[Applause] hello so everybody has a unique gift
hello so everybody has a unique gift
hello so everybody has a unique gift right we all heard that before well for
right we all heard that before well for
right we all heard that before well for a long time I had no idea what mine was
a long time I had no idea what mine was
a long time I had no idea what mine was and I tried everything I tried to sing I
and I tried everything I tried to sing I
and I tried everything I tried to sing I tried to act I tried to dance and it was
tried to act I tried to dance and it was
tried to act I tried to dance and it was always a disaster
always a disaster
always a disaster I searched for it through school than
I searched for it through school than
I searched for it through school than through college and different jobs and
through college and different jobs and
through college and different jobs and as you had no idea what it was
as you had no idea what it was
as you had no idea what it was but the one thing that remained
but the one thing that remained
but the one thing that remained consistent throughout that time is that
consistent throughout that time is that
consistent throughout that time is that every once in a while someone who just
every once in a while someone who just
every once in a while someone who just asked me something like is it
asked me something like is it
asked me something like is it how are you always so happy and after
how are you always so happy and after
how are you always so happy and after hearing that repeatedly I realized that
hearing that repeatedly I realized that
hearing that repeatedly I realized that maybe that was my unique gift I did seem
maybe that was my unique gift I did seem
maybe that was my unique gift I did seem to be genuinely happy and until recently
to be genuinely happy and until recently
to be genuinely happy and until recently I saw this article that someone
I saw this article that someone
I saw this article that someone discovered that there is a version of a
discovered that there is a version of a
discovered that there is a version of a gene that makes people more cheerful
gene that makes people more cheerful
gene that makes people more cheerful than average and I didn’t get my DNA
than average and I didn’t get my DNA
than average and I didn’t get my DNA test yet but I’m really excited because
test yet but I’m really excited because
test yet but I’m really excited because that might be my closest shot to become
that might be my closest shot to become
that might be my closest shot to become an x-men I was so good at being happy
an x-men I was so good at being happy
an x-men I was so good at being happy that until quite recently I had no idea
that until quite recently I had no idea
that until quite recently I had no idea how hard it was to be sad and don’t get
how hard it was to be sad and don’t get
how hard it was to be sad and don’t get me wrong I do get sad and it’s very ugly
me wrong I do get sad and it’s very ugly
me wrong I do get sad and it’s very ugly you don’t want to know but for some
you don’t want to know but for some
you don’t want to know but for some reason I can’t always find the positive
reason I can’t always find the positive
reason I can’t always find the positive side and get back to my happy self
side and get back to my happy self
side and get back to my happy self I didn’t plan that was accidentally so
I didn’t plan that was accidentally so
I didn’t plan that was accidentally so but in some point in the second half of
but in some point in the second half of
but in some point in the second half of 2012 I got to this sad wave that didn’t
2012 I got to this sad wave that didn’t
2012 I got to this sad wave that didn’t seem to end it’s not like something
seem to end it’s not like something
seem to end it’s not like something major had happened from the outside
major had happened from the outside
major had happened from the outside everything was great I had a nice job I
everything was great I had a nice job I
everything was great I had a nice job I lived in a nice area I was healthy I had
lived in a nice area I was healthy I had
lived in a nice area I was healthy I had no credit card debt so why the hell I
no credit card debt so why the hell I
no credit card debt so why the hell I was so sad from the inside though he
was so sad from the inside though he
was so sad from the inside though he felt a little bit different I had moved
felt a little bit different I had moved
felt a little bit different I had moved to LA maybe a little bit more than a
to LA maybe a little bit more than a
to LA maybe a little bit more than a year ago and I had already moved three
year ago and I had already moved three
year ago and I had already moved three times I was still renting furniture and
times I was still renting furniture and
times I was still renting furniture and paying off paying around two mouths by
paying off paying around two mouths by
paying off paying around two mouths by mouth it’s like I wanted to keep my
mouth it’s like I wanted to keep my
mouth it’s like I wanted to keep my options
options
options Oh pain I didn’t want to commit to
Oh pain I didn’t want to commit to
Oh pain I didn’t want to commit to something because I didn’t know what it
something because I didn’t know what it
something because I didn’t know what it was gonna happen what I didn’t realize
was gonna happen what I didn’t realize
was gonna happen what I didn’t realize is by not wanting any strings attached I
is by not wanting any strings attached I
is by not wanting any strings attached I was actually feeling empty and by
was actually feeling empty and by
was actually feeling empty and by wanting total freedom and the Liberty to
wanting total freedom and the Liberty to
wanting total freedom and the Liberty to just do whatever I wanted I became a
just do whatever I wanted I became a
just do whatever I wanted I became a prisoner of my own choice but if that
prisoner of my own choice but if that
prisoner of my own choice but if that was the only problem right you might be
was the only problem right you might be
was the only problem right you might be asking then why don’t you just sign a
asking then why don’t you just sign a
asking then why don’t you just sign a lease and buy furniture so the thing is
lease and buy furniture so the thing is
lease and buy furniture so the thing is that that was not only the problem I
that that was not only the problem I
that that was not only the problem I felt that the reason why I didn’t want
felt that the reason why I didn’t want
felt that the reason why I didn’t want to commit right away is because there
to commit right away is because there
to commit right away is because there was all these other aspects of my life
was all these other aspects of my life
was all these other aspects of my life that didn’t feel quite right
that didn’t feel quite right
that didn’t feel quite right first my entire family was still living
first my entire family was still living
first my entire family was still living in Brazil so at least a 16 hours flight
in Brazil so at least a 16 hours flight
in Brazil so at least a 16 hours flight for me to get close to them and I had
for me to get close to them and I had
for me to get close to them and I had friends but if you try to make
friends but if you try to make
friends but if you try to make friendships once you’re ready and I do
friendships once you’re ready and I do
friendships once you’re ready and I do to the working environment you’ll
to the working environment you’ll
to the working environment you’ll probably know it’s not as easy as when
probably know it’s not as easy as when
probably know it’s not as easy as when you’re a teenager or a student and my
you’re a teenager or a student and my
you’re a teenager or a student and my job is cool but I wasn’t learning as
job is cool but I wasn’t learning as
job is cool but I wasn’t learning as much as I guess I as I expected and I
much as I guess I as I expected and I
much as I guess I as I expected and I felt I was too young to stop learning I
felt I was too young to stop learning I
felt I was too young to stop learning I didn’t want to feel stagnated and that
didn’t want to feel stagnated and that
didn’t want to feel stagnated and that for me was frustrating so I was 26 back
for me was frustrating so I was 26 back
for me was frustrating so I was 26 back then and for the first time in my life I
then and for the first time in my life I
then and for the first time in my life I felt a complete mess I felt I had just
felt a complete mess I felt I had just
felt a complete mess I felt I had just achieved everything I wanted to do and I
achieved everything I wanted to do and I
achieved everything I wanted to do and I didn’t know where to go and gym I was
didn’t know where to go and gym I was
didn’t know where to go and gym I was really sad you know like those scenes in
really sad you know like those scenes in
really sad you know like those scenes in the movies where the girl when sisters
the movies where the girl when sisters
the movies where the girl when sisters in the car and there is a song in the
in the car and there is a song in the
in the car and there is a song in the rage and they start crying non-stop that
rage and they start crying non-stop that
rage and they start crying non-stop that was pretty much my life for a while I
was pretty much my life for a while I
was pretty much my life for a while I felt I was gonna go back to my happy
felt I was gonna go back to my happy
felt I was gonna go back to my happy self normally so I waited four days and
self normally so I waited four days and
self normally so I waited four days and then moms and those moms became another
then moms and those moms became another
then moms and those moms became another month and it just didn’t seem to engine
month and it just didn’t seem to engine
month and it just didn’t seem to engine but at one point I got tired I got to
but at one point I got tired I got to
but at one point I got tired I got to this point that I just couldn’t handle
this point that I just couldn’t handle
this point that I just couldn’t handle any more and I realized that I had
any more and I realized that I had
any more and I realized that I had pretty much two choices two options or I
pretty much two choices two options or I
pretty much two choices two options or I could keep leaving feeling miserable or
could keep leaving feeling miserable or
could keep leaving feeling miserable or I had to recomm paws myself and try to
I had to recomm paws myself and try to
I had to recomm paws myself and try to find my own happiness again of course I
find my own happiness again of course I
find my own happiness again of course I went to a psychology first because if I
went to a psychology first because if I
went to a psychology first because if I was clinically depressed I wouldn’t need
was clinically depressed I wouldn’t need
was clinically depressed I wouldn’t need help but I remember she asked me first
help but I remember she asked me first
help but I remember she asked me first okay so can you please
okay so can you please
okay so can you please just try to describe a normal day on
just try to describe a normal day on
just try to describe a normal day on your life and I’m like sure I wake up at
your life and I’m like sure I wake up at
your life and I’m like sure I wake up at 6:30 a.m. then I go run for 6 miles if I
6:30 a.m. then I go run for 6 miles if I
6:30 a.m. then I go run for 6 miles if I don’t run then I was swim for an hour I
don’t run then I was swim for an hour I
don’t run then I was swim for an hour I get dressed I go to work I hug my best
get dressed I go to work I hug my best
get dressed I go to work I hug my best friend and she’s like yeah I don’t think
friend and she’s like yeah I don’t think
friend and she’s like yeah I don’t think you’re depressed so that’s at aside I
you’re depressed so that’s at aside I
you’re depressed so that’s at aside I felt okay now I’m empowered now I have
felt okay now I’m empowered now I have
felt okay now I’m empowered now I have what I need to pursue my happiness again
what I need to pursue my happiness again
what I need to pursue my happiness again but at the same time a part of me and
but at the same time a part of me and
but at the same time a part of me and I’m a planning freak so I wanted to take
I’m a planning freak so I wanted to take
I’m a planning freak so I wanted to take it seriously I felt I had a right to
it seriously I felt I had a right to
it seriously I felt I had a right to just wasted so much time feeling sad I
just wasted so much time feeling sad I
just wasted so much time feeling sad I can’t make a plan just to go back to
can’t make a plan just to go back to
can’t make a plan just to go back to where I was that’s not a good investment
where I was that’s not a good investment
where I was that’s not a good investment I decided that since I was gonna plan
I decided that since I was gonna plan
I decided that since I was gonna plan something I wanted to plan the best year
something I wanted to plan the best year
something I wanted to plan the best year of my life yet I didn’t know what it
of my life yet I didn’t know what it
of my life yet I didn’t know what it meant exactly but it’s I liked the sound
meant exactly but it’s I liked the sound
meant exactly but it’s I liked the sound of it 2013 is gonna be the last the the
of it 2013 is gonna be the last the the
of it 2013 is gonna be the last the the last year I’ve ever had yet so first
last year I’ve ever had yet so first
last year I’ve ever had yet so first thing I wanted to do was try to get a
thing I wanted to do was try to get a
thing I wanted to do was try to get a true assessment of where I was because I
true assessment of where I was because I
true assessment of where I was because I had this feeling we’re always looking at
had this feeling we’re always looking at
had this feeling we’re always looking at the world through our own lens so maybe
the world through our own lens so maybe
the world through our own lens so maybe I was being a little bit more harsh on
I was being a little bit more harsh on
I was being a little bit more harsh on myself I was not getting the full
myself I was not getting the full
myself I was not getting the full picture so what I did is I try to
picture so what I did is I try to
picture so what I did is I try to imagine what if I saw myself walking
imagine what if I saw myself walking
imagine what if I saw myself walking down the street and it wasn’t me and so
down the street and it wasn’t me and so
down the street and it wasn’t me and so I’m not trying to find any flaws I’m
I’m not trying to find any flaws I’m
I’m not trying to find any flaws I’m just trying to see that person what
just trying to see that person what
just trying to see that person what would I see and as I kept thinking about
would I see and as I kept thinking about
would I see and as I kept thinking about it I realized that I’ll probably see a
it I realized that I’ll probably see a
it I realized that I’ll probably see a girl that was pretty doing pretty well I
girl that was pretty doing pretty well I
girl that was pretty doing pretty well I would see this girl who made her own way
would see this girl who made her own way
would see this girl who made her own way from a different country just finished
from a different country just finished
from a different country just finished her master’s in one of the top design
her master’s in one of the top design
her master’s in one of the top design schools in the world had a job at a
schools in the world had a job at a
schools in the world had a job at a multinational company that got in
multinational company that got in
multinational company that got in without referral and she had a full set
without referral and she had a full set
without referral and she had a full set of cluttery at home and for some reason
of cluttery at home and for some reason
of cluttery at home and for some reason for me that was important to the funny
for me that was important to the funny
for me that was important to the funny thing though is that by trying to see
thing though is that by trying to see
thing though is that by trying to see myself as a third person I could see my
myself as a third person I could see my
myself as a third person I could see my achievements from what they really were
achievements from what they really were
achievements from what they really were I didn’t have to worry about feeling
I didn’t have to worry about feeling
I didn’t have to worry about feeling guilty of coming up as a snob or maybe
guilty of coming up as a snob or maybe
guilty of coming up as a snob or maybe not being humble enough and I felt proud
not being humble enough and I felt proud
not being humble enough and I felt proud and I started to looking at my life
and I started to looking at my life
and I started to looking at my life through a different angle and I also
through a different angle and I also
through a different angle and I also tried to find
tried to find
tried to find meaning at my job because there are
meaning at my job because there are
meaning at my job because there are different several researches that shows
different several researches that shows
different several researches that shows that when you find things strings like
that when you find things strings like
that when you find things strings like valuing what you do you’re the happiest
valuing what you do you’re the happiest
valuing what you do you’re the happiest and it has nothing to do with position
and it has nothing to do with position
and it has nothing to do with position there are some doctors that struggle to
there are some doctors that struggle to
there are some doctors that struggle to find out her value and their janitors
find out her value and their janitors
find out her value and their janitors they are really happy because they know
they are really happy because they know
they are really happy because they know that whatever they do helps the world
that whatever they do helps the world
that whatever they do helps the world helps people around them to be more
helps people around them to be more
helps people around them to be more productive in my case I was designing
productive in my case I was designing
productive in my case I was designing movie covers for a free digital
movie covers for a free digital
movie covers for a free digital entertainment channel so not saving
entertainment channel so not saving
entertainment channel so not saving lives but instead of thinking of what I
lives but instead of thinking of what I
lives but instead of thinking of what I was not doing I try to think about what
was not doing I try to think about what
was not doing I try to think about what I was really providing what I was adding
I was really providing what I was adding
I was really providing what I was adding to the world so I try to think of it in
to the world so I try to think of it in
to the world so I try to think of it in a different perspective
a different perspective
a different perspective I imagine this couple getting a getting
I imagine this couple getting a getting
I imagine this couple getting a getting home after a long day at work it’s a
home after a long day at work it’s a
home after a long day at work it’s a hypothetical couple but they just spent
hypothetical couple but they just spent
hypothetical couple but they just spent a long day working and they’re running
a long day working and they’re running
a long day working and they’re running short of money so they get home and they
short of money so they get home and they
short of money so they get home and they want to watch a movie for free and
want to watch a movie for free and
want to watch a movie for free and they’re browsing the movies and by
they’re browsing the movies and by
they’re browsing the movies and by making fun beautiful movie covers I was
making fun beautiful movie covers I was
making fun beautiful movie covers I was actually marginally tiny lling edging
actually marginally tiny lling edging
actually marginally tiny lling edging the joy and it was not much but if you
the joy and it was not much but if you
the joy and it was not much but if you consider that we had millions of users
consider that we had millions of users
consider that we had millions of users that marginal edition of joy editor
that marginal edition of joy editor
that marginal edition of joy editor eachother was actually quite meaningful
eachother was actually quite meaningful
eachother was actually quite meaningful and once I thought my job through in
and once I thought my job through in
and once I thought my job through in that way then I wanted to do even a
that way then I wanted to do even a
that way then I wanted to do even a better job because I own that to that
better job because I own that to that
better job because I own that to that couple I wanted to make them marginally
couple I wanted to make them marginally
couple I wanted to make them marginally happier so being about my future I’m
happier so being about my future I’m
happier so being about my future I’m thinking about my present in that way
thinking about my present in that way
thinking about my present in that way made me feel less anxious about my
made me feel less anxious about my
made me feel less anxious about my future as well and I realized I didn’t
future as well and I realized I didn’t
future as well and I realized I didn’t have to pursue everything at once I
have to pursue everything at once I
have to pursue everything at once I could focus on the one next time that I
could focus on the one next time that I
could focus on the one next time that I needed to do for my future and I looked
needed to do for my future and I looked
needed to do for my future and I looked at it and what was days that I was
at it and what was days that I was
at it and what was days that I was missing and I really wanted to learn
missing and I really wanted to learn
missing and I really wanted to learn more I didn’t want to stagnate but what
more I didn’t want to stagnate but what
more I didn’t want to stagnate but what I didn’t occur to me until back then is
I didn’t occur to me until back then is
I didn’t occur to me until back then is that maybe that’s learning they don’t
that maybe that’s learning they don’t
that maybe that’s learning they don’t have to come from my job specifically
have to come from my job specifically
have to come from my job specifically there are there were other ways to be
there are there were other ways to be
there are there were other ways to be challenging so that’s when I came up
challenging so that’s when I came up
challenging so that’s when I came up with the idea to pursue my MBA I
with the idea to pursue my MBA I
with the idea to pursue my MBA I realized that I already had a GRE that
realized that I already had a GRE that
realized that I already had a GRE that was going to expire
was going to expire
was going to expire wish you was it’s too good UCLA offered
wish you was it’s too good UCLA offered
wish you was it’s too good UCLA offered a part-time MBA and I could take the MBA
a part-time MBA and I could take the MBA
a part-time MBA and I could take the MBA whilst you in my job and my company
whilst you in my job and my company
whilst you in my job and my company offer free tuition reimbursement so well
offer free tuition reimbursement so well
offer free tuition reimbursement so well it was not free but once you have part
it was not free but once you have part
it was not free but once you have part of a tuition reimbursement and I figured
of a tuition reimbursement and I figured
of a tuition reimbursement and I figured out that I had to pursue that and having
out that I had to pursue that and having
out that I had to pursue that and having that go to look forward give me a focus
that go to look forward give me a focus
that go to look forward give me a focus I knew I couldn’t really control the
I knew I couldn’t really control the
I knew I couldn’t really control the fact that I was gonna get in the NBA but
fact that I was gonna get in the NBA but
fact that I was gonna get in the NBA but I kids to do everything under my power
I kids to do everything under my power
I kids to do everything under my power to get closed so go to every Network
to get closed so go to every Network
to get closed so go to every Network event go to classes show my face right
event go to classes show my face right
event go to classes show my face right in my making nice essays and by focusing
in my making nice essays and by focusing
in my making nice essays and by focusing on that that made me think less of my
on that that made me think less of my
on that that made me think less of my problems and have something to look
problems and have something to look
problems and have something to look forward to so now that I imagine you
forward to so now that I imagine you
forward to so now that I imagine you where I was where I wanted to be all I
where I was where I wanted to be all I
where I was where I wanted to be all I needed to do was focus on my day today
needed to do was focus on my day today
needed to do was focus on my day today and try to make some tricks to make me
and try to make some tricks to make me
and try to make some tricks to make me happy bringing me to my happy self and
happy bringing me to my happy self and
happy bringing me to my happy self and good thing that I had just spent one
good thing that I had just spent one
good thing that I had just spent one year in New York before trying to make
year in New York before trying to make
year in New York before trying to make it New Yorkers happy so I felt I had a
it New Yorkers happy so I felt I had a
it New Yorkers happy so I felt I had a good way to start I set up a five
good way to start I set up a five
good way to start I set up a five minutes timer so every time I would wake
minutes timer so every time I would wake
minutes timer so every time I would wake up and I would use that five minutes to
up and I would use that five minutes to
up and I would use that five minutes to think about all the good things that
think about all the good things that
think about all the good things that happened to me the day before it didn’t
happened to me the day before it didn’t
happened to me the day before it didn’t need to be big it could be a smile from
need to be big it could be a smile from
need to be big it could be a smile from a stranger or ice cream but I just
a stranger or ice cream but I just
a stranger or ice cream but I just wanted to think on that because I wanted
wanted to think on that because I wanted
wanted to think on that because I wanted that just had my mood throughout of the
that just had my mood throughout of the
that just had my mood throughout of the day but at the same time it didn’t make
day but at the same time it didn’t make
day but at the same time it didn’t make sense to just be thinking about all the
sense to just be thinking about all the
sense to just be thinking about all the nice things that happened to me the day
nice things that happened to me the day
nice things that happened to me the day before and then go to work and start
before and then go to work and start
before and then go to work and start complaining because our thoughts
complaining because our thoughts
complaining because our thoughts everything we think it creates paths in
everything we think it creates paths in
everything we think it creates paths in our neurons and the more you think about
our neurons and the more you think about
our neurons and the more you think about something the stronger that path becomes
something the stronger that path becomes
something the stronger that path becomes and then it’s easy for you to recall it
and then it’s easy for you to recall it
and then it’s easy for you to recall it so I wanted to break that so one day I
so I wanted to break that so one day I
so I wanted to break that so one day I got to work with a complaint jar and my
got to work with a complaint jar and my
got to work with a complaint jar and my co-workers were like what does that mean
co-workers were like what does that mean
co-workers were like what does that mean I’m like if I say anything negative I
I’m like if I say anything negative I
I’m like if I say anything negative I have to put five dollars here and then
have to put five dollars here and then
have to put five dollars here and then we’ll use it that money to go to happy
we’ll use it that money to go to happy
we’ll use it that money to go to happy hours sometime so it was a win-win but I
hours sometime so it was a win-win but I
hours sometime so it was a win-win but I would rather do use my money without
would rather do use my money without
would rather do use my money without having to spend it on the complaint
having to spend it on the complaint
having to spend it on the complaint straight to the drink so I made me not
straight to the drink so I made me not
straight to the drink so I made me not try to complain as much I also
try to complain as much I also
try to complain as much I also volunteered more because
volunteered more because
volunteered more because that when you do something good for
that when you do something good for
that when you do something good for others it gives you that good vibe so I
others it gives you that good vibe so I
others it gives you that good vibe so I try to feed homeless and momenta mentor
try to feed homeless and momenta mentor
try to feed homeless and momenta mentor kids everything else that was gonna be
kids everything else that was gonna be
kids everything else that was gonna be front on my way but I try to take that
front on my way but I try to take that
front on my way but I try to take that initiative to people around me as well I
initiative to people around me as well I
initiative to people around me as well I try to be more helpful and I try to make
try to be more helpful and I try to make
try to be more helpful and I try to make more compliments more more often and I
more compliments more more often and I
more compliments more more often and I also yes I sign a lease so I found an
also yes I sign a lease so I found an
also yes I sign a lease so I found an apartment that I cared for and little by
apartment that I cared for and little by
apartment that I cared for and little by little I started making that place my
little I started making that place my
little I started making that place my home I figured since I was gonna have
home I figured since I was gonna have
home I figured since I was gonna have the best year of my life there was no
the best year of my life there was no
the best year of my life there was no reason to leave so might as well make
reason to leave so might as well make
reason to leave so might as well make the best out of it and since I had so
the best out of it and since I had so
the best out of it and since I had so many reasons to be proud of myself as
many reasons to be proud of myself as
many reasons to be proud of myself as well
well
well I felt I wasn’t treating myself well
I felt I wasn’t treating myself well
I felt I wasn’t treating myself well enough I started taking myself on dates
enough I started taking myself on dates
enough I started taking myself on dates and went to my favorite restaurants
and went to my favorite restaurants
and went to my favorite restaurants order apps entries desserts and not
order apps entries desserts and not
order apps entries desserts and not shared with anyone felt a really good
shared with anyone felt a really good
shared with anyone felt a really good and I just for fun I started leaving
and I just for fun I started leaving
and I just for fun I started leaving some little notes for myself in my
some little notes for myself in my
some little notes for myself in my apartment and it sounds creepy I know
apartment and it sounds creepy I know
apartment and it sounds creepy I know but it’s kind of fun to open a drawer
but it’s kind of fun to open a drawer
but it’s kind of fun to open a drawer and see something like it smile you’re
and see something like it smile you’re
and see something like it smile you’re beautiful and I’m like yes
little by little I start finding my
little by little I start finding my happy self again and Jim and it didn’t
happy self again and Jim and it didn’t
happy self again and Jim and it didn’t was right away but but I got there too
was right away but but I got there too
was right away but but I got there too the moment I needed and it’s her it took
the moment I needed and it’s her it took
the moment I needed and it’s her it took me a year but I realized that I was
me a year but I realized that I was
me a year but I realized that I was already where I wanted to be all I
already where I wanted to be all I
already where I wanted to be all I needed to do was to change the way I was
needed to do was to change the way I was
needed to do was to change the way I was perceiving it when I was a kid I read
perceiving it when I was a kid I read
perceiving it when I was a kid I read this quote and I had never forgotten
this quote and I had never forgotten
this quote and I had never forgotten about it but I also have never fully
about it but I also have never fully
about it but I also have never fully understood and was something like this
understood and was something like this
understood and was something like this the secret in life is not about chasing
the secret in life is not about chasing
the secret in life is not about chasing butterflies it’s about taking care of
butterflies it’s about taking care of
butterflies it’s about taking care of your garden and they will come to you
your garden and they will come to you
your garden and they will come to you and that’s exactly what happened the
and that’s exactly what happened the
and that’s exactly what happened the moment Belva I allowed myself to grow
moment Belva I allowed myself to grow
moment Belva I allowed myself to grow roots I had to take care of it because
roots I had to take care of it because
roots I had to take care of it because otherwise I would rot and as a coot
otherwise I would rot and as a coot
otherwise I would rot and as a coot evaded it and advice on it
evaded it and advice on it
evaded it and advice on it I started attracting good things for
I started attracting good things for
I started attracting good things for myself by that fall I had alright
myself by that fall I had alright
myself by that fall I had alright started my MBA and I can actually just
started my MBA and I can actually just
started my MBA and I can actually just graduated last month
graduated last month
graduated last month Angela’s an amazing experience
Angela’s an amazing experience
Angela’s an amazing experience we’d have done it all over again and by
we’d have done it all over again and by
we’d have done it all over again and by December I had a job offer on my dream
December I had a job offer on my dream
December I had a job offer on my dream company and it’s so awesome that I’m
company and it’s so awesome that I’m
company and it’s so awesome that I’m there until now so I realize that we
there until now so I realize that we
there until now so I realize that we can’t really control things that happen
can’t really control things that happen
can’t really control things that happen to us in life but we can always control
to us in life but we can always control
to us in life but we can always control how we react to it the world is full of
how we react to it the world is full of
how we react to it the world is full of amazing things we always have a choice
amazing things we always have a choice
amazing things we always have a choice of taking it for granted
of taking it for granted
of taking it for granted or to pursue happiness and try to see
or to pursue happiness and try to see
or to pursue happiness and try to see the good part of it and I chose to have
the good part of it and I chose to have
the good part of it and I chose to have the best year of my life and it works so
the best year of my life and it works so
the best year of my life and it works so well that it’s been standing since then
well that it’s been standing since then
well that it’s been standing since then what is your choice
what is your choice
what is your choice thank you
thank you
thank you [Applause]
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