The TED Talk I chose was called, “The Unexpected Benefit of Celebrating Failure” delivered by Astro Teller. In process of elimination of which TED Talk best appeals to me, I found this topic very relevant to me. Recently, in a particular grade 12 course, I have lost hopes and gave up my willingness to persevere for better results because my grade dropped drastically after two evaluations. Basically, I stopped caring enough for that specific course just because of two failures. And I find that every other grade twelve is currently facing the very exact situation. So, I decided to watch this talk to change my perception of failure.
In this TED Talk, the speaker concluded by saying, “You cannot yell at people and force them to fail fast”. I wholly agree with this because this makes people inherently uncomfortable as the speaker mentioned. People worry of the negative response they might receive from their peers and colleagues. People tend to think of what others might think of them or that it may change their perception of them. And failure is a large source of demoralization which is why people apt to think that they will be mocked for it. The exact fear is present in students especially at Mackenzie and more particularly in grade twelves. We are scared to fail because if we fail we are aware of the terrifying consequences which include not being accepted into universities, being held back from your friends and being the spotlight of attention which causes embarrassment. However, I found inspiration and encouragement to persevere after the speaker emphasized, “The only way of getting people to work on big risky things, audacious ideas, and have them run it all the hardest parts of the problem first is if you make that the path of least resistance”. He further explains that the path of least resistance is where we can compete to see who is better at failing and whoever it may be receives rewards, even promotions. This idea completely enlightened me, which after giving some thought made complete sense. If failure is perceived as success, as an accomplishment, people won’t fear to fail. Instead, they will work harder to strive because after all failures, comes success. People give up efforts after each failure as they see no meaning but if they receive rewards for each failure, the amounts of failures will decrease and give success. The ultimate purpose is to embrace failures, which leads to success because resistance to fail is resistance to succeed. In the beginning, the speaker mentions how the balance between enthusiastic skepticism and optimism is required to accomplish any great dream. While this may be true for the large, time consuming projects that big companies executes, it is untrue for great dreams whose target is not billions of people. For instance, if someone decided to become a foster parent I would define that as a great dream. And this great dream does not require skepticism, or any logical reflections of how to nurture a child. Nurturing a child simply takes love and dedication to grow them into a capable adult. Such dreams to come true does not require one to devise a plan and create strategies; it’s simply done through love, care and most importantly passion. This talk made me reflect on my future by motivating me to live up to the situations and embracing failures. Embrace failures is crucial because they exist everywhere in every aspect of life, as without it success wouldn’t exist. It emphasizes on how failures shape our lives and showcase who we are. This motivational talk actually inspired me to work harder towards my goal which is to enter the health sciences, a very competitive and well reputed programme. The fact that failures lead to success allows me gather my willingness power once again and push myself through the hurdles and overcome each of them. Once the hurdles are crossed diligently, the success after it will follow. In other words, this talk changed my perception of failures entirely where instead of being depressed about the failures achieved; it enables me to acknowledge them for teaching a lesson and move forward. With this optimism, the failures will motivate me to remain focused and work harder to achieve better results and eventually to success. Yes, I would recommend this talk to a friend because there are so many individuals from youth to grown adults who fear from failures. Due to failures many of these individuals will not attempt to pursue any thing they might desire. Failure has become their barrier, and to break the wall of failure this talk emphasizes why it is important to embrace failure and be optimistic about it achieve success. Sometimes, it gets overwhelming to listen to facts, but this talk is filled with several personal stories to reconnect with and better understand the eminence of befriending failure.
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