How Yo-Yo Ma sustains his creative energy

Worklife with Adam Grant

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🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Yo-Yo Ma began playing the cello at age four, played for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower at age seven, and has been touring the world since. He’s released over 100 albums and won 19 Grammy awards, and he’s won both the National Medal of the Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Yo-Yo talks with Adam about his experience with burnout, how he sustains his energy and creativity, and what it means for music to connect –and celebrate– humanity. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:06.0	Are you curious about the hidden side of everything that I have the podcast for you?
0:11.0	I'm Stephen Dubner, host of Freakonomics Radio.
0:14.0	Every week we hear from some of the world's most fascinating scholars and thinkers
0:18.0	as we tackle a variety of topics like why the best employees can make the worst bosses,
0:24.0	why the banana is the most interesting fruit in the world,
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0:38.0	Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.
0:40.0	Welcome back to Rethinking by podcast on the science of what makes us tick.
0:44.0	I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people
0:48.0	to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
0:51.0	My guest today is Yo-Yo Ma, widely regarded as the world's greatest chelest.
1:01.0	He's won 19 Grammys, the presidential medal of freedom, and the polar music prize,
1:06.0	also known as the Nobel Prize of Music.
1:09.0	Yo-Yo is a passionate humanitarian too.
1:12.0	As a UN messenger of peace, he uses music to build bridges between people in times of crisis.
1:22.0	Hello.
1:23.0	I love that you are making music with your hands when we couldn't hear each other.
1:27.0	Oh well listen, I was just sending you love. And how are you Adam?
1:32.0	I am great now that I'm with you.
1:34.0	So Yo-Yo, I've never actually gotten a chance to ask you about your childhood.
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