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Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.77,0:00:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Take the first step in faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.52,0:00:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to see the whole staircase,\Njust take the first step.”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.27,0:00:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Martin Luther King.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.98,0:00:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In February 2009, I lost my job\Nas a marketing director,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.65,0:00:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was all dynamic, in London,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.09,0:00:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when suddenly one day, I lost my job.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.18,0:00:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a real slap in the face\Nbut I told myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.02,0:00:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"it's time to live your dream,\NI want to inspire millions of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.07,0:00:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing less,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.07,0:00:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to put videos online for free.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.87,0:00:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how I'm going\Nto make a living from it
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.35,0:00:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is what I want to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.81,0:00:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now is the time to do it\Nbecause I've been fired.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.43,0:00:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's do it!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.43,0:00:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I already had two,\Nthree million views on Youtube,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.94,0:01:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I thought the time was right.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.38,0:01:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also thought it was time\Nto write a book.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.83,0:01:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not? \N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.64,0:01:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had just lost a job,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.84,0:01:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, I had been practicing\Nself-improvement for years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.75,0:01:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had attended training courses,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.52,0:01:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if all that, the meditations, do work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.50,0:01:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it may be time to try them\Nand to put them into practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.27,0:01:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I wrote a book about it\Nand by the end of 2009,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.73,0:01:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a book in my hands,\Nwhich had been made very quickly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.34,0:01:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not a cent on my bank account.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.17,0:01:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ended up broke, in London,\Na very very expensive city,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.42,0:01:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the age of 32,\NI had to go back to my parents',
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.19,0:01:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, to mum's, my parents were divorced.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.81,0:01:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a real blow to your ego, for sure,\Nbut I didn't have any other choice,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.42,0:01:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was that or finding another\Nregular marketing job,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.15,0:02:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working for someone that didn't suit me\Nor at least, I wouldn't get along with
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.37,0:02:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought, no, I want\Nto live my dream, I don't know how,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.56,0:02:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I would rather go back\Nmore or less to square one,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.44,0:02:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live what I must live with my parents\Nand not do that job again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.50,0:02:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I stayed but I still didn't know\Nhow to make a living from my passion.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.38,0:02:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My book had known a bit of success\Nbut not enough to make a living.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.45,0:02:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On January, 11, 2011
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.18,0:02:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to go on tour across\Nthe United States, Mexico and Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.46,0:02:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 12-month tour of interviews,\Nduring which I would interview authors,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.43,0:02:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that I thought were nice,\Nauthors mainly.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.71,0:02:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to learn from them\Nso I brought my small camera,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.19,0:02:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my very small camera, a little bit ashamed\Nof coming over with such a small camera,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.71,0:02:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were so famous!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.52,0:02:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I showed up there\Nand I started to interview them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.07,0:03:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask the questions I had always wanted\Nto ask and I broadcast it on Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.04,0:03:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you are probably\Nwondering how I paid for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.52,0:03:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because traveling for twelve months\Ncosts a lot, it can be very expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.15,0:03:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I simply put a donation button,\Na Paypal button, on the website.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.84,0:03:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no idea that it would work\Nwhen I started my tour.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.02,0:03:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It showed no sign.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.46,0:03:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was a big leap of faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.95,0:03:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the day before the tour started,\NI was in New Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.42,0:03:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was ready to do my first interview,\Nand a donation happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.38,0:03:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the exact amount\Nfor the computer I needed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.39,0:03:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I just bought to upload\Nthese videos on Youtube.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.52,0:03:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was blown away!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.01,0:03:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like: "What? Someone just made\Na donation so that I can live my dream,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.75,0:03:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't even really ask,\NI didn't even say what I need,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.98,0:03:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and someone make me a donation!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.57,0:04:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like everything became\Nmore colorful, more alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.57,0:04:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it blew me away.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.20,0:04:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course these steps transformed my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.92,0:04:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it changed me, they were difficult steps,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.73,0:04:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,challenges, leaps into the unknown,\Nalmost quantum leaps,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.36,0:04:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it transformed my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.65,0:04:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 years after uploading my first video\Non Youtube in March 2006,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.50,0:04:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got my first "like" and my first view,\Nit was very exciting,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.90,0:04:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, ten years later,\NI have put 3,000 videos online,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.34,0:04:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got around 2,000 interviews\Nin several languages,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.71,0:04:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in French and English\Nsince I am French-American,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.06,0:04:55.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am doing it in both languages.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.00,0:04:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have traveled in a lot of countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.82,0:05:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am just back from Martinique,\NGuadeloupe and Thaïland,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.41,0:05:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,45 millions of people\Nhave watched my videos,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.28,0:05:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it has produced a snowball effect\Nthanks to the social media and all that,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.12,0:05:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these videos inspire people\Nto move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.82,0:05:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lately I interviewed Mantak Chia\Nin Thaïland for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.16,0:05:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has written lots of books\Nabout longevity,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.68,0:05:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on having a blooming sexuality.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.27,0:05:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I am going to interview\NProfessor Henri Joyeux on nutrition,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.28,0:05:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Frédéric Laloue\Non Reinventing Organizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.50,0:05:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the new economic models for companies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.64,0:05:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, I am having a ball!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.38,0:05:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am going from one person to another,\NI upload everything on Youtube.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.75,0:05:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to tell you the truth,\NI absolutely have no idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.16,0:05:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still don't see the whole staircase.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.23,0:05:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,\NI answer the call every time,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.84,0:05:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time I feel this impulse,\Nthis intuition, this desire,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.94,0:05:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when something resounds inside me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.49,0:05:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say yes, but I don't know\Nwhere I am headed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.82,0:06:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I can tell you is I am having a ball,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.02,0:06:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I can tell you is\NI am enjoying myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.35,0:06:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I am filled with gratitude\Nand joy of life, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.69,0:06:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I am feeling more and more myself,\Nand since the day I lost my job,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.62,0:06:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and found myself broke,\Nthis is when my real life began.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.66,0:06:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes me laugh\Nbecause when I look back,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.25,0:06:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so afraid of opening\Nmyself to others,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.33,0:06:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have been so afraid\Nof talking in public, of making a video,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.34,0:06:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I needed to do everything on my own,\NI needed to protect myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.00,0:06:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was afraid of being manipulated,\Nof being betrayed,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.54,0:06:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was afraid of being everything\Nyou can imagine,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.62,0:06:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was protecting myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.22,0:06:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially since that time\Nwhen I had no money,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.94,0:06:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was the hardest thing\NI had to live,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.77,0:06:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being an entrepreneur at the age of 23
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.43,0:06:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and achieving success,\Neven a financial one,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.16,0:06:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find myself in this situation has been\Nthe most beautiful gift after all,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.96,0:07:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it has opened myself again\Nto life, to gratitude,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.20,0:07:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to care about myself,\Nrather than being hard on myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.49,0:07:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has helped me\Nto look beyond differences,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.43,0:07:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond appearances,\Nparticularly to tell real 'yes' to life,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.76,0:07:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn to say 'no' when needed,\Nto follow this intuition,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.98,0:07:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to listen to my intelligence,\Nthe intelligence of the heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.40,0:07:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that comes at the service\Nof the intelligence which is up there,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.01,0:07:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to learn to let go, to trust life
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.96,0:07:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and admit that, maybe,\Nthis is not a threatening universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.08,0:07:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the principle of this world 2.0\Nthat I offer versus the 1.0 one,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.82,0:07:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I feel has reached its limits.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.54,0:07:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today we are in a world asking us\Nto be joyful, to be spontaneous,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.64,0:07:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be grateful for small things,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.86,0:08:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand we don't need\Nto suffer to move forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.12,0:08:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we all have something unique\Ninside us, that you have something unique,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.79,0:08:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you even have a responsibility,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.49,0:08:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a responsibility to life, to yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.84,0:08:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in order to live this responsibility,\Nwe need to be brave,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.66,0:08:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to be ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.33,0:08:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to go draw within ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.44,0:08:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is far from being an easy path\Nbut, at least, we become ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.26,0:08:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we really can help change the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.35,0:08:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we got here, to the point\Nwhere we have this ability,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.33,0:08:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know we have this ability to help,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.61,0:08:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to contribute, if only we want\Nto make a positive impact on the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.44,0:08:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's up to us to decide, to say yes,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.10,0:08:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not hesitate to also ask\Nlife to support us,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.02,0:08:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to have visions\Nthat are bigger than us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.15,0:09:03.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember watching a TED talk\Nby Jacques Attali,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.100,0:09:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who said : "What's most important\Nis to undertake your life"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.87,0:09:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I totally agree with that of course,\Nbecause I think it's deeply connected,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.66,0:09:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life, our company\Nand our professionnal life
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.31,0:09:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to blossom like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.75,0:09:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I ask you tonight to look\Nat what your role in this society is,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.00,0:09:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what role you want to play,\Nand what your commitment is,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.06,0:09:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what excites you,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.20,0:09:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what you would like to answer\Nyour grandchildren if, one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.30,0:09:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had a conversation with them
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.94,0:09:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they asked about the influence\Nyou have had on this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.47,0:09:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.92,0:09:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)