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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.28,0:00:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was in the 6th grade, \Nmy friends and I,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.09,0:00:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at such a pivotal moment in our lives,\Nrealized how bored we were.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.52,0:00:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a lack of excitement\Nin our adventures,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.24,0:00:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had found that we had done everything\Nwe could possibly think of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.09,0:00:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fill in an empty space of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.97,0:00:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd have sleepovers, play video games,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.24,0:00:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch movies, \Nwalk around the neighborhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.58,0:00:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even after all of this,\Nwe were still bored.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.58,0:00:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the worst part about this
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.90,0:00:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that we knew that other kids \Nfelt the same thing, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.78,0:00:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after talking and discussing \Namongst ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.100,0:00:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we realized that as much as we try\Nto fix our boredom,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.84,0:01:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we weren't doing anything\Nsubstantial about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.74,0:01:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we decided\Nthat we wanted to make people laugh.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.57,0:01:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wanted to make funny videos\Nthat joked about things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.20,0:01:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that no one really joked about.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.70,0:01:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wanted to joke about our quirky,\Nquiet town of Alton, Texas.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.13,0:01:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'd love to tell you that I'm here
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.87,0:01:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to share that my videos \Nhave millions of views
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.85,0:01:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that I've sold tons of merchandise\Nworldwide,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.03,0:01:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but unfortunately, \Nlike many of the ideas that we have,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.44,0:01:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we never made our videos,\Nour idea, a reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.33,0:01:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know right now there's probably\Nat least one of you who's like,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.86,0:01:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Man, this guy's depressing.\NIs he going to keep talking like this?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.54,0:01:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's a reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.61,0:01:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As time went on, more and more of us\Nleft the group
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.24,0:01:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until eventually all of us left the group.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.22,0:02:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us, except for one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.35,0:02:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My friend couldn't let go of his idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.98,0:02:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so after we all left in the 6th grade,\Nhe decided to make a team.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.45,0:02:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Members would come in,\Nand leave out, fluctuate,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.28,0:02:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he learned how to use complex\Ncomputer software
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.22,0:02:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he learned how to work with cameras.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.47,0:02:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would make videos on drama,\Ncomedy, things here and there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.33,0:02:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't know any of this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.56,0:02:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I hadn't seen or talked to him\Nin six years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.87,0:02:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My friend, the one who never gave up\Non his idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.00,0:02:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has now launched his own \Nvideography company.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.68,0:02:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like him and the rest of the world,\Nwe all have tons of ideas every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.95,0:02:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was something different\Nabout him
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.17,0:02:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because six years ago, my group\Nof friends and I,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.38,0:02:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all had the same idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.63,0:03:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he was the only one\Nwho actually saw it through.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.60,0:03:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you ever feel\Na drive inside of you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.43,0:03:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that tells you "Take a chance.\NWhat if? Why not?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.42,0:03:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For many of us, while we're\Nsitting down at work,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.32,0:03:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eating lunch \Nor waiting to drift off to sleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.24,0:03:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we get a sense of that feeling,\Nthat drive that we had.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.31,0:03:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, after a few minutes \Nof reminiscing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.93,0:03:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we continue doing what we're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.37,0:03:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some of us, that feeling\Ncomes around often.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.50,0:03:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes us remember how we always\Nwanted to start our own band,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.14,0:03:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take a road trip with our friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.92,0:03:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even something small\Nlike clean up the trash in our local park.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.68,0:03:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it sucks because the thing that you\Nremember the most out of everything
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.04,0:03:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the fact that you didn't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.54,0:03:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My friends and I, while we were in\Nthe process of making these videos,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.74,0:04:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had so many opportunities\Nto get something done.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.14,0:04:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can remember how many times
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.55,0:04:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an adult came up to us\Nand told us,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.18,0:04:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, I actually might know some things,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.15,0:04:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kid would come and tell us,\N"I know how to edit videos,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.86,0:04:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even amongst ourselves,\Nwe would tell each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.32,0:04:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You can come over to my house\Nwe'll work on it."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.94,0:04:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All opportunities that we never\Nactually took.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.78,0:04:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As time went on, I realized that I had\Nto stop giving up my ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.53,0:04:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Years and years went by,\Nand we never met up
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.07,0:04:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never had the opportunity \Nto explore that idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.76,0:04:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had many ideas each day,\Nbut they would all pass by,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.57,0:04:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until eventually, I came upon an idea\Nthat I couldn't afford to let go of,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.28,0:04:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an idea that I couldn't afford to regret.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.76,0:04:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That idea was \Nthe South Texas Ideas Festival, STXI.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.19,0:05:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I come from a place where typically\Nyouth are not encouraged to do better.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.58,0:05:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are discouraged.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.46,0:05:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They feel that they can't do the things\Nthat many other people can do,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.06,0:05:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this was a problem because\Nwe didn't want this to happen anymore,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.86,0:05:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we didn't want people to feel\Nlike they needed to leave our home
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.35,0:05:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do something better.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.32,0:05:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our festival was student-led.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.08,0:05:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With a team of high school students,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.88,0:05:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we put on a festival that hosted \N300 students from across our region.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.99,0:05:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was great, we received a ton\Nof commendations for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.03,0:05:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know it sounds like \Nan overnight success story,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.51,0:05:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it really wasn't,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.77,0:05:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the main questions\Nthat people would ask us was,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.63,0:05:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Where did you get the drive to do this?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.51,0:05:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a little kid, I learned a lot\Nfrom what was going on around me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.74,0:05:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came from a home where\Nthe only way to make a living
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.95,0:06:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to pick up plastic bottles and cans\Nand sell them to processing plants.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.21,0:06:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first real job was helping\Na woman set up her booth at a flea market
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.93,0:06:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from seven in the morning\Nto three in the afternoon for $20.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.22,0:06:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My neighbor's son learned how to cut hair\Nwhen he was eight years old
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.73,0:06:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was the only way\Nhe and his family could afford a haircut.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.10,0:06:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At such a momentous time in my life,\NI thought that I was limited,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.12,0:06:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my community was limited,\Nmy neighborhood was limited,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.83,0:06:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all because of our circumstances.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.76,0:06:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then came my crazy grandpa.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.69,0:06:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went home and one day he was watching TV\Nand he told me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.83,0:06:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Michael, look. I want this."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.59,0:06:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the horse, the pole.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.12,0:07:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a horse patience pole. It basically \Nteaches a horse to be patient.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.06,0:07:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he told me, "I want this,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.94,0:07:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I asked him, "How are you going to\Nafford it when you don't have the money?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.75,0:07:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, "I'll find a way."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.95,0:07:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I forgot about it, \NI was walking around the house,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.46,0:07:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And during that time, he left and he got\Na wheelchair from I have no idea where
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.33,0:07:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and giant metal pole \Nfrom I have no idea where,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.50,0:07:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I got back home,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.15,0:07:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went into the backyard \Nand this is what I saw.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.96,0:07:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My crazy grandpa had cut\Nthe wheelchair in half,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.88,0:07:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attached it to the top of the pole,\Nstood it upright,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.50,0:07:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tied the horse to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.79,0:07:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in just three days, we not only\Ntaught the horse how to stand still,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.34,0:07:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we taught it how to run in circles.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.72,0:07:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember when I saw this,\Nmy mind was blown away
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.38,0:07:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I had never seen someone
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.98,0:08:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take that initiative to do something \Ndespite the odds.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.01,0:08:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And thinking about it now that I'm older,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.82,0:08:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realize that I'm not that impressed\Nin the actual pole
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.39,0:08:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because at the end of the day,\Nits just a pole.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.88,0:08:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was more impressed in the fact\Nthat my grandpa went out and did it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.28,0:08:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't let resources get in \Nthe way of his idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.02,0:08:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't find a reason not to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.40,0:08:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't choose to experience regret.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.76,0:08:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you feel that idea, that tug,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.23,0:08:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I'm telling you \Ndo what my grandpa did
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.67,0:08:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that same drive that he had
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.74,0:08:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what made \Nthe South Texas Ideas Festival possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.40,0:08:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a team of high school students,\Nwe had no idea what we were doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.93,0:08:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just knew that we wanted\Nto present a big festival
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.36,0:08:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the people of our community\Nto show them everything we got.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.80,0:09:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you feel like an idea \Nis worth something,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.36,0:09:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be it yours or someone else's,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.54,0:09:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you feel that an idea is worth time\Nconstraints, rejections, and failures,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.80,0:09:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then let me give you a piece of advice:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.51,0:09:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop what you're doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.10,0:09:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put down your phone,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.40,0:09:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pause the TV show that you're watching,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.86,0:09:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hold off on that nap \Nfor five more minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.06,0:09:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.49,0:09:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're bored, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.25,0:09:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well now is the perfect opportunity\Nfor you to take that road trip,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.97,0:09:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the perfect opportunity\Nfor you to start that band,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.10,0:09:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the perfect opportunity\Nto clean up some trash.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.71,0:09:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the next time that you're bored,\NI beg of you, I implore you,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.57,0:09:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get excited
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.76,0:09:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you might just be on to\Nyou next best idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.28,0:09:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.