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TEDxToronto - Drew Dudley "Leading with Lollipops"

      As  Jim Rohn once said,  "A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better."  Every day, each of us influences or leads others. Whether we recognize it or not, our activities affect or guide other people. For better or worse, the people around us are impacted by our actions. You are leading someone just by being you. Dudley describes leadership as a series of “lollipop moments.” Society frequently links leaders with people who hold lofty positions of authority, work out of large offices, and make significant choices. As a result, many people are reluctant to refer to themselves as leaders. However, genuine leadership is most immediately obvious in the day's little moments. It involves acting in a way that improves another person's life compared to how it was before you arrived. The wonderful aspect is that people do this constantly, occasionally withou...

Grit: the power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth

      "Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint." The speaker here in this Ted Talk is an educator and a physiologist, she starts her talk by providing the audience by providing some background information about her profession. When she started working as a math teacher, in New York public schools, she had a smart observation about the performance of kids. She noticed that IQ is not an indicator of success. Smart kids are not necessarily the most successful. She felt that the answer could be motivation. Therefore, she decided to start her master's in phycology. She wanted to look for an answer to this question; what makes a successful individual in life?        She shares, “After many years, I came to the conclusion that what we need in education is a much better understanding of students and learning from a motivational perspective, from a psychological perspective.” She began to ask, “What if your ability to do well in school and i...

"The Danger of a Single Story" Ted Talk

"The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete," (Adichie). Our cultures and our lives are made up of a variety of overlapping stories. In this Ted Talk, novelist Chimamanda Adichie discusses how she developed her unique cultural voice and issues a warning that if we learn only a single narrative about a different individual or nation, we run the risk of having serious misconceptions. A single story might lead to stereotypes, which is a risk. It is frequently very opinionated and stereotyped. Loss of important facts and information results from this. Additionally, it creates division and encourages stereotypes in all of us. She challenges us to think about how stories can affect, identity, create stereotypes, and open doors toward empathy. Despite the fact that single stories frequently result from harmless misunderstandings or knowledge of others, they can sometimes h...

What does it mean to be vulnerable?

     "Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change." Vulnerability is the core of shame, fear, and struggle for worthiness. It is also related to accepting emotional risk, which comes from the result of being willing to love and being open. On the other hand, it is also a source of happiness, joy, and belonging.  In the Ted Talk, the researcher talked about the connectivity between people. And as the researcher mentioned, in order for connection to happen we have to allow ourselves to be seen. "Wholehearted" people have the courage to realize that they are imperfect, they have compassion by being kind to themselves before being kind to others. They are keen to let go of people that they should let go to become a better person. People numb vulnerability. When people numb or decide not to feel that emotion they also numb feeling joy, happiness, and love. It's that uncertain emotion a person experiences when they venture outside of their ca...