question for everyone how many people
have a dream or an idea that could
change the world
show of hands come on don’t be shy
or could change your own life completely
okay how many of you have already
started to realize this dream so we’ve
got some people that are already on
their path we all go through lots of
journeys in life whether that’s the
journey towards realizing your dream
your idea whether it’s a very big
project you’re involved in or whether
it’s your life journey my journey this
year was the Camino click ok the Camino
de Santiago I was going to be walking
from iya to Santiago de Compostela
following the footsteps of countless
pilgrims spiritual searches adventure
seekers and tourists and they say that
the Camino delivers it meets your needs
and for me it really did I learned a lot
about myself about life about making
progress and about facing challenges
lessons that I could apply to my own
personal life but I could also apply to
the projects that I do from running
multi-million dollar projects to just
doing the housework and I’d like to
share those lessons with you today so
how we started was we took a minivan
from the airport to here and as we’re
driving past all of these beautiful
little villages and fields I thought oh
my gosh when I come back
I’m not going to be in a minivan I’m
going to be using my own two feet and it
was then that I realized the power of
small steps because if you know where
you’re going and you start taking steps
towards it you can cover an amazing
amount of distance and if you know where
you’re going get started now because
you’re going to get there faster than
you could ever believe possible if you
don’t know where you’re going then also
make some progress get moving get moving
forward because every time you take a
step if you hear in your current
position you see what you currently see
you see the restrictions you see the
limitations take one step and you’ve got
a new perspective suddenly new
alternatives new options become
available things that you couldn’t
possibly have seen from babe neck here
so take those steps there is power power
and taking steps but don’t get so wound
up with your destination that your
objective that all you’re doing is I’m
going to the beautiful cathedral and
Santiago take time to smell the roses
the Camino isn’t just about arriving at
the cathedral it’s about seeing the
meter of flowers it’s about the small
villages it’s about all the people you
do it with it’s about their uphill climb
it’s about that lovely little cup of
coffee it’s the joy of the journey
make sure you experience that journey
and if you’re working towards your dream
you’re probably going to be working
pretty hard maybe doing a lot of long
hours hard
work if you’re working long if you’re
doing hard work if you’re working those
long hours make sure it’s about
something if you’re passionate about
make sure that it’s about something
that’s taking you forward in your life
and as you go in your project think
about who you surround yourself with
choose your companions choose people who
you trust choose people who inspire you
choose people who have shared goals
shared objectives and don’t just P
choose people who are paper copies of
yourselves choose people who are going
to challenge you who are going to come
up with difficult questions choose
people who know stuff that you don’t
know that’s the best way to learn it so
choose your companions because on your
journey and your projects as you go
through your life you’re gonna hit these
steep uphill climbs and it’s just gonna
feel too hard and there are going to be
times when you think I am just exhausted
it’s too much and that’s when your
companions will make all the difference
but in the same way that you will
surround yourself with these wonderful
companions also take time out to be on
your own to think your own thoughts to
step back from the day-to-day of doing
one of my most beloved mentors his thing
was take time out to think great
thoughts and every Friday afternoon he
would sit back in his desk he would put
his feet up on the desk he would close
his eyes now I’m not sure maybe once or
twice I did hear a little Sydnor but
every Monday morning he would be back in
the office with new ideas new and
sites he would be saying hey what about
using this tool what about using this
process he would have solutions to those
problems that we had been dealing with
for ages and never got a solution with
because problems are going to come up
with my group we had two people who
arrived at Ponte Vedra and despite all
the modern technologies they didn’t know
how to get to the hotel so what did they
do they actually took a taxi because so
often we go hey I’ve got to do things
the hard way sometimes there are simple
and elegant solutions so when you’ll be
set with these huge horrible big
problems step back and think hmm is
there a simple way here and also maybe
if you’re going somewhere that you’ve
never been before
take a guide a mentor someone who’s
already been there before you still have
to do the walking but maybe you don’t
get lost as often on the other hand if I
look at this group I think I’m seeing a
lot of people Trailblazers a lot of you
are going places that no one has gone
before
you’ve got new ideas you’ve got new
processes you’ve got new technologies
it’s so exciting
how do you prepare yourself for the
journey how do you maintain your energy
we all know what to do physically I mean
you know get enough sleep eat properly
exercise we know that sometimes we
forget but we know it I think it’s also
really important to prepare yourself
mentally your emotional intelligence
your social intelligence because
happens this is what happened to me I’ve
been walking great day and then on the
way down to dinner I fell down some
steps and I broke my foot that was the
end of my Camino and this was where
resilience comes in at that stage I
could have gone
flown back to Munich I didn’t I stayed
with my group and every morning as they
sit out it’s kind of like hey have a
great time and every evening I listen to
what they’d experienced in the day and I
will hike again and next year I will be
back on the Camino with more enthusiasm
more determination I’m going to have a
fantastic time so get started I cannot
guarantee you that there won’t be
problems along the way in fact what I
can guarantee you is that things won’t
always go to plan but that’s no reason
not to start how many people have these
wonderful ideas that the world needs
that were never realized because they
felt too big or we were so afraid of
failing or people said no you can’t
possibly do that
so guys everyone here you have the
resources you can do this you have the
companions you have the friends you have
the colleagues and all of these amazing
people that you’re going to meet on your
journey things that you couldn’t
possibly predict will happen to take you
to where you are going to go so what I’d
like everyone to do is a little bit
something weird so everyone just close
your eyes for a second think about what
is one thing that you could do tonight
tomorrow next week this month that would
really make a difference in how you are
progressing in that project towards that
dream in your life and mentally just
come up to that and now let’s be weird
everyone stand up
so as you mentally commit to taking that
step take a little step forward as far
as you can wherever you are okay one two
three let’s do it see we’re already one
step further so thank you guys
[Applause]
have a dream or an idea that could
change the world
show of hands come on don’t be shy
or could change your own life completely
okay how many of you have already
started to realize this dream so we’ve
got some people that are already on
their path we all go through lots of
journeys in life whether that’s the
journey towards realizing your dream
your idea whether it’s a very big
project you’re involved in or whether
it’s your life journey my journey this
year was the Camino click ok the Camino
de Santiago I was going to be walking
from iya to Santiago de Compostela
following the footsteps of countless
pilgrims spiritual searches adventure
seekers and tourists and they say that
the Camino delivers it meets your needs
and for me it really did I learned a lot
about myself about life about making
progress and about facing challenges
lessons that I could apply to my own
personal life but I could also apply to
the projects that I do from running
multi-million dollar projects to just
doing the housework and I’d like to
share those lessons with you today so
how we started was we took a minivan
from the airport to here and as we’re
driving past all of these beautiful
little villages and fields I thought oh
my gosh when I come back
I’m not going to be in a minivan I’m
going to be using my own two feet and it
was then that I realized the power of
small steps because if you know where
you’re going and you start taking steps
towards it you can cover an amazing
amount of distance and if you know where
you’re going get started now because
you’re going to get there faster than
you could ever believe possible if you
don’t know where you’re going then also
make some progress get moving get moving
forward because every time you take a
step if you hear in your current
position you see what you currently see
you see the restrictions you see the
limitations take one step and you’ve got
a new perspective suddenly new
alternatives new options become
available things that you couldn’t
possibly have seen from babe neck here
so take those steps there is power power
and taking steps but don’t get so wound
up with your destination that your
objective that all you’re doing is I’m
going to the beautiful cathedral and
Santiago take time to smell the roses
the Camino isn’t just about arriving at
the cathedral it’s about seeing the
meter of flowers it’s about the small
villages it’s about all the people you
do it with it’s about their uphill climb
it’s about that lovely little cup of
coffee it’s the joy of the journey
make sure you experience that journey
and if you’re working towards your dream
you’re probably going to be working
pretty hard maybe doing a lot of long
hours hard
work if you’re working long if you’re
doing hard work if you’re working those
long hours make sure it’s about
something if you’re passionate about
make sure that it’s about something
that’s taking you forward in your life
and as you go in your project think
about who you surround yourself with
choose your companions choose people who
you trust choose people who inspire you
choose people who have shared goals
shared objectives and don’t just P
choose people who are paper copies of
yourselves choose people who are going
to challenge you who are going to come
up with difficult questions choose
people who know stuff that you don’t
know that’s the best way to learn it so
choose your companions because on your
journey and your projects as you go
through your life you’re gonna hit these
steep uphill climbs and it’s just gonna
feel too hard and there are going to be
times when you think I am just exhausted
it’s too much and that’s when your
companions will make all the difference
but in the same way that you will
surround yourself with these wonderful
companions also take time out to be on
your own to think your own thoughts to
step back from the day-to-day of doing
one of my most beloved mentors his thing
was take time out to think great
thoughts and every Friday afternoon he
would sit back in his desk he would put
his feet up on the desk he would close
his eyes now I’m not sure maybe once or
twice I did hear a little Sydnor but
every Monday morning he would be back in
the office with new ideas new and
sites he would be saying hey what about
using this tool what about using this
process he would have solutions to those
problems that we had been dealing with
for ages and never got a solution with
because problems are going to come up
with my group we had two people who
arrived at Ponte Vedra and despite all
the modern technologies they didn’t know
how to get to the hotel so what did they
do they actually took a taxi because so
often we go hey I’ve got to do things
the hard way sometimes there are simple
and elegant solutions so when you’ll be
set with these huge horrible big
problems step back and think hmm is
there a simple way here and also maybe
if you’re going somewhere that you’ve
never been before
take a guide a mentor someone who’s
already been there before you still have
to do the walking but maybe you don’t
get lost as often on the other hand if I
look at this group I think I’m seeing a
lot of people Trailblazers a lot of you
are going places that no one has gone
before
you’ve got new ideas you’ve got new
processes you’ve got new technologies
it’s so exciting
how do you prepare yourself for the
journey how do you maintain your energy
we all know what to do physically I mean
you know get enough sleep eat properly
exercise we know that sometimes we
forget but we know it I think it’s also
really important to prepare yourself
mentally your emotional intelligence
your social intelligence because
happens this is what happened to me I’ve
been walking great day and then on the
way down to dinner I fell down some
steps and I broke my foot that was the
end of my Camino and this was where
resilience comes in at that stage I
could have gone
flown back to Munich I didn’t I stayed
with my group and every morning as they
sit out it’s kind of like hey have a
great time and every evening I listen to
what they’d experienced in the day and I
will hike again and next year I will be
back on the Camino with more enthusiasm
more determination I’m going to have a
fantastic time so get started I cannot
guarantee you that there won’t be
problems along the way in fact what I
can guarantee you is that things won’t
always go to plan but that’s no reason
not to start how many people have these
wonderful ideas that the world needs
that were never realized because they
felt too big or we were so afraid of
failing or people said no you can’t
possibly do that
so guys everyone here you have the
resources you can do this you have the
companions you have the friends you have
the colleagues and all of these amazing
people that you’re going to meet on your
journey things that you couldn’t
possibly predict will happen to take you
to where you are going to go so what I’d
like everyone to do is a little bit
something weird so everyone just close
your eyes for a second think about what
is one thing that you could do tonight
tomorrow next week this month that would
really make a difference in how you are
progressing in that project towards that
dream in your life and mentally just
come up to that and now let’s be weird
everyone stand up
so as you mentally commit to taking that
step take a little step forward as far
as you can wherever you are okay one two
three let’s do it see we’re already one
step further so thank you guys
[Applause]
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