Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will ‘always’ hurt me. What if we lived in a world where online haters and trolls magically turned into your own motivational guru? This simple 2-question test makes that world possible.
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00:00 "You are sick, get help, you're retarded."
00:03 And then Kiera says, "OMG."
00:05 At which point Emma goes,
00:07 "Don't you ever brush your teeth?
00:08 "I bet the camera is dying of your breath.
00:10 "And oh my God, I can't say more.
00:12 "There's so much more things about you like your ugliness."
00:16 And then Zoe says, "Okay, please don't post videos, please."
00:19 Now just pay attention to how this room feels right now.
00:24 Behind that screen is a real human being
00:27 with emotions, with feelings, with hopes, goals, and dreams.
00:31 There's this huge thing that will either hurt your chances
00:35 or help your chances of making it all happen.
00:39 We're talking about your life online.
00:42 Let's say that someone in this very room
00:44 wants to be in the NHL.
00:47 'Cause I'm a coach in this day and age,
00:50 you can hop on Google, look up your name,
00:52 and you happen to be someone named Zoran.
00:55 And I see that Zoran, once upon a time,
00:58 put a comment underneath a video that said,
01:00 "Child, you are sick.
01:02 "Get help, you're retarded."
01:04 Do you think that in this moment, for me,
01:06 someone who can give you an opportunity
01:08 to do something you want in life,
01:10 I would keep him or cut him?
01:12 The fact that I've probably cut this dude
01:14 before he's even been told he's on the team
01:17 is exactly why you have an incredible opportunity.
01:22 'Cause if you wanna hurt yourself and others,
01:24 hey, online, great place to do it.
01:27 So this is an example of someone
01:29 who might have never even known
01:31 they were going to get the best opportunity possible
01:35 to achieve their goals, to maybe get that dream job,
01:38 to go all the places they want to go.
01:40 They might never know that they lost that opportunity
01:43 over a simple comment.
01:46 We don't say this to scare you.
01:48 We say this to excite you.
01:49 We say this to get you motivated and inspired
01:53 and empowered to approach your life online
01:56 in a way that actually relates to all the things
01:59 you say you want to achieve in life.
02:01 Here we go, I've got a post ready to go.
02:03 I get to ask myself a couple questions.
02:05 What's the first question?
02:06 Is it?
02:07 - True.
02:07 - And if it's not true, what do I do?
02:09 - Post.
02:10 - But if it is true, what do I do?
02:12 - Go to the dentist.
02:13 - And the second question, is it?
02:15 - Kind.
02:16 - Is it?
02:17 - Kind.
02:18 - And if it's not kind, what do I do?
02:19 - Post.
02:20 - We're not dealing with cell phones.
02:23 We're not dealing with iPads.
02:25 We're not dealing with someone on the screen.
02:27 We're dealing with an actual human being.
02:30 - This program belongs in every single classroom
02:34 that's out there.
02:35 - Your life online can help become a veterinarian,
02:39 help learn a language, help meet amazing people.
02:43 What do you want to say to the world?
02:46 Live your life online in a way that helps you
02:49 get all those things that you say you want in life.
02:52 So the question becomes, who do you want to be?
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