every single day so yeah
get up to every single day so yeah that’s it that’s my story and my part of
that’s it that’s my story and my part of
that’s it that’s my story and my part of finding happiness and joy every single
finding happiness and joy every single
finding happiness and joy every single day and now my purpose is to help people
day and now my purpose is to help people
day and now my purpose is to help people like you realize that you’re in charge
like you realize that you’re in charge
like you realize that you’re in charge of your happiness because you’re in
of your happiness because you’re in
of your happiness because you’re in charge your attitude of how you look at
charge your attitude of how you look at
charge your attitude of how you look at what happened to you of the way you
what happened to you of the way you
what happened to you of the way you think of your conscious and unconscious
think of your conscious and unconscious
think of your conscious and unconscious patterns so today I would like to invite
patterns so today I would like to invite
patterns so today I would like to invite you to take out your TEDx booklet and
you to take out your TEDx booklet and
you to take out your TEDx booklet and write down one thing that you would like
write down one thing that you would like
write down one thing that you would like to achieve this year you know whether it
to achieve this year you know whether it
to achieve this year you know whether it be a goal or a mindset to change or a
be a goal or a mindset to change or a
be a goal or a mindset to change or a habit to get rid of let’s make 2018 an
habit to get rid of let’s make 2018 an
habit to get rid of let’s make 2018 an amazing year and create the life of your
amazing year and create the life of your
amazing year and create the life of your dreams thank you
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