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The passions in my own life led to my motivation to organise this TEDx event. Personally, the ground of my motivations is to always help others to flourish and make a better version of themselves. I want to help others by helping them, giving them new perspectives and by inspiring them. My two life slogans are ‘just do stuff’ and ‘be inspired’. The first is to always be open to new opportunities and experience and the latter to inspire others. For the past two years I would say, I have been searching for what I am passionate about. I always had the feeling that I am drawn towards helping others and since corona I have found a better way to approach this. Firstly, I started creative projects for myself and within the EBF. I edited videos as a way to show others what is out there with a very marketing focussed mindset. I promoted events, shared it mouth to mouth and this had a very positive impact on myself. Within the EBF, and in my daily life, I keep on being optimistic and enthusiastic. Here, my personal quote ‘just do stuff’, arose from. The happiest you can get in this vision is that trying to be positive and optimistic to new experiences will always bring you the best outcome. This can be for your development, but also for your personal happiness. During my exchange in Indonesia, I had a course where we needed to give a ‘lookalike of a TED talk’. Here, I spoke about this passion and my personal experience. That was the moment I knew that this is what my passion is in life. Ever since, I have tried to find new opportunities to share this vision. On social media, with my friends giving workshops and during my board year. Now, I think that by organising this TEDx event together with the people here, will be the next step.

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