TED SPEAKER:Matt Weinstein: What Bernie Madoff couldn't steal from me | Video on TED.com

Matt Weinstein: What Bernie Madoff couldn't steal from me | Video on TED.com

After watching this video from the TED speakers series, Matt Weinstein gives me a perspective to glean from in what is seemingly some hard times in our day and age. Matt Weinstein is a professional speaker, author, and motivational coach who does workshops and seminars for companies, colleges, and employees. The speech talked about how he and his wife invested a large portion of their retirement and savings into funds manage by Bernie Madoff. Bernie Madoff is the multi-billionare who stole and manipulated funds up to 65 billion dollars. After this happened Mr. Weinstein stated that he and his wife were really devastated but, had to come to the realization that they could not allow Bernie Madoff steal their lives even though he stole their money. He quoted Epictetus a philosopher from 2000 years ago who said, "We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them". This statement really encouraged me because it shows me that the awful things that have happened to me in my life is not allowed to dictate my response towards them. If I choose to respond correctly and I can always win and have the ultimate victory in times that seemingly portrait defeat.