![]() When Amy Purdy lost both of her legs at 19, she asked herself this: Key takeaway: Focus on growing, the more you try the more likely you are to succeed. ![]() When you believe that failure is not permanent, you will be able to show more grit in your life. The closest we have gotten is the “growth mindset”, which emphasizes that the ability to learn is not fixed, and can change with effort. Unfortunately, we don’t know how to grow grit. At the end, it was not the children with the higher IQs who did, it was the ones with more grit. “Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out.Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint,” says Angela.Īngela illustrates the power of grit with her experiment, where she asked thousands of high school juniors to take grit questionnaires, and then waited to see who would graduate. In her short but impactful talk, “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance”, Angela Lee Duckworth talks about grit being a lesser-known game changer. Key Takeaway: Choosing to refocus can help you actively be more positive. Sure, he was sad about the accident happening in the first place, but two broken ankles were nothing in the face of death, which was a likely scenario. However, there are two sides to every scenario and when we choose to focus on the bad outcome, we feel worse than if we were to focus on the more positive one. Jenkins then introduces the “happiness vector”, arguing that our brains are constantly evaluating scenarios and judging their outcomes. “Happiness isn't a choice until you see it as one,” says Dr Paul Jenkins, recounting the story of his nephew who had fallen off a 30 metre waterfall and broken both his ankles. We have all heard the saying that happiness is a choice, but is it? The way we choose to handle that is what makes the difference between succeeding and giving up. Key takeaway: Life will get all of us down in one way or another. “The thing about adversity, is that it does not discriminate.There is no use losing what you have to what you have already lost. Her unapologetic approach to adversity and her rejection of self-pity are evident in the talk. Lucy then came up with a strategy to be more resilient in her grieving, three simple and accessible secrets. What I needed was hope, and to be an active participant in my grief.” I didn't need to know that I would spend the next 5 years grieving from a pamphlet. ![]() “It left me feeling more like a victim than ever. In her speech, “ The three secrets of resilient people”, she talks about being on the other side of the equation after losing her 12-year-old daughter and best friend in a car accident.Īfter receiving counselling, pamphlets and advice from experts, she realised that the victim support was lacking. Lucy Hone is a resilience expert (yes it’s a job) who works with individuals who are grieving. With that, here are 5 TEDx talks and their key takeaways that you can mull over while you stay at home. These talks show that with positivity, grit and resilience there is nothing you cannot achieve. Their short but impactful talks are often filled with stories of discovery and obstacles, with real tips the speakers have learned the hard way. When you find yourself in a black hole of despair and can’t find the motivation to pick yourself up, we need real stories to inspire and to show us how to move on.Īnd there is no platform better at doing that than TEDx. Sometimes, the quotes on tumblr just don’t cut it.
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