照片/视频通过Tony Greco
At theFDIC国际2021 Opening Ceremony Day 1，副区酋长（撤回）Steve Chikerotisfrom the Chicago (IL) Fire Department spoke to a standing-room-only crowd in Indianapolis on “Slow the Game Down and Play Big”:
“今天的演讲是关于三件事：增强世界上最重要的人的健康，成功和幸福。是以自我为中心的吗？我们不是在FDIC成为更好的消防员，更好的领导者和更好的人吗？
“规则＃1：永远不要放弃面具。你找到受害者。你放弃面具吗？一定不行！他们在电视和电影中这样做是因为它对英雄来说看起来很酷和英雄。你为什么不放弃现实生活中的面具？在那一刻，您是世界上最重要的人。放弃你的面具，也许你们都死了。受害者不会拯救你。
“So, if you’re the most important in the world, what are you doing to enhance your health, success, and happiness? Dedicate a little time each day to YOU. Staying in shape will make you a better firefighter, parent, and spouse. It’s not necessary to work out two hours a day. Walk–20 minutes of exercise pays dividends if done every day. Don’t smoke–nobody is in shape if they smoke.
“Work on your mental health. Firefighters see a lot. But you can’t move next to an airport and complain about airplane noise. We meet our customers on the worst day of their lives sometimes their last day. All of us are haunted by memories. It comes with the territory. Did you do your best?
“您如何增强成功和幸福？如果您开始从事身心健康，您已经走上了正确的道路。退出祝你好运。下沙发，去吧！你想要什么？你有目标吗？您需要一个成功的蓝图。
“If you achieve health and success, it’s probably because you learned to love yourself. Love yourself and happiness follows. I’ve been blessed with two successful careers in the fire service and the film industry. I’m just an ordinary man like you. It wasn’t due to luck.
I had help. Nobody does it on their own.
“Our ropes in life are negative people and self-doubt. Once I found the power of positivity, I shed negative people from my life. Negative people pull you down.
“减慢游戏的速度。您是如何成为消防员的？对于某些人来说，这是家族企业。像我这样的其他人找到了消防员的导师 - 笨拙，勇敢，无私的领导者。消防服务是每天进行不常见行为的普通男人和女性的繁殖地。我一生中指导者的共同点是谦虚，善良，关怀，鼓舞人心和积极的。成为他人的导师。
“您如何找到导师？FDIC是一个不错的起点。寻找他们问。如果您想要生活中的东西，那就足够大胆地问。有时他们会找到我们。把自己放在正确的位置；努力工作。不要在沙发上等待。
“Keep your eye on the prize. Focus on what you want. Want to change the world? Never give up your mask. It starts with YOU. Work on YOU every day. Dream big. Write it down. Tell yourself what you want. Visualize success. Go get it!
“Only you can decide: Are you going to be the hero in your life story or the victim?
“Charles Dickens once said: The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will.’
“As we walk out of this room today, we should ask ourselves: What is my action plan going to be in enhancing my health, success, and happiness? It starts today. Together, we can make your world, my world, and this world a better place.”
