Name: 【TEDx】The Fear of Missing Out: Priya Parker at TEDxCambridge 2011
Uploaded: 2017-10-26T15:26:55.000Z
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Forteen months ago, I was on a [unclear] flight

I woke up to the plastic rubber floor of the airplane,

I got really good at making  those quinoa loaves for breakfast.

And, I finally got  a very unsatisfying explanation.

I've been running hard for ten years through my twenties,

and my army had simply run out of supplies.

and told me that  they too had collapsed recently.

He said: "Priya, do you know  what the word 'Svastha' means?"

And I said, "Yes Nana.  It means health in Hindi"

that's how we use it  in modern day Hindi,

but it actually derives its root from Sanskrit.

And I realized that in trying of making something of myself,

And I realized that  I in fact was not alone.

I decided to do two things once I healed.

to conduct a study of the next generation

of socially concerned  globally minded leaders --

to find out what are their unique anxieties.

Then, to work with individuals and organizations

who were experiencing  critical inflection points,

to build bold visions of how they can thrive

and how they can build a vision off of their internal core.

things that this generation uniquely suffers from.

We have full choice  to make a decision about

And this prolific rise,  you could say, of choices,

a very successful young doctor crystalized this for me.

I no longer have institutions or tribe or family.

What happens when we lose our traditions, our cultures,

we're spending our time  looking at this guy and saying,

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【TEDx】The Fear of Missing Out: Priya Parker at TEDxCambridge 2011

anxiety

specific

stick

engage