What changes our view of life
[Music]
one day
my friend sent me a link to a youtube
video titled
watch this before you die so naturally i
thought
this was going to be a life changing
video i prepared myself for what was
about to come my way
and hit play i was at about minute 3 of
the 9 minute 58 second video
a group of people were getting ready to
go on the road trip of their lives
taking off everything on their lifelong
bucket lists and helping others do the
same
i hadn’t heard anything that had changed
my life yet but i thought it’s only the
beginning
i should keep watching i got to minute
six
and i thought they’re probably saving
the best for last
but then i got to 9 minutes and 50
seconds
and as they were giving their takeaways
from this whole experience
i was wondering what information could
there possibly be
that needed to be saved for the last
eight seconds of the video
and then the video ended
as i watched the screen go blog i was
still the same person that i had been 10
minutes ago
i was baffled why did i need to watch
this video if it changed nothing in me
i started wondering that if such a
seemingly strong video couldn’t change
me
could anything initially i did what any
attention seeking teenager would do
and posted a story on my instagram
asking people for times they changed and
why
interestingly i got very different
responses from people who i will totally
reference accurately
barbara replied seeing her view on life
changed through a simple conversation
deathly afraid of death she asked how
can people just be ready to die
and through that learn to focus on what
truly matters on the other hand
ralph had a very scientific approach to
change through documentaries backed with
meaningful evidence
he was convinced to try a minimalistic
lifestyle which has made him more
carefree
and happy from within lastly we have cj
who attended boarding school in dubai
during his time there he had to learn to
fend for himself
and he had to learn to develop away from
family
today he values family time more than
anything and he also finds it important
to stand up to bullying
whether it be change in outlook belief
lifestyle or the simple fact that your
hair is half a millimeter longer than it
was yesterday
change is inevitable i want you guys to
close your eyes
and picture the happiest most vivid
memory you can think of
time spent with a loved one a time you
couldn’t stop laughing
or maybe just ice cream i want you to
recognize how this memory makes you feel
were you feeling this way when you
entered the call today
we can open our eyes now oh god it was
so much easier talking to you guys with
your eyes closed
even though not all of us would have
been ecstatic when we entered the call
today
as we should be that special memory had
an emotion attached to it just like all
memories do
in fact that’s why you still remember
them subconsciously we do this all day
just not always with the happy memories
tom biliu
usc graduate and public speaker says our
thoughts and feelings together make our
state of being
which then goes through our daily
routines but since the past is all we’ve
ever truly known
the moment we wake up we are thinking
and feeling in the past
much like we just did these emotions
translate into actions and when repeated
enough become habits
our brains are wired to loop through our
daily routines
wake up at the same time wear the same
clothes pass the same stations on your
way to school
go to the same classes with the same
people
we almost subconsciously don’t want to
change so you said and i quote
95 of who we are by the age of 35 is a
memorized set of behaviors
emotional reactions unconscious habits
hardwired attitudes
beliefs and perceptions think about that
for a second
only five percent of the brain is
actually conscious
the part that tells you we’re gonna work
out every day from now on
but your body your body wants that
routine
the subconscious and conscious minds are
separated by the analytical mind
one we can access and train through
meditation
the first stages of meditation are often
uncomfortable because our minds are
forced to slow down
which especially my generation’s over
stimulated minds find hard to do
sometimes
the word itself means to get familiar
with
once we get familiar with our body’s
hunger for this daily routine during
meditation
we can learn to resist it during our
morning coffee or weekly movie nights as
well
making us more aware and in control of
ourselves
another approach would be envisioning
the change you want to implement
when visualized properly our brains are
unable to tell the difference between
our imagination and reality
and when visualized repeatedly our
imagination can become a part of that
daily program to our brain
it’s like having a dream so vivid that
when you wake up you have to ask
yourself
was that real now you know when coaches
say visualizing is important
they aren’t lying looking back at the 9
minute 58 second video
i see that it did change me because
change is in fact inevitable
it might not have made me a reckless
adrenaline junkie like we all hoped
but i now have the resources to
implement change in myself
and after this talk so do you i guess
it’s good that you watched this video
before you died right
but why did i tell you all of this just
so you could finally get the grade you
want
no change is powerful
but being able to control your change is
a force to be reckoned with
we know climate change exists but are we
all taking shorter showers or planting
trees
we know racism is prevalent but are we
all standing up to it when we see it
happening right in front of us
every issue leads back to the same
question
what will finally get people to change
instead of telling you about the issues
we already know exist
i told you a possible way to solve them
so i challenge you equip yourselves with
the most powerful weapon we’ll need
to fight our battles of today and years
to come
thank you