How native speakers pronounce “first”

big deal just three stories the first story is about connecting the dots

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months but then stayed around as a drop in for another 18 months or so

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

life but 10 years later when we were designing the first Macintosh computer it all came back to me and we designed

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

it all came back to me and we designed it all into the Mac it was the first computer with beautiful

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

to run the company with me and for the first year or so things went well but then our visions of the future began to

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

my wife Pixar went on to create the world's first computer animated feature film Toy Story and is now the most

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

The three boys came in, four-year-olds with tea towels on their heads. They put these boxes down, and the first boy said, "I bring you gold." And the second boy said, "I bring you myrrh."

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

at the start of this course because the first step to slowing down is understanding how the world got so fast

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understanding how the world got so fast in the first place where does all of our impatience come from

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to put systems in place that will help minimize the damage, or to prevent the bad things from happening in the first place. Getting back to that snowy night in Montreal,

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

but because of the drone, they knew exactly where he was. They were able to guide in first responders, and they saved this guy's life.

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

I probably wouldn't want to steal a car either. And this concept of drone as first responder is taking off across the country.

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

or go faster to a place before people get there. And that's this whole idea about drone as first responder and drone as like, essentially infrastructure monitoring.

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

I had just turned 22 when I finished my first semester of graduate school at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

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

with that in mind I want to leave you with three final thoughts first slow is good

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had forsaken his traditional saffron robes to mitigate first impressions. They buried their faces in their

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

If you haven't read a novel in a while, it may feel strange at first, but stick with it.

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

When I was in my 20s, I saw my very first psychotherapy client. I was a Ph.D. student in clinical psychology at Berkeley.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

She was a 26-year-old woman named Alex. Now Alex walked into her first session wearing jeans and a big slouchy top, and she dropped onto the couch in my office

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

Now when I heard this, I was so relieved. My classmate got an arsonist for her first client. (Laughter)

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

or 100 percent if you consider that no one's getting through adulthood without going through their 20s first. (Laughter)

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

new submarines that inspire action. In same week, Google launched the first 10 Hope Spots on Google Earth. In 2010, at a TED at Sea expedition to the Galapagos Islands,

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

This crowd is going to be fine, I think. We know that the first 10 years of a career has an exponential impact on how much money you're going to earn.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

So when we think about child development, we all know that the first five years are a critical period for language and attachment in the brain.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

Chile's coast and shoreline offshores were among Mission Blue’s first Hope Spots. They're now a part of Chile's commitment to protect

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

more than half of their ocean area. When I first went there, we found Juan Fernández fur seal --

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

Emma needed a better life, and I knew this was her chance. I had learned too much since I first worked with Alex to just sit there while Emma's defining decade

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

deserves to hear. First, I told Emma to forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

with ancient values of ocean care and respect. With the subs for the first time, they can go see who lives under the canoe.

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

and living the type of lives that we want to live. First, who is this middle-aged dude preaching a gospel of self-indulgence? Well, the 20-year-old version of me,

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

and The Washington Post. Soon after, I’m starting and running companies. First Politico, then Axios. So what the hell happened?

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

social lives moved on to social media. At first we thought this would be fine, maybe even better.

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

the audience. So, here's the first principle of what we might call techno-skepticism.

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

Two reasons. The first is that these technologies are extremely easy to use.

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

In fact, just yesterday at lunch, Esther Perel told me she recently did her first couples therapy with a mixed couple,

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

back in the bottle. >> >> Mothers were the first to organize and take action, but they were quickly

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

I remember I was working with an engaged couple for about a year, and when they first came to me, they said, "We're 95 percent good. We just want to address the five percent."

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

We just want to address the five percent." And I hear something to this effect often when I first meet a couple. It turns out that five percent was more like 75 percent and increasing.

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

But I think it shows us two things. First, it shows us that any deviation from the norm can be met with curiosity and even judgment.

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

It's OK if people are confused about your relationship. It was never theirs to understand in the first place. (Applause)

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

I received my gifts. My first grade teacher had this brilliant idea. She wanted us to experience receiving gifts

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

but that consistent signal is there. In one of our very first experiments, we went back to a train station

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

I think they're still there. But the life and death feeling I was feeling the first time was no longer there,

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

How would this child respond to us? My first thought was, I don't think we can do this.

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

A couple of examples. First of all, people noticed that the Earth was below, the sky above, and both the Sun and the Moon seemed to go around them.

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

The prediction: everything should circle around the Earth. This was first really tested when Galileo got his hands on one of the first telescopes,

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

This was first really tested when Galileo got his hands on one of the first telescopes, and as he gazed into the night sky,

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

We learned about oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes for the first time in that itty-bitty little one percent of cancers called sarcoma.

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

that src is the most frequently turned on oncogene in all of cancer. But it was the first oncogene. The exception, the outlier

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

and buckle up, because this is the first time the world is hearing about this -- for the last two and a half years,

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

I thought I would share some of our family videos of our first Waymo ride with my two sons. I also have a daughter, but we kind of split up into two cars.

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

so we haven’t launched a service yet, but those will be our first two international markets. SK: What’s the rate-limiting factor:

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

and we have to do all of the work with the cities, with the regulators, first responders, everyone, in order to advance our technology.

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

The economics of the industry, y'all are the first mover. Obviously there's a Tesla robotaxi.

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

which is for many, many people who do not have a driver's license, it’s their first time ever in life -- and so those are very special moments --

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

where because Waymo has launched, like in San Francisco, our first year, we actually drove $40 million of economic development

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

and the planet changed faster than life could keep up with. Some scientists call what followed the first mass extinction event in Earth's history.

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

maybe you feel nervous -- it’s OK. I felt all of those things the first time I heard myself say it. So let me explain.

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

to people who've lost them. Noland Arbaugh, the first person to receive a Neuralink brain implant, says that using it feels like using the force.

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

movements imperceptible to the human eye. The system that first learned to recognize us is now starting to see inside.

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

It just requires more of the same technology. Someone you work with will get it first, and you'll hold out for a while,

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

or we don't make it there at all. Two billion years ago, the first merger gave us our cells, and the ones that followed gave us our bodies,

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

And right away, it seemed to be the right decision. In the first year, I starred in a movie alongside William H. Macy and got a SAG nomination.

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

I was hired to do what no lawyer had done in 237 years. My first thought? "Hell, yes."

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

when I walked out of that courtroom. first connection I needed was with myself. I was terrified of blowing the case.

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

or it doesn't. Ben's first question to me: "What are you afraid of?"

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

on chronic insomnia. In this world-first study, 24 participants took a cannabinoid medication,

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

Harvey reads the 200th tariff case the same way as he reads the first. Shoot.

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

Shoot. Honestly, this is my first time using PowerPoint. I've given hundreds of speeches --

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

The people I was fighting for. My father was my first audience. He didn't get to live to see this argument,

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

But there are two flaws with this kind of messaging. The first flaw is that it's not completely accurate. Seven to eight hours of sleep,

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

try talking with your doctor to make sure there aren't any medical conditions that need to be explored first. Then try evidence-based recommendations

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

Let me bring things together. First, we're built to see consciousness where it isn't, thanks to deep-seated psychological biases

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

Did you know that one of the first fertility drugs was made from the pee of Catholic nuns,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

The opportunity to live, to survive, first and foremost, and then the opportunity to thrive.

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

I think it's important for us to talk about gross things for a few reasons. So, first of all, talking about gross stuff is a great tool for education,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

after I finished my mandate, which I just finished. Actually, this is my first international activity after finishing my mandate as the sixth president of Kosovo.

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

he said, "No, if you're going to kill someone, you have to kill me first." And he stood between those police officers

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

to think more deeply about predictions. First, predictions are never facts. They are speech acts.

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

that's crucial for how our memory works. At first glance, our ability to remember things doesn't seem very impressive at all.

The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu

demonstrated that we normally forget 40% of new material within the first twenty minutes, a phenomenon known as the forgetting curve.

The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu

Forbes believes that at that moment, Elon Musk will become the world's first trillionaire. That's a million million.

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

John D. Rockefeller when he became the world's first billionaire a hundred years ago. John D. Rockefeller, he was an OG monopolist.

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

on various Forbes lists. In fact, in 1982, the very first Forbes 400, we had one tycoon who helped us create an immutable law

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

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 they also cut off the model most of my users loved. You know, first the name, then the lobster,

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

when you have lost hope. First, you have to start with something.

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

They're friends like these. Natasha and Linda are the first legally recognized platonic co-parents in Canada. And this is them with their teenage son on vacation.

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

I look at three main outcomes. First, I look at what people say, the things we can control, how friendly we are,

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

And now I will tell you about the results. The first 13 pages were dedicated to my sterling qualities. People talked about how hardworking and intelligent I was.

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

(Laughter) The first blow was that some reviewers noted that I had a penchant for being rude to junior staffers,

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

we hook them up to all this equipment and within moments, within the first 20 seconds, we start to see those stress responses that I mentioned.

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

or two spirals that are available to us. The first is what my friend Evelyn Tribole calls the toilet vortex. The reason why this looks childish and ridiculous is that I drew it myself.

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

that I think would be very easy to integrate into your life. The first is to boot up a practice of loving-kindness meditation. I should say that it does not require you

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

And so if we want to change this culture, we actually need to first do a quick pulse of how many people are actually more interested in doing the tougher,

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

Yes, I said we're going to the bedroom. So imagine it's the case that you just had sex with someone for the first time. OK, we're all there, we've done a lot of mentalizing today.

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

you're aligned with their goals. The first time I actually got this type of critical nice feedback was after a talk I gave

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

and two takeaways for what we can do to make and keep friends. First observation, friendship does not happen organically in adulthood, right?

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