How native speakers pronounce “prepared”

I don't mean to say that being wrong is the same thing as being creative. What we do know is, if you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original --

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

you'll never come up with anything original -- if you're not prepared to be wrong. And by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

He was like, "No one has done this before." And I came in prepared with powerpoints and my lesson. He said, "Wow, I can use this.

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

and you stand 10 feet away from them. There are no prepared speeches in this court. Instead, 50 questions thrown at you in 30 minutes.

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

(Laughter) So for months, I prepared for the argument of my life. Three weeks before that argument,

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

It hasn't been a good one because in politics, obviously you have to be prepared for everything. But we're living at a time when they can clone your voice,

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

which is why it requires education so that we have people who are digitally prepared to differentiate between what is, you know, made through AI

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

I keep my mind open. And I’m always prepared to be amazed, and I'm never disappointed.

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

listen to people, and, most importantly, be prepared to be amazed. Thanks.

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

were flexing goosebumps all over me as we prepared to venture into the relentless ocean.

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

Professionals may have trained the models, prepared the setting for it, but in the end, you are a part of creating it.

What If You Could Talk to Your Favorite Character in a Movie? | Christoph Lassner | TED · TED

even content 1.0 games. There, the story is prepared in advance, their characters are scripted.

What If You Could Talk to Your Favorite Character in a Movie? | Christoph Lassner | TED · TED

compared to those in the control group. Anticipating temptations makes you prepared and hence less tempted. Alright, what about the person sitting next to you?

How to Set the Right Goals and Stay Motivated | Ayelet Fishbach | TED · TED

you should expect people to feel comfortable asking about it. But I just wasn't prepared for the scope of the response. The 36 questions seem to have taken on a life of their own.

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

going to have to be realistic uh about what he's prepared to give up from a territorial perspective certainly that

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

when we were five years old. This fire also prepared me for the very worst. When I was 13 years old, my hometown in central Mexico,

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

so that we can envision what could be different. And while I didn't come prepared today to answer the world's largest problems, I would like to make a case

Let Curiosity Lead | Yara Shahidi | TED · TED

then our brains will have constructed hunger, and we are prepared to munch down those cookies and digest them in a very efficient way,

You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman Barrett

food given to us lovingly by Mother Earth according to her own rhythm, food prepared by our foremothers with joy and are eaten by our forefathers with gratitude,

What foods did your ancestors love? Aparna Pallavi

(Laughter) I had prepared 300 shots of fireworks. However, the couples didn't use them all.

A Firework Ladder to the Sky — and the Magic of Explosive Art | Cai Guo-Qiang | TED · TED

but as a member of the human race, and someone who is prepared to act on that belief, to tackle our world's greatest challenges.

What does it mean to be a citizen of the world? | Hugh Evans

It’s time for us to all be apocalyptic optimists: prepared for the shocks that are coming and ready to rally as activists, disruptors and bridge builders.

How to Be an “Apocalyptic Optimist” | Dana R. Fisher | TED · TED