1 00:00:14,183 --> 00:00:15,174 Good evening, Good evening How are you 2 00:00:15,174 --> 00:00:15,424 Are you good? 3 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Great, welcome welcome welcome to this match 4 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 this match will take exactly 18 minutes. 5 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And you all part of the same team 6 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Hey guys, I would like to see fair play on the field, respect, and positivity. 7 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Is that ok for everyone? 8 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Cool. Good luck. 9 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 One year ago, I decided I want to become a football referee, 10 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 um, it's not because of the money though I only get paid 20 euros per match. 11 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So, I won't really get rich by it rely. 12 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Now, I decided to become a referee for 2 other reasons. 13 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 One, do things go cheap? Two, because I wanted to learn 14 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 How not to take things personally? 15 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I can see some people nodding, you're probably thinking being a referee 16 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 is a perfect environment to learn how not to take things personally? 17 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Isn't it? 18 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Because, expectators hardly ever shouted encouraging or positive things. 19 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 No. What do they shout? 20 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Come on, come on. 21 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Loser, Are you blind?] Yeah, good good. 22 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 As a referee, I am discabed goat. 23 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Apparently, I'm always wrong. It's always my fault. 24 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And I wanted to learn how not to take all of this personally. 25 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Because I really struggle with this. 26 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 For example, when I drive slowly because I'm trying to find this specific location. 27 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And somebody is just driving behind me, I feel hunted, 28 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 especially when they start honking, and flashing their headlines. 29 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Sigh] 30 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I take personally. I know, I shouldn't. 31 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 But it just happens, do you see what I mean? 32 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Or when somebody cancels an appointment last minute 33 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I get the feeling that I'm not important enough. 34 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Again, I take it personally. 35 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Even professionally. 36 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I'm a public speaker like tonight, this is what I do, 37 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I give keynotes speeches and I really like it 38 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 as long as I can draw my audience into my story 39 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 because the very, the very moment I see somebody is not paying attention