a beautiful feeling having a fear of rush going through your body normally
rush going through your body normally
rush going through your body normally I’m standing here and it’s a thousand
I’m standing here and it’s a thousand
I’m standing here and it’s a thousand meters straight down and that fear
meters straight down and that fear
meters straight down and that fear actually is less strong than the fear of
actually is less strong than the fear of
actually is less strong than the fear of standing here in this beautiful red safe
standing here in this beautiful red safe
standing here in this beautiful red safe dot I mean I can step here and it’s
dot I mean I can step here and it’s
dot I mean I can step here and it’s totally safe but the interesting thing
totally safe but the interesting thing
totally safe but the interesting thing with fear is that it’s by far the number
with fear is that it’s by far the number
with fear is that it’s by far the number one biggest handicap we humans are born
one biggest handicap we humans are born
one biggest handicap we humans are born with and the problem with fear is that
with and the problem with fear is that
with and the problem with fear is that it stops us for following our dreams
it stops us for following our dreams
it stops us for following our dreams stops us from dating the people that we
stops us from dating the people that we
stops us from dating the people that we would love to date or being in a
would love to date or being in a
would love to date or being in a beautiful place with the people we love
beautiful place with the people we love
beautiful place with the people we love either if it’s through work or in either
either if it’s through work or in either
either if it’s through work or in either way fear can really separate yourself
way fear can really separate yourself
way fear can really separate yourself from a really amazing life and I feel
from a really amazing life and I feel
from a really amazing life and I feel every day when I push my fear I have so
every day when I push my fear I have so
every day when I push my fear I have so much reward after after like once I go
much reward after after like once I go
much reward after after like once I go off this stage maybe later the rush that
off this stage maybe later the rush that
off this stage maybe later the rush that I get it’s so much bigger than the fear
I get it’s so much bigger than the fear
I get it’s so much bigger than the fear itself and to give you an example of the
itself and to give you an example of the
itself and to give you an example of the fair I have to deal with on a daily
fair I have to deal with on a daily
fair I have to deal with on a daily basis I can show you a place this is in
basis I can show you a place this is in
basis I can show you a place this is in hominy and in France it’s a very very
hominy and in France it’s a very very
hominy and in France it’s a very very magical jump it’s from 4,000 meters and
magical jump it’s from 4,000 meters and
magical jump it’s from 4,000 meters and it took me about an hour just to climb
it took me about an hour just to climb
it took me about an hour just to climb over the fence and to get myself
over the fence and to get myself
over the fence and to get myself situated or actually handling the fare
situated or actually handling the fare
situated or actually handling the fare good enough that I was willing to do the
good enough that I was willing to do the
good enough that I was willing to do the jump I knew I can do the jump but
jump I knew I can do the jump but
jump I knew I can do the jump but because of the magnitude and the risk of
because of the magnitude and the risk of
because of the magnitude and the risk of what I’m doing it took me some time and
what I’m doing it took me some time and
what I’m doing it took me some time and here is one of the examples of that jump
looks like it’s dummy
looks like it’s dummy yeah it is I’m just like look you’re not
yeah it is I’m just like look you’re not
yeah it is I’m just like look you’re not my exit point here all right all right
my exit point here all right all right
my exit point here all right all right guys
I do find it quite ironic that I’m
I do find it quite ironic that I’m actually terrified of heights and why
actually terrified of heights and why
actually terrified of heights and why that is I don’t know when I was born I
that is I don’t know when I was born I
that is I don’t know when I was born I had a dream about flying and even though
had a dream about flying and even though
had a dream about flying and even though when I took my first leap in the skydive
when I took my first leap in the skydive
when I took my first leap in the skydive I didn’t feel that fear of heights so
I didn’t feel that fear of heights so
I didn’t feel that fear of heights so much but when I’m standing on that cliff
much but when I’m standing on that cliff
much but when I’m standing on that cliff in Xiamen II I can really feel it a lot
in Xiamen II I can really feel it a lot
in Xiamen II I can really feel it a lot and I asked myself like why am I here
and I asked myself like why am I here
and I asked myself like why am I here like why am I not just as an office
like why am I not just as an office
like why am I not just as an office chilling out like going home chilling
chilling out like going home chilling
chilling out like going home chilling Netflix and chill like don’t stress
Netflix and chill like don’t stress
Netflix and chill like don’t stress yourself but to me it’s about changing
yourself but to me it’s about changing
yourself but to me it’s about changing my perception of fear and using fear as
my perception of fear and using fear as
my perception of fear and using fear as a way to encourage myself to live more
a way to encourage myself to live more
a way to encourage myself to live more fun and to have more fun I mean I think
fun and to have more fun I mean I think
fun and to have more fun I mean I think I have more affair of missing out and I
I have more affair of missing out and I
I have more affair of missing out and I have taken the fear of missing out to
have taken the fear of missing out to
have taken the fear of missing out to quite extreme levels either if it’s true
quite extreme levels either if it’s true
quite extreme levels either if it’s true skydiving BASE jumping big wave surfing
skydiving BASE jumping big wave surfing
skydiving BASE jumping big wave surfing or speed flying which is in this picture
or speed flying which is in this picture
or speed flying which is in this picture I also find myself sometimes having
I also find myself sometimes having
I also find myself sometimes having friend being afraid of missing out so I
friend being afraid of missing out so I
friend being afraid of missing out so I took this this one time I went on this
took this this one time I went on this
took this this one time I went on this long haul date or a long-distance date I
long haul date or a long-distance date I
long haul date or a long-distance date I went all the way to Chicago across the
went all the way to Chicago across the
went all the way to Chicago across the world for a five hour day just because I
world for a five hour day just because I
world for a five hour day just because I was afraid of missing out of the
was afraid of missing out of the
was afraid of missing out of the opportunity and to me that that gives me
opportunity and to me that that gives me
opportunity and to me that that gives me excitement and joy and I mean the more
excitement and joy and I mean the more
excitement and joy and I mean the more the more people I meet the more
the more people I meet the more
the more people I meet the more countries that travel to and the more I
countries that travel to and the more I
countries that travel to and the more I experience the more value bringing it to
experience the more value bringing it to
experience the more value bringing it to my own life and even though it’s scary
my own life and even though it’s scary
my own life and even though it’s scary sometimes it’s terrifying and jumping
sometimes it’s terrifying and jumping
sometimes it’s terrifying and jumping from a cliff can be probably more
from a cliff can be probably more
from a cliff can be probably more terrifying than people would think that
terrifying than people would think that
terrifying than people would think that it is to go on a crazy date or to to
it is to go on a crazy date or to to
it is to go on a crazy date or to to apply for a job that you feel is maybe a
apply for a job that you feel is maybe a
apply for a job that you feel is maybe a little bit risky in the sense of what
little bit risky in the sense of what
little bit risky in the sense of what you know but to me it’s more about
you know but to me it’s more about
you know but to me it’s more about changing the perception and a few years
changing the perception and a few years
changing the perception and a few years ago
ago
ago this is actually a picture of a very
this is actually a picture of a very
this is actually a picture of a very dear friend of me and myself sadly he
dear friend of me and myself sadly he
dear friend of me and myself sadly he died a few months ago and this was the
died a few months ago and this was the
died a few months ago and this was the last jump that we got to do together
last jump that we got to do together
last jump that we got to do together over Venice in Italy and I think you
over Venice in Italy and I think you
over Venice in Italy and I think you know a lot of people ask me like aren’t
know a lot of people ask me like aren’t
know a lot of people ask me like aren’t you afraid of dying and and I’m like no
you afraid of dying and and I’m like no
you afraid of dying and and I’m like no you know what I’m terrified of not
you know what I’m terrified of not
you know what I’m terrified of not living and because of that I’m willing
living and because of that I’m willing
living and because of that I’m willing to take that risk on a daily basis
to take that risk on a daily basis
to take that risk on a daily basis because the life that I’ve lived today
because the life that I’ve lived today
because the life that I’ve lived today being 31 years old and feeling that I’m
being 31 years old and feeling that I’m
being 31 years old and feeling that I’m on the bonus round 200 but the things
on the bonus round 200 but the things
on the bonus round 200 but the things that I have experienced you know I I
that I have experienced you know I I
that I have experienced you know I I don’t even know how to put it into one
don’t even know how to put it into one
don’t even know how to put it into one single idea or one single thought of how
single idea or one single thought of how
single idea or one single thought of how could i potentially live my life if I
could i potentially live my life if I
could i potentially live my life if I didn’t take those risks how would it be
didn’t take those risks how would it be
didn’t take those risks how would it be maybe I would have died three years ago
maybe I would have died three years ago
maybe I would have died three years ago in a car accident you never know
in a car accident you never know
in a car accident you never know but for some reason I’m still here and
but for some reason I’m still here and
but for some reason I’m still here and I’m happy to be here and I feel that
I’m happy to be here and I feel that
I’m happy to be here and I feel that life to me has been a lot more rewarding
life to me has been a lot more rewarding
life to me has been a lot more rewarding because I took that chance ten years ago
because I took that chance ten years ago
because I took that chance ten years ago I actually just passed ten years of
I actually just passed ten years of
I actually just passed ten years of jumping recently and ten years without a
jumping recently and ten years without a
jumping recently and ten years without a single scratch even not even on my nail
single scratch even not even on my nail
single scratch even not even on my nail actually I actually you know what that’s
actually I actually you know what that’s
actually I actually you know what that’s not right because I did break this
not right because I did break this
not right because I did break this little toe in a wind tunnel which is
little toe in a wind tunnel which is
little toe in a wind tunnel which is supposed to be the same thing but
supposed to be the same thing but
supposed to be the same thing but recently a few years ago I decided to
recently a few years ago I decided to
recently a few years ago I decided to use this fear that I have built up most
use this fear that I have built up most
use this fear that I have built up most of the fair that I built up from flying
of the fair that I built up from flying
of the fair that I built up from flying it’s it’s a very high level and it’s uh
it’s it’s a very high level and it’s uh
it’s it’s a very high level and it’s uh you you what can you say like your level
you you what can you say like your level
you you what can you say like your level of the the level that you have to
of the the level that you have to
of the the level that you have to surpass to make something more scary
surpass to make something more scary
surpass to make something more scary it’s quite high when it comes to jumping
it’s quite high when it comes to jumping
it’s quite high when it comes to jumping of a cliff so I have a friend he is a
of a cliff so I have a friend he is a
of a cliff so I have a friend he is a big wave surfer and even though I barely
big wave surfer and even though I barely
big wave surfer and even though I barely could surf I told him that you know what
could surf I told him that you know what
could surf I told him that you know what I really really want to get into big
I really really want to get into big
I really really want to get into big wave surfing and to me it felt like I
wave surfing and to me it felt like I
wave surfing and to me it felt like I came there and I was thinking ah you
came there and I was thinking ah you
came there and I was thinking ah you know what I’m just on vacation I’m just
know what I’m just on vacation I’m just
know what I’m just on vacation I’m just on a holiday away from my
on a holiday away from my
on a holiday away from my and what I’m gonna do here is supposed
and what I’m gonna do here is supposed
and what I’m gonna do here is supposed to be safer and even though you know
to be safer and even though you know
to be safer and even though you know being smashed by these waves and they
being smashed by these waves and they
being smashed by these waves and they they can be quite violent this wave here
they can be quite violent this wave here
they can be quite violent this wave here is from Jaws at or in Maui in Hawaii and
is from Jaws at or in Maui in Hawaii and
is from Jaws at or in Maui in Hawaii and it’s a very is a beautiful wave it’s
it’s a very is a beautiful wave it’s
it’s a very is a beautiful wave it’s quite challenging but at the same time
quite challenging but at the same time
quite challenging but at the same time the feeling that you get when you pass
the feeling that you get when you pass
the feeling that you get when you pass when you pass your fear and you ride
when you pass your fear and you ride
when you pass your fear and you ride that wave and you experience it you feel
that wave and you experience it you feel
that wave and you experience it you feel it that that feeling is so valuable and
it that that feeling is so valuable and
it that that feeling is so valuable and to me it’s pretty much everything that I
to me it’s pretty much everything that I
to me it’s pretty much everything that I could possibly dream of as a little
could possibly dream of as a little
could possibly dream of as a little child because I wasn’t really fearless
child because I wasn’t really fearless
child because I wasn’t really fearless or I wasn’t as fearless when I was a
or I wasn’t as fearless when I was a
or I wasn’t as fearless when I was a child as it is today and these waves
child as it is today and these waves
child as it is today and these waves this wave here is from Nazareth Portugal
this wave here is from Nazareth Portugal
this wave here is from Nazareth Portugal five minutes prior to this wave I got a
five minutes prior to this wave I got a
five minutes prior to this wave I got a really really bad beating it was one of
really really bad beating it was one of
really really bad beating it was one of those I got one of those straight in the
those I got one of those straight in the
those I got one of those straight in the head and it I mean I’m a small guy it’s
head and it I mean I’m a small guy it’s
head and it I mean I’m a small guy it’s not really when these ways wants to
not really when these ways wants to
not really when these ways wants to break me they can break me quite easily
break me they can break me quite easily
break me they can break me quite easily and it gave me one of those feelings
and it gave me one of those feelings
and it gave me one of those feelings where you get beaten up so hard and you
where you get beaten up so hard and you
where you get beaten up so hard and you feel so tiny you feel tinier then you
feel so tiny you feel tinier then you
feel so tiny you feel tinier then you can’t do it yeah it’s hard to imagine
can’t do it yeah it’s hard to imagine
can’t do it yeah it’s hard to imagine but it drags you down it pulls you down
but it drags you down it pulls you down
but it drags you down it pulls you down to a very very dark place because it
to a very very dark place because it
to a very very dark place because it goes deep the wave itself is maybe ten
goes deep the wave itself is maybe ten
goes deep the wave itself is maybe ten meters high and when he pushes you down
meters high and when he pushes you down
meters high and when he pushes you down he pushes it down at least the same the
he pushes it down at least the same the
he pushes it down at least the same the same height as well as being very
same height as well as being very
same height as well as being very violent and rapidly in terms of my my
violent and rapidly in terms of my my
violent and rapidly in terms of my my upper body went one way and the lower
upper body went one way and the lower
upper body went one way and the lower body the other way so I definitely
body the other way so I definitely
body the other way so I definitely managed to do some some good cracks and
managed to do some some good cracks and
managed to do some some good cracks and but the feeling when I came back up I
but the feeling when I came back up I
but the feeling when I came back up I said you know what I should take a break
said you know what I should take a break
said you know what I should take a break you know and then and then my tour the
you know and then and then my tour the
you know and then and then my tour the guy that put me in this way he said no
guy that put me in this way he said no
guy that put me in this way he said no no no there’s a big set coming get on
no no there’s a big set coming get on
no no there’s a big set coming get on the rope get on the robot please I want
the rope get on the robot please I want
the rope get on the robot please I want to go home and of course he put me on
to go home and of course he put me on
to go home and of course he put me on the way
the way
the way and I wrote it and now that I can look
and I wrote it and now that I can look
and I wrote it and now that I can look at it and look back at it and think
at it and look back at it and think
at it and look back at it and think about the feeling that I had of course
about the feeling that I had of course
about the feeling that I had of course it was worth it I had to push my fear I
it was worth it I had to push my fear I
it was worth it I had to push my fear I was terrified
was terrified
was terrified but I managed to do it and sometimes you
but I managed to do it and sometimes you
but I managed to do it and sometimes you know in my work normally I will do jumps
know in my work normally I will do jumps
know in my work normally I will do jumps more as a training thing but when it
more as a training thing but when it
more as a training thing but when it comes to my work sometimes we have to do
comes to my work sometimes we have to do
comes to my work sometimes we have to do commercials or if there is a Hollywood
commercials or if there is a Hollywood
commercials or if there is a Hollywood production and you know that there’s a
production and you know that there’s a
production and you know that there’s a lot of money at stake not only do I have
lot of money at stake not only do I have
lot of money at stake not only do I have to face a fear that is linked to jumping
to face a fear that is linked to jumping
to face a fear that is linked to jumping out of a helicopter or jumping from a
out of a helicopter or jumping from a
out of a helicopter or jumping from a cliff but on top of that you have a
cliff but on top of that you have a
cliff but on top of that you have a pressure from a client that is expecting
pressure from a client that is expecting
pressure from a client that is expecting quite a lot from you and you know that
quite a lot from you and you know that
quite a lot from you and you know that okay now you have one shot and you’re
okay now you have one shot and you’re
okay now you have one shot and you’re gonna do this insane line and you have
gonna do this insane line and you have
gonna do this insane line and you have the helicopters in the air and all the
the helicopters in the air and all the
the helicopters in the air and all the cameras are rolling and people are
cameras are rolling and people are
cameras are rolling and people are expecting so much and they’re thinking
expecting so much and they’re thinking
expecting so much and they’re thinking oh it’s gonna be the greatest and
oh it’s gonna be the greatest and
oh it’s gonna be the greatest and everyone believes that you know this is
everyone believes that you know this is
everyone believes that you know this is no problem nothing nothing can go wrong
no problem nothing nothing can go wrong
no problem nothing nothing can go wrong and of course in those days I’m more
and of course in those days I’m more
and of course in those days I’m more like I’m more like this and then again
like I’m more like this and then again
like I’m more like this and then again then I ask myself why did they even
then I ask myself why did they even
then I ask myself why did they even choose that like it would be better off
choose that like it would be better off
choose that like it would be better off to just sit at home and and and relax
to just sit at home and and and relax
to just sit at home and and and relax but as soon as I land I remember exactly
but as soon as I land I remember exactly
but as soon as I land I remember exactly why I do what I do and this video here
why I do what I do and this video here
why I do what I do and this video here is gonna be an example of a very very
is gonna be an example of a very very
is gonna be an example of a very very good day at my office
that definitely was an amazing day it
that definitely was an amazing day it was a few years ago but those days are
was a few years ago but those days are
was a few years ago but those days are the days that I live for and it’s what I
the days that I live for and it’s what I
the days that I live for and it’s what I do or what I choose to do what I do and
do or what I choose to do what I do and
do or what I choose to do what I do and the interesting thing now like let’s
the interesting thing now like let’s
the interesting thing now like let’s talk about something different that
talk about something different that
talk about something different that doesn’t have anything to do with my job
doesn’t have anything to do with my job
doesn’t have anything to do with my job but about fear and a lot of you guys are
but about fear and a lot of you guys are
but about fear and a lot of you guys are probably parents and I have noticed
probably parents and I have noticed
probably parents and I have noticed quite a bit in the change of human
quite a bit in the change of human
quite a bit in the change of human behavior when it comes to fear and how
behavior when it comes to fear and how
behavior when it comes to fear and how we manage to get our children more
we manage to get our children more
we manage to get our children more afraid like when I when I grew up I was
afraid like when I when I grew up I was
afraid like when I when I grew up I was a rebellious kid flying all over the
a rebellious kid flying all over the
a rebellious kid flying all over the place jumping from high mountains into
place jumping from high mountains into
place jumping from high mountains into the ocean and I probably gave my mom a
the ocean and I probably gave my mom a
the ocean and I probably gave my mom a heart attack a hundred times and today
heart attack a hundred times and today
heart attack a hundred times and today you see a lot of parents out there that
you see a lot of parents out there that
you see a lot of parents out there that are very very overprotective of their
are very very overprotective of their
are very very overprotective of their children the danger of this I mean it’s
children the danger of this I mean it’s
children the danger of this I mean it’s great to be a great parent but it’s also
great to be a great parent but it’s also
great to be a great parent but it’s also important to understand that we have
important to understand that we have
important to understand that we have instincts we humans are born with
instincts we humans are born with
instincts we humans are born with instincts and the fear is there to guide
instincts and the fear is there to guide
instincts and the fear is there to guide us through them it’s there to show us
us through them it’s there to show us
us through them it’s there to show us what is dangerous and what is not and
what is dangerous and what is not and
what is dangerous and what is not and the problem I see today is when a lot of
the problem I see today is when a lot of
the problem I see today is when a lot of parents are very overprotective of their
parents are very overprotective of their
parents are very overprotective of their of their children because when they grow
of their children because when they grow
of their children because when they grow up into this world that we clearly
up into this world that we clearly
up into this world that we clearly clearly know that is not really a safe
clearly know that is not really a safe
clearly know that is not really a safe or an easy place it’s very bad when you
or an easy place it’s very bad when you
or an easy place it’s very bad when you have had grown up and you are terrified
have had grown up and you are terrified
have had grown up and you are terrified of everything so what I always try to
of everything so what I always try to
of everything so what I always try to tell people is to let go is to start
tell people is to let go is to start
tell people is to let go is to start letting go and be more be more
letting go and be more be more
letting go and be more be more understanding of your own fear and how
understanding of your own fear and how
understanding of your own fear and how you can use that as your own friend and
you can use that as your own friend and
you can use that as your own friend and as a guide to show you the good things
as a guide to show you the good things
as a guide to show you the good things in life and it’s important to be
in life and it’s important to be
in life and it’s important to be skeptical but you know it’s it’s
skeptical but you know it’s it’s
skeptical but you know it’s it’s important also to have the children of
important also to have the children of
important also to have the children of the next generation be a little more
the next generation be a little more
the next generation be a little more bowls and then they are today thank you
bowls and then they are today thank you
bowls and then they are today thank you so much
so much
so much [Applause]
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