The provided text appears to be a transcript of a speech or presentation covering various topics. It begins with timestamps, mentions personal anecdotes about the speaker's family background and experiences, discusses traditional definitions of success and their impact, and highlights the need for reevaluating our societal values and priorities. The speaker advocates for a shift away from a narrow focus on economic growth to a broader, more meaningful definition of success that includes factors like well-being, family, and community.
1. The speaker was born in Perth, Western Australia.
2. The speaker's father was raised by a single mum who had no record of her father in racist Rhodesia and South Africa.
3. The speaker's father arrived in Melbourne from Rhodesia and South Africa by boat and was told about the enormous iron ore discoveries in Western Australia.
4. The speaker's father got off the boat in Albany and had his passport stamped to stay as long as he wanted.
5. The speaker's father talked his way into university and married his university sweetheart, who is the speaker's mother.
6. The speaker's father borrowed money from his mother and started buying and selling shares until he had control of the smallest company on the west Australian stock exchange.
7. The speaker's father exchanged holdings over and over again until he had 30 percent of BHP Australia's largest company and control of the entire Beatles music catalog.
8. The speaker's father was one of the world's most successful businessmen.
9. The speaker's father had a horse that won the Melbourne Cup in 1985.
10. The speaker's father dreamed of winning the Melbourne cup and bred a horse for it.
11. The speaker's father was friends with Sammy Davis Jr and invited him to Perth to help promote a children's Telethon.
12. Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder came to Perth after being told by their friends that it was the place to be.
13. The speaker's father was a successful businessman but died suddenly in his sleep at the age of 53.
14. The speaker's father never took a weekend off and never saw a kid graduate college or carry a grandchild.
15. The speaker's father was kind and fair, but his narrow definition of success didn't allow him to enjoy his successes.
16. The speaker's father was immersed in a world that was dependent upon a narrow definition of success about accumulation and the resulting consumerism.
17. The speaker's father had a pretty good shot at the traditional definition of success but decided to change his definition of success to something more meaningful.
18. The speaker's father quit his job in Sydney to move to a small house in rural France to look after his twin daughters.
19. The speaker's father decided to write a book about the secrets to his success.
20. The speaker's father learned more meaningful definitions of success from the artisans in France who taught him about the fulfillment they found in the excellence of their work.
21. The speaker's father decided to ride in the Tour de France to prove that he could do anything he set his mind to.
22. The speaker's father wrote a book about an alternative definition of success and his life changed as a result.
23. The speaker's father believes that the world's economic and political system is dependent upon growth at all costs.
24. The speaker's father believes that people are questioning their values and the direction they are going in.
25. The speaker's father believes that we can change the definition of success if we change ourselves.