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2 + 2 = 10. How? | Rishik Chakraborty | TEDxMcfarren Boulevard Youth
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-25 16:23
I hope you all had a wonderful break and you question and network with some people. Our next speaker is going to be and he's going to be talking about math and he's going to convince us that 2 + 2 equals 10. So here we go.[Applause] We've been surrounded by math by for pretty much our whole life. And think about it. We use math every single day.From knowing what time to wake up in the morning to how much you're going to pay for for gas. Math is absolutely everywhere and it's unavoidable. But that also raise ...
Forest Conservation is Conversation on Life | Srinivasulu IFS | TEDxABBS
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-25 16:22
Conservation of forest, wildlife, nature that we are talking today is in fact turns out to be conversation on life itself. Why should we conserve forest. No common man on the street when you ask whether forest and wildlife has to be conserved he says yes sir forest has to be conserved then you ask simply why sir from forest gives us clean air clean water and some even say it regulate climate how the good then you ask a simple question Bangalore receives more rain and Bunnipur what do you say oh sir goautila ...
The Hidden Cost of AI in Marketing | Tomide Williams | TEDxTanke
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-25 16:22
[Music] 3 months ago, I was hired by a tech company. I was meant to develop the entire go to market strategy for this company and I had a deadline to beat. Guess what I did? I went to charge. I wrote about the company. I wrote about the product, the marketing strategy that I had in mind. I wrote everything there and I told Chachibility to develop everything for me. Chachibility cooked. He cooked and when I looked at the document for a minute I was feeling like the best product marketer out there. But guess ...
It’s on Your Inside – A Powerful Spoken Word on Pain and Becoming | Sophia Olanrewaju | TEDxTanke
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-25 16:21
[Music] I wonder if everyone in this room can tell that I am pregnant. You see, for me, this is evidence that love bloomed from a covenant. caught not just in the fires of passion but in sacred promises.Grant me the privilege to a significant part of creation where every swell, every flutter, every kick is a reminder of the wondrous miracle of life. A two-sided coin which I will now flip just so I can walk the shoes of the girl who's scared to death, whose heart is twisted in pain. Scared to death of what h ...
The Isolation paradox: Why Stepping Back moves you forward | Pal Wabuson | TEDxTanke
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-25 16:21
[Music] So let's say we want to do an experiment, right. And we say you're going to be given 30 days to yourself alone. You have access to everything you need like food, water, everything in your house alone, but you're not going to use your phone and you will not have access to the internet.How many of us will sign up for this experiment. A show of hands. Interesting. Interesting.Okay. All right. All right.Thank you. Okay. Okay.So, yeah. So for some of us it's going to be like a dream come true because I c ...
Why Every Superhero Has an Origin Story | Joshua Olanrewaju | TEDxTanke
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-25 16:05
Core Argument - The speaker emphasizes the importance of origin stories and personal experiences in shaping individuals and their success [1][5][11][22] - Experiences, both positive and negative, define who individuals are and differentiate them [9][22] - Individuals should embrace their experiences rather than hide them [22] Practical Application - Individuals should audit their experiences to extract lessons [18] - Individuals should document their experiences to preserve them [19] - Individuals should share their experiences to benefit others [20][21] Examples - Spider-Man's origin story highlights the impact of circumstances on character development [3][4] - Malala Yousafzai's experience with the Taliban shaped her advocacy for education [6][7] - Professor Dora Akunyili's personal loss fueled her fight against fake drugs as head of NAFDAC [8][9] - Steve Jobs' calligraphy class influenced Apple's font options [10][11] - The speaker's childhood experiences shaped his storytelling abilities [12][13][14]
Rising Strong: Thriving After Trauma | Olanike Catherine Poyi | TEDxAngwan Rukuba
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-25 16:04
[Applause] I told you that the very experiences that breaks us are some of those things that could forge us into strong people. So by show of hand, who here has experienced one form of trauma or the other. Really.Okay. So probably at the end of my TED talk, you would realize that you have gone through one form of trauma or the other. I'll tell you a story.So, there was this girl, a typical daddy's girl, had everything going for her, typical daddy's princess. And then COVID hit. And then she had to spend two ...
Empowering Change Through Activism | PEDRO OMOBOLAJI | TEDxAngwan Rukuba
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-25 16:04
[Applause] I'm sure most of us have heard um the prefix re. Am I correct. Re, re-imagine, revised addition, re-image, redefine, reintroduce everything as a re.As simple as that word is, very, very powerful. It means to do it again. So why would you do something again.It's as simple as saying it's either you know what you used to have before will no longer be able to function in the name. So you need to reimagine, re-engineer. I'm sure most of us have seen this word comes up in so many things but we do not a ...
F.L.O.W (Forging Life Opportunities Within) | FREDRICK DAVID | TEDxAngwan Rukuba
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-25 16:04
Core Message - The speech emphasizes the importance of creating one's own opportunities rather than waiting for them [4][8] - It introduces the "FLOW" concept: Awareness, Attention, and Action, as key pillars for forging life opportunities [14][25] - The speech encourages individuals to actively pursue opportunities and not be limited by their environment or fear of missing out (FOMO) [11][13] Key Concepts & Strategies - **Awareness:** Recognizing opportunities within one's environment and even within problems [14][17] - **Attention:** Focusing on mastering a skill or area, as the world rewards masters [18][20] - **Action:** Taking initiative and not waiting for the perfect time to pursue opportunities [21][24] - Overcoming FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) by cultivating one's own environment and opportunities [13] Illustrative Examples - The story of Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" highlights the importance of Africans telling their own stories [1] - The "Paystack Mafia" example illustrates how individuals who worked at Paystack created opportunities for themselves and became leaders in the tech industry [9][10][11] - The analogy of the "red car theory" demonstrates how awareness increases when something becomes a priority [15] - The story of David and Goliath emphasizes the need to be aware of one's craft, pay attention to what is given, and take action when danger arrives [25][26][27]
Rest, Failure, Stillness: Necessary Recipe for Growth. | PST. SHENNY GLORY | TEDxAngwan Rukuba
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-25 15:51
[Applause] I'm going to tell three stories. First, I'm a growth junkie. What that means is I grew up like the first speaker said, at the time when the boss word was personal growth and so they told us to grow and if we grow, we could get anything. I wasn't interested in the growth. I was interested in I could get >> anything. So, I'll tell you a story. When I was 18, I heard somebody said that and said, "If you could grow, Zig Ziggler said, "Your life can change in 6 months if you grow." So, I took that lit ...