[Applause]
hi today I will share with you the rule
of 10% it was 1992 and my mother and I
were walking through her neighborhood it
was midday on a sunny Sunday I was
running around until I suddenly stopped
I saw a man in dirty clothing under an
overpass
he was crouched down holding a spoon in
one hand and a lighter in the other I
took a step in his direction when he
turned his head and looked looking
straight and I i stood there frozen in
time
Kevin come now ain’t here my mother
yelled which is pretty normal because
she’s Dutch and I was her five-year-old
son locking eyes with a heroin addict if
we lived in a rough neighborhood in the
outskirts of Amsterdam my father had
left when I was only four years old
drugs crime and broken families painted
the picture of the streets I grew up in
I saw no signs of a happy life love or
desirable future for us life simply was
surviving despite this all I had a
burning desire a desire for more a
desire
for love a desire to create my own
loving family 10% when I was 22 the
distance between my desire and I was
greater than ever before every
relationship I started died a quick and
often painful death my love life
resembled a horror movie every time I
started dating someone I would build her
up to be the one this would either end a
me losing interest or me coming on way
too strong and her ending it
nevertheless I had to do things
differently but what I was so scared of
the unknown
I did nothing instead i numbed my
feelings and fell into an emotional
isolation after a year of darkness I was
at an all-time low
I felt sad overwhelmed and alone
I close my eyes and to my surprise I saw
something clear as day I saw the words
as long as you do what you did you’ll
get what you got as long as you do what
you did you’ll get what you got for the
better part of my life I’ve been
insecure about who I was I was too
scared to take a stand for what I
believe I deserve no more I deserve to
have love in my life I deserve to make
my dreams come true I deserve happiness
I stepped into a new world a will
without any limitations a world in which
everything was possible
in a spring of 2012 I worked for jobs
this took up all of my waking hours then
and there I made a decision more time
for finding love in that manner I remade
choices in every aspect of my life I
remade choices to align my actions with
my desires 10% I changed my life I
started cooking and went from takeout
menus to cookbooks I started working out
and went from once to twice a week I
started a dating profile and shifted my
chances from lust to love it just didn’t
go as fast as I wanted and I started to
wonder should I just quit internet
dating and if I stopped what do I do
with a day that I’ve already planned do
I just cancel it
this resulted in a marathon of inner
dialogue will I go won’t I go will I
won’t I when I won’t I
okay I’ll go reluctantly I took the tram
to our rendezvous
10% and there I met her for the first
time
Ava this was the most significant
encounter that I’ve ever had we said in
a small bar and talked for hours and
hours straight she asked me all these
questions about Who I am and what
inspires me in life
she blew my mind I never met someone
like her before the bar closed down and
we weren’t even nearly done with our
conversation and after we said our
goodbyes just before we left she kissed
me
our first kiss the weeks and months
after our first kiss it only got better
and better and after six months we
decided to move in together finally I
had found what I’ve been searching for
all these years she is the one I was
working towards she is the one I knew
existed without having any proof she is
more than I ever dreamed of
if I also had a long ways to travel
she had a desire for a loving family of
her own and she stood though for what
she believes she deserves she made hard
decisions to align her actions with her
desire just a few weeks ago we were
walking in the park and she told me that
us being together is her dream come true
if there’s one thing you’ll take away
from this story let it be the thing she
said next all you need is 10% when all
odds are stacked against you when
there’s no sign of your desire when
everybody tells you you’re either wrong
or insane to believe when you manage to
fully believe in your goals 10% of the
time you will achieve your goals usually
this is the part where we live happily
ever after but before we do so I want to
introduce to you someone very very
special will you give a warm round of
applause for the love of my life
Ava
[Applause]
give her a warm welcome
give her a warm welcome I can only
imagine that being on stage like this is
a bit uncomfortable and a surprise for
your information about up to 15 minutes
ago she didn’t know I was going to speak
here today and 60 minutes ago she didn’t
know she was going to attend this event
it’s always quite a surprise I also
believed more than 10% and I’m so
grateful that I did it’s my goal in life
to be the best man and father that I can
be it’s my dream to support each other
in achieving our purpose in life and I
can promise you my unwavering 10 percent
by sharing with you all that I am and
all that I believe I will be I can
finally ask you the question I’ve been
dying to ask Ava will you marry me
thank you
post yes
yeah
yeah I’m not gonna live in a liquid
ocean in three homeless my whether I’m
gonna collect less these all talk about
it or those catalogs it’s very own miss
most nights okay Vancouver I ever found
this is a big favor – yeah I sleep like
your face girls good plan
thank you that yeah we see the same
applies Naomi
hi today I will share with you the rule
of 10% it was 1992 and my mother and I
were walking through her neighborhood it
was midday on a sunny Sunday I was
running around until I suddenly stopped
I saw a man in dirty clothing under an
overpass
he was crouched down holding a spoon in
one hand and a lighter in the other I
took a step in his direction when he
turned his head and looked looking
straight and I i stood there frozen in
time
Kevin come now ain’t here my mother
yelled which is pretty normal because
she’s Dutch and I was her five-year-old
son locking eyes with a heroin addict if
we lived in a rough neighborhood in the
outskirts of Amsterdam my father had
left when I was only four years old
drugs crime and broken families painted
the picture of the streets I grew up in
I saw no signs of a happy life love or
desirable future for us life simply was
surviving despite this all I had a
burning desire a desire for more a
desire
for love a desire to create my own
loving family 10% when I was 22 the
distance between my desire and I was
greater than ever before every
relationship I started died a quick and
often painful death my love life
resembled a horror movie every time I
started dating someone I would build her
up to be the one this would either end a
me losing interest or me coming on way
too strong and her ending it
nevertheless I had to do things
differently but what I was so scared of
the unknown
I did nothing instead i numbed my
feelings and fell into an emotional
isolation after a year of darkness I was
at an all-time low
I felt sad overwhelmed and alone
I close my eyes and to my surprise I saw
something clear as day I saw the words
as long as you do what you did you’ll
get what you got as long as you do what
you did you’ll get what you got for the
better part of my life I’ve been
insecure about who I was I was too
scared to take a stand for what I
believe I deserve no more I deserve to
have love in my life I deserve to make
my dreams come true I deserve happiness
I stepped into a new world a will
without any limitations a world in which
everything was possible
in a spring of 2012 I worked for jobs
this took up all of my waking hours then
and there I made a decision more time
for finding love in that manner I remade
choices in every aspect of my life I
remade choices to align my actions with
my desires 10% I changed my life I
started cooking and went from takeout
menus to cookbooks I started working out
and went from once to twice a week I
started a dating profile and shifted my
chances from lust to love it just didn’t
go as fast as I wanted and I started to
wonder should I just quit internet
dating and if I stopped what do I do
with a day that I’ve already planned do
I just cancel it
this resulted in a marathon of inner
dialogue will I go won’t I go will I
won’t I when I won’t I
okay I’ll go reluctantly I took the tram
to our rendezvous
10% and there I met her for the first
time
Ava this was the most significant
encounter that I’ve ever had we said in
a small bar and talked for hours and
hours straight she asked me all these
questions about Who I am and what
inspires me in life
she blew my mind I never met someone
like her before the bar closed down and
we weren’t even nearly done with our
conversation and after we said our
goodbyes just before we left she kissed
me
our first kiss the weeks and months
after our first kiss it only got better
and better and after six months we
decided to move in together finally I
had found what I’ve been searching for
all these years she is the one I was
working towards she is the one I knew
existed without having any proof she is
more than I ever dreamed of
if I also had a long ways to travel
she had a desire for a loving family of
her own and she stood though for what
she believes she deserves she made hard
decisions to align her actions with her
desire just a few weeks ago we were
walking in the park and she told me that
us being together is her dream come true
if there’s one thing you’ll take away
from this story let it be the thing she
said next all you need is 10% when all
odds are stacked against you when
there’s no sign of your desire when
everybody tells you you’re either wrong
or insane to believe when you manage to
fully believe in your goals 10% of the
time you will achieve your goals usually
this is the part where we live happily
ever after but before we do so I want to
introduce to you someone very very
special will you give a warm round of
applause for the love of my life
Ava
[Applause]
give her a warm welcome
give her a warm welcome I can only
imagine that being on stage like this is
a bit uncomfortable and a surprise for
your information about up to 15 minutes
ago she didn’t know I was going to speak
here today and 60 minutes ago she didn’t
know she was going to attend this event
it’s always quite a surprise I also
believed more than 10% and I’m so
grateful that I did it’s my goal in life
to be the best man and father that I can
be it’s my dream to support each other
in achieving our purpose in life and I
can promise you my unwavering 10 percent
by sharing with you all that I am and
all that I believe I will be I can
finally ask you the question I’ve been
dying to ask Ava will you marry me
thank you
post yes
yeah
yeah I’m not gonna live in a liquid
ocean in three homeless my whether I’m
gonna collect less these all talk about
it or those catalogs it’s very own miss
most nights okay Vancouver I ever found
this is a big favor – yeah I sleep like
your face girls good plan
thank you that yeah we see the same
applies Naomi
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