How native speakers pronounce “ask”

(Laughter) But if you ask about their education, they pin you to the wall, because it's one of those things that goes deep with people, am I right?

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

figuring that in the morning, on the way to the airport, I could call my contractor and ask him to fix it. This was going to be expensive,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

And so you're thinking, "Yeah! Give me the statin." But there's a question you should ask at this point, a statistic you should ask for

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

But there's a question you should ask at this point, a statistic you should ask for that most doctors don't like talking about,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

Why not, doc? Give me the prescription anyway." But you should ask at this point for another statistic, and that is, "Tell me about the side effects." Right?

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

So the idea of the pre-mortem is to think ahead of time to the questions that you might be able to ask that will push the conversation forward.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

♪ We know the game and we're gonna play it ♪ ♪ And if you ask me how I'm feeling ♪ ♪ Don't tell me you're too blind to see ♪

Never Gonna Give You Up — Rick Astley · Rick Astley

think it should be maybe even twice as long you might also ask yourself where you will do your best slow thinking

Slow Thinking

a little bit longer and I would ask him what he was reading. I would tell him

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

And one time when I was about 12 years old, one of my closest friends finally worked up the courage to ask me about it. And I could tell she was so nervous.

Your Relationship Expectations Could Be Holding You Back | Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile | TED · TED

also showing up beyond conversation. When we ask people to think of a compliment they could give to their friend

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

than the complimenters imagined they would. When we ask people to express their gratitude to someone they love, they leave their recipients feeling even better

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

When I feel grateful, I write a note and send it off. When I need help, I’m less reluctant to ask for it. When I know someone needs some support,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

This is how he was hearing me. "Not sure." Then I ask him, "Is that weird?" He's like, "Yeah, it's really weird, man."

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

I learned that if I mention some doubt people might have before I ask the question, I gained their trust.

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

But it has always been my dream to actually teach something. So I said, "What if I just ask and teach a college class?"

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

and I don't know the answer, I'll ask a colleague who may have a similar albeit distinct patient with sarcoma.

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

We’ll build stuff, ask a ton of questions and even smash a few things along the way.

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

but they can tell you when they don't know if only you'll ask. So please, join the conversation.

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

Let the Waymo driver get you from point A to point B. And so when you ask me about competition, I think there are a host of companies

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

Sound brutal, but perhaps familiar? Every morning I ask myself, how can I, knowing what I know, be doing this to my own son?

What lack of sleep does to the teenage brain - Wendy Troxel

Right now, your AI lives on the other side of a screen. You ask it a question: it answers. You close your laptop and it's gone.

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

It predicted the contours of the very argument I would face. It knew that Justice Gorsuch would ask me about the taxing power. It knew Justice Kavanaugh was going to grill me

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

a psychologist and the head of the Ryerson University Sleep Lab, the basic questions you should ask yourself are: Do I feel reasonably well-rested during the day?

Do You Really Need 8 Hours of Sleep Every Night? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter | TED · TED

I want it to last a little bit longer. So when they ask me, “One or two?” I say, “Oh, I’m not sure.”

The Brain Science (and Benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard | TED · TED

AH: OK, we're at TED. So it wouldn't be TED if we didn't ask a question about AI. We hear a lot these days about what AI might do to society,

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

In part, that's just because there weren't a lot of scientists in the field who were women, to ask questions about it. And it's also not a topic that women talk about publicly.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

So there's this gap in what we know, just because no one was there to ask a question. There's one final reason that I think talking about gross stuff is so important,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

He won a Nobel Prize for his work. So go out there and pick up beetles and play in dirt and ask questions. And own your fascination with gross stuff and don't be ashamed of it,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

I'd like for this talk to be a conversation starter. I hope it'll persuade you to ask more questions. Predictions invite manipulation.

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

and I appeared in a “New York Times” documentary. I did everything I could to reach to our leaders and ask for their help. Simply for the crime of speaking out,

What I Got Wrong About Changing the World | Malala Yousafzai | TED · TED

We've all been there. There's something you want to ask for. So we stress about it for weeks.

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

(Laughter) Instead, you want to use what's called a relational ask. A relational ask is easily the most well-hidden secret in negotiation.

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

Instead, you want to use what's called a relational ask. A relational ask is easily the most well-hidden secret in negotiation. Until now.

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

and Linda Babcock out of Carnegie Mellon shows that when women use a relational ask, we are much more likely to be successful

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

I realized that they were at the frontier of friendship, helping us imagine how much more we could ask of our platonic relationships. Which is true, but another way of looking at it

Why Friendship Can Be Just As Meaningful as Romantic Love | Rhaina Cohen | TED · TED

the risk of backlash. That means that you can feel free to ask for whatever it is you want,

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

and I used it to create a formula you can use to ask for what you want. The formula is: past performance,

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

plus future vision, plus the ask and then a collaborative question.

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

Future vision is something that everyone in the room wants. The ask is what you want. We're going to connect that to the vision.

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

Instead, you want to use what we call a collaborative question. This formula means that it will take you two minutes to create your ask, using everything we know

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

So let's ditch the bad advice and instead use this formula to ask for what you want in your life. Share this with the other women that you care about,

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

We say things like, "The way you made that really early offer and didn't even ask for a counter, that was amazing."

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

that was amazing." Or "It was so great how you didn't even ask me anything about my side, or what I was willing to kind of, you know,

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

particularly in the workplace. So first we need to ask ourselves the question, how many people are on board with this niceness culture, really?

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

"Should I be nice or honest and useful?" What I like to do is ask people, "Can I give you feedback on a couple dimensions?"

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

and that could include things like, "Don't wait for Tom to ask if you found any errors before you say, 'Tom, I found some errors.'"

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

to hone their interpersonal communications skills. It might sound like a funny question, but we have to ask ourselves: Is there any 21st-century skill

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

If you put in a complicated question, you're going to get a simple answer out. If I ask you, "Were you terrified?" you're going to respond to the most powerful word in that sentence,

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

because they're also really interesting. So TED member Arnoldo, they ask, "Married people often complain about lack of time

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

So I joined that Spanish class, that was repeated over time. Every day in Spanish class, I would ask people to go out to lunch with me. We'd go out to lunch together,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

that you don't have with other people. So pick whoever in the group that you really liked and ask them, "Oh, would you be open to like, getting coffee, getting tea

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

You know, for people who have met on social media only as opposed to in real life, they ask, "Is it possible to have a strong virtual friendship?

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

if you think you might be floating, drifting into your own setback. In this exercise, I encourage you to ask yourself two questions. Number one, what are you energized by?

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

or that they've hoped it would afford them. And so I began to ask a different question. "I shut myself off when ..." began to be the question.

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

to receive pleasure." And then I began to ask the reverse question. "I turn myself on when ..."

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

"I turn myself on when ..." Because most of the time, people like to ask the question, "You turn me on, what turns me on,"

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

Visualize it again. Now ask yourself, how did that setback set the stage for your reinvention?

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

And there are two ways that you can do this. One is to ask expansive, open-ended questions,

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

Think about this as if you're talking to a child coming home from school. If you ask them, "How was your day?"

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

So in a similar way, when you ask your colleague, "How was your weekend?"

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

Try something like, "What was the highlight of your weekend?" And then ask for more. Probe a little deeper.

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

you're on a Zoom call with a remote team member, and they haphazardly ask about our most favorite topic, the weather.

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

That could mean holding a few minutes in the beginning of meetings to chit chat or to ask questions to learn more. It could mean having virtual lunches with people,

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

and it'll throw you another curve ball. And when it does, I want you to ask yourself: How am I going to prioritize my non-negotiable?

Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED · TED

the next time somebody requests your time or a commitment from you, I want you to ask yourself, is this time worth spending?

Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED · TED

Is this feasible? I like to ask myself: Is future me going to be mad at current me if I say yes to this?

Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED · TED

but to maintain a healthy weight long-term is hard. Ask anyone who has ever tried. So let's consider my mom, for instance.

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

We became a village of two. Each day she would ask me, "Did you go run yet?"

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

They're everywhere. OK, let me give you a simple question you can ask yourself. What about me or my experience

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED

I would really like to survey them. I'd like to ask them about their menstrual histories, about their fertility,

What Women Athletes Need to Unlock Their Full Potential | Kate Ackerman | TED · TED

She's taken her earrings off, makeup's gone. So I ask, like, "Why'd you change clothes?" She says, "Oh, I'm getting my home appraised today.

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED

and actually, that first meeting, I remember thinking, "I have to be the one to ask the next question," because I knew I was going to huff and puff

Got a Meeting? Take a Walk | Nilofer Merchant | TED · TED

or fluorescent-lit conference room meetings, I ask people to go on a walking meeting, to the tune of 20 to 30 miles a week.

Got a Meeting? Take a Walk | Nilofer Merchant | TED · TED

or something else?” EN: Yeah, ask a medical professional for sure. And there's a lot of overlap between burnout and lots of other experiences,

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

and instead of just trying to, like, tell yourself to relax, ask that feeling, "Why are you there? What do you need from me? What has to change?"

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

That's the baseline culture change that’s going to end burnout forever. AN: And usually the next question people ask us is, "I don't have anyone like that in my life.

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

And the data is just telling us what every parent already knows. You ask, "How was school today?"

Schools Urgently Need a Redesign. Here’s How | Aylon Samouha | TED · TED

A continuous way of evolving how we do school together. So when we ask, "And how are the children?"

Schools Urgently Need a Redesign. Here’s How | Aylon Samouha | TED · TED

you can create resilience. Now I wouldn't necessarily ask for more stressful experiences in my life, but this science has given me a whole new appreciation for stress.

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

the third tool is to notice your emotion-driven urge; ask yourself if acting on it is ultimately helpful. If not, do the opposite.

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

In the US, “What do you do?” is often the first question we ask when we meet someone new. This is drilled into us from an early age.

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" we ask our kids, already conflating who we are with what we do,

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

Our mission is simple: ask Black women, 80 percent of whom are over a healthy body weight,

The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Renae

And to, lastly: never ask permission to save your own life. It is our fundamental right as human beings

The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Renae

I encourage you to add two small words to your question. Instead, ask them, "What do you like to do?"

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

It's hard to doubt what hasn't been said. Silence doesn't ask us to prove or disprove a thing. Words so often cut us in two.

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

Now, these centenarians' stories along with the science that underpins them prompted me to ask myself some questions too, such as, when am I going to die and how can I put that day off?

The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker

The emotional or mental health club. Silence doesn't ask me to believe anything or to fret about non-believers.

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

measure your blood pressure and your heart rate, but let's also ask something equally as vital to Veronica and a lot of patients like her

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

and that artistry, in the end, will always ultimately lead to anguish. And the question that I want to ask everybody here today is are you guys all cool with that idea?

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

But more importantly, it was that we put in place a system that allowed us to routinely ask questions to Veronica and hundreds more like her

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

outside the four walls of the clinic. Now you might ask, and it's a very obvious question that a lot of colleagues in medicine ask:

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

Now you might ask, and it's a very obvious question that a lot of colleagues in medicine ask: "Doctors and nurses thinking about transportation and housing?

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

"Why did none of my doctors ask about my home before? In those visits to the emergency room,

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

That leads to a second phenomenon that I call the "don't ask, don't tell" approach to upstream issues in healthcare.

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

to upstream issues in healthcare. We don't ask about where you live and where you work, because if there's a problem there,

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda