In uncertain times, think like a mother | Yifat Susskind

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🗓️ 6 April 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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There's a simple and powerful way to confront the world's most pressing crises, says women's rights activist Yifat Susskind: think like a mother. As she puts it: "When you think like a mother, you prioritize the needs of the many, not the whims of the few." Follow along as she shares moving stories of people around the world who embody this mindset -- and shows how it can also help you see beyond suffering and act to build a better world.

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0:27.7	at TED.com. So let's get started. Today, if you're feeling overwhelmed or despairing about the
0:34.2	headlines we're waking up to each morning. You're about to hear a talk that
0:37.7	helps us see beyond the suffering, a simple idea, and an important reorientation. It's from
0:44.6	women's rights activist, Ifat Suskind, recorded at TED Women in 2019.
0:52.5	One morning 18 years ago, I stepped out of a New York City subway on a beautiful day in September.
1:00.5	The sun was warm and bright, the sky was clear, perfect blue.
1:05.0	I had my six-month-old son in one of those front-facing baby carriers, you know, so he could see everything.
1:11.9	And when I turned right on 6th Avenue, what he saw was the World Trade Center on fire.
1:21.1	As soon as I realized that this was an attack, the first thing I did without even really
1:25.6	thinking about it was to take my baby and turn him around in that carrier.
1:30.2	I didn't want him to see what was going on.
1:34.1	And I just remember feeling so grateful that he was still young enough that I didn't have to tell him that someone had done this on purpose.
1:44.2	9-11 was like crossing a border,
1:47.4	a hostile border,
1:48.5	into dangerous, uncharted territory.
1:52.0	The world was suddenly in this terrifying new place,
1:54.6	and I was in this place as a new mother.
1:57.2	I remember my thoughts kind of ping-ponging around
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