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Motivational speaker and best-selling author Nick Vujicic used to get a little jealous when he saw people pick up his son, Kiyoshi.
"I would see them holding him, playing with him, throwing him up in the air and I couldn't do that with my own son," says Mr Vujicic, who was born without arms or legs.
Kiyoshi is now 22 months old.
Practising what he preached, however, the Serbian-Australian decided to shift his perspective.
"I told myself, 'All you need to do is be the best daddy you can be so that it compels him to want to hug his daddy'," he says.
Mr Vujicic, 32, who is married to Mexican- Japanese Kanae Miyahara, a housewife, thought that Kiyoshi would hug him only when he was three or four years old, but the boy did so when he was 16 months old.
In town last Tuesday to promote the upcoming launch of his new monthly digital magazine, Attitude Is Altitude, Mr Vujicic is continuing his journey of spreading inspiration and hope globally.
He has travelled 5,000,000km around the world and given motivational talks in more than 50 countries.
"Your attitude will determine your altitude and how high you fly in life," he said to more than 200 youths and adults at the seminar at *Scape.
The magazine, which is free, will officially launch on Jan 19 and includes articles on well-known figures such as the world's top male tennis player Novak Djokovic. It will also feature articles that aim to motivate readers to lead a more positive and healthy lifestyle.
"We need to awaken the next generation to understand that we are all change-makers. The nation is not as strong as its government but its next generation," says Mr Vujicic, who is based in California.
He also has plans to launch a feature film about his life in 2016 as well as a weekly online talk show.
1 Bullying is a central topic in your talks. Do you think it is getting more pervasive now with the Internet and cyber-bullies being able to hide behind their screens?
Yes, I believe cyber-bullying has magnified the frequency of bullying all over the world. The good thing to do is to take a screenshot of it because everything can be tracked.
More and more ideas are coming out to stop this problem and I believe that between apps (that allow the user to immediately report cyber-bullying incidents and reach out for support) and policing students in schools, things may be able to be tightened much better.
If you are being bullied, please tell your parents, friends or guidance counsellor. You don't have to fight it alone.
"I would see them holding him, playing with him, throwing him up in the air and I couldn't do that with my own son," says Mr Vujicic, who was born without arms or legs.
Kiyoshi is now 22 months old.
Practising what he preached, however, the Serbian-Australian decided to shift his perspective.
"I told myself, 'All you need to do is be the best daddy you can be so that it compels him to want to hug his daddy'," he says.
Mr Vujicic, 32, who is married to Mexican- Japanese Kanae Miyahara, a housewife, thought that Kiyoshi would hug him only when he was three or four years old, but the boy did so when he was 16 months old.
In town last Tuesday to promote the upcoming launch of his new monthly digital magazine, Attitude Is Altitude, Mr Vujicic is continuing his journey of spreading inspiration and hope globally.
He has travelled 5,000,000km around the world and given motivational talks in more than 50 countries.
"Your attitude will determine your altitude and how high you fly in life," he said to more than 200 youths and adults at the seminar at *Scape.
The magazine, which is free, will officially launch on Jan 19 and includes articles on well-known figures such as the world's top male tennis player Novak Djokovic. It will also feature articles that aim to motivate readers to lead a more positive and healthy lifestyle.
"We need to awaken the next generation to understand that we are all change-makers. The nation is not as strong as its government but its next generation," says Mr Vujicic, who is based in California.
He also has plans to launch a feature film about his life in 2016 as well as a weekly online talk show.
1 Bullying is a central topic in your talks. Do you think it is getting more pervasive now with the Internet and cyber-bullies being able to hide behind their screens?
Yes, I believe cyber-bullying has magnified the frequency of bullying all over the world. The good thing to do is to take a screenshot of it because everything can be tracked.
More and more ideas are coming out to stop this problem and I believe that between apps (that allow the user to immediately report cyber-bullying incidents and reach out for support) and policing students in schools, things may be able to be tightened much better.
If you are being bullied, please tell your parents, friends or guidance counsellor. You don't have to fight it alone.
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