5 Life lessons from 10 years in China | Cyrus Janssen | TEDxYouth@Grandv...

CA 9+ 5 Life lessons from 10 years in China | Cyrus Janssen | TEDxYouth@GrandviewHeights 83,710 views •Feb 5, 2021 4.5K 88 Share Save TEDx Talks 31M subscribers Cyrus Janssen is the “Unofficial Ambassador of the United States and China Relationship”. An American expat for over 14 years, Cyrus has a passion for building bridges between Western countries and China. In his TEDx talk, Cyrus looks to inspire the youth of today with an inspirational speech, discussing five of the biggest lessons he learned from his decade long journey of living in China. Cyrus Janssen is a keynote speaker, international business consultant, and social media influencer. You can connect with him on his website: www.cyrusjanssen.com and follow his YouTube channel for weekly insights into China: www.youtube.com/cyrusjanssen​ This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx​ 433 Comments Auggie Giuseppe Add a public comment... Zeis Siez Zeis Siez 2 months ago I have traveled to over 50 countries. I don’t recall any country that I don’t like. People are generally good, just different. If you smile at people, more often than not, they will smile back. But unfortunately, politics make the world look much uglier than it really is. 496 Janice Zhang Janice Zhang 2 months ago 1. never forget your family 2. learn to save money/invest 3. learn a new language 3. have an open mind(approach everything with an open mind, try everything before saying you don’t like it) 4. never forget that we are all more similar than we are different 181 Terry Young Terry Young 2 months ago most beautiful speech I heard in recent time,much much better than US politicians and fake media reports about China,thank Cyrus! 317 Peter Wilson Peter Wilson 2 months ago Thank you Cyrus, I shred your video with my grandkids. We have to stop the culture of hate and distrust. 108 Andrew L. Andrew L. 2 months ago That was great. I love the last line, that was new for me: ''You dont change the world with your opinions, you change it with your actions.'' 171 L T Fan L T Fan 2 months ago You are already half Chinese and half American, combination of both cultures will create a more peaceful world!👍👌😄 149 Food X Bert Food X Bert 2 months ago I'm here For Cyrus. He is awesome. Keep on bringing in great people like him please. 281 Jessica Chuang Jessica Chuang 2 months ago You have a big heart Cyrus ❤❤ Building bridges between people and cultures. 131 Steve Chang Steve Chang 2 months ago You are such an incredible American with real open minded. 117 Peter J. Aebi Peter J. Aebi 2 months ago i had a chinese partner for a pretty long time. so i had to go to thina once. it was 2005. in my mind were a lut of prejudices about china. at the first day already i was feeling home there. first i didnt understand it myself. then i realized that the unbelievable energy i could feel (everywhere) in china was similar to the feeling in my childhood in