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Skip the leadership books — Read bedtime stories | Zen Tharani | TEDxMechanicsville
TEDx Talks· 2026-03-03 16:52
Friends, I have a lovehate relationship with being a human. Most of the time I'm the rock for my family, my friends, my colleagues, my clients. But sometimes I'm crumbling from the inside out. Weirdly, it's the crumbling that makes me a better rock. Let me give an example. For as long as I can remember, my now 10-year-old, the older son, has been obsessed with airplanes. He wants to design them. He wants to build them. He wants to fly them. He wants to live in them if he can. So, like any parent, got to sto ...
The art of saying no without guilt | Gloria An | TEDxDiscovery College Youth
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-17 16:08
[Applause] I want you to all think of time when you want to say no but said yes. I know I have and I think most of us here had to. We live in a world that glorifies yes.Yes to extra work. Yes to give up your money and yes to waiting your turn. But every underserved yes is valid no to peace, time and priorities.I had a similar experience with one of my hobbies. In one of my performances, there was a part of choreography that I really like and talking to in the front, but the coach put me at the back. I was t ...