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Stoic Optimism: Ryan Holiday at TEDxUChicago 2014

2014

Ryan Holiday is the Director of Marketing at American Apparel and the author of “The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage” (May 2014), a manual for approaching the obstacles we face in life and flipping them into advantages.

21:47 min

04:20

I Failed My Final Exam | Quick Chat on Perfectionism

Just finished my first semester as a PhD student and I failed the final exam 🥲 Let's chat about failure, perfectionism, and resilience after falling short.

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2021
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02:59

Famous Failures

Inspiring video on persevering no matter how many times you have failed in life. This video mentions well known people who had failed, but kept pressing on until they became successful.

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Albert Einstein
2012
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04:34

Why Some Students Fail And Other Students Succeed

Angela Lee Duckworth, a teacher turned psychologist, reveals what factor determines whether a student will succeed or fail.

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Angela Duckworth
2017
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07:55

My College Graduation Speech: Reflections on Resilience, Growth Mindset, and Embracing Failure

With medical school decisions coming back and students in the midst of the job/internship search, I figured it would be a good time to share a few of my thoughts on resilience and the growth mindset.

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2021
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03:47

The Perfectionist Trap

One of the greatest obstacles to a good life is the expectation of perfection.

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2016
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15:09

The Super Mario Effect - Tricking Your Brain into Learning More - Mark Rober - TEDxPenn

When 50,000 of Mark Rober's 3 million YouTube subscribers participated in a basic coding challenge, the data all pointed to what Rober has dubbed the Super Mario Effect.

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2018
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10:16

Lisa Nichols: How to Overcome Fear of Failure

You know, over my career people from all around the world, students from every level ask the question “How do I overcome fear?” Well, I am about to disrupt you completely!

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2019
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03:07

Why Our Definition of Failure Is All Wrong - Street Philosophy with Jay Shetty

Motivational philosopher Jay Shetty explains that there is no such thing as an overnight success.

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Jay Shetty
2016
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How You Can Be Good at Math, and Other Surprising Facts About Learning | Jo Boaler | TEDxStanford

You have probably heard people say they are just bad at math, or perhaps you yourself feel like you are not “a math person.

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2016
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03:19

Overcoming Your Fear of Failure

Did you know that the fear of failure is the single greatest obstacle to success in adult life?

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Brian Tracy
2012
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