How sports can tackle the loneliness crisis | AJ Maestas | TEDxChicago
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2024
- At a time when we’re at our most divided, maybe the surprising answer to bringing us all together can be found through sports. In the midst of a loneliness epidemic, AJ Maestas, the Founder of Navigate, explores his own relationship with sports and how it made him a part of something greater than he could have expected when he left Fairbanks, Alaska at age 18.
Whether you love football (in the American or global sense), baseball, Taylor Swift, or even if you don’t consider yourself a sports or entertainment fan at all, this talk offers an emotional and engaging look at why the fans in your life act the way they do. Our fundamental need for belonging drives us to find community and shared passion for sports, music, or the many other reasons we gather.
#Liverpool #NFL #Messi #ClevelandBrowns #WashingtonHuskies #CollegeFootball #Mariners #SeattleMariners #MLB #WorldCup #Sports #MentalHealth #Belonging #Loneliness #SportsFandom #Football AJ Maestas is the founder of Navigate, a data-driven consulting firm specializing in sports and entertainment. Over the past 20 years he has established himself as a trusted advisor to Anheuser-Busch, ESPN, the NFL, the Chicago Cubs, and numerous other clients on all sides of the industry. AJ is a Sports Business Journal Forty Under 40 winner, a frequent speaker at conferences and events, and host of the Navigating Sports Business podcast, which has featured team owners, commissioners, coaches, and CEOs.
A native of Fairbanks, Alaska, Maestas received his MBA. in Sports Business from Arizona State University and his B.A. in Finance from the University of Washington.
Psychology of Sports, Culture, Coming Together This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
That was wonderful AJ! So proud of all your accomplishments!
Can't believe I watched this live! Thanks to everyone who made this presentation happen, it was so mind-changing!
This was a great talk, AJ you're hilarious.
Incredible talk on the power of sports! Bravo aj on such a great talk.
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I have mostly overcome my anxiety caused by lock down through swimming and Yoga
Only 1 hr a day and 1 hr physically active like walking jogging etc caused a great change
Excellent presentation. Well done! The power of sports is matched by very few things.
Absolutely loved every minute of it!
Such a great presentation. Very informative. Thank you A.J.
Well done! Loneliness is a real issue----thanks for addressing this!
Nice story of yours bro
Such a motivating and interesting talk!
Well done AJ. Brilliant talk.
Thanks a lot for this ❤❤❤.... I needed it
Great talk AJ!
I agree, soccer really help me to open up to strangers
Even at its core, sports is like the weather. You can go to any sports bar and just start talking about sports to strangers. Worked for me.
Brilliant
Amazing!!!!
Well done AJ
Goosebumps the Argentina celebration 🍾 🙌 👏
So.. looks great. But personally I wouldn't go into that crowd and go chant. Because it would do nothing for me and be a chore. People differ. Always curious why someone would enjoy that though.. I think it's like religion - your mind believes that this soccer game (which won't affect your life in any way) is the most important thing.
It is great to see❤🌍
Amazing video❤❤❤
This is a way of belonging that encourages winners losers, a "we're better than you" mentality, and often violence and vandalism in fans -- aside from avoiding and dismissing events with your actual community, like you mentioned. Other options that include more people constructively, with no losers: craft/make art, create music (you gave examples, and yet schools often sacrifice the arts to sports), go to or create community events, play games. Also, have design that accommodates community space where people can meet that doesn't involve buying things, and otherwise keeping people isolated or paying to belong.
The problem is that I'd actually have to like watching people kicking a ball around and not just see it as a disruption to my regularly scheduled programming . However I do think that developing any interest outside of work and connecting others about it can open doors !
Unfortunately I can't force myself to watch sports and get excited about strangers kicking a ball around. It's fundamentally boring and a waste of life to me.
But i appreciate that the unexplained phenomenon of camaraderie and the benefits it brings to most people is great for them.
Would be nice if following zero sports was socially acceptable and some alternate common interests were as common for social gatherings.
@@Betweoxwitegan thought about it and there's nothing with the same "us Vs them" camaraderie. Concerts and food festivals give you a sense of community but the crowd isn't in sync as with a sports game. Better and more festivals is all I can think of. But I still don't like being expected to join in with fake enthusiasm if I'm simply not wired to accept a ball game as a religion.
To those that complain about the “tribalism” in sports: I’ve sat with or near friends of rival teams and have never had any issues. We let the athletes duke it out, not fight among each other. We are ambassadors of the teams we support and we should act accordingly.
Destiny described...🎉
Correct .. introduction to tribalism..and look at the damage it has done to society .
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Every TedX video after the end of talk the way crowd screams (/celebrates) sounds to me like that of 90s wrestling PC game crowd noise. And this is scary. I guess Ted is using fake crowd noise on their video and since it is computer generated they all sound same and scary
Not really sport per se, but I saw this video of wrestling fans who are streaming the WWE event called Survivor Series. Towards the end, CM Punk came out of the ramp after 10 years away from the company and the video shows these big, burly men - streamers, youtubers, etc - just shriek like they got him in the balls 😂🤣 it's funny looking back, but to see these grown men act like kids again and just be so happy just because of someone coming out unexpectedly is really special. A lot of people may have watched alone, but a lot of people watched alone together and were part of this moment. That is what belonging is.
Even though I am broke i wanna buy every book you suggest 😢
No worries. He didn't suggest reading any books.
Sorry. NO. This would have worked already. How much more sports can people do? ------------- what if the answer were just the opposite? would people give up sports to find connection with people?
I guess I'm out of luck since I don't like sports... Oh well... Just another member of the 12 percent
Such a dude post. 🤦🏻♀️
only getting married and having multiple children can solve the loneliness crisis.
Nahh, it just creates more problems. Since courts are incentivizing divorce for women. It creates a different set of crises
Not with a modern woman, she will take all that away over nothing
A very selfless and loving reason to give birth to a child. 🤦♂️
@@AbenetethiopianGet a therapist
Get an appointment with a psychiatrist ASAP 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️