Looking back on my and others lives, I came to see that life unfolds in three big phases that are very different from each other. In the first phase, you are learning and you're dependent on others. In the second phase, you are working and others are dependent on you. And in the third phase, which is the phase where I am, you are free from obligations and able to pass along what you've learned. The second phase, which you are about to enter, is more opposite than similar to the first.Rather than being in an ...

My first ever role in musical theater was Prince Charming. I know it surprised me, too. Originally, I thought I would be playing roles similar in size to my confidence, smaller, less impactful to the story line.But once I got into it, I realized it was exactly what I needed. Playing a bold and confident prince made me discover parts of myself I never knew existed. It opened my first horizon in theater.Someone who last met me two years ago would barely recognize the bright and confident person I am today. Th ...

When I was 15, I I believed that my life would be perfect by the time I turn 40. uh I would understand everything in life and also I would have everything I need and also finally I would understand who I am because uh because I I was tired of uh I was tired of not knowing what's going to have what's going to happen in my life and at 15 I had a teacher um who seemed to have everything and I I remember like to me she was so rich and uh she seemed like uh she's richest and luckiest happiest person in the world ...

A warm good afternoon to everyone present here. And before I start up with my speech on the topic the real why factor, I want everyone everyone to respond to this one question. Have you ever followed a rule without ever asking a why? Yes, I can see the hands. So, think about it for a moment and obviously I can read the answer from all of your faces. So, let me start into it. It all started in one morning. I stepped out of my house and there was a black cat staring at me and crossing the road. Not a great si ...

Good afternoon, everyone. Um, it's a pleasure to be here at TEDx Ilupeju. Um, and I'm really delighted to be with everyone here.My name is Jude, um, as I've been introduced. And for me, um, talking to people here, especially about something I'm passionate about, is such a huge privilege for me. Um, the world is changing as you're aware of it. Um, the business world is changing, the way we communicate is changing, jobs are changing, people are changing.And when you look around you, if you don't key into that ...

[music] Let's imagine it's the year 20326, 300 years from now. And all of you are not at a TEDex talk. You're actually at our planet's first intergalactic meet up with a group of extraterrestrials from another planet.Doesn't that feel exciting. For the first time ever, we're going to see aliens or extraterrestrials. Lot of emotions in the air, full of anxiety.Everyone is nervous. But the ship comes and it lands. You can see all of you now really, really excited.How's the excitement out in the room. You're g ...

Hello everyone. Uh okay. Um so my topic is really a personal journey of mine and I've titled it from depression to breakthrough. Leave the path of least resistance behind. In fact, yeet that thing out of the way and bet on yourself. So let me start. Never in my life did I even imagine that the thought of jumping off Third Milan Bridge would cross my mind let alone enticed me. But fortunately one day it did. And from the outside looking in on my life everything was seemingly perfect. You know by the grace of ...

I've always been someone who says yes. Yes to new opportunities, yes to new adventures, yes to things I've never even tried before because I genuinely want to experience as much as I can. And at a place like Arizona State University, that mindset takes you far. It opens doors and puts you in rooms you never expected to be in. And it did exactly that for me. I went from taking photos on the sidelines as a sports photographer to standing in front of 56,000 people as an in-game host and eventually to opportuni ...

You're probably waiting now for another miscellaneous student speech, but are now sat wondering why in the world do I have a ladder with me? Let me explain. You see, this ladder is completely invisible. And for that same reason, it has drifted to the back of many minds. But just for a moment, I want to bring that thought to the forefront because I believe it is in this ladder the key to living our best lives. You see, this ladder stands for our potential. The steps we take as we push ourselves to grow. I li ...

[applause] >> This feels rather familiar. That dashing fourth grade boy over there, my younger self, was given the marvelous opportunity to speak at an official TEDx event. His topic, summer he spent without his mother.That summer, while my mom was abroad studying and my dad was working long hours, it was just me and my seven-year-old brother home alone every single day for a month. At first, it was strange, quiet, even lonely. But slowly, I learned something something fundamental.Something that would stick ...