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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.32,0:00:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you had the chance,\Nwould you change the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.77,0:00:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience): Yes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.44,0:00:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.\NThere is a little delay.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.63,0:00:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course you would.\NBecause I didn't say, save the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.90,0:00:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said change the world,\Nimprove it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.08,0:00:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make it better than we found it.\NAnd we all want to do that, don't we?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.42,0:00:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great! Because I'm here\Nwith the happy news
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.61,0:00:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can, and you do,\Nand you will change the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.59,0:00:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But all too often, partly the reason\Nfor your hesitation just now
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.47,0:00:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we often think, "Gosh changing the world,\Nthat's going to be really hard work,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.96,0:00:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps impossible,\Nprobably not much fun."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.02,0:00:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we leave it to someone else,\Nsomeone really important.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.35,0:00:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll do it.\NAnd that's a real shame,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.08,0:00:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are all capable\Nof changing the world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.76,0:00:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am trying to explain how\Nit's going to work for you individually.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.75,0:01:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not going to tell you what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.09,0:01:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one of the reasons\Nwhy we tend to hold back that way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.50,0:01:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to do with the way\Nthat we've been taught history.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.19,0:01:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Essentially we are told that it is about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.94,0:01:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kind of the things\Nthat certain big individuals,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.50,0:01:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually men, have done over the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.42,0:01:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The great British historian, Carlyle,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.94,0:01:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once said that "History is but\Nthe biography of great men."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.32,0:01:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't happen\Nto think of yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.95,0:01:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a great man already
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.77,0:01:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that may leave you feeling\Na little bit left out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.08,0:01:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But luckily, happily, Leo Tolstoy,\Nthe novelist, came along.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.38,0:01:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is him in his glory. And Tolstoy\Ncame along and said that history
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.62,0:01:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is more accurately considered\Nto be an infinitely large number
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.82,0:01:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of infinitesimally small things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.86,0:01:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we all do and don't do everyday.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.22,0:01:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.50,0:01:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy to understand what he means
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.17,0:01:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you think about an election.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.76,0:01:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You vote for this party,\Nor you vote for that party
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.50,0:01:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you hate them all\Nso you don't vote for any of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.42,0:01:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we all know\Nthat whatever you do,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.17,0:01:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has an affect on the outcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.34,0:02:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It helps to determine\Nthe final result, we all know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.08,0:02:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what Tolstoy is saying,\Nis that everything you do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.17,0:02:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything you don't do,\Nhas an affect on how things are.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.23,0:02:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shapes the way the world is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.09,0:02:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really useful and healthy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.26,0:02:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and satisfying to take\Nsome responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.50,0:02:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for yourself in that sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.26,0:02:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what can we do about it?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.01,0:02:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.18,0:02:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we all make history all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.27,0:02:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't recognize that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.76,0:02:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't realize what\NI've just tried to say
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.15,0:02:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may be one of those people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.50,0:02:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who complains a lot\Nabout the "status quo".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.39,0:02:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Status quo is\Na horrible abstract noun.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.19,0:02:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody likes it,\Nit feels really oppressive,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.68,0:02:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you notice that\Nyou have some responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.68,0:02:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then that's good.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.83,0:02:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm going to offer you another way
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.53,0:02:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about the status quo.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.23,0:02:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to think instead\Nof a powerful king on the stage.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.90,0:02:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you like, you can shut your eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.18,0:02:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and imagine what a powerful\Nking on the stage looked like.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.74,0:02:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might be a really big crown,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.87,0:02:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it might be a golden throne,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.66,0:02:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would say, "No! Those only\Ntell you that he is the king."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.42,0:02:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes him powerful?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.58,0:02:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes him powerful\Nare all that other people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.39,0:03:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the stage flat on\Ntheir faces before him.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.02,0:03:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if all of those people sat up,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.50,0:03:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turned their backs on him,\Nwent to sleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.82,0:03:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told jokes, smoked cigarettes,\Nplayed the trumpet,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.13,0:03:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would have an enormous\Neffect, wouldn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.92,0:03:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would no longer\Nbe a powerful king
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.73,0:03:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even without him\Ndoing anything differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.69,0:03:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all of the power comes\Nfrom those over whom it is exercised.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.11,0:03:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can imagine,\Nif you imagine that stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.49,0:03:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagine just one of those people\Ngetting up, turning their back,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.53,0:03:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and playing the trumpet,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.92,0:03:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would have an amazing\Nsensational effect, wouldn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.34,0:03:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a kind of extraordinary thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.77,0:03:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a human version\Nof the butterfly effect
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.21,0:03:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that physicists talk of.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.82,0:03:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One flap of the wings
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.39,0:03:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have a really distinct\Nchange in the weather.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.82,0:03:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it's really rather wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.39,0:03:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can see it when\NI talk about the stage
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.39,0:03:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what about in real life?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.77,0:03:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about your life?\NYour everyday life?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.69,0:03:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't like the status quo,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.32,0:03:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can you get up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.39,0:03:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turn your back and\Ndo something better instead?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.19,0:03:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, there are lots of ways
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.30,0:03:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want to have\Na little experiment in this room.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.34,0:03:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to see what the human\Nbutterfly effect can look like,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.51,0:03:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I'm going to ask you to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.91,0:03:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of the most beautiful\Nthings you can do,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.76,0:03:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a human butterfly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.15,0:04:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't do anything yet, okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.44,0:04:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turn to your neighbor,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.67,0:04:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's going to be someone\Nyou don't already know,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.34,0:04:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so its someone behind you\Nor in front of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.59,0:04:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want you just to smile,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.10,0:04:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say what your name is\Nand introduce yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.82,0:04:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you don't get\Nto choose your neighbors.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.37,0:04:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people who are sitting\Nnear you are your neighbors.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.34,0:04:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I've explained it and given\Nto you a little bit of extra time,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.05,0:04:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know that some people\Nare listening on translation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.18,0:04:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want them to be shocked\Nby you turning around
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.15,0:04:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and introducing yourself\Nbefore they understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.22,0:04:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now if anyone\Nis listening on translation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.51,0:04:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can you put your hand up
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.86,0:04:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell me that you've\Nalready understood this?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.49,0:04:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.70,0:04:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now please just quickly\Nintroduce yourself to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.75,0:04:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now. Off you go!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.09,0:04:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Chatter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.53,0:04:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello, John-Paul.\NNice to meet you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.42,0:04:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Thank you.\NThat's great!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.58,0:04:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a lovely sight!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.58,0:04:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.99,0:04:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Congratulations to all of you.\NThank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.66,0:04:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really important to recognize\Nthat these neighbors around you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.16,0:04:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not the ones you chose\Nbut they're the ones you've got.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.62,0:05:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's really lovely\Nto introduce yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.43,0:05:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a friendly way to your neighbors,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.89,0:05:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's easy at TED because everyone\Nhere is obviously really lovely.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.74,0:05:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want you to promise,\Nthat when you go home,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.18,0:05:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will introduce yourself\Nto another neighbor,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.30,0:05:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is not someone\Nwho you chose,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.14,0:05:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just see if you can spread\Na little bit of the love that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.25,0:05:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's a little thing you can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.50,0:05:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile,\NI want to move on
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.45,0:05:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to talk about certain\Ntypes of political action we can do,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.91,0:05:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than saying hello\Nto our neighbors.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.22,0:05:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The great American political\Nscientist Gene Sharp,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.52,0:05:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has spent a lifetime collecting
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.98,0:05:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,198 forms of non-violent political\Naction, an amazing variety.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.97,0:05:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants to encourage people to use
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.36,0:05:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the things\Nthat have been used before.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.27,0:05:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he has put all of these forms
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.50,0:05:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into basically three groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.18,0:05:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first one is highlighting an issue:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.46,0:05:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That can be drawing\Nattention to an issue
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.95,0:05:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that nobody knows about,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.78,0:05:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or it could be drawing\Nattention to an issue that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.26,0:05:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone knows about\Nbut they do not take it seriously.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.94,0:05:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So highlighting an issue\Nis very important
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.60,0:05:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can all do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.90,0:05:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure lots of people in this room
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.82,0:05:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have already posted things\Non Facebook or tweeted about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.38,0:06:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's very light-weight\Nand easy, but valuable.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.36,0:06:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sometimes highlighting\Nan issue can be really dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.78,0:06:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're putting yourself at some risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.18,0:06:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm going to tell you about\Nthe White Rose group.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.20,0:06:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's this group in this picture
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.90,0:06:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are now national\Nheroes in Germany
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.71,0:06:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they stood up to fascism.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.89,0:06:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they didn't want to be a part\Nof what the Nazi regime were doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.82,0:06:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they sent letters\Nto their fellow citizens.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.18,0:06:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wrote letters,\Nthey printed them on a machine
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.88,0:06:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they sent them at random,\Nto people throughout the country
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.63,0:06:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose names and addresses\Nthey got from the phone book.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.77,0:06:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine the effect\Nwhen you get one of those letters?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.96,0:06:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to give\Nthemselves the appearacnce
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.46,0:06:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being a great nation-wide network,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.13,0:06:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they also, at great risk,\Ntravelled across the country
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.11,0:06:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with their printing press\Nand with their letters,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.10,0:06:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they could send them from\NDusseldorf to Cologne
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.31,0:06:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Dresden to Berlin and Munich,\Nand you get the picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.46,0:06:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's what they did.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.58,0:06:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sometimes just\Nhighlighting an issue
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.05,0:06:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be incredibly\Ndangerous stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.50,0:06:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be easy,\Nit can be dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.20,0:06:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second category is\Nwithdrawing your consent
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.97,0:06:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from something you disapprove of.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.78,0:06:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I could tell you about\NMoses and the Israelites
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.11,0:06:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who didn't like the way the Pharaoh
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.02,0:07:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was carrying on,\Nso they got out of Egypt.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.57,0:07:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's quite simple\Nwithdrawal of consent.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.69,0:07:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want to tell you about Rosa Parks,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.03,0:07:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a seamstress who,\None day, in the 1950s,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.19,0:07:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decided on the bus\Nin Montgomery, Alabama,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.72,0:07:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she was not going\Nto give up her seat
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.80,0:07:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a white person\Nas the rules required.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.10,0:07:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one reason why I like\Nher story, is that she said
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.47,0:07:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was too tired to go along\Nwith the system any longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.27,0:07:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you don't have to be full\Nof energy and enthusiasm
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.10,0:07:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change things.\NYou can just be quite tired.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.72,0:07:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another reason why\NI like Rosa Parks' story
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.62,0:07:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that she didn't actually run\Neverything that happened afterwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.78,0:07:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was her thing, she was a spark
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.54,0:07:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that led lots of other people in the black\Ncommunity to do amazing stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.02,0:07:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she didn't run everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.66,0:07:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So don't worry, you can start\Nsomething and if it's any good,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.54,0:07:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people will follow and\Nthey will take it on.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.38,0:07:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's ok, you can relax.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.08,0:07:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the third thing\NI like about her thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.86,0:07:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that she started\Nwith something very small.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.70,0:07:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very hard to believe,\Nwith hindsight,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.54,0:07:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that lots of people at the time
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.79,0:07:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought that what they were\Ndoing was campaigning
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.02,0:07:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change the rules\Nabout where black people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.14,0:07:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were allowed to sit on buses\Nin Montgomery, Alabama.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.22,0:08:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But actually of course\Ntheir success and their ambition
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.60,0:08:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,increased over time, so within\Na very remarkably short period,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.74,0:08:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had desegregation\Nacross the whole of the U.S.,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.58,0:08:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a previously\Nunthinkable achievement.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.38,0:08:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can start\Nwith something small
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.95,0:08:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you will become\Nmore ambitious as a result of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.22,0:08:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's withdrawing your consent.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.94,0:08:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third broad category is building
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.98,0:08:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a better alternative to what\Nis currently available.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.90,0:08:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I could tell you about\NCharles De Gaulle
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.12,0:08:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who set up the French government\Nin exile in the Second World War,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.40,0:08:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bacause he didn't like the ones\Nthat was in Vichy France,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.25,0:08:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want to tell you instead\Nabout my friend Richard Reynolds,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.10,0:08:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who lives in a tower block\Nin South London,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.63,0:08:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a rather unattractive\Npart of London,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.22,0:08:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wouldn't mind me saying that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.65,0:08:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lives in a high floor\Nso he doesn't have a garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.30,0:08:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one day he\Nstarted to go downstairs,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.86,0:08:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look around in the area\Nwhere he lived,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.73,0:08:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he found bits of earth,\Nand he would put plants down.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.73,0:08:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't a very good gardener,\Nso some of the plants died
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.06,0:08:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he got better and\Nsome of the plants survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.98,0:08:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then some\Nof his friends joined in,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.98,0:08:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then complete\Nstrangers joined in
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.47,0:08:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the local authority said,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.39,0:09:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You can't do that,\Nit's not your land."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.01,0:09:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they carried on anyway,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.18,0:09:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they\Nare Guerilla Gardeners.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.38,0:09:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, and Richard is the leader
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.74,0:09:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the worldwide\NGuerilla Gardening Movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.22,0:09:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you look him up online,\Nhe is Richard_001.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.20,0:09:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the thing is, the reason why\NI mentioned this story,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.89,0:09:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that anything you do, can be an\Ninspirational example to someone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.66,0:09:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Richard is an inspirational\Nexample, he is a leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.65,0:09:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One other little thing I'd like\Nto point out about Richard,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.72,0:09:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is [that] his great blessing is\Nhe doesn't have a garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.86,0:09:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he'd had a garden he wouldn't\Nbe a Guerilla gardener, would he?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.02,0:09:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing that you see is\Na lack or a short coming
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.74,0:09:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be the thing that's\Nreally the making of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.47,0:09:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's quite an encouraging\Nthought, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.48,0:09:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, all of these people\Ncan be an inspiring example.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.54,0:09:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've taken great care\Nto tell you about things
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.98,0:09:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like desegregation\Nor fighting fascism
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.94,0:09:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is sort of terribly important
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.94,0:09:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also to tell you\Nabout someone
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.24,0:09:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who just wants\Nto do some gardening.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.94,0:09:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when you're changing the world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.03,0:09:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't have to be\Nchanging the whole world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.47,0:09:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And something that you perceive\Nto be very important to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.57,0:09:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could be just changing your world\Nin a way to make it better
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.94,0:09:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gardening is fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.89,0:09:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what are you going to do?\NI'm not going to tell you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.56,0:09:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often we feel like we're impaled\Non a kind of a paradox:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.34,0:09:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We really want to do something,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.80,0:10:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we have no idea\Nwhat it is going to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.12,0:10:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one way to resolve that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.26,0:10:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to think about\Nthe things that you enjoy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.35,0:10:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I want you\Nto think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.30,0:10:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The positive psychologists\Nare people who got fed up
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.39,0:10:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with being negative psychologists
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.62,0:10:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and saying what's\Nwrong with people.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.79,0:10:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wanted to find out\Nwhat's great about people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.47,0:10:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and share that knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.67,0:10:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they did a test.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.70,0:10:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things they did,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.71,0:10:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they sent out two groups of people\Nto find out what gives people pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.68,0:10:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first was sent\Nto do hedonism,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.14,0:10:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you like having a foot massage\Nwhile eating chocolate.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.47,0:10:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second group was sent out\Nto do something meaningful.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.74,0:10:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaningful to them,\NI'll come back to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.14,0:10:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The results came in and the people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.90,0:10:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who'd done something meaningful,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.30,0:10:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a much deeper and longer\Nlasting sense of satisfaction
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.46,0:10:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the ones who'd\Ndone the hedonism.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.22,0:10:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That something about\Nthem had changed inside,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.93,0:10:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they felt, I'm the sort of person\Nwho does that thing, which is nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.02,0:10:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, changing the world\Nis actually nicer
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.58,0:10:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than having a foot massage\Nand eating chocolate.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.22,0:10:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the thing is, what is\Nsomething meaningful?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.99,0:10:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You impose the meaning\Non what you do, not me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.68,0:10:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't tell you\Nwhat is meaningful.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.90,0:10:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can give you an example:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.99,0:10:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could walk\Nyour neighbor's dog,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.66,0:11:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really feel resentful and\Nreally hate the whole thing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.63,0:11:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just not really\Nbe happy about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.91,0:11:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you could walk\Nyour neighbors' dog,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.50,0:11:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because your neighbor's unwell,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.54,0:11:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know that\Nthey'd feel really happy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.84,0:11:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for you having done it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.82,0:11:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you would feel\Nall puffed up with joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.99,0:11:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd feel like a really great person.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.69,0:11:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the same thing,\Ncan be either good or bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.79,0:11:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You impose meaning, not me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.74,0:11:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you need to think what actually\Nis something meaningful to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.34,0:11:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one way to do that\Nis to ask yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.76,0:11:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what have you done in the past\Nto make a difference,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.06,0:11:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made you feel good.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.68,0:11:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what are the dreams that you've had.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.16,0:11:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you really want to cut\Nto the absolute nub of issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.48,0:11:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must ask yourself this question:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.28,0:11:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would you do if you knew\Nyou couldn't fail?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.38,0:11:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As if success was magically guaranteed.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.78,0:11:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's important to ask\Nthe question in that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.58,0:11:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you get rid of the boring answers
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.39,0:11:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are sort of achievable,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.47,0:11:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't really want to do them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.51,0:11:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go for the one that is\Nabsolutely sensational,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.69,0:11:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are really passionate about,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.91,0:11:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because then you will persist with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.46,0:11:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you do that.\NAsk yourself that question,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.99,0:11:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep that question from now\Nto the rest of your lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.91,0:11:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then once you've\Ncome up with an answer,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.74,0:11:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll hope it would be something\Nso magnificent,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.18,0:11:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're almost embarrassed\Nto tell anybody because it's so great.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.34,0:11:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there is a danger:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.91,0:11:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What might happen then,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.10,0:11:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you put it on a shrine\Nand it will be like an icon.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.84,0:11:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or it will be like a beautiful painting
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.50,0:12:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's been beautifully painted,\Nhas got a beautiful frame
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.38,0:12:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know just where it's going\Nto go in the whole way at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.98,0:12:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nobody is painting it,\Nso it's not going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.20,0:12:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you are using static thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.85,0:12:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We might want to move away\Nfrom static thinking to process thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.60,0:12:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of thinking\Nabout the end result,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.15,0:12:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start thinking about it \Nas a process.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.44,0:12:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One person who can help us with that,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.95,0:12:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the german philosopher\NNietzsche, who said:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.36,0:12:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Not every end is a goal.\NThe end of a melody is not a goal."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.12,0:12:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's got a point but\Nwhat does he mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.72,0:12:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well if you go to a concert,\Nyou don't say,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.84,0:12:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I wish this music would finish\Nand then I can really enjoy it."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.81,0:12:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You enjoy it as it goes along.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.66,0:12:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So start thinking about your mission\Ninstead as a piece of music.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.23,0:12:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's already started. Can you hear it?\NI think it sounds great.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.97,0:12:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's what you want to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.22,0:12:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is great about noticing that,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.82,0:12:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a process instead of an end result\Nthat you are after,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.77,0:12:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you then liberate yourself\Nto stop being freaked out
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.81,0:12:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the sheer monumental scale\Nof what you want to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.86,0:12:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you enjoy every step,\Nbecause no one did anything
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.90,0:12:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all of human kind\Nexcept in small steps.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.50,0:12:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Neil Armstrong\Ndidn't wake up one morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.07,0:12:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said, "I'm going to the moon now."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.77,0:12:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lots of people had to go\Nto the office and do stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.78,0:12:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we can all do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.31,0:13:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to notice the smalls steps
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.37,0:13:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the great thing about smalls steps\Nis they give you courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.90,0:13:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are mini victories, they move you\Nonto the next small step,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.18,0:13:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not quite so small,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.26,0:13:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so you can use those as a way\Nto encourage yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.79,0:13:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you've got your mission,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.98,0:13:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got the need\Nto find small steps,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.31,0:13:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you really want\Nto pin down the small steps,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.69,0:13:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask yourself this question:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.02,0:13:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can you do\Nin the next 24 hours?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.77,0:13:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you can't do\Nanything in the next 24 hours,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.34,0:13:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what makes you think\Nyou will ever start?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.76,0:13:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, so you've got the mission,\Nyou've got the small steps,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.14,0:13:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now you're going\Nto need to find some allies.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.91,0:13:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not going to do\Nmuch all on your own.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.59,0:13:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one way you can do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.78,0:13:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to try and draw a map\Nof your support network,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.15,0:13:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people you already know.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.44,0:13:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do it like this,\Nput yourself in the middle,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.66,0:13:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put the names of people\Naround the edge
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.03,0:13:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who give you support\Nand to whom you give support.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.79,0:13:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So on this one you can see\NI'm giving a lot of support to William.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.98,0:13:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is giving me nothing back.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.10,0:13:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I do about that?\NI'll have to work it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.84,0:13:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the relationships\Nthat are most useful,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.12,0:13:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and psychologists use this\Nwith addicts and alcoholics,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.31,0:13:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the ones that are reciprocal.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.72,0:13:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can see Sonya and Ben,\Nboth are reciprocal relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.50,0:13:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you might want to draw this map,\Nit is quite interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.15,0:13:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then go and ask\Nthose people for help.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.40,0:14:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must actually ask them to help you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.55,0:14:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might think, "I can't ask,\Nthat's awful, a real imposition."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.01,0:14:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But people like to be asked,\Nbecause it means
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.66,0:14:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are wise and kind\Nand generous and sensitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.82,0:14:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the only reason people\Ndon't like to be asked,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.08,0:14:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when they can't see\Na way to say no.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.15,0:14:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you say to them,\N"Would you help?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.52,0:14:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way if you can't,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.86,0:14:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either now or at any time\Nin the future, I really don't mind."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.12,0:14:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have to mean it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.15,0:14:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once you've asked them\Nin that way,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.10,0:14:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why would they say no?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.37,0:14:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what you have done\Nthen is liberate them
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.61,0:14:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be an active part of your mission.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.58,0:14:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will want to do things,\Nto really be part of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.17,0:14:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they'll phone you and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.30,0:14:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've seen something\Nin the newspapers.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.43,0:14:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's great.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.50,0:14:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may also find that\Nthere are other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.10,0:14:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of activists all over the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.18,0:14:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my country, the U.K.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.75,0:14:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may find people spread\Nall over the place,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.90,0:14:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can go and find some of those.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.77,0:14:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to end, by giving you\Nsome account of my own experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.35,0:14:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I feel a bit dishonored,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.62,0:14:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standing in front of you and say\Nanyone could change the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.35,0:14:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I didn't try to say something\Nhow I've tried to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.00,0:14:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So some years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.21,0:14:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got very seriously freaked out,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.75,0:14:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very depressed about climate change,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.11,0:14:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and peak oil, result shortages,\Nthat are coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.11,0:14:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't know what to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.18,0:14:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought we had to change\Nthe whole way that everyone lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.06,0:15:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had to get much more\Nself-sufficient, more resourceful,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.56,0:15:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stop flying things around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.67,0:15:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone has got to start growing food.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.07,0:15:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've got to start making\Ntheir own clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.73,0:15:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing all sorts of things like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.93,0:15:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I joined all the campaign\Ngroups you can imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.83,0:15:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were wonderful
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.12,0:15:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we did some great stuff\Njoining these networks nationwide.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.92,0:15:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After about a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.51,0:15:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized we were doing\Nsome amazing stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.58,0:15:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was seeing all the same faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.96,0:15:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lovely faces, but all the same faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.54,0:15:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wanted everybody to change,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.78,0:15:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just the seasoned campaigners.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.21,0:15:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I happen around then to read\Na book by Alistair Mackintosh
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.62,0:15:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which talks about how it's\Nno good being a campaigner,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.75,0:15:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're not a good neighbor.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.26,0:15:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it kind of hit me\Nin the head right there,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.53,0:15:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you know why I've now asked you
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.02,0:15:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think of each other as neighbors.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.27,0:15:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like, what can I do with it,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.51,0:15:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I can resign from\Nthese campaigners,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.46,0:15:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went to work on my street,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.33,0:15:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had an allotment where\NI was growing my own food.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.64,0:15:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I went to the allotment,\Nfilled a sack full of apples
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.22,0:15:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went home.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.45,0:15:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have a wonderful beautiful wife\Nand daughter,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.45,0:15:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little daughter at the time, Nancy,\Nand so I grabbed Nancy's hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.08,0:15:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't need to take Nancy,\Nbut she gave me courage basically.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.16,0:15:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I took the sack and the apples,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.56,0:15:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I carried Nancy along with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.27,0:16:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We knocked on every door,\Nand people opened the door
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.58,0:16:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said I'm taking the risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.60,0:16:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, a man with apples and\Na lovely daughter isn't a big threat.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.23,0:16:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they opened the door\Nand I took the apples,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.99,0:16:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so that was nice\Nto get to know people a bit better.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.94,0:16:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, the sneaky bit\Nwas six months later
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.20,0:16:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but forgive me, because\Nit came from the right place.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.55,0:16:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I deliberately grew\Ntoo many tomato seedlings,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.47,0:16:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I put them all in a box,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.81,0:16:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I grabbed Nancy's\Nlovely hand again,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.40,0:16:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we walked on the street,\Nand knocked on the doors.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.81,0:16:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd said, "Hello", then\NNancy again said, "Hello"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.42,0:16:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said "Oh dear, I've got\Ntoo many tomato seedlings"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.34,0:16:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I gave it to them,\Nand they took them.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.15,0:16:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know for a fact that\Nmany people in my street
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.39,0:16:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that year for the first time\Nstarted growing food.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.20,0:16:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I hadn't had to freak them out about\Nclimate change or resort shortages.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.12,0:16:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just got them growing a plant,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.47,0:16:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was kind of the solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.78,0:16:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was very lucky,\Nit was possible in that way,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.30,0:16:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find the happy solution that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.93,0:16:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nancy drew a picture, this is\Na reenactment for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.05,0:16:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had been lucky
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.94,0:16:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by chance I discovered\Nsomething that's really important
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.29,0:16:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is: Try to emphasize the positive.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.86,0:16:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as the late philosopher\NReynold Williams once said,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.26,0:17:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The key is not to make\Ndespair convincing,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.56,0:17:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to make hope possible."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.38,0:17:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are on a journey,\Nit starts now.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.18,0:17:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might as well make it fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.95,0:17:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.82,0:17:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)