As a Sri lankan am really proud of you. Am starting my day after listening to your inspiring and motivational speeches. It's really helpful to pass all the drawbacks and achieve tremendous success to our lives.

Feel free to share your thoughts... Appreciate every single word... Your feedback only makes the next episode even better... Cheers!

And I like that "Don't believe in the lies others people tell you."!!!

Love this wonderful and inspiring video very much! Thank you so much Mr. Dananjaya.

Thank you. This is sooo true. It took me 49 years to take the plunge. To be myself.... to follow my passion.

This is the perfect expression of the feelings that led me to homeschool my three sons. I would always tell anyone who asked, that I wanted them to have a passion, at least one. People usually looked at me like I was crazy. Having been raised and schooled in strict Catholic fashion, I wanted something completely different for them. My oldest is a self-taught and employed character artist, the second is transitioning from his passion for guitar to another of his passions - programming, (also self-taught) and the youngest just won first place for his speech to entertain about being homeschooled this past weekend. Hearing your words is much appreciated, much needed validation for the choices I've made as I sit here a bit stuck in my transition to my next adventure. Thank you.

Very true.. Love from India

loved your words of wisdom and your speeches have always been inspiring to me

You made myself not to give up my dream

Exactly sir!

Realest most honest confession ever! Thank u, Hats off for such an inspiring message .we need more of this kind of self awakening messages as mostly were surrounded with lies .

A true message delivered through a fantastic speech!!

Thank you so much for this word!! 😍

Excellent as always! RESPECT!

Beautiful and indeed inspiring Dananjaya..

thanks

This is absolutely a heart touching speech.. I wish the world could be off the bounds to take itself higher and higher..

what a speech....it charged me to follow my passion, thanks

Brilliant. Again.

So true Dananjaya ! Academic success does not bring happiness or create a wholesome successful human being. It is the passion for creativity and adventure that brings happiness and that happiness leads the way to great success ! I can personally vouch for this through my own experience.

This i excellent and very true. Thank you for sharing.

Dananjaya, you will always be my eternal winner when it comes to Public Speaking. When I look into your eyes, I am lost in your words yet find conviction to believe.

Absolutely agree! It dulls the senses, the creativity, the inborn talents and makes parrots of us. It teaches us answers to specific questions but does not give us the chance to come up with our own answers. It restricts you, your spirit, your soul inside 4 walls and to escape seems impossible. But you CAN escape-I think you have found a way-of helping others too, to realize this. Keep it up!

Love you sir.. I would like to see more about the life from you.. Thank you so much..

Wow! It did hit me hard. To a certain extend I know I have made people around me happy. But am I happy? That could be always a question never be answered. Thank you for the great words!

Love the format of this video....and the message of course. You have inspired me to work on my speaking:)-Bless

That was awesome stuff Danny. Like you said, true education comes from nature.

Very true Dananjaya. Being a teacher I totally agree with you.

you always make me feel true,make me weep,you're such a Gold!!!

100% Agree with you! Brilliant video

Moral which I feel is... Everyone has something special , It’s depend upon him to find that something special and his wellwisher are resposible to find that something special.....!! I qoute theme of your speech bcoz Nothing could be better than it.....!! Thank You sir,

Thank you for your beautiful message! It really touched me, spoke to me, collided with where I am in my life right now. I'm struggling and this gives me light at the end of my tunnel -a fellow Dancer, Teacher & Speaker :)

very inspiring one.

This is soo true

Inspiring

Great..!! You should upload more videos..!!

Keep going!

wow what ideas it's awesome...!!!

There is a golden page for you in Sri lankan history. Wite it in your own words.

usually I don't cry .... but now I wanna cry !!!

Hi dana excellent

No offence Mr. Dananjaya what you are saying becomes true only for a greater minority who has some serious luck going on their way. One would keep chasing their passion and find nothing at all.at the end. This message you want to convey, every body loves to hear that. But the truth is that nothing comes along without a proper guidance, practice and hard work. A proper message to deliver would be to explore yourself after setting up the foundation other wise nobody will notice your presence at least. A smart man always knows how to explore them selves while they are having the education. By the way I had the privilege of witnessing one of your speeches and went speechless. You are such a talent and a pride to our country. All the best for your good work.!!

Safe things just narrow down your path!

Wow, spiritually true and scientifically proven... The world is really changing..

so true! but its really hard to convince anyone that this is the case..

You are diamond 💍 from Sri Lanka

you are amazing .. indeed education became a tool to reject you

You can still be educated, secure your future while following your dreams at the same time... Read more books and manage your time properly

you only live twice. 😊

Interesting thought Dananjaya, but how do you propose society goes about making doctors, engineers, lawyers, astronauts etc. without formal/structured education? :)

Excuse me sir! Could you tell me how can I win the bad friends?

Mr. Danajaya, what if a person decides to follow his dreams or what he really good at and then to do better in that field he decides to educate himself in that direction? is that ok?

Still go to school people but learn what you're passionate in.

Sir I desperately want to be a public speaker like you sir, but we don't have much of chances

i am free to share my thoughts

Hey Mr dananjaya actually I stopped my journey in Colombo gavel club because of a rumour! Do u think I'm foolish? Do I have to start it again? I loved public speaking but they didn't give me even a one chance😭😭😭😭

Is there any relation between Danajaya and Manoj vasu.?

that's exactly what I think for academic education but I'm amused of the fact that everywhere and anywhere we need academic qualification to show your eligibility even in sectors like art and culture??

@Dananjaya J Hettiarachchi i like what you said about this, but dont you think that a person needs to have some sort of education, rather than no education? but the point is Not to get an over dose of it... which is what basically everyone else around you and me are doing. its just that we need to change our prespective about how we see things in life. :)

I don't know-when I am curious, I educate myself, and when I am in school, I can ask questions and find out about so many subjects and how they relate to each other. I suspect that capitalism is the dream killer, not "education." Perhaps teachers should be allowed to teach, or educate, and administrators and politicians should stay out of it. The Montessori model and the Socratic method used in many schools are wonderful.

uneducating ourselves...