The Fear of Missing Out: Priya Parker at TEDxCambridge 2011

Priya Parker argues this generation of leaders suffers from an abundance of choice and a fear of choosing that prevents us from fulfilling our potential. She shares a very personal story of burnout and what she has learned about living life with purpose and intention.
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[@goosebump91]

Such a powerful talk. The ending quote broke me into tears. Its really what i needed to hear right now in my life

[@menuhin]

Summary:
'Health' in Hindi, स्वास्थ्य [swaasthya], means seated within oneself.
Activities in her lab to help people strive:
- Envision
- Embody
- Enact
5 activities that obstruct striving:
- Productivity over purpose: the GTD (getting-things-done) syndrome
- Hedging bets (avoid making difficult life decisions) and maintaining optionality
- Maintaining (as a way of life than creating and building)
- Prioritizing success (e.g. networking) over mastery
- Not engaging in activities that help the body and mind to relax and refill for creativity
4 activities that help striving:
- Cultivate ways of listening to oneself (own listening), first ask what kind of life one wants and organize life around the specific answers.
- Increase the ability to accept suboptimal outcome, e.g. not aiming at having the best possible xxx
- Willing to say no and to burn bridges when something is against one's guiding principles.
- (She said she has 4 points but mentioned only the 3 above)

[@TejaswiBitra]

Guess the fourth is the last line.
Don't ask the world what they want. Rather find out what makes you come alive. And go do that thing

[@taraaboz]

Thank you!!

[@othmane-mezian]

Thanks from the future

[@hollyannthyagarajan2919]

Was it "THRIVING" or "STRIVING" ??

[@ahmedmohamedtaahir1583]

😅😅😊😅😅oo

[@KaneyoshiSouji]

There was so much to learn, I was so engaged. This is an excellent talk.
Thank you!!

[@RegularHuman]

THANK YOU

[@zeitgeistitaly]

I enjoyed this talk very much. thank you

[@rishab1589]

Great talk

[@mentonerodominicano]

Man, I just learned at hell lot from this talk.

[@mariamc78]

phenomenal talk, research and findings. Thanks!

[@creativereinvestor]

How can you apply this successfully to your life?
Each case is unique

[@MelanieSakowski]

absolutely fantastic!

[@carlynicastro9180]

Philippians 4:6-7
New King James Version (NKJV)
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

[@History-Channel44]

I didn't quite get it

[@Yoyourma]

Without the fourth I don't think I'll be able to thrive

[@johnanderson1916]

"Where does Priya Parker park her Prius?"

[@bigsarge05]

John Anderson priya Parker parks her Prius perfectly perpendicular past Penelope’s purple powdered Porsche.

[@aaradhyshankar108]

Alliteration

[@path77ss]

Try not to think about the religion in this talk, rather think about the message she is giving you. The fundamental values she is talking about.

[@desiabhay]

I want to get married to a strong woman like this presenter!

[@lingux_yt]

nice

[@codesterlalit]

Never knew Peter Parker has a sister.

[@KangarooBird121]

NO MO' FOMO!

[@nmborto1]

"Trying to go to three parties in one night"
"I'll just... stop by one, and then I'll head to the other!"
"THAT NEVER WORKS"

[@CarianneHixson]

she was so nervous it was hard to listen

[@ankit0657]

I always find Indians speaking in these picked up accents so funny