Name: 【TEDx】TEDxRainier - Patti Dobrowolski - Draw Your Future
Uploaded: 2014-03-09T12:01:21.000Z
Duration: 10 min 35 s
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Past simple

Modal verbs - A2

"A solitary fantasy can transform a million realities."

To-infinitive

What dream or vision do you want to turn into reality?

I always wanted to go into business for myself.

I'm going to go gluten free, right after I eat that last piece of chocolate cake.

You know, one day I'm going to stand up to that crabby boss.

I look good on paper, I should feel great.

You lie awake at night. You talk about your dreams with your partner

and your friends, but more often than not,

you continue to do those same behaviors that keep you from making the change.

You ask yourself, "How can I make it happen?"

Research shows, the odds against you making a change in your life --

9 to 1, even if you're facing a life-threatening illness.

But let me show you how to beat those odds.

You can live the life you desire. It's right there in front of you.

But in order to achieve it, you must first see it, then believe it,

and then you must graciously ask and train your brain to help you

and fill you with a deep desire to do something.

At Roche Pharmaceutical, the president asked us to create a picture

Prior to having one, less than 40 percent of the employees understood

After seeing this picture, 96 percent understood it, and 84 percent

understood how what they did everyday align to that picture.

So how can you use a picture to get what you want?

You don't have to be an artist or know how to draw.

As naive as your drawings might be, when you draw where you are,

your current state, and where you want to be,

Suddenly, you have a road map for change.

but like many of us, Joe wants more from life.

And he'd like to get rid of a couple of things.

Maybe that intense workload, maybe that negative boss.

Maybe Joe has a higher purpose; he's just not sure how to get there.

We remember things better when they're attached to a picture.

So now let's imagine that Joe wants to change something in his current state.

He wants to build that desired new reality that he dreams about.

Because the left side of your brain, as you know, houses the critic,

who is forever trying to keep you safe from harm, make sure you

So let's have Joe tell the critic that he's just going to use his imagination.

Using your imagination activates the right side of your brain,

which makes you creative and filled with possibility.

one year from today, what is Joe's life like?

and Joe is just bursting with creativity and ideas,

Now I'm drawing this picture as the favor to Joe today.

But in real life, he'd have to draw his own picture.

Actually, because you get the most power when you paint your own picture.

He has to get inside of it, as if he's on the inside, looking out.

Your brain actually emits serotonin and Oxytocin when you draw and dream.

So now, we have Joe's current state and Joe's desired new reality.

If I knew how to get from here to there in three bold steps,