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I'm talking about this new hawk in my backyard. And one of my viewers didn't believe me. They didn't believe that I had a bird in my backyard.

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

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I'm talking about this new hawk in my backyard. And one of my viewers didn't believe me. They didn't believe that I had a bird in my backyard.

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

And one of my viewers didn't believe me. They didn't believe that I had a bird in my backyard. And I could not have that.

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me and begin dropping in on the ones that looked far more

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

interesting it wasn't all romantic I didn't have a dorm room so I slept on the floor in friends rooms I returned

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

cigraph because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes I decided to take a calligraphy class to

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

and it was devastating I really didn't know what to do for a few months I felt that I had

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

love and so I decided to start over I didn't see it then but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

But most of our online community didn't even join with an interest in environmentalism at all. They are just normal people,

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

morning and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas I didn't even know what a pancreas was the doctors told me this

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

(Laughter) He didn't have to speak, but you know the bit where the three kings come in? They come in bearing gifts, gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

and I just want to say a word about the transition. Actually, my son didn't want to come. I've got two kids; he's 21 now, my daughter's 16.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

I've got two kids; he's 21 now, my daughter's 16. He didn't want to come to Los Angeles. He loved it, but he had a girlfriend in England.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn't have a job, it's because you didn't want one. And I didn't want one, frankly.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

If you didn't have a job, it's because you didn't want one. And I didn't want one, frankly. (Laughter)

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

And as I stood on the front porch fumbling in my pockets, I found I didn't have my keys. In fact, I could see them through the window,

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

and, you know, with all the cortisol in my brain, but I didn't know it was cloudy because my thinking was cloudy. (Laughter)

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

And it wasn't until I got to the airport check-in counter, that I realized I didn't have my passport. (Laughter)

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

So I started thinking about that, but my thoughts didn't crystallize until about a month later. I was having dinner with my colleague, Danny Kahneman, the Nobel Prize winner,

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

That's when he told me he didn't have a flight. I asked him if he worked in the airport

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

times. So, I didn't know that my flight was 2 hours delayed until I reached the gate.

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

built my church. >> >> Like a Hari Krishna, I didn't do this because of what I needed.

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

This I thought I could handle. But I didn't handle it. With the funny stories that Alex would bring to session,

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

Yes, people settle down later than they used to, but that didn't make Alex's 20s a developmental downtime. That made Alex's 20s a developmental sweet spot,

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

and everybody started sitting down. I didn't want to be the only one left standing up, so sometimes I think I married my husband

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

They’ve also calculated it would take $53 million, at a dollar per clam. They didn’t have $53 million, but they bought as many mom and dad clams as they could,

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

in who you might want to be next. I didn't know the future of Emma's career, and no one knows the future of work,

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

pick your family. Don't be defined by what you didn't know or didn't do.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

Don't be defined by what you didn't know or didn't do. You're deciding your life right now.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

They got a short-term lease on an apartment nearby for the partner who didn't have kids. And we were really strategic.

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

OK. We didn't go anywhere together. And one time when I was about 12 years old,

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

domination, right? And I didn't make this up, I did write that letter. And here it is --

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

into the conversation-starter Hall of Fame, but it didn't seem to matter. She turned to me, a big smile,

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

I was 30. Nope, I didn't build that company. I didn't even start.

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

Nope, I didn't build that company. I didn't even start. I was actually a marketing manager for a Fortune 500 company.

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

Where is that 14-year-old who wrote that letter? It's not because he didn't try. It's because every time I had a new idea,

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

I could've explained, I could've negotiated. I didn't do any of that. All I did was run.

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

just because I stayed engaged -- because I didn't run. I said, "Wow, great, I'm already learning things.

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

I think I'm a better father. These changes didn't happen to me overnight. They happened, of course, slowly, over time.

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

I would've thought, well, it's because the guy didn't trust me, it's because I was crazy,

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

it's because I was crazy, because I didn't dress up well, I didn't look good. It was none of those.

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

(Laughter) But I wanted to be an entrepreneur, so I didn't. But it has always been my dream to actually teach something.

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

and knocked on professors' doors and said, "Can I teach your class?" I didn't get anywhere the first couple of times. But because I didn't run -- I kept doing it --

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

I didn't get anywhere the first couple of times. But because I didn't run -- I kept doing it -- and on the third try the professor was very impressed.

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

The only problem is that when I graduated from medical school, I didn't get one of those little doohickeys that your mechanic has to plug into your car

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

in almost every kind of cancer. But we didn't learn about it from common cancers. We learned about it when doctors Li and Fraumeni

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

and you remember every single lyric, you know, 30 years later. And to be fair, I didn’t come up with this style of teaching -- all great teachers know this.

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

I'm going to keep my baby safe." I didn't tell her. I didn't stop to correct her thinking.

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

I didn't tell her. I didn't stop to correct her thinking. She was trusting in a protocol

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

I didn't tell her. I didn't fill in that blank. But a year and a half later

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

does matter in your life. I didn't tell you one dirty little secret. I told you that in medicine, we test predictions in populations,

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

I told you that in medicine, we test predictions in populations, but I didn't tell you, and so often medicine never tells you

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

And then I remembered, you do have a camera without sound, so I didn't even act on my G-rated thought. (Laughter)

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

fleet operators as well as smart depot professionals. All of that didn't exist ten years ago. These are like AV-focused jobs.

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

because it would reduce the support we needed. I didn't understand the system, but I understood the stakes. Stability was fragile,

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

and I starred in my own movie. Suddenly, we had access to a life that didn't require constant vigilance. Each opportunity gave way to a world we never knew was possible.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

At the time, it was just a theme song I wrote. I didn't know how I was transmuting. In my roles, I could be sad.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

although often disguised as humor. Performing was safe because it didn't make people feel guilty about watching me carry the weight of adulthood far too early.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

about watching me carry the weight of adulthood far too early. As the years flew by, I didn’t just perform on stage -- I started performing off it, too.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

the kind where you keep running and running and yelling and screaming. I thought once we got into the car he'd fall asleep, but he didn't. He couldn’t, and that scared me.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

and expecting my mother to do what she never could. Not because she didn’t love me, but because survival taught her to value propulsion.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

"We can go back to Chicago," but going back didn’t feel like rest -- it felt like erasure.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

you can't unsee the contrast. I couldn't live with the fact that we had a shot and I didn't take it, so I didn't fail.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

I couldn't live with the fact that we had a shot and I didn't take it, so I didn't fail. I just didn't know when it was complete.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

so I didn't fail. I just didn't know when it was complete. Somewhere along the way,

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

and I couldn’t remember how I got to the stage while on stage. It's clear that system didn't know how to stop. It’s like a computer --

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

(Laughter) I didn't make it up, and I haven't had any medicinal preparation today.

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

I was terrified of blowing the case. And that Washington Post editorial didn’t help matters. A month before the argument, I met Ben.

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

They also took a placebo for two weeks, in random order. They didn't know which one they were having, and we didn't either,

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

They didn't know which one they were having, and we didn't either, until we'd analyzed all of the data.

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

It cares about only your doubts. Ben didn’t dismiss this. He worked with it.

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

We found that when people took the cannabinoid medication, they actually didn't sleep much better when they were in the laboratory. This may be because it was just a single night,

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

One letter. The terror didn't disappear, but it transformed into joy. So was Ben the secret,

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

(Laughter) I didn't want to use it, but they told me to.

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

and he had me, 20 minutes a day, focus on a single word. He didn't send an app. He actually rented an apartment a block from the court.

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

And we worked together every day, focusing on that word. Bob didn't just give me a mantra, he gave me a weapon. When I walked into court that day, the static was cleared.

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

And the Chief Justice? It didn’t just predict his question, it predicted a possible escape route.

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

My father was my first audience. He didn't get to live to see this argument, but as I walked out of the courtroom afterwards,

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

past those marble walls, past the portraits of people who didn't look like me, I got a text on my phone,

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

You might have been watching those video clips and been like, “I didn’t feel any of those amazing brain tingles. Grrr!”

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

It's a great honor. AH: You've just left office under circumstances you didn't choose, and you're not alone.

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

we find insights that we never would have thought we'd find, and we even often reveal beauty that we didn't think was there. I think it's important for us to talk about gross things for a few reasons.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

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

who bragged that he had only gotten four hours sleep the night before. And I felt like saying to him -- but I didn't say -- I felt like saying, "You know what? if you had gotten five,

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

You know, just to navigate around, to find restaurants, do translations. And at first, it didn't really feel right. It felt too much like a tool,

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

And then I froze because I actually, I didn't build voice in there. I added support for images, yeah, but even that took hours.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

And then it was looking for something to translate the audio, but I didn't have it installed. But then it found an OpenAI key, it sent the whole thing to the server,

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

All of that in nine seconds. Can you imagine? I didn't build any of that. For me, this was the moment where I thought,

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

wouldn't ban girls from school or oppress women. The Afghans I spoke with didn't believe it. And they were right.

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

The other had a job in our city, and we invited her to stay. It didn't take long for us to start scheming with about a half dozen other friends,

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

And when I stopped fighting them, they calmed down for a few seconds. I didn't have to slay them. I just had to give them a high five.

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

They're all bad. Didn't like any of them." They're going to look at you in shock and surprise and say,

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

but they reported liking the woman who showed up to the most classes, 20 percent more than the woman that didn't show up for any, right? Nobody remembered her, but they liked her a lot

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

the people who replaced me had done such a good job. Didn't they deserve these opportunities now? Shouldn't they continue doing that work?

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

and in my community, there were two groups: those who didn't die, and those who came back to life. And those who didn't die lived often very tethered to the ground,

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

those who didn't die, and those who came back to life. And those who didn't die lived often very tethered to the ground, could not experience pleasure, could not trust,

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

But in truth, I didn't really know what to do and I fumbled for a few more years. My clients were remote most of the time.

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

I wasn't working with them, and I didn't know how to relate to them because there were so much younger than me.

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