How native speakers pronounce “fear”

everything all external expectations all Pride all fear of embarrassment or failure these things just fall away in

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

And every time that six-year-old won. And this fear even persisted after I started my own company. I mean, I started my own company when I was 30 --

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

(Laughter) I searched, "How do I overcome the fear of rejection?" I came up with a bunch of psychology articles

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

I came up with a bunch of psychology articles about where the fear and pain are coming from. Then I came up with a bunch of "rah-rah" inspirational articles

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

I use the book I just published, and I'm even building technology to help people overcome their fear of rejection. When you get rejected in life,

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

as if it were telling you something about the future, when you give in to the fear of missing out, and you go and you buy the AI

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

Here is a sense of what Justice Kennedy wrote: “Marriage responds to the universal fear that a lonely person might call out only to find no one there."

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

I realized that my demons were actually just ancient, fear-based neurotic programs, probably injected into me by the culture, by my parents.

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

For ambitious people, this may be a little scary. You might fear it's going to erode your edge. But research shows that this process of replacing your sadistic inner tyrant

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

is that if you're vulnerable and it doesn't go well and it wasn't from a place of fear, remember that it's not always your fault.

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

to care for themselves. And my experience validated all the fear that caregivers have, thinking that the job won't be there when they get back,

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

It was more than struggling to, you know, the fear of getting sick or juggling childcare. The isolation hit deep.

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

EN: One of the primary barriers to listening to your body is a fear of the uncomfortable feelings that are happening in your body. One of the things I say over and over, we say it over and over in "Burnout,"

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

and my mission is to help people be happier and healthier. But I fear that something I've been teaching for the last 10 years is doing more harm than good,

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

Some of our earliest research on black men's health revealed that for many, the doctor's office is associated with fear, mistrust,

Joseph Ravenell: How barbershops can keep men healthy | TED · TED

when I first started telling people that I wanted to be a writer, I was met with this same sort of fear-based reaction. And people would say, "Aren't you afraid you're never going to have any success?

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

check. Fear definitely check. You love

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

eventually have to confront them even people who fear getting bogged down in the messy middle will eventually have

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of change number one answer fear how can I get through this how can I pay

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one mother of two after escaping an abusive marriage was overcome with fear it wasn't fear of failure she said it

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abusive marriage was overcome with fear it wasn't fear of failure she said it was fear of the unknown

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it wasn't fear of failure she said it was fear of the unknown I just didn't understand if I could

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mother and went on 53 First Dates her biggest fear was Heights so she jumped out of a plane

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one where the world's dominant power is no longer a democracy. This is the war US military analysts fear most. Not just because of outdated technology or slow decision making,

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

Most of the discussions you hear about AI risks are focused on fear. Today, with you, I'm betting on love.

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

In the general conversation out there, a lot of the sort of fear that people spoke of is the arrival of AGI, artificial general intelligence.

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

as everyone connected to me was filled with fear and doubt and anxiety, and I had to do something different.

A magical mantra for nurturing a blissful life | JayaShri Maathaa

Lack of time? Fear of feeling awkward? Unresolved anger?

The Profound Power of Gratitude and "Living Eulogies" | Andrea Driessen | TED · TED

as a way of anesthetizing my own bad feelings of shame, regret and fear. Those feelings were so big,

Lessons from My Father’s Final Days | Laurel Braitman | TED · TED

Happiness without sadness or bravery without fear. These things are not opposites.

Lessons from My Father’s Final Days | Laurel Braitman | TED · TED

And it's an antidote. It's an antidote to our fear and our anxiety, to loneliness and isolation,

How Acts of Kindness Sparked a Global Movement | Asha Curran | TED · TED

Where they’re in true community with one another. Where they can pursue bold ideas without fear. So what can you do?

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

and having just left the world with a memory of horror and fear and being very depressed about what's going on. Or we could leave this world with a little bit of you in art form.

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

CA: Because we're talking about an exponentially growing power where we fear that we may wake up one day and the world is ending.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

where I could pick and choose what parts of progress were going to happen. And I think, the fear is totally rational. Sort of, the anxiety is totally rational.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

New economic models are really important. But we have to embrace this with like, caution but not fear, or we will get run by with other people that use AI to do better.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

where you think I've been corrupted by power? CA: I think the fear is that just the transition of OpenAI to a for-profit model,

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

walking on eggshells, is not respect. They are fear. Thriving couples have basic etiquette.

The 6 Essential Ingredients of Loving Relationships | Sara Nasserzadeh | TED · TED

I still think I'm going to get fired. So even with that fear, I'm worried about what do I need to do

How to Live a Meaningful Life | Brian S. Lowery | TED · TED

or person into thinking we're one way. And it's that constant fear of being exposed for not really being that. You know, I call myself a therapist.

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

they're scary costumes. um you know fear and stress and a little bit of um you

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

and I was so exhausted and overwhelmed I would just cry and fall asleep. And the months of isolation fostered fear and loneliness and frustration.

How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime | Emily Nagoski

where i thought if i choose not to speak out of fear then there's no one that my silence is

Amanda Gorman: Using your voice is a political choice | TED · TED

so that i might realize that if i choose not out of fear but out of courage to speak then there's

Amanda Gorman: Using your voice is a political choice | TED · TED

something unique that my words can become and all of a sudden that fear that my words my jumble and stumble

Amanda Gorman: Using your voice is a political choice | TED · TED

Time of breakup can be a real trigger for violence. If you fear you might be headed towards abuse or in abuse, you need to consult with experts to get the advice on how to leave safely.

The difference between healthy and unhealthy love | Katie Hood | TED · TED

And I was underdeveloped and over-excitable. And despite my fear of ever being looked at for too long,

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

and try to develop universal basic income system instead? These broad fear-mongering statements, they have to give way to practical discussions

My Year Living with a Robot | Emily Kate Genatowski | TED · TED

So instead of being wrapped up in the sensationalism of fear or excitement, I ask that we bring these discussions down into reality,

My Year Living with a Robot | Emily Kate Genatowski | TED · TED

in safe and healthy environments without fear of violence from individuals or the government.

Black life at the intersection of birth and death | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

to live in safe environments and healthy communities without fear from violence from individuals or the state or government.

Black life at the intersection of birth and death | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

There is no time for self-pity, no room for fear." Yesterday, during rehearsal,

Black life at the intersection of birth and death | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

There is no time for self-pity. And no room for fear." And I have made my choice.

Black life at the intersection of birth and death | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

Then we said, well, maybe this is just a new moral panic. Maybe this is just a reflexive fear of new technology. Then the data started rolling in.

Why AI Is Our Ultimate Test and Greatest Invitation | Tristan Harris | TED · TED

said, "We're 35 now, time we settled down and found a running mate," made road maps for infant joy, shamed nothing but fear, called ourselves fat and meant, of course,

Chinaka Hodge: What will you tell your daughters about 2016? | TED · TED

In simple terms, this is visualizing the worst-case scenarios, in detail, that you fear, preventing you from taking action,

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED · TED

So I created a written exercise that I called "fear-setting," like goal-setting, for myself.

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED · TED

"What if I ...?" This is whatever you fear, whatever is causing you anxiety,

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED · TED

And I realized that inaction was no longer an option for me. Those are the three pages. That's it. That's fear-setting. And after this, I realized that on a scale of one to 10,

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED · TED

and all of my biggest disasters averted back to doing fear-setting at least once a quarter.

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED · TED

when he stood up for his principles and ethics, how he had used stoicism and something akin to fear-setting, which blew my mind.

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED · TED

The hard choices -- what we most fear doing, asking, saying -- these are very often exactly what we most need to do.

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED · TED

do not stay stuck on the stairs out of necessity. They stay there out of fear. The trick is to learn to tell the difference

Forget the Corporate Ladder — Winners Take Risks | Molly Graham | TED · TED

The trick is to learn to tell the difference between the kind of fear that says, "I'm scared I might run out of money,"

Forget the Corporate Ladder — Winners Take Risks | Molly Graham | TED · TED

which you should actually listen to, and the kind of fear that says, "I'm scared I might fail,"

Forget the Corporate Ladder — Winners Take Risks | Molly Graham | TED · TED

which you should take as a giant green flashing light to jump. Cliff jumps teach you what you are capable of in spite of fear. The second thing you have to get good at in order to get good at jumping off cliffs

Forget the Corporate Ladder — Winners Take Risks | Molly Graham | TED · TED

Pain, yes, but also pride. Fear and an unexpected calm that washed over me knowing I had poured everything I had into that role.

The Roots of Resilience | Misty Copeland | TED · TED

I sobbed until I had no more tears left. I trembled with fear. I raged with anger.

What Losing Everything Taught Me About Resilience | Jane Marie Chen | TED · TED

because I feel like now I’m looking at even 20-somethings who have a fear of aging. I watch them on social media,

How to Discover Your Authentic Self -- at Any Age | Bevy Smith | TED · TED

We immediately see in our program our girls' fear of not getting it right, of not being perfect.

Teach girls bravery, not perfection | Reshma Saujani

The first one is that a movement cannot succeed if it's rooted in anger and fear. We have the right to feel angry about many climate injustices,

Your Inner Fire Is Your Greatest Strength | Xiye Bastida | TED · TED

We have the right to feel angry about many climate injustices, and most of climate science does elicit a lot of fear. But one time I was on a strike, and somebody on the sidelines asked me,

Your Inner Fire Is Your Greatest Strength | Xiye Bastida | TED · TED

And it turned out to be shame. And shame is really easily understood as the fear of disconnection: Is there something about me that, if other people know it or see it,

The Power of Vulnerability | Brené Brown | TED · TED

And to me, the hard part of the one thing that keeps us out of connection is our fear that we're not worthy of connection, was something that, personally and professionally,

The Power of Vulnerability | Brené Brown | TED · TED

And I said, "Well, I have a vulnerability issue. And I know that vulnerability is the core of shame and fear and our struggle for worthiness,

The Power of Vulnerability | Brené Brown | TED · TED

Here's vulnerability, here's grief, here's shame, here's fear, here's disappointment. I don't want to feel these.

The Power of Vulnerability | Brené Brown | TED · TED

But very often these technologies never get out of the starting gate because the fear of unintended consequences absolutely stymies even the most basic innovation at the get-go.

Ryan Phelan: The intended consequences of helping nature thrive | TED · TED

we decided to actually identify just how often, when humans intervene, did they cause the disasters that people fear so much. And yes, your classic stories of humans intervening in nature

Ryan Phelan: The intended consequences of helping nature thrive | TED · TED

and killing native species all along the way. These disasters stoke the minds of people about fear of intervention, and yet they happened in an era when there was little regard

Ryan Phelan: The intended consequences of helping nature thrive | TED · TED

to achieve and create the future we want and not overreact to a future that we fear. Thank you.

Ryan Phelan: The intended consequences of helping nature thrive | TED · TED

Well, it's something kind of unexpected. It’s FOMO: the fear of missing out. As someone who invests in companies early in their journeys,

The Secret to Successfully Pitching an Idea | The Way We Work, a TED series

You can't shoot from the hip. That's not to say that you need to work out of a sense of fear, either. You just have to be super thoughtful about how every decision you make,

Ask Dumb Questions, Embrace Mistakes — and Other Lessons on Innovation | Dave Raggio | TED · TED

then milk became rationed. And most of all, a kind of normalized political fear invaded our lives.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story | TED · TED

He was trying to prepare us for the world and underneath that was this fear that was shared by my own parents. That being a Black artist would make me stand out

R. Alan Brooks: When the world is burning, is art a waste of time? | TED · TED