How Courage Turns Our Lives Into a Movie | Boris Wong | TEDxCUHK

A TEDxCUHK talk by Boris Wong, a YouTube and Instagram content creator, MV director, actor and singer-songwriter who founded the independent entertainment company MIZU. He reflects on how the decisions made throughout life shape its story, using an analogy of a soldier and a warrior. He draws on his own path across several careers, including setbacks that taught him to take a leap of faith. The talk argues that with courage, anyone can become the decision-maker of their own journey and open the unexpected chapters that shape their story. The talk was given at an independently organized TEDx event.

• Life as an accumulation of decisions made since birth
• A soldier and warrior analogy used to frame personal choices
• Career path as a YouTuber, actor and multi-career creator
• Courage to take a leap of faith after setbacks

The story of our lives is made up of an accumulation of decisions we have made since birth. Using an interesting story and analogy of a soldier and warrior, he reflects on his journey being a YouTuber and slasher, someone with multiple careers. Those dark moments and defeats did not intimidate him from moving forward, but instead taught him the courage of take a leap of faith and eventually lead him to become who he was today. Through the story of his life, he hopes to show that with courage, anyone can become the decision-maker of their own journey and open the unexpected chapters that shape their story. Boris Wong is a YouTube/IG content creator, MV director, actor, and singer-songwriter. He founded the independent entertainment company MIZU, which primarily focuses on artist management and video production. He started focusing on shooting music videos in 2022. In 2024, he founded the boy band “熱血躺平族.” The story of our lives is made up of an accumulation of decisions we have made since birth. Using an interesting story and analogy of a soldier and warrior, he reflects on his journey being a YouTuber and slasher, someone with multiple careers. Those dark moments and defeats did not intimidate him from moving forward, but instead taught him the courage of take a leap of faith and eventually lead him to become who he was today. Through the story of his life, he hopes to show that with courage, anyone can become the decision-maker of their own journey and open the unexpected chapters that shape their story. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx