- People, you know what time it is?
Decision time.
(intense dramatic music)
Well, so, you got a decision to make.
(laughs)
Don't worry, don't worry.
You make decisions all the time,
like what to eat, what to buy,
what to wear, how to spend your time,
who to spend your time with, what you're gonna say,
how you're gonna say it, whether or not you put
on a dinosaur costume and skate through town.
Hey, it's an option, and I'm proud of it.
Researchers found this: we make thousands
of choices each day; thousands of them.
In fact, the more responsibilities that you have,
the more choices you have to make.
There's options all up in your face all the time.
And, on top of all this,
with each choice comes a consequence.
Every choice that you make leads
to something good or not so good.
Like that old saying: Everything happens for a reason.
Sometimes that reason is you ate
a whole row of Oreos in one sitting.
If you excuse me, I got to take a break.
(happy bubbly music)
Okay, I'm back. (groans)
That was a bad decision.
If you're watching this video,
that means that you're awesome.
Congrats. You're Awesome.
How will you make awesome choices?
Here's a few choices for how you can make choices.
You can be impulsive.
Don't even think about it.
Just mindlessly point, pick, and do whatever.
Disclaimer: I don't recommend this choice
for making choices.
Now you can do it, but it'll lead to mixed results.
It's especially dangerous while picking your wardrobe,
or diffusing a bomb; can't be impulsive then.
Another choice you have when making choices:
Don't do anything.
This is a choice to not make any choices,
which is a poor choice.
Just stand there, wait, do nothing.
It's an option, it's always an option.
You could say nothing, do nothing,
but fair warning, then you'll be nothing.
Just sayin'.
Another choice for how you can make a choice:
just be a follower.
Ya, just do what everyone else is doing.
When you're a follower you don't really have to think.
It's really simple, just look around
and see what everyone else is doing.
Is everyone just complaining about something?
You can do that too!
Is everyone doing what everyone else is doing?
You can do that too!
Is everyone eating an entire row of Oreos in one sitting?
Just do that! (retching)
Excuse me.
(happy bubbly music)
Whoa, sorry, I'm back.
I have to make better choices.
So being a follower, you can make that choice.
There's just a really big problem with that.
The world needs you.
So hows about this?
Focus on being someone worth following.
I like that choice.
Another choice on how you can make your choices:
Be thoughtful.
Warning, this requires thinking.
It takes some thought to be thoughtful.
But thinking, that's something we should do more often.
Think about what do I care about?
What's important to me?
What kind of world do I want to live in?
Do my choices help create that world?
I want to live in world with more dancing.
So what do I do?
A little bit of dancing.
The choices you make help make the world.
All of us together make big choices sometimes, too.
Like we all try to come together and make a big decision.
Like in an election, who will lead our country.
That's a big decision.
Whatever happens there,
there's something that you can't forget:
just how powerful you are.
There are no small people,
and there are no small choices.
You, you're making big choices every single day,
and they make a big difference.
Whether you're president in a big, fancy, oval office,
or not the president, or just a kid with a can phone
and some cardboard, your choices matter,
on election day, and every single day.
Real change happens right in your back yard.
The little decisions that you think are little
are actually a really big deal.
The choices we make make our lives.
And your life, it's an awesome one.
Make the kind of choices that are worthy
of that awesome life.
I'm gonna make a decision right now.
This world needs little more dancing,
so I'm gonna dance right now!
(dubstep music)
Oh, mail.
(intense dramatic music)
Dear Kid President,
seriously, why won't you answer my question?
You're not really a kid anymore.
You can't be Kid President forever.
They wrote this in all capital letters.
I don't know.
I don't know, growing up's so hard,
I don't know, this is (sighs).
(alarm rings)
Oh, I see we're out of time,
hopefully I can answer that next episode.
Bye.
(dubstep music)