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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.60,0:00:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,80 million, that's the number of children
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.62,0:00:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States from ages 0 to 18.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.31,0:00:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,80 million gems waiting to\Nblossom, to bloom, to be engaged,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.24,0:00:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be seen, to be known,\Nto be put in the play.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.90,0:00:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,80 million gems.\NWhat's our vision for America's kids?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.66,0:00:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well you know what,\Nwe hardly ever talk about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.65,0:00:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is the vision to keep them safe?\NTo keep them out of trouble?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.80,0:00:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is the vision to keep them in school?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.96,0:00:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are all management\Nand control ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.08,0:01:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not very compelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.03,0:01:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is our vision for America's kids?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.16,0:01:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, because I love to go around\Nand interview people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.02,0:01:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is why everywhere I am in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.56,0:01:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.22,0:01:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do like to ask adults, what is your\Nhighest aspiration for our young?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.06,0:01:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some interesting things happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.86,0:01:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one has ever said,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.07,0:01:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, this child of mine my fondest wish
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.34,0:01:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they will ace statewide benchmark\Nmath and science test when they're 16.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.84,0:01:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never heard anybody say,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.99,0:01:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, my fondest wish\Nis that this young person
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.54,0:01:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will help make America more competitive\Nin the global economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.52,0:01:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, when you actually listen,\Nto people's statements
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.28,0:02:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about their dreams for our kids,\Nyou hear a very different language.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.97,0:02:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids who experience joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.78,0:02:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids who are connected and engaged,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.95,0:02:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids who fall in love\Nwith their life and all of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.31,0:02:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids with kindness, and generosity,\Nkids who are happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.83,0:02:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids who contribute.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.07,0:02:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That, my friends, is the language\Nof human thriving.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.09,0:02:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the language of quality,\Nisn't it ?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.06,0:02:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the language of quantity.\NKids of joy, happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.31,0:02:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connection, engagement,\Nfulfillment, kindness,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.17,0:02:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compassion, generosity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.90,0:02:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The language of thriving.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.44,0:02:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's something we know now,\Nbased on a series of scientific studies:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.45,0:02:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That only one quarter of the 80 million,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.93,0:02:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one quarter of kids, when they become\Nhigh school students
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.03,0:03:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are on a pathway to human thriving.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.00,0:03:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other three quarters\Nhave fallen off that path.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.67,0:03:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no longer about purpose and hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.85,0:03:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and connectedness, and engagement,\Nand joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.98,0:03:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's about being alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.22,0:03:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about being empty,\Nit's about being medicated,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.38,0:03:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about being confused\Nand it's about being lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.51,0:03:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only a quarter of America's teenagers\Nstay on a pathway to human thriving.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.94,0:03:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think I know why this happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.73,0:03:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's probably a lot of reasons,\Nof course,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.31,0:03:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but here's one key one.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.36,0:03:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About two thousand years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.32,0:03:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plutarch, a Greek philosopher,\NI've forgot what his first name is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.58,0:03:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it was Frank Plutarch -\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.100,0:04:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plutarch gave us one of the key axioms\Nof human development,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.97,0:04:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is that youth\Nare not vessels to be filled
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.97,0:04:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but fires to be lit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.19,0:04:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fires to be lit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.42,0:04:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What he is talking about, and what\Nwe know in human development,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.64,0:04:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the best of development is from\Nthe inside out, not the outside in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.85,0:04:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this nation, we've forgotten that,\Nby and large,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.49,0:04:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are do an awful lot\Nof development, don't we,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.72,0:04:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the outside in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.51,0:04:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fill the empty vessel with\Ninformation, factoids,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.37,0:04:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ideas, ideals, values, expectations\Nand demands.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.24,0:04:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of that's ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.12,0:04:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the real question of human development\Nis letting 'this' emerge.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.14,0:04:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in life... and what is 'this'?\NWhat is this fire ?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.34,0:05:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The core idea in human thriving\Nis the identification of that fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.17,0:05:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that inner light, that human spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.24,0:05:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been working in this space\Nnow, for about ten years.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.50,0:05:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My team of scientists and I\Nat Search Institute,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.33,0:05:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been creating a science\Nof human thriving
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.23,0:05:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a particular eye\Nto children and teenagers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.28,0:05:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thriving begins with the idea\Nof the human spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.10,0:05:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the metaphore I use to define\Nthat animating engine,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.42,0:05:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that thing about a young person\Nthat gives them joy and energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.82,0:05:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reason why some will seek to actually\Nget up in the morning and get moving,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.05,0:05:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that gives their life hope\Nand direction and purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.65,0:05:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spark by the way is very akin\Nto the idea of spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.47,0:06:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spirit is from the latin spiritus,\Nand you know what that means: my breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.90,0:06:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My breath, put into the world\Nwith vigor and courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.42,0:06:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My breath, it's the ultimate question\Nto ask each other
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.06,0:06:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and particularly to ask our young.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.73,0:06:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your breath?\NWhat is your spark?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.22,0:06:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You in the audience, mostly adults,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.35,0:06:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what life is like\Nwhen spark is alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.46,0:06:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you can name and claim\Nsome animating energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.79,0:06:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some capacity that gives your life\Ndirection, hope and purpose,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.10,0:06:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what life is like\Nwith spark and we also know
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.64,0:06:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it's like when spark dies.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.48,0:06:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know what that emptiness feels like.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.67,0:06:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've conducted a series\Nof national
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.10,0:06:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,representative sample studies\Nin the last few years,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.78,0:07:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,numbering six or seven thousand\Nmiddle school and high school kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.42,0:07:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to inquire about their spark\Nand the biography of their spark
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.47,0:07:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and does anybody know and care
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.18,0:07:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and does anybody actually nourish\Nthis spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.43,0:07:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The initial question\Ngoes something like,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.94,0:07:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me what it is about you,\Nthat gives you joy and energy?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.33,0:07:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's going on in those\Nmoments when life feels
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.43,0:07:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the richest and the fullest\Nwith purpose and hope?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.77,0:07:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your spark?\NI'm dying to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.100,0:07:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you some things\Nthat are incredibly fascinating
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.06,0:07:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about America's young people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.12,0:07:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,100% of middle school\Nand high school students
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.19,0:07:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get the idea of spark in a heart beat.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.10,0:07:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They may not have used that word before\Nbut once we tear it up they know
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.05,0:08:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it is we are talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.38,0:08:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they'll often times\Ninterrupt the interviewer,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.98,0:08:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, I know what it is,\NI know what that feels like,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.51,0:08:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know what that looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.19,0:08:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can walk you into the cafeteria\Nof my high school
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.11,0:08:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can point out the kids\Nwith spark and the kids without.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.82,0:08:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see it in the face\Nand in the body posture.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.39,0:08:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hundred per cent of kids get it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.62,0:08:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they say this,\Nnobody has ever asked me this before.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.45,0:08:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You really want to know what my spark is?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.36,0:08:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually social scientists come in and\Nthey want to know about our drug use,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.66,0:08:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our sexuality, our predilection\Nto violence, our approach to school.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.86,0:08:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody has ever asked me\Nto define my spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.74,0:08:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 100% get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.67,0:08:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two thirds of America's young people\Ncan name at least one spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.30,0:09:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few can name two,\Nand a few can name three.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.41,0:09:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But two thirds can quickly name one.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.68,0:09:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interesting that another 20% or so,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.69,0:09:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can name their spark with a little\Nnudge from a caring adult,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.39,0:09:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a counselor, a teacher, a parent,\Na grandparent, a neighbour,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.98,0:09:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a youth program worker,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.01,0:09:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can pull it out of you,\Nwhat is it about you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.90,0:09:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gives you joy and energy\Nand animates your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.08,0:09:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is three kinds of sparks\Nas young people define them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.48,0:09:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some kids it's a skill or a talent:\NI love to make music.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.80,0:09:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's when life is the best.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.25,0:09:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love to draw, I love to write,\NI love to lead, to study archeology.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.47,0:09:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some kids, it's a commitment:\Nmy spark, it's surprising
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.34,0:09:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how many kids say,\Nmy spark is social justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.93,0:10:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my spark is a commitment\Nto the stewardship of the Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.10,0:10:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some kids, the third category,\Nit's a quality:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.04,0:10:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my spark, I'm a person of empathy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.55,0:10:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I do,\Nthat's when life is the best.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.07,0:10:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the one other people go to,\Nto listen to them, awesome!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.27,0:10:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.73,0:10:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ever discover and name\Na kid's spark, say it back to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.88,0:10:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell them you see it and hear it.\NThank them for possessing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.01,0:10:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the spark in almost all cases\Nis good and beautiful
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.22,0:10:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and useful to the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.29,0:10:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we never talk to our kids about\Nseeing the human spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.31,0:10:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are at least 220 kinds of sparks\Nthat we have now categorized in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.81,0:11:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's something I wish for every city\Nwe come from: that at some point
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.54,0:11:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there would be a census\Nof the sparks of our kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.89,0:11:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that census would flood\Nthe media, to put the story out
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.74,0:11:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into our cities about the rich ways\Nthat kids define their human spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.01,0:11:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It gives us a whole another lens.\NIt draws us toward them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.94,0:11:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than the images\Nwe have now of our kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.86,0:11:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are so often things that\Nfrighten us and push us away.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.82,0:11:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are some of the leading\Ncategories of sparks:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.44,0:11:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helping, serving and volunteering.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.51,0:11:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leading.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.81,0:11:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning a particular subject matter,\Nlike archeology, physics, French.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.37,0:11:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Service to the globe,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.54,0:11:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is stewardship of the Earth,\Nthe preservation of the natural world.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.29,0:12:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Athletics. And the creative life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.35,0:12:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the winner in all these categories
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.27,0:12:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the creative life: art, music,\Ndrama, dance, movement
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.64,0:12:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the largest category in which\Nsparks fall for America's kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.86,0:12:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interesting. That's the arena in which\Nmost kids say, I'm my best self.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.95,0:12:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the arena in which\Nmost kids will say,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.38,0:12:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is where life is the fullest\Nand the most hopeful.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.75,0:12:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are we doing in America?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.08,0:12:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In supporting art, music, drama,\Ndance, movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.55,0:12:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not that we want all those kids
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.63,0:12:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to necessarily become\Nprofessionals in that field.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.55,0:12:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about right now.\NHuman development is about today,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.42,0:12:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about how I awaken, how I am seen,\Nhow I am known and how I am embraced.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.70,0:13:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have I mentioned my grandson Ryder yet?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.26,0:13:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ryder is seven now,\Nbut when he was four,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.12,0:13:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he taught us a very important thing\Nabout the human spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.40,0:13:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He reminded us that the spark
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.21,0:13:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not necessarily the same thing\Nas the work you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.06,0:13:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Ryder was on our deck, and he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.52,0:13:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what? -\Nas he is holding up his hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.86,0:13:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am an artist,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.55,0:13:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if it's the work\NI will do some day, but I am an artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.45,0:13:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.40,0:13:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spark is a life orientation, it's an\Napproach, it's a way of being present
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.61,0:13:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world, it may touch work,\Nit may be work, it may be outside of work.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.86,0:13:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not the same thing as\Nvocational planning.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.21,0:13:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about nurturing\Nand naming what is in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.32,0:14:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This mum is Lea Adler,\Nwhen her son was eight -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.23,0:14:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a story, by the way,\Nthat spark is not always pretty.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.96,0:14:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When her son was eight,\Nhe cut off the head of a doll,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.68,0:14:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put it on a plate of lettuce,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.07,0:14:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought it into his mother\Nin the family room and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.76,0:14:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't this cool?\NDoesn't this look great?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.46,0:14:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he was twelve\Nhe boiled a pot of water,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.38,0:14:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put six cans of unopened cherries\Nand then waited for them to explode
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.43,0:14:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then filmed the cherries and the juice
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.16,0:14:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rolling down the walls of that kitchen.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.53,0:14:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, most parents what would we be doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.22,0:14:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeking professional help,\Nthinking of a reform school.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.16,0:14:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not Lea Adler, she is the mother\Nof Steven Spielberg.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.01,0:14:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she cut him some slack, didn't she?\NShe went with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.48,0:14:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She went with the flow.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.58,0:14:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well the real problem in America,\Nthe real challenge is this issue of spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.44,0:15:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No one has asked me."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.94,0:15:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody knows what my spark is.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.25,0:15:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That happens over and over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.21,0:15:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You ever heard a kid say,\NSee me, you never see me?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.04,0:15:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are they saying?\NIt isn't about the external, is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.57,0:15:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is about, see what I am bringing\Nto the human party.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.15,0:15:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thriving requires more than spark,\Nwe've worked to develop
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.63,0:15:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a scientifically grounded model\Nof human thriving.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.96,0:15:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is spark plus three spark champions,\Npreferably somebody in family, and school
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.68,0:15:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in community, who is a spark champion.\NThey see it in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.03,0:15:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They name it, they affirm it,\Nthey run interference,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.11,0:15:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they find you opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.27,0:15:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They talk about you and your human spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.28,0:15:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the critical nature\Nof opportunity to express the spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.51,0:16:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great things happen my friends,\Nwhen kids experience
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.76,0:16:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these three ingredients.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.54,0:16:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the science is really profound:\Nspark + champions + opportunity,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.82,0:16:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school success skyrockets,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.60,0:16:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engagement in school skyrockets,\Ncompassion for others rises,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.73,0:16:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sense of purpose rises,\Nviolence decreases.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.15,0:16:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could it be otherwise?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.69,0:16:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are talking about the process\Nof human thriving in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.20,0:16:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now here is where it falls apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.75,0:16:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do kids have three champions?\NNot very often.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.94,0:16:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barely one half of our kids in America say
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.07,0:16:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their family knows and nourishes the spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.40,0:16:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only a third say anybody in their school\Nnames, knows and nourishes the spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.48,0:16:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the broader community\Nof congregations, synagogues,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.88,0:17:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,youth programs, playgrounds\Nand neighborhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.28,0:17:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only a quarter of kids say\Nanybody knows my spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.68,0:17:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there's the opportunity\Ngap, that's huge.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.22,0:17:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mismatch between how kids name spark,\Nparticularly in the creative life
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.55,0:17:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the opportunities for that\Nto be nourished in community.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.98,0:17:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an anthem for this idea\Nof human thriving.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.99,0:17:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is cyclon fence looking out\Non a baseball diamond.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.26,0:17:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The anthem is by John Fogerty\Nof Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.92,0:17:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It goes something like,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.68,0:17:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Put me in coach,\NI am ready to play, today!"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.46,0:17:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the word today is critical,\Nnot tomorrow, but today.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.24,0:17:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be in there today,\NI am a leader, put me in.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.12,0:17:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a helper, put me in, know me.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.87,0:18:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a giver, I am a protector\Nof the world, know me and put me in.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.26,0:18:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You shall know them by their sparks,\Nprobably,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.29,0:18:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ought to be the most significant mantra
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.85,0:18:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mandate for all of us in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.49,0:18:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you shall know them by their sparks.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.51,0:18:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I as a developmental scientist\Nam amazed at how easily we forget
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.93,0:18:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how young people bring to our world
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.60,0:18:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a special capacity or gift,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.21,0:18:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our world desperately needs\Nand we so easily snuff it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.78,0:18:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a citizen I am amazed how rarely
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.14,0:18:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we remember that innovation largely comes
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.60,0:18:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the inside out, not the outside in.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.10,0:18:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a bunch of things\NI'd do now to change
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.22,0:18:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and transform how we do\Nbusiness in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.31,0:18:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would make knowing kid's sparks,\Nat the very center of school life.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.46,0:19:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I'd put it right at the front.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.50,0:19:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how you can\Nengage and connect
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.45,0:19:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bond kids to the institution\Ncalled school
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.75,0:19:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without knowing their spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.38,0:19:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would teach families the process\Nof the spark dialogue
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.38,0:19:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to name, affirm\Nand be a champion.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.21,0:19:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd make the first\Nparent-teacher conference of the year
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.10,0:19:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be about the spark of a kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.00,0:19:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's talk that through\Nand we'll get to the rest of the stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.20,0:19:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would do a census in cities about sparks
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.59,0:19:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put it out into the ether\Nof community.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.92,0:19:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I would map our after school\Nprograms against sparks
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.44,0:19:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and begin to realign opportunity\Nwith the expression of spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.47,0:19:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My friends, this is really important stuff\Nin the annals of development.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.15,0:20:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you drive home tonight I wish you would\Nreflect some of your own spark biography,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.37,0:20:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get used to that vocabulary and discourse:\NWhat is your spark?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.16,0:20:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was it ?\NWhat was it when you were sixteen?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.60,0:20:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was it when you were 26 and 36?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.72,0:20:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did it change, did it mutate,\Nis it the same?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.70,0:20:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because in dialogue with kids\Nthey're going to want to know...
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.61,0:20:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me your spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.99,0:20:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're going to turn the tables\Nback on you.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.59,0:20:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you get home tonight\Nif you have a partner, a spouse,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.96,0:20:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practice the spark dialogue.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.62,0:20:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your spark? Who knows it?\NHow can I help?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.42,0:20:41.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do you express it?\NWhat gets in your way? What is your spark?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.100,0:20:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then tomorrow, find a young person,\Nin your family
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.74,0:20:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or somebody else's family\Nand start the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.13,0:20:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your spark?\NI am dying to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.64,0:21:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got this power, my friends,\Nin America if we could mobilize our people,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.14,0:21:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see differently, to know differently,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.71,0:21:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as we do that we move toward our\Nyoungs rather than away from them.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.21,0:21:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.\N(Applause)