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Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.44,0:00:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.26,0:00:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I quit my job as a bookseller,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.44,0:00:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I packed my luggage,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.32,0:00:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I left Paris to live in Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.40,0:00:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn’t know anyone there
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.51,0:00:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I knew that I wanted to make movies
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.67,0:00:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it made sense to go to Hollywood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.67,0:00:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a few years I came back to France,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.76,0:00:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when people would ask me:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.46,0:00:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“What do you do in life?”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.01,0:00:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would reply,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.03,0:00:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I’m a filmmaker. I make movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.60,0:00:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m just back from a few years in L.A.”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.21,0:00:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would often see a sparkle in their eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.99,0:00:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they'd say, "That's amazing!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.72,0:01:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What films do you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.01,0:01:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we see them at the movie?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.49,0:01:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you worked with famous people?”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.60,0:01:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would reply,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.54,0:01:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I direct mostly fiction."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.100,0:01:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My films don't play at the movie theatre
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.20,0:01:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- not yet. And no...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.24,0:01:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven’t worked with anyone famous.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.86,0:01:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that moment there would be a silence
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.91,0:01:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,long enough for their enthusiasm\Nto go down a few inches
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.20,0:01:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we would keep on talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.39,0:01:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.79,0:01:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little by little,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.63,0:01:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tired of seeing people’s reaction\Ngoing from curious to disappointed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.17,0:01:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they would realize\Nthat I was a "wannabe"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.00,0:01:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started lying about what I was doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.04,0:01:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stopped saying\N"I'm a filmmaker"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.95,0:01:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say “I work as a freelance.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.90,0:01:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stopped saying "I make films"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.74,0:01:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say “I make videos for clients.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.74,0:01:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounded less dreamy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.81,0:01:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was useful and practical.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.52,0:01:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would talk about how to find clients,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.44,0:02:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to bill them, about gear.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.33,0:02:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And more importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.95,0:02:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stopped feeling like I had\Nto apologize for my lack of success.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.16,0:02:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to feel a bit weird \Nabout it though.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.54,0:02:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to wonder:\N"Why do you lie about what you do?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.59,0:02:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why do you feel compelled\Nto diminish people's expectations
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.01,0:02:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they won’t think you’ve failed?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.79,0:02:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s at that point that I really started\Nto become interested
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.87,0:02:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the concept of “success”.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.34,0:02:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at how it has evolved\Nin the last few years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.35,0:02:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially with social media's arrival \Nin our lives that reminds us daily
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.18,0:02:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we rank on the graph of success
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.65,0:02:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compared to the other 8 billion.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.04,0:02:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This ranking on the “success graph”\Nexplains why sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.66,0:02:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we talk with people,\Na contest starts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.56,0:02:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find out who has the most impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.66,0:02:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s conveyed through innocent words:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.63,0:02:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I know X person”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.97,0:02:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“X number of people follow me”,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.94,0:02:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I visited X number of countries”,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.92,0:03:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I was a speaker at X event”.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.40,0:03:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giving a TED Talk is great\Nto win an impact contest.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.72,0:03:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you TED.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.98,0:03:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Power and Success have always existed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.38,0:03:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they’ve always been a fuel\Nfor some people,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.49,0:03:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and obstacles for others.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.46,0:03:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the last few years,\Nthings have become so intense
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.94,0:03:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I’ve already found myself \Nlistening to 24-year-olds
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.57,0:03:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explaining to me that they had \Nabandoned a dream or an idea
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.92,0:03:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they had even started.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.42,0:03:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reason why they\Nhad given up before even trying
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.62,0:03:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because they were paralyzed by\Nthe success of people younger than them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.48,0:03:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were witnessing daily \Non social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.23,0:03:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve listened to 24-year-olds explaining\Nto me that if they really had something
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.74,0:03:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to achieve on this planet, they should\Nhave had their breakthrough by now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.60,0:03:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At 24 they didn’t feel old, \Nthey felt expired.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.15,0:04:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have developed a surprising \Nrelationship with what we could call
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.77,0:04:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our “expiration date”.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.87,0:04:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We used to have one expiration date:\Nit was the date of our death.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.78,0:04:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today we have a second expiration date \Nin our lives, and it's
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.35,0:04:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our social expiration date.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.57,0:04:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea that when we do something, \Nits value must be recognized and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.44,0:04:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,measurable to exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.43,0:04:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we don’t receive immediately\Na positive feedback about what we do,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.46,0:04:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or worse, if what we do is deemed \Nuseless, ridicule, or a failure,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.83,0:04:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we feel socially expired.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.87,0:04:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s how some 24-year-olds
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.85,0:04:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prefer to go sit on the bench to\Nwatch History create itself
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.69,0:04:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without them, rather than \Nrisking to do something
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.06,0:04:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not receive immediately \Na positive feedback.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.73,0:05:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While I was looking into\Nwhat "success" means today
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.12,0:05:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and into our date of social expiration,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.98,0:05:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve realised that my job is not
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.82,0:05:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to write screenplays or direct films.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.08,0:05:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My job is to fabricate stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.15,0:05:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s a job that might seem\Nuseless, but actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.77,0:05:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,storytelling is the best way that we,\Nhumans, have found to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.52,0:05:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tonight,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.74,0:05:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we’ve all come onto this stage\Nto talk to you for 15 minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.54,0:05:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s because the best way to\Nconvey an idea is to do it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.83,0:05:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a story.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.86,0:05:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2018, we could have made a\Npdf with each TED Talk's main idea
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.29,0:05:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,summed up in one sentence,\Nand emailed it to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.45,0:05:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really, we could have done it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.11,0:05:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have cost you less money,\Nand it would have taken us less time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.55,0:05:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the power of the messages\Nwe are trying to share
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.63,0:06:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would have evaporated.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.29,0:06:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know it and you know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.34,0:06:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s why you are here tonight,\Nto listen to stories that might open
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.60,0:06:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a world of possibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.45,0:06:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1944,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.19,0:06:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Professors Fritz Heider and Marianne \NSimmel conducted a test.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.87,0:06:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They showed a video\Nto a group of students
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.06,0:06:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asked them to answer\Na series of questions
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.16,0:06:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to describe what they had seen. \N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.35,0:06:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m going to show you 15 seconds \Nof the video,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.54,0:06:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s going to be quick
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.50,0:06:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I invite you to try\Nto answer this question:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.83,0:06:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“What am I seeing on the screen?”
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.38,0:06:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was 15 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.52,0:06:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they reviewed the questionnaires,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.82,0:06:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Heider and Simmel discovered\Nthat 33 out of 34 students
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.07,0:07:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had fabricated a story.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.57,0:07:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had imputed motives,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.53,0:07:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emotions, and behaviours
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.96,0:07:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the geometrical figures\Nthat were randomly moving
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.57,0:07:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through space that you just saw. \N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.02,0:07:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This study was one of the first\Nscientific study to confirm
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.31,0:07:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our brain understands\Nthe world through stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.84,0:07:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot help but give meaning\Nto the world that surrounds us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.36,0:07:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to give meaning to the world \Nthat surrounds us,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.00,0:07:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we fabricate stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.68,0:07:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing that,\Nthat stories are essential
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.24,0:07:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our survival and to our life,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.52,0:07:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you another\Nstory about success.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.10,0:07:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An alternative to the current notion\Nthat paralyzes so many people today.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.46,0:07:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Earlier I said that we \Nhad two expiration dates:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.68,0:07:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the date of our death and \Nthe date of our social expiration
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.77,0:07:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we give to ourselves \Nsooner and sooner.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.34,0:07:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I did not tell you…
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.80,0:08:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that a phone is ringing right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.72,0:08:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I didn’t tell you is\Nthat we all have a joker.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.82,0:08:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have the possibility \Nto become a good story.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.76,0:08:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have the possibility to become\Na good story that is going to inspire
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.75,0:08:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other human beings and \Nhelp them move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.53,0:08:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there’s one group of people\Nwhose job is to distribute jokers:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.65,0:08:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the story fabricators.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.24,0:08:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lucky me: it’s my job.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.36,0:08:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My job is to hunt, to imagine,\Nand to share the stories
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.90,0:08:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people with a surprising,\Ninnovating and impactful destiny,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.36,0:08:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who embodies strong ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.87,0:08:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And currently, we are living through\Nan extremely interesting period.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.78,0:08:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like archeologists,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.18,0:08:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are digging out new stories,\Ndifferent stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.30,0:08:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stories of people who often did not receive\Nimmediate and positive feedback
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.39,0:09:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the worth of what\Nthey were doing and who,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.36,0:09:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,5, 50, 100, 200, 500 years later
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.27,0:09:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,end up at the center of the\Nstorytelling stage to help us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.97,0:09:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the new generations, to better\Nunderstand the world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.79,0:09:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.64,0:09:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, some of you\Nmight recognize the name of
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.57,0:09:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Georgina Reid.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.89,0:09:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A textile designer who decided, in 1971, when she was 63
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.100,0:09:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,, that what she really wanted to do
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.100,0:09:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to save her little town’s lighthouse
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.62,0:09:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was at risk of falling down
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.52,0:09:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to the cliffs’ erosion.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.94,0:09:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Georgina created a whole system
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.18,0:09:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she patented.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.22,0:09:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She presented her project to the coast guards,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.84,0:09:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they listened and told her
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.84,0:09:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“We won’t prevent you from doing it
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.82,0:09:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we won’t help you out either.”
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.04,0:09:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, no problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.64,0:09:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 15 years, helped by her husband and volunteers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.10,0:09:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Georgina used her knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.60,0:09:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her time for free
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.08,0:10:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prevent the lighthouse from falling down.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.62,0:10:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she succeeded.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.54,0:10:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Georgina died in 2001
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.84,0:10:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the lighthouse is still here.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.77,0:10:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then 3 years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.74,0:10:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a French story fabricator,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.31,0:10:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pénélope Bagieu, gave a joker to Georgina. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.93,0:10:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She shared Georgina’s story
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.07,0:10:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a graphic novel dedicated to several women
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.79,0:10:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who’ve changed their story
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.63,0:10:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes History in unexpected ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.23,0:10:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s thanks to a story fabricator
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.23,0:10:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that 200,000 French people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.31,0:10:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and myself have been inspired
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.11,0:10:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Georgina and her determination
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.62,0:10:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fight for something that mattered to her
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.84,0:10:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though officially she was told it didn’t.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.23,0:10:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Georgina was able to become a good story
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.83,0:10:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she was an active actress of her story.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.75,0:10:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She didn’t settle for wishing that the lighthouse
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.64,0:10:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wouldn’t fall down
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.61,0:11:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, she did what she had to do
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.10,0:11:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure the lighthouse wouldn’t fall down.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.55,0:11:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this word, “doing”,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.15,0:11:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of the three steps to become a good story.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.21,0:11:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.85,0:11:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the recipe to become a good story is simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.15,0:11:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it fits into three steps.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.91,0:11:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.33,0:11:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to listen to your intuition
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.88,0:11:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hear what you really want to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.62,0:11:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once you’ve listened to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.45,0:11:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to muster the courage to go for it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.97,0:11:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.03,0:11:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once you’ve had the courage to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.58,0:11:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to repeat.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.72,0:11:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day, you need to do it again. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.14,0:11:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today we are under a lot of pressure
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.54,0:11:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to picking the projects
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.20,0:11:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we decide to pursue.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.21,0:11:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to have a goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.80,0:11:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there’s no goal, then it’s not serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.23,0:11:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if it’s not serious
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.50,0:11:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then our projects don’t have any value.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.44,0:11:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I completely disagree with this way of thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.33,0:11:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there’s one thing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.41,0:11:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve learned this past decade
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.99,0:12:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hunting and fabricating stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.10,0:12:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is that the value of what we do is not fixed in time.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.42,0:12:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The value of what we do
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.84,0:12:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can have a surprising impact in five years,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.86,0:12:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fifty years, after our death
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.50,0:12:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or our great-grand-children’s death.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.02,0:12:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there’s no point to try
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.06,0:12:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing something that will have an impact instantaneously.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.19,0:12:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can’t know if it will happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.36,0:12:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should just keep on doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.36,0:12:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these three steps:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.47,0:12:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening to yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.15,0:12:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going for it
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.59,0:12:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and repeating
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.70,0:12:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are crystallized in Carmen Herrera’s story.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.55,0:12:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carmen Herrera was born in La Havana in 1915.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.11,0:12:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At a young age she realized
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.70,0:12:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that what she really wanted to do was to paint.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.06,0:12:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she painted, every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.57,0:12:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then she realised that she created
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.21,0:12:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,minimalist abstract paintings
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.90,0:12:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly at the time when abstract minimalism was trendy
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.40,0:12:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perfect
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.67,0:13:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She sold a first painting. And that was it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.67,0:13:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She exhibited her work, the audience didn’t respond.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.50,0:13:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She tried to find a gallery
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.67,0:13:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would show her work, everybody said no.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.17,0:13:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.42,0:13:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carmen was offered the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.42,0:13:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to exhibit her work again
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.02,0:13:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this time people loved it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.92,0:13:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was in 2004, Carmen was 89.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.80,0:13:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today Carmen is 103.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.01,0:13:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These past 14 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.72,0:13:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her paintings have been exhibited
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.96,0:13:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,presented in some of the most prestigious museums in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.10,0:13:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 60 years she has been creating daily
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.56,0:13:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paintings that nobody thought had value.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.00,0:13:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.67,0:13:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carmen Herrera’s story has aligned with Art’s History.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.69,0:13:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I tell you this story
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.24,0:14:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s not to say that success always arrives.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.83,0:14:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it’s not the case.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.92,0:14:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it’s because
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.77,0:14:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m convinced that Carmen Herrera
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.56,0:14:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would still be painting today
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.44,0:14:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if she had never found
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.47,0:14:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an audience for her work while she was alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.27,0:14:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carmen Herrera didn’t paint
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.81,0:14:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to become famous
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.01,0:14:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She painted because
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.83,0:14:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was giving meaning to her life.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.76,0:14:26.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s not success that gives meaning to our life
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.100,0:14:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s being self-expressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.38,0:14:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we are fully expressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.81,0:14:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our social expiration date vanishes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.06,0:14:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we are fully expressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.27,0:14:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our failures as well as our successes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.11,0:14:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become steps on the graph
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.43,0:14:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our personal growth.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.48,0:14:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tonight what I want to suggest
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.92,0:14:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to shift your focus
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.86,0:14:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,away from what you cannot control.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.23,0:15:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot control how people
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.31,0:15:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to react to what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.75,0:15:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can control what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.90,0:15:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let’s stop paying attention to society’s feedback
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.51,0:15:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the value of what gives meaning to our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.40,0:15:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we rarely can measure the value
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.36,0:15:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we do right after doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.36,0:15:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially because the value of what we do
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.43,0:15:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will evolve in unexpected ways over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.33,0:15:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, when I meet people
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.60,0:15:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they ask me what I do in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.30,0:15:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell them that I am a story fabricator.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.97,0:15:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody really understands what it means
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.45,0:15:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it’s okay,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.29,0:15:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if I have the chance to talk a little bit more with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.59,0:15:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they understand that fabricating stories
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.67,0:15:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is my way to express myself fully and daily,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.35,0:15:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,, it is my way of doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.19,0:15:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the last ten years
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.46,0:15:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve been hunting and fabricating stories
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.85,0:16:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I share as screenplays, films, lyrics, drawings,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.14,0:16:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,podcasts or graphic novels.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.58,0:16:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.63,0:16:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I doubt.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.30,0:16:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel that what I’m doing is completely useless.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.97,0:16:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I remember that my intuition
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.52,0:16:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is probably trying to whisper something to my ear
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.43,0:16:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that I should listen to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.94,0:16:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I listen, I go for it, and I repeat. \N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.32,0:16:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If tomorrow,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.74,0:16:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you wake up wanting to do something “useless”,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.79,0:16:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen to yourself, do it, and repeat.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.06,0:16:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it’s by being active actors
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.64,0:16:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our story that we will become good stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.27,0:16:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stories that other human beings will be able to use
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.11,0:16:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and share to move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.74,0:16:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do what you have to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.54,0:16:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never mind if it doesn’t seem useful.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.33,0:16:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it’s important to you
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.95,0:17:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it’s worth doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.67,0:17:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Express yourself and we,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.58,0:17:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the story fabricators, we will find you. \N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.56,0:17:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you \N