Sólo cambié mi actitud y todo cambió | Juan Bautista Segonds | TEDxSanIsidro

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28 Jul 201618:20

Summary

TLDREl orador inicia su charla con un acuerdo de hablar desde el corazón, enfatizando la importancia de las emociones y la energía emitida por ellos. Cuestiona el estado actual de la sociedad, donde predominan la queja, la demanda y la opinión, lo que lleva a una mentalidad enfocada en la crisis. Sin embargo, el discurso gira hacia la transformación personal a través de un cambio de actitud, siendo el protagonista de nuestra propia vida y ejerciendo influencia en nuestro 'metro cuadrado'. El mensaje es claro: somos fuente de energía y podemos elegir entre el infierno y el cielo, basándonos en la gratitud y la positividad que emigramos y recibimos.

Takeaways

  • 🧠 La ciencia ha determinado que somos fuentes de energía y que emitimos frecuencias electromagnéticas cuando pensamos y sentimos, siendo las emociones mil veces más fuertes que los pensamientos.
  • 🤝 El orador propone un pacto de hablar y escuchar desde el corazón, para poder recibir con mayor intensidad la información compartida.
  • 🌐 Se plantea la pregunta sobre el estado actual de la sociedad, obteniendo respuestas como separados, estresados, revolucionados y confundidos, lo que refleja una mentalidad enfocada en la crisis.
  • 🙌 Se destaca la importancia de la actitud positiva y cómo esta puede multiplicar el impacto de nuestras habilidades y conocimientos, en contraste con una actitud negativa que anula todo.
  • 🏠 Cada individuo es dueño de su 'metro cuadrado', un espacio donde se puede controlar y emitir la energía que se desea, siendo ejemplo de lo que se quiere ver en el mundo.
  • 👕 El orador ilustra la importancia de ser un ejemplo a través de su comportamiento y su vestimenta, como su camiseta que dice 'Respeto'.
  • 🌱 Se describe cómo el cambio de actitud del orador le permitió pasar de una vida llena de quejas y falta de apreciación a una llena de alegría y amor por la vida.
  • 🚀 La actitud del protagonista es crucial para generar cambios, ya que este no espera a que otros resuelvan sus problemas sino que toma la iniciativa.
  • 🤔 Se cuestiona la mentalidad de quejarse y exigir constantemente, en lugar de enfocarse en lo positivo y en las acciones que cada uno puede tomar.
  • 🌟 Se enfatiza que el mundo en el que vivimos es el resultado de nuestras acciones y la energía que emitimos, y que podemos elegir ser parte de un cambio positivo.
  • 🙌 Se invita a la audiencia a realizar un ejercicio de gratitud, reconociendo y valorando todo lo que tenemos y agradeciendo abiertamente por ello.

Q & A

  • ¿Qué pacto hace el orador con el público al inicio de su charla?

    -El orador hace un pacto de hablar desde el corazón y pide a los asistentes que abran sus corazones para recibir con mayor intensidad lo que él tiene que decir.

  • ¿Cuál es la relación entre las emociones y los pensamientos según la ciencia mencionada en el discurso?

    -Según la ciencia, las emociones emiten una frecuencia electromagnética mil veces más fuerte que la de los pensamientos.

  • ¿Cómo responde el orador a la percepción de la sociedad como un lugar de crisis y descontento?

    -El orador sugiere que la sociedad tiende a enfocarse en lo negativo y en las deficiencias, lo que lleva a una mentalidad crisis-orientada.

  • ¿Qué tres deportes 'nacionales' menciona el orador para describir la actitud de la sociedad actual?

    -El orador menciona quejarse, exigir cambios y tener una opinión sobre todo son las tres 'actividades' que dominan la sociedad actual.

  • ¿Qué impacto tiene tener una mentalidad crisis-orientada en la vida de las personas según el discurso?

    -Una mentalidad crisis-orientada lleva a la vital estagnación y a una pérdida de poder, ya que las personas se centran en lo que les falta en lugar de apreciar lo que tienen.

  • ¿Qué importancia da el orador a la actitud en la vida de una persona?

    -El orador enfatiza que la actitud multiplica todo lo que una persona es y tiene, y que una actitud negativa puede anular cualquier cantidad de conocimientos, habilidades o talento.

  • ¿Cómo describe el orador el cambio de actitud que experimentó él mismo?

    -El orador describe su cambio de actitud como una decisión de dejar la mentalidad de víctima y asumir el papel de protagonista en su propia vida, buscando los cambios que desea ver.

  • ¿Qué es el 'metro cuadrado' del orador y cómo se refiere a él en su discurso?

    -El 'metro cuadrado' del orador es una metáfora para referirse al espacio de influencia personal, donde cada uno es responsable de generar una energía positiva y ejercer liderazgo.

  • ¿Qué rol tiene la educación en el mensaje del orador sobre cambiar la sociedad?

    -La educación, según el orador, no es solo transmitir conocimientos, sino también ser un ejemplo a seguir. Cada acción de una persona influye en los demás, por lo que ser un buen ejemplo es una forma de educar.

  • ¿Cómo relaciona el orador la energía que emiten las personas con su realidad y sus decisiones?

    -El orador sugiere que las personas son fuentes de energía y que la energía que emiten, ya sea positiva o negativa, es la que atraen y crean su realidad, subrayando que el cielo o el infierno son decisiones personales.

  • ¿Qué experiencias de vida comparte el orador para ilustrar el cambio de actitud y su impacto en la percepción de la vida?

    -El orador comparte experiencias en la Franja de Gaza y con veteranos de guerra, donde aprendió a apreciar lo que tiene y a cambiar su enfoque de la carencia a la abundancia, lo que transformó su percepción de la vida.

  • ¿Qué ejercicio propone el orador para que los asistentes practiquen la gratitud y la apreciación por lo que tienen?

    -El orador propone un ejercicio en tres pasos: primero, cerrar los ojos y hacer una lista mental de las cosas que se tienen pero no valoran; segundo, expresar gratitud por esas cosas de pie, aplaudiendo y celebrando; y tercero, recordar ese sentimiento de gratitud diariamente.

Outlines

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🗣️ La importancia de hablar desde el corazón

El orador inicia su charla con un acuerdo de hablar desde el corazón, enfatizando que las emociones emiten una frecuencia electromagnética mucho más fuerte que los pensamientos. Plantea un pacto con el público para recibir en su totalidad el mensaje que transmite. Luego, hace una reflexión sobre la sociedad actual, pregunta por su estado y recibe respuestas negativas, pero al preguntar si están felices, la mayoría de las personas afirma estarlo. Esto lleva al orador a cuestionar la mentalidad crisis-orientada y a criticar la actitud de quejarse y tener opiniones sobre todo, lo cual genera una vital estagnación.

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🔄 Cambiar la actitud, cambiar la vida

El orador comparte su proceso personal de cambio, enfocándose en la importancia de la actitud ante el conocimiento, las habilidades y la experiencia. Descubre que mientras estos aspectos son importantes, la actitud es lo que multiplica el impacto. Expone que una actitud negativa puede anular todo esfuerzo previo. Decide cambiar su actitud y adoptar una mentalidad de protagonista, entendiendo que cada uno es dueño de su 'metro cuadrado' y debe vibrar la energía que desea. Empieza a actuar como un ejemplo y a educar a través de su comportamiento, entendiendo que las acciones y omisiones definen quiénes somos.

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🌏 Ser agentes del cambio y la esperanza

El discurso continúa con el orador promoviendo la idea de ser agentes del cambio, en lugar de esperar que otros lo hagan por nosotros. Se enfatiza la importancia de la energía que emitimos y cómo esta puede ser contagiosa, ya sea positiva o negativa. Se sugiere que desde nuestro 'metro cuadrado', debemos comenzar a influir en los demás con solidaridad y optimismo. Se hace un llamado a la acción para que el público se involucre en la fundación Rugby Sin Fronteras y se comparten experiencias que demuestran el poder transformador de la actitud y la educación a través del ejemplo.

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🙏 Ejercicio de gratitud y reconocimiento

El orador invita al público a realizar un ejercicio en tres pasos para incrementar la gratitud y el reconocimiento de lo que tenemos. Primero, pide que cierren los ojos y piensen en las cosas que valoran pero a menudo pasan desapercibidas. Luego, aquellos que se sienten agradecidos deben expresar su gratitud de pie, aplaudiendo y celebrando lo que tienen. El orador enfatiza la importancia de conectar con nuestros corazones y emociones, recordándonos que el cielo y el infierno son decisiones personales y que podemos elegir nuestro camino en la vida.

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Keywords

💡energía

La energía es un concepto central en el discurso, donde se menciona que los seres humanos son fuentes de energía y que nuestras emociones y pensamientos emiten frecuencias electromagnéticas. La energía se refleja en el poder de nuestras emociones, que son mil veces más fuertes que nuestros pensamientos. En el video, se utiliza para enfatizar la importancia de hablar y actuar desde el corazón, conectando con una energía más profunda y significativa que puede ser recibida y transmitida.

💡emociones

Las emociones son un tema recurrente en el discurso, indicando que su frecuencia electromagnética es mucho más potente que la de nuestros pensamientos. El orador hace un llamado a que los asistentes abran sus corazones para recibir la información con una mayor intensidad emocional, sugiriendo que una conexión emocional profunda puede multiplicar el impacto de lo que se comunica.

💡complaintes

El término 'complaintes' se utiliza para describir a aquellos que se quejan de todo en la sociedad actual. En el discurso, el orador critica esta actitud negativa y cómo ha convertido a la sociedad en un grupo de 'complainerists', donde la queja se ha vuelto una costumbre, y esto se refleja en la parte donde menciona que el primer deporte nacional es quejarse de todo, desde el clima hasta las circunstancias personales.

💡demandas

Las 'demandas' son mencionadas como una segunda 'especialidad' de la sociedad, donde las personas constantemente exigen cambios en todo, desde el país hasta sus relaciones personales. El orador señala que esta mentalidad de hacer demandas es parte de un enfoque en la crisis y la insatisfacción, lo que contribuye a la estagnación vital y a la falta de acción personal.

💡actitud

La 'actitud' es un concepto clave en el mensaje del video, donde el orador destaca que la actitud multiplica todo lo que se tiene en términos de conocimientos, habilidades y talento. Cambia la actitud, y todo cambia, es el mensaje central. El orador comparte su propia transformación cuando decidió cambiar su actitud de víctima a protagonista, lo que resultó en un cambio radical en su vida.

💡protagonista

Ser 'protagonista' de nuestra vida es una idea central en el discurso. El orador promueve la idea de que cada uno es responsable de su propia vida y debe actuar como el protagonista, buscando y realizando los cambios que desea ver en el mundo. Esto se ilustra cuando el orador habla sobre la importancia de ser el líder de nuestro 'metro cuadrado' y de actuar con una actitud de protagonista.

💡crisis

La 'crisis' se menciona en el contexto de una mente orientada a la crisis, donde las personas tienden a enfocarse en lo que les falta o en los problemas en lugar de lo que tienen o en las soluciones. El orador critica esta mentalidad y la relaciona con una serie de problemas sociales, como la queja constante y la falta de acción personal.

💡educación

La 'educación' se presenta como un proceso que no solo se aprende a través de la enseñanza formal, sino también como un ejemplo. El orador enfatiza la importancia de ser un ejemplo para otros, ya que cada acción que tomamos es observada por alguien más, y por lo tanto, podemos educar a través de nuestra conducta y actitud.

💡agradecimiento

El 'agradecimiento' es un tema importante en el video, donde el orador invita a los asistentes a realizar un ejercicio de agradecimiento por todas las cosas que tienen pero a menudo pasan desapercibidas. Este agradecimiento se expresa a través de la clapping y el reconocimiento de la abundancia y las bendiciones en nuestras vidas.

💡decisiones

Las 'decisiones' son un tema clave en el discurso, donde el orador habla sobre cómo las elecciones que tomamos diariamente, desde cómo nos levantamos hasta cómo enfrentamos nuestras deficiencias, definen nuestro camino y nuestra realidad. El orador enfatiza que tanto el infierno como el cielo son decisiones, y que podemos elegir nuestro camino en la vida.

💡Rugby Sin Fronteras

Rugby Sin Fronteras es una organización mencionada en el discurso que trabaja con veteranos de guerra y conflictos para promover mensajes de reunión y reconciliación. El orador comparte experiencias personales con esta fundación, destacando su impacto en la comprensión de la no-violencia y la importancia de la educación y el ejemplo como herramientas para el cambio social.

Highlights

La importancia de hablar desde el corazón para transmitir energía emocional más fuerte.

La sociedad actual vista como separada, estresada, revolucionaria, confundida y agresiva.

La paradoja de que, a pesar de la percepción negativa de la sociedad, la mayoría de las personas se considera felices.

La mentalidad crisis-orientada y cómo afecta nuestra percepción de la sociedad y la vida.

La crítica a la cultura de quejarse, demandar y tener una opinión sobre todo.

La transformación personal a través de un cambio de actitud y dejar la mentalidad de víctima.

La noción de ser protagonista de nuestra vida y el poder de la actitud para multiplicar el impacto de nuestras acciones.

La idea de que cada uno es responsable de su 'metro cuadrado' y de la energía que emite.

La reflexión sobre la crisis moral y la enseñanza a las generaciones futuras sobre el éxito y el futuro.

La propuesta de ejercicio para apreciar las cosas que tenemos y a menudo desaprovechamos.

La experiencia en Gaza y el cambio de perspectiva sobre lo que realmente importa en la vida.

La historia de un niño en Gaza y lo que representa para él un deseo real frente a los deseos triviales.

La llamado a la acción de ser agentes de cambio y no esperar a que otros cambien nuestra realidad.

La importancia de educar a través del ejemplo y cómo nuestras acciones influyen en los demás.

La experiencia con la Fundación Rugby Sin Fronteras y su impacto en la vida de las personas.

La reflexión final sobre la elección entre el infierno y el cielo, y cómo es una decisión personal.

Transcripts

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Translator: Jose Fernandez Calvo Reviewer: Sebastian Betti

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Good afternoon. Wow! How good it is to be here.

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Nice to see so many attentive faces!

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I will start my talk with a pact with you.

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Science has determined that we are a source of energy and that when we think

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we emit an electromagnetic frequency.

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It can be measured.

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We can also measure the electromagnetic frequency emitted

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by our heart, our emotion.

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And it's been proven that our emotions

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are a thousand times stronger than our thoughts.

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The electromagnetic frequency emitted by our thoughts is measured

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and when we measure the frequency emitted by our heart,

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it's a thousand times higher.

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So I'll do as my grandma said,

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"Kid, talk from the heart."

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My pact with you is that

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I will speak from the heart.

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If you open your hearts you will surely receive 1000 percent

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of what I say.

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If we are trapped only in the mind we'll surely receive only a fraction.

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So this is my pact.

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To start my talk I'll ask you a quick question,

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mostly for the front rows to put you in context.

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How is our society doing today?

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Raise your hand and give me three of four answers.

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Quick,

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Separated,

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Stressed,

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Revolutionized.

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Confused. Aggressive. Confrontational.

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A decadent West. Good.

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In my conferences let you give up to 30 or 40 chances to reply

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this kind of answers.

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You saw the replies I got, right?

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And then I ask another question:

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Is anybody in this room happy? Raise your hand all that are happy.

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Wow!

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The happy ones, raise your hand.

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Hey!

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There are some 500-600 people here and nearly all raised their hand.

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I guarantee that if I gave you 100 chances to answer my question,

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How is our society today? None of you would have said

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neither happy nor joyful.

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Who are you? Who are we?

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Where is our society?

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When we talk about society, what do we mean?

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Because here 100 percent of our society is happy.

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If I had asked 100 more questions, we'd have 100 more answers, saying

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along those lines -- lost, faithless, conflicted, demoralized.

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You know what that is called?

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It's called: Crisis-oriented mind.

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When we are asked, the first thing we mention is

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all that's missing, that's wrong, what we see.

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We are tied into the information media where the answers they give --

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Sometimes we go to schools, we take the newspaper for the kids,

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and we tell them look for good news, bad news and neutral news.

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That day's newspaper, right?

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How many good or neutral news do you think they find? One, two.

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So this is what happens to us when we casually ask a question,

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or feel an impulse about how we see our society and then we have another problem

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related to sports, that are in fashion.

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When I ask this, they tell me: Football, basketball, rugby; OK, good.

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I will tell you the sports that are in fashion, as I see it, today:

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Firstly, our national sport, complaining.

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We complain about absolutely everything, did you see that? First about the weather.

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Man, how hot it is! January 3rd, 3pm. Wow, how crazy!

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How cold it is! July 7th, 7am.

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First we complain about the weather, then we complain about the traffic.

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Then we complain about the country, then we complain about our wives.

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And if we do not complain about anything, something is wrong.

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When they ask me, How are you?

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Perfectly, I'm exploding with happiness. They say, what happened?

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Nothing to complain about?

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So, we have transformed into a society of "complainerists."

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It's like a degree we earned. We complain about everything.

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We have a second national sport, that is related to our demands:

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This cannot be. This must change. This is a disaster. Have you seen this?

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This must change. It must change, country, society, wife, work.

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All the time we are making demands.

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We become "demanderists."

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We are "complainerist," "demanderists"

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and worse, "opinionists" and "everythingists."

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We have an opinion about everything. Did you notice?

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Have you ever heard anyone say, "I don't know enough to give an opinion."

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We give an opinion about everything, I try it out with my friends.

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I have a friend, Fernando, I get in his truck and say:

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My cellphone is out of battery.

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Ah, you know why you are out of battery? Because the cellphone --

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Did you see that soybeans are up? You know why soybeans are up --

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Did you hear the dollar is dropping? It's dropping because -- We know everything.

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We have an opinion about economy, politics --

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And more worrisome,

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we have started to have a crisis-oriented mind,

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we complain, make demands and are submerged in opinions.

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Which has made us fall into a sort of vital stagnation.

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You see that we leave home with our cellphone charged 100 percent

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and also we take the charger, just in case it's not fully charged.

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But with our energy on "low bat."

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We start the day with a vital stagnation, or a type of exhaustion

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that also makes us lose power.

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Because if to be well we need everything to change, that the country works well,

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that the climate isn't whatever, because recently I was in Mendoza

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to give a talk, I was with a driver and I say: "What a wonderful day."

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And the driver says: "Yes, but rain is forecasted for tomorrow" (Laughter)

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That the way it is, we go losing power, and there is something that,

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I want to focus on.

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Not only are we in this society and leave behind this society, especially

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our generation we have left a society with a moral crisis,

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that not even the most perverse minds of our grandparents could even imagine.

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Conflicted, breaking apart. But we are also making our children think

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that we are good for nothing, that we are corrupt, liars,

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that the model for success is fame and money, and that we have no future.

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No only do we leave this, but we also make them believe this.

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Which is represented by this phrase: You see how we Argentines are?

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What do you expect? We are in Argentina!

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Have we heard this?

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And if this happens worldwide: What can we do?

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Not only do we leave our society like this, but we also make them believe

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the future generations, that they cannot change it.

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Horrifying! A self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Now, for a long time I was there and I started to understand or believe

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that knowledge was important.

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So I studied -- that skills

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were important to get out of that world I lived in,

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where I was always complaining, it was hell.

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That talent was important, I had to have talent, I had to have experience

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and I studied more about this, and saw that it all added up, added up.

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So I searched for more knowledge, more skills,

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but one day I discovered something wonderful.

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That all these things add up, but attitude multiplies.

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Attitude multiplies.

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And you know that any amount times zero, is zero.

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If your attitude towards life is zero, you are a zero person.

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If you have a negative attitude, you are a negative person.

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If you have a pessimist attitude, you are a pessimist person.

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And if you have a shitty attitude, you are a shitty person. I'm sorry.

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So I started to say to myself, OK, how do I get out of this attitude?

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How do I get out of this position?

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And at first nothing changed,

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only my attitude changed, and everything changed.

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I decided to change my attitude, get out of that victim mentality

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that I had about everything, and started being the protagonist of my life.

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I started to decide that I was who would look for the changes I wanted.

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I got out of the victim posture, of constantly excusing, criticizing,

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complaining and started to prove what happened as a protagonist

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and the first thing I saw was that the protagonist leads his square meter.

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This square meter that I have, is up to me. Each one of you has it.

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One square meter, it's up to you, no one but you, and me.

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And you know what? Here in this square meter

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I vibrate the energy I want to vibrate.

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This square meter lives in a respectful world, that is why I wear a shirt

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that says "I respect." I don't care what you do, or yes, but I want to give you

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my example because I'm the leader of my square meter.

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I started to show what I wanted to see, to decide to live in a different world.

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Because I lived in hell, went through hell.

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Today I remembered a day I was on the subway and told a guy:

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"Give me three reasons why I should go on living." Wow, I was in a bad way!

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I was in hell and now live in paradise.

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Today I explode with happiness every day of my life.

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And I live in love, fulfilled.

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But hell and heaven is not a place. It's a decision.

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Because hell is right there, I can go back tomorrow, it's a decision.

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Where I start to see all I'm missing, and not all I have.

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Where I make demands all the time and give opinions constantly,

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and stop worrying about showing, about leading, about educating.

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Because my square meter vibrates however I want. And you know you are what you do,

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but also what you don't do.

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If we are all the time waiting for somebody to change this

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we are lost, guys!

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So, we are what we do, but also we are what we don't do.

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Not everybody has the same chances, not all of us have the same chances.

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I started to educate, they say there are many ways to educate.

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For me there is only one.

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By being an example.

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Every time we do something, someone is watching us.

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So, this is the way to educate. Being the image of what we want to see.

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Starting from our square meter, emitting energy first,

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with a protagonist's attitude. I'm the protagonist of my life.

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I am the one that wants to change things. The protagonist is a change agent,

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he's not waiting for someone to sort out his life.

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And from my square meter be helpful, start emitting optimistic energy,

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because you know what, from the people you contact, you get infected.

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So if you are in a group of pessimists, you become a pessimist.

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In a group of losers, you become a loser.

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In an unhappy group, you become unhappy.

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If you start from your square meter to infect others with solidarity, optimism,

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You start to emit that energy. Because, what energy is your square meter emitting?

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From wherever you are.

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Because it's not important what we do.

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It's important that we do it

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with all the love in the world.

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This Easter I went to buy a kilo of ice cream to a shop,

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any shop, no advertising,

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I say to the girl: "Happy Easter." She says: "300 people came by,

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and you are the first one that says Happy Easter," so I say,

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"You said Happy Easter to all of them?" "No," she says.

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What are you waiting for? What are you emitting?

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What is your square meter emitting? What are you focused on?

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Are you emitting respect? Are you emitting connection?

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Emitting gratitude? Emitting unconditional love?

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What are you emitting? What are you doing?

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Because we are a source of energy, and according to what you emit

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is what you receive.

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It's like AM-FM

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If you are in AM and go from one end of AM to the other end, you are going to hear AM

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if you change the frequency, you are in FM another melody is playing.

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And within FM the frequencies that you want to hear, you can choose.

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But if you are in AM, even if you scan from end to end, that's all you will hear.

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So, the world is what we make of it.

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I live in paradise, but hell is one decision away.

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If I start my morning and start saying -- my first match is against myself,

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Oh! Do I get up or not? OK, I'll get up.

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Do I get up with a good or bad mood?

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With bad mood, or no ... with good mood.

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Good attitude or bad attitude?

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I look at all that I have or look at all that I lack.

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They are all decisions, all small differences.

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Excellence or mediocrity, are this close.

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The road you choose is a Y.

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From the moment you get up: Are you victim or protagonist?

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Are you going to show what you want to build for the coming generations?

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or are you functional to the interests that are ruling us

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and guiding us by our noses, domesticated?

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People are shepherded using fear.

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My father left me a huge inheritance.

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He always told me: "I've never had money or fear."

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OK, let's get educated, let's be every day more sure of ourselves.

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I'll tell you about two life experiences, with the foundation Rugby Without Borders.

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Which is a great blessing.

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I invite you to get to know it, to get to know what we do.

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Las week we joined war veterans, Argentine and British,

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a Royal Marine, a Gurkha, together with Argentine veterans

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and together they sent out a message of reunion. That nobody won.

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And you know who closed the meeting? My 12 year old nephew.

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You know what he said?

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Land for life. What measurement is that?

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If I was taught that they were the bad guys

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and now I see the bad guys suffered as much as the good guys.

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No. Our generation must understand that war is not a tool.

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12 years old, Ignacio Segonds. I invite you to see him.

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And I tell you two life stories I was blessed to live

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with the foundation Rugby Without Borders.

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In 2012, I went to the Gaza Strip, a conflict between Israelis and Palestinians

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that has been going on for 70 years.

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A place where my attitude was of lacking, I thought I lacked many things

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and I understood that all the time I was worried about the things I lacked.

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One morning I see a Palestinian woman, in Bethlehem, she comes and hugs

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another woman and they celebrate, enjoy. So I say "What are they celebrating?"

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And the translator says it's because they have their water tank filled.

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What does this mean? That they have clean drinking water

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in their home to drink all week.

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They are celebrating that because her family and her will drink water.

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And they celebrate, right?

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And in the afternoon a little kid of 10, I ask him, "Do you know about

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the genie in Aladdin's lamp?" Through the translator, right?

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He says "No, I have no idea."

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So we explain who is the genie from Aladdin's lamp.

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And I say, if I gave you a wish, what would you ask?

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The kid looks at me all emotional and says, "A bath with hot water."

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That was his big wish, right?

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And at that moment I was connected all the time with the things I lacked.

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And I realized that since I was born I never thought about drinking water,

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if I would be able to bathe, if I would have a place to sleep.

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I lived in the same physical space, with the same situations,

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but my attitude changed.

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I move from the world of lacking to the world of abundance,

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I realized all that I had.

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And to finish, with this story, I want to propose an exercise.

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To all of you, in this state we are now.

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The exercise will have three steps.

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First, close your eyes, everyone,

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close your eyes and imagine now all the things we have

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but we don't value, don't think about, like the fact that we have

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a place to sleep, we can bathe, have water.

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Start making a mental list of the things we don't realize we have

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we don't give thanks for. Like our health, or the chances we have,

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like our senses, our friends.

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So many things we take for granted, and we never list.

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The second part of this exercise is for

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all the people in this room

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that feel they have been

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blessed or chosen because of all the things they have.

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All the people that are profoundly grateful for

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the list of things they just made, express

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your gratitude standing up,

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clapping as hard as you can, shouting, do whatever you want.

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Express the gratitude you feel for the things you have received in life,

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if that is what you feel in this moment, from this time on.

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Stand up and clap loudly. (Applause)

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I want to see you all shouting, for what we have.

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For what we have received, for the love of those we love,

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for the abundance in which we live.

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For the things we don't notice. (Applause continues)

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because we can be the protagonists of our lives.

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(Applause continues)

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You can shout, climb on the chairs, do whatever you want.

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We live in a blessed time and society.

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Well done. Well done there. Keep it up.

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Way up! That is the gratitude we must express.

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For all we have. (Applause continues)

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Great, great, that's it. (Applause continues)

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Good.

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Good.

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And stay like that.

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Stay like that for a moment.

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The longest road

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is four palms away,

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when we manage to go down from our head, and we connect with our heart

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or with our emotions.

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When we can account for

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all we have and not for what we lack.

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When we realize that hell and heaven are not places

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but a decision.

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We manage to turn off the turbo, for a moment.

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And now I will ask you

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to anchor into this moment, this we have just felt, this feeling,

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and that every day when you go to shower, remember that

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there is a place in this world, where a 10 year old child

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asks Aladdin's genie,

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for what you are about to do.

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And therefore, realize

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that we can choose the path we will walk down

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if we are going to hell or if we are going to heaven.

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Thank you, good afternoon.

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(Applause)

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