Name: 【TEDx】Do What You Like, Like What You Do: Bert Jacobs at TEDxBeaconStreet
Uploaded: 2016-01-27T08:12:44.000Z
Duration: 13 min 27 s
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are so smart that they just hurt my brain.

I'm not going to hurt anybody's brain. (Laughter)

Every day we have a choice when we wake up:

We can focus on what's wrong with our lives,

or we can focus on what's right with our lives.

In the next 10 minutes, I'm going to illustrate how

is the best way to fix  what's wrong with our lives.

Moreover, focusing on  what's right with the world

is the best way to fix  what's wrong with the world.

and I went for a lunch date with him the other day.

It was nice weather,  so we went to a picnic table.

That's a picture of Oliver enjoying  a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

So, Oliver  – while I was getting the lunch out –

and there was an elderly woman at a bench near us,

And before I could stop him,  I thought maybe she was homeless,

and before I could stop him,  Oliver introduced himself.

And then Oliver took a step back  and looked at me for help.

And I was, like, "Dude, you're on your own!"

You can't win with a woman's age, right? (Laughter)

So, Oliver knew he was on his own,  he took a step forward again,

he looked at her and gave it his best shot.

the old woman was laughing at the top of her lungs

and Oliver was laughing,  and I started laughing.

Pretty soon she joined us and we just made friends.

we were all optimistic, we all lived our lives like this.

And Oliver showed me something that day because

he focused on the opportunity,  he didn't focus on the obstacles.

we tend to focus on the obstacles and not the opportunity.

So, we become skeptical as we get  older, instead of living like this,

and we live a bit more like this  and we become pessimistic.

Don't give me that look, any of you, because you're all guilty of it.

So, the thing is that nobody  wants to be pessimistic.

Being a pessimist is not fun to be around

and pessimism adds anxiety  and stress to our lives.

The reality is that everybody on the planet wants to be happy.

Some people think that having nice things will make them happy.

Some people think that being at some special place will make them happy.

The reality is that the only  thing that can make us happy

is our disposition, our view of the world.

she'd get all 8 of us at the dinner table,

and of course we had as much dysfunction happening in our home

and my mom would cut right through all that,

"Tell me something good that happened today."

And she taught us something, because  she changed the energy in that room.

This is a picture of my younger brother John,

who's my business partner with Life is good.

He's on the bottom bunk and I'm on the top bunk.

If anybody in here has  ever met my brother John,

it's very clear that he's been  snacking on the lead paint.

My brother and I are the youngest of 6 kids,

and if you visit my parents  -- they live in Needham --

filled with photos of my older brothers and sisters.

This is one of three photos of my childhood.

And when I look at the picture, I'm like, "Mom,

I can forgive you for not taking the photos,

but how about putting some sheets on the bed?"

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