In this inspiring TEDx Talk, Mick Griffin explores how fear of failure has led us to trade innovation for instruction in our careers and lives. Through personal stories and real-world examples, he shows what happens when we stop waiting for open doors and start creating our own. From reinventing his career in a foreign country to launching a global HR book-sharing movement, he proves that anyone can innovate when guides are gone. This talk is a powerful reminder that you are 1 of 1—and your unique value lie ...

When I was a child, I could fluently speak a language that wasn't English. I could converse with my relatives and it was a way to relate to my culture. Bangla or Bengali was a reminder that I come from a beautiful heritage. However, as I grew older, the world of English literature seemed to open around me and I found flipping through the pages of books like Percy Jackson to be super exciting. With that in mind, by the time I was 10 years old, I could only form together a few disjointed sentences of Bengali ...