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So, good afternoon.

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I have the most comfortable[br]TED Talk for this afternoon,

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and I would like to thank you[br]first of all for being here this afternoon

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and for inviting me to open[br]this wonderful event.

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My mission, for those of you[br]that don't know who I am

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or what Shaolin is about,

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is to share some very ancient ideas

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and apply them [to] the modern times.

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And so when I was invited[br]to speak about ideas

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and idea development[br]and idea multiplication,

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I thought about which idea[br]I could share with you.

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And then I reflected that, perhaps,[br]instead of sharing an idea with you,

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we should talk a little bit about[br]what makes ideas become something

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and why ideas often remain as ideas

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and don't get developed[br]and don't get multiplied.

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In Shaolin culture, there are a series[br]of, let's call them, rules

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that can help us develop ideas

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and can help us share ideas with others

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and turn ideas into something.

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And so I would like to start[br]this time together

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by sharing some of these tools[br]and some of these methods.

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So the first one is to take small steps.

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So when you have an idea,

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when you want to multiply[br]and develop this idea,

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according to Shaolin culture,

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to make a big change,[br]to make a big revolution,

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to start with this idea[br]to make a big revolution

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is a big challenge.

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And it's a challenge so big[br]and so overwhelming

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that often leaves the idea undeveloped.

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So the Shaolin approach[br]is to take small steps,

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but take that step.

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Don't let the idea be forgotten.

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Don't let the idea[br]disappear and dissipate.

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Take a small step today,

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and take a small step tomorrow,

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and take a small step the next day -

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and through a whole series[br]of small steps,

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through an evolutionary[br]rather than a revolutionary process

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the idea can take place,

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and the idea can dissipate and propagate

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much, much further[br]than with a big approach,

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which often just simply[br]is too big to undertake.

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The second rule of the Shaolin[br]idea of development

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is to accept mistakes,

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and in fact, to welcome mistakes

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as a necessary, indispensable part[br]of developing and spreading ideas.

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So, if you make no mistakes,[br]you're actually not doing anything new.

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You're not trying anything.

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You really don't have an idea.

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If you have ideas, and if the ideas[br]are new and stimulating and challenging,

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they will invariably lead to mistakes.

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And, you know, this morning[br]when I arrived here,

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I was shown this amazing institute[br]and educational facilities.

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And school is a great learning process,

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but at the same time,

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in Shaolin, we tend to say that school[br]is a little bit the opposite of life.

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And the reason why[br]it's the opposite of life

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is because in school you learn a lesson,[br]and then you have an exam.

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And in life, you have an exam,[br]and then you learn the lesson.

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And so there are going to be[br]a lot of exams that you don't pass,

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and the process of developing ideas[br]and trying new things

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means making all these mistakes,

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means having lots of exams[br]that we don't pass.

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But with every exam, we learn a new lesson

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and we develop our ideas further[br]and we propagate them further.

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And the third Shaolin rule[br]about idea development

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is to apply discipline.

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So discipline is a very, very important[br]concept in Shaolin culture

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because discipline is, in a way,

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the tool that allows us to develop[br]whatever it is that we want to develop.

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Without discipline, we cannot reach[br]the targets we want to reach;

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we cannot develop the ideas[br]we want to develop, and so on.

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So discipline in Shaolin is not seen[br]as a kind of burden and a heavy task,

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but it's seen as like the enabler.

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It's the empowering tool that I need[br]to develop what I need to develop

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or to propagate the idea[br]that I wish to propagate.

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The next rule about Shaolin[br]idea-development processes

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is to focus more on the journey[br]and less on the destination.

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You know, ideas are a journey.

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The process of turning an idea[br]from the first thought

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to some kind of great project[br]or great result -

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it's a process.

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And this process is a journey,[br]and in that journey is the real process.

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Not in some kind of utopic destination,[br]which I might reach or I might not,

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because how many ideas[br]have started in one direction,

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and then as you were traveling[br]towards that idea,

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you realize it was something else there[br]that you should go towards,

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and then something else, and so on?

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So the journey is the very process

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of developing and of spreading[br]and of growing of an idea.

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But too often, we just focus[br]on the destination.

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We have some result in mind[br]or some objective in mind,

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and everything is focused on that,[br]and we lose perspective.

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So in Shaolin culture,[br]the destination is important

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because it gives us a bearing[br]on where to take our idea,

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but the journey is the far,[br]far more important moment

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and more important process.

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And the next rule[br]is to focus on the present moment

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because the present moment[br]is where the journey takes place.

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So the only real moment[br]is this time in this room right now.

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The past is just a memory in our minds,

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and the future is just[br]a collective thought in our mind.

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So to focus on the present

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and to apply yourself in that present[br]to develop the idea

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by taking, perhaps, small steps.

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Maybe today you are very busy[br]and have many other things

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and don't have the time[br]or the resources or whatever,

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but you can take a small step[br]to make sure that that idea doesn't stop,

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that idea continues to evolve[br]and to propagate and to develop.

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And when you are doing this[br]in the present,

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there is the next rule,

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which is to do it with as much passion,

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with as much heart,

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with as much determination[br]as you can muster.

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You know, a famous master once said

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that somewhere there is[br]a museum of procrastination.

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And in this museum of procrastination,

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there are the greatest books[br]never written,

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the greatest inventions never produced,

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and so on and so forth.

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So don't allow your idea to end up[br]in that museum of procrastination,

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by applying yourself with discipline,

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and by applying yourself[br]with passion and with care

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in the small step -

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not in the big step but in the small step[br]in the present moment.

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And the next and second last rule

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of this Shaolin idea-development[br]and idea-propagation process

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is to do everything you do with values.

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So values are a kind of platform

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that supports and gives[br]meaning to your ideas.

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And when I speak about values,

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I mean things like respect,[br]trust, passion,

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discipline, compassion,[br]courage, and so on and so forth.

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And these values are the fundamental tool,[br]the fundamental building block,

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on which any kind of idea[br]development and idea propagation

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should be developed from.

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Without the values,

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any idea-development process[br]will lose meaning

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and any idea-propagation process[br]will lose meaning.

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Because what will give meaning

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to that interaction between two people[br]and five people and a hundred people

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is the values that they share.

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And what will make the idea strong,

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and what will make the performance of[br]the people that develop this idea strong

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will be the values they share,[br]not the competencies.

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The competencies you can get.

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You probably already have;

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that's why you're involved[br]in that process.

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But the values that you share[br]with each other

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will give it meaning[br]and will give it power

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and will make the idea go very far.

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The last one of these Shaolin rules

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is actually, possibly,[br]the most fundamental one,

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the one from which all[br]of this process should start from.

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And it's the idea of being free,

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of letting go of your fears,

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of embracing change.

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Ideas need change.

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Ideas themselves are a process of change.

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And so without the courage[br]to let go of your fears,

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to let go of your barriers,

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to get out of your comfort zone,

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it's going to be very, very difficult -

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possibly not simply possible -

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to develop any ideas.

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And so what I would like to do today[br]to conclude this very short time together

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is to get you out[br]of your comfort zone a little bit,

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to make you do something that -[br]it's a new idea for most of you

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because it's something[br]you have no familiarity with,

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and it hopefully will get[br]a little bit of that energy,

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a little bit of that passion, out of you

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so that you can then apply[br]that passion and that energy

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and that free-spiritedness[br]of being out of your comfort zone

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to the whole rest[br]of the afternoon together

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with the wonderful speeches[br]and the wonderful ideas

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that will be presented after me.

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And to do this,[br]I ask you to please stand up.

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So, we will do a little exercise together,

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and to do this exercise,[br]the first step is to learn the exercise.

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So, before we can use something,[br]we have to learn it,

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and then when we learn it, we can use it.

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So we will learn it very quickly[br]together - it's very, very simple.

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It will take maybe one minute to learn it.

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And I will turn the same way like you

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so that you don't get confused[br]left, right and so on.

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So what we do is we stand[br]in a very natural way,

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and we breathe in,

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and we breathe out, very deeply.

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And then after we've finished[br]with the breathing,

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we breathe in again,

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and we bring our fists to our sides.

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And from this position,[br]we will do three things, three movements.

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The first one is we'll step[br]with the left leg forward,

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and we push with our left hand forward,

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and we breathe out.

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Then we step back,

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and we hit our right fist[br]on our left hand,

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and then we step again to the left,

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but this time, we punch[br]with our right hand forward.

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And then we go back.

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So, the more I hear laughter,

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the more it means[br]you're out of your comfort zone,

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and that's how you're dealing with[br]the uncomfortableness - so that's good.

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So, we do it again.

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Where we breathe in and out

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and in and left

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and back

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and punch

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and back.

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Okay, one more time. Ready?

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We breathe in and out,

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and in and left

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and back

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and punch

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and up.

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So, I told you that the purpose[br]was to first learn the exercise

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and then use it,[br]so now we have to use it.

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You're wondering how we use this.[br]We'll punch each other?

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No.

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What we will do is we will get[br]some emotions out,

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and emotions are linked to the breath[br]and also to the way we use the breath.

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So what we will do[br]is we will use our breath to shout.

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And what it means[br]is that when we do the punch,

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the last movement,

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we will shout

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with all our breath and all our energy[br]and all our emotion and all our passion,

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and how we will shout[br]will not be with our voice, so ah,

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but with our breath, so ha!

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(Laughter)

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Okay? So, get out there.

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This is your opportunity to get out[br]everything you have to get out, okay?

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So, let's get ready.

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So we breathe in and out

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and in and out

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and in and go

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ha! -

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and back.

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Excellent.

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(Applause)

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Please take a seat.

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So, as it's always the case[br]with these kind of speeches,

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our time together has flown,

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and I see people[br]wearing modern technology,

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they're indicating to me[br]that it's time out,

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so I thank you very, very much[br]for this time together.

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I hope you got some ideas[br]about how to develop your ideas,

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and I hope you got some energy

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to apply to the next ideas[br]that will be presented to you

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by the wonderful speakers here today.

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Thank you very much.

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(Applause)