How to discover your authentic self -- at any age | Bevy Smith

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🗓️ 20 May 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In a talk packed with wry wisdom, pop culture queen Bevy Smith shares hard-earned lessons about authenticity, confidence, mature success and why, if you put in the work, "life gets greater later."

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0:00.0	It's Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:06.5	You're in for a treat and a lot of laughing out loud in today's dog from Pop Culture
0:11.2	Queen, Bevy Smith.
0:12.9	She took the Ted 2022 stage in five-inch heels and a whole lot of moxie.
0:17.8	She shares where it all came from and her key lessons about aging in her singular,
0:23.3	Bevy Smith style.
0:27.8	The portrait Ted Talks Daily comes from Airbnb.
0:31.8	When you're staying at an Airbnb, you might be like me wondering, could my place be an
0:36.4	Airbnb and if it could, what could it earn?
0:40.2	I think about this all the time.
0:41.9	Sub, whose extra room in London was storing furniture until his mom had the idea to start
0:46.7	Airbnbing it.
0:48.5	Now that extra room helps pay the mortgage.
0:52.2	And know what your place could be earning at Airbnb.co.uk slash host.
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1:23.7	I am a late bloomer.
1:27.0	In fact, a friend of mine you may have heard of, Chris Rock.
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