We are not descended from fearful men. These words by fame journalist Ed Muro in 1954 still ring true today. Although I think we need to hear them again because something's happening.We live in the safest, wealthiest, most medically advanced era in human history. Yet, we're more anxious, more fearful, and more disconnected from meaning in life than ever before. And this begs the question, why.I believe it's because we've forgotten our strength. We've been deceived about what adversity actually does for us. ...

Hey everyone, my name is Jean King and I get to be on this TEDex red carpet here because I got to work at top tech companies like LinkedIn, Meta, and Figma. And I grew my online audience to almost 400,000 friends. But to be clear, this talk isn't about how I landed dream jobs.It's not about how I grew on LinkedIn. It's actually about the moments when life punched me in the face and forced me to get back up because life wasn't always this good. At 23, my very first job out of school, I remember my manager pu ...