Setbacks

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Failure can feel lonely and final. But can we learn from failure, even reframe it, to feel more like a temporary setback? This hour, TED speakers on changing a crushing defeat into a stepping stone. Guests include entrepreneur Leticia Gasca, psychology professor Alison Ledgerwood, astronomer Phil Plait, former professional athlete Charly Haversat, and UPS training manager Jon Bowers.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey everyone, before we start the show, a bit of news. So some of you may know of another podcast,
0:05.7	I host, it's called How I Built This and it's a show about the world's greatest living entrepreneurs.
0:11.2	Anyway, last year, after a year of doing live shows, we decided we wanted a deeper experience
0:17.2	with our community. So we decided to launch a full day How I Built This Summit. And it was so
0:24.1	amazing and fun that we're doing it again this year. But this time, we're doing it over two days.
0:30.7	It's happening October 22nd at 23rd in San Francisco with support from American Express.
0:37.1	In this year, we are doubling down on our main stage speakers. You're going to be able to hear
0:41.9	from and probably even meet some of the greatest living founders and entrepreneurs in the world,
0:47.2	including Sarah Blakely of Spanx, Stuart Butterfield of Slack, Kevin Sistram and my Krieger of
0:53.1	Instagram, Tyrick Farid of Edible Arrangements, David Neelamann of Jack Blue, Troy Carter,
0:58.3	who managed Lady Gaga, Marcia Kilgore of Bliss, Gen Rubio of Away and many others, including special
1:04.8	surprises. And on top of that, we'll have dozens of side sessions with experts and special guests
1:10.5	and everything from the nuts and bolts of starting and scaling your business to ways of thinking
1:15.7	in a more innovative and creative way. The food is great, the coffee is great, the party is super fun,
1:21.8	the how I built this summit is one of the best investments you can make in your own professional
1:26.5	and personal development. And most importantly, you will meet people who will become lifelong friends
1:31.4	in contact. So please join us in San Francisco October 22nd to 23rd at Yerba Boina Center for the arts
1:39.2	to find out more and to get your tickets, including early bird pricing available for just a few more
1:44.8	weeks, go to summit.npr.org. This is the Ted Radio Hour. Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
1:58.0	Ted Talks. Ted. Ted. Technology. Entertainment. Design. Design. Is that really what's
2:03.5	10 for us? I've never known that. Delivered at Ted Conferences around the world. It's the gift of
2:07.6	the human imagination. We've had to believe in impossible things. The true nature of reality beckons
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.