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Guy Laliberté

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  1. “Colorful music happy dancing. So I was just like, wow. And blue collar, the ocean of the sea and the ocean and fish that doesn't exist in the lake. And I was just, yes, I knew it. Here it is. The beginning of a great adventure. But at that time, you know, obviously I was a miner. So I really start to engage in discovering my province, hitchhiking, going in the theater festival, music festival. And in the same time, I pick up the accordion of the family of my father because I come from a family of musicians, but traditional music. And I start to realize that maybe I could activate a little bit this adventure, this adventure, using music. So I took the time to prepare a little show of myself, singing songs, storytelling, music, and then short after connecting with a couple of other musicians, creating a band. And that for three.”

    2023-10-25 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #700: Guy Laliberté, Founder of Cirque du Soleil — The Power of Belief, Street Gangs, Wild Tales from Las Vegas, The Dangers of Nurturing Fear, and Dancing on the Cliff · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  2. “It's very interesting, and then it triggered my belief that if I have a dream or anything that was dreamy could be achievable. So from that moment, it was really, okay, how could I shape my rest of my life to be able to travel and discover that world? So obviously I was about 10, 11 at that time and I was still too young to hit the robot myself. Soon my parents were bringing us more North America. around the age of 14, 15 we did our first international trip to Cuba. And then this is why I discover green tomato. Beautiful long legs women dancing dance that doesn't exist in my place.”

    2023-10-25 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #700: Guy Laliberté, Founder of Cirque du Soleil — The Power of Belief, Street Gangs, Wild Tales from Las Vegas, The Dangers of Nurturing Fear, and Dancing on the Cliff · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  3. “And the third thing was, I think, put the cherry on the Sunday was when Neil Armstrong walked the moon. I was in a summer camp, black and white TV that time, a bunch of boys, because it was a boys camp. And we spent the entire night and it was a long program because they showed up all the process, the expectation was there. And suddenly this guy. Put a foot on the moon. And it was very interesting because you could see the reaction of the other kids and even telling, wow, I want to be an astronaut. I want to do, I want to go in the moon. I want to do what he's doing. And for me, my look at that moment was totally different. It was like, whoa. The little prince story could be real.”

    2023-10-25 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #700: Guy Laliberté, Founder of Cirque du Soleil — The Power of Belief, Street Gangs, Wild Tales from Las Vegas, The Dangers of Nurturing Fear, and Dancing on the Cliff · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  4. “Living in a city or a province. And that made me realize that the world was bigger than my backyard. Second thing, 1967, which was the World Expo in Montreal. My mom, another very curious person I bought for the family passport. And almost every day of the summer, she was bringing us to this international expo. And we visit pretty much probably a minimum of three times each. each pavilion that was there which again was putting me closer toward being in touch with the culture that I was seeing and the national geographic so kind of not where they were but close to me in a way that again it reinforced this desire of discovering what was out there somewhere I didn't know the notion of distance but I knew it was far away”

    2023-10-25 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #700: Guy Laliberté, Founder of Cirque du Soleil — The Power of Belief, Street Gangs, Wild Tales from Las Vegas, The Dangers of Nurturing Fear, and Dancing on the Cliff · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  5. “And my answer back then was well, I want to discover the world and I want to travel. And that came from three very important key moments in my life. The first one was that was the day of when my father brought the first color TV in the house. And the first program we watch was National Geographic Program that showcased basically something I've never seen in my life, which was animals that doesn't exist in my own town or my country, collars of skin or dressing of people. So I was just like so amazed by this colorful impact that it had on me that I was like, trigger my curiosity. And it stays at that moment, it grows slowly. And obviously I was a big fan of those national geographic every time I was coming. It was like, yes, I want to see what's more on this planet. Actually, at that time, it made me realize, and my mom explained to me, I said, listen, you're not only...”

    2023-10-25 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #700: Guy Laliberté, Founder of Cirque du Soleil — The Power of Belief, Street Gangs, Wild Tales from Las Vegas, The Dangers of Nurturing Fear, and Dancing on the Cliff · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  6. “To understand this desire of hitting the road and engaging in that journey, which was a very important moment or year of my life, we have to go back a little bit in my childhood. There's always that famous question that adults asks your kids, what do you want to do when you're an adult?”

    2023-10-25 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #700: Guy Laliberté, Founder of Cirque du Soleil — The Power of Belief, Street Gangs, Wild Tales from Las Vegas, The Dangers of Nurturing Fear, and Dancing on the Cliff · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT