Sunday Pick: How to be an adult — and how to raise one | How to Be a Better Human

TED Talks Daily

TED

Creativity, Ted Podcast, Ted Talks Daily, Business, Design, Inspiration, Society & Culture, Science, Technology, Education, Tech Demo, Ted Talks, Ted, Entertainment, Tedtalks

4.1 • 11.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you… by us. Whether it’s grades and test scores, cushy jobs or big salaries, our ideas of “success” tend to be incredibly narrow and often start incredibly early. Julie Lythcott-Haims is a New York Times bestselling author and former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford, and she is dedicated to helping people reconsider what really makes a happy, “successful” adult. In this episode of How to Be a Better Human, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective, Julie shares wisdom for parents and anyone who has been parented on why it’s crucial to question societal expectations, how to find your own path and why empathy towards yourself and others are the true key to loving who you’ll grow up to be.

Get more How to Be a Better Human wherever you get your podcasts.

For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	Hey Ted Talks Daily listeners, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:12.0	Today we have an episode of another podcast from the Ted Audio Collective hand-picked
0:16.8	by us for you. What does it mean to be a successful person in this world? Is it a high salary and a list of achievements or is it the
0:25.8	impact we have on others? This week we're sharing an episode of how to be a better
0:30.1	human that explores how you can forge your own path, practice empathy, and
0:35.0	help the next generation become their best selves. It features Julie Lithcott Hames,
0:40.0	a best-selling author, the former dean of freshmen at Stanford, and a beloved Ted speaker.
0:46.3	If you want to hear more great insights from experts like Julie, you can find them each week
0:50.7	on how to be a better human, available wherever you get your podcasts.
0:55.0	Learn more about the Ted Audio Collective
0:56.9	at audio collective dot Ted.com.
0:59.7	Now on to the episode right after a quick break. better human. I'm your host Chris Duffy. Sometimes with friends I play this game
1:15.2	where we try and pinpoint what our internal age is. I don't mean our actual
1:18.9	biological age but rather how old we feel on the inside. I have some friends who are definitely
1:25.4	extremely elderly. They're ones who love an early bedtime and they love an early
1:30.3	bird special. They like to eat dinner while the sun is still high in the sky.
1:34.5	And personally, for me, I feel like I am 10 years old on the inside.
1:39.3	I'm just like so excited to be here and to get to run around and to read chapter books and to learn facts.
1:45.2	Now your internal age it may or may not change but on the outside we all do age we all
1:50.8	age in the same direction and at the same pace.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

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

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