The problem with setting goals, with NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho

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🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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For someone who doesn’t believe in goal-setting, Emmanuel Acho is highly accomplished. He’s a former NFL linebacker, an Emmy-winning TV sports analyst, and the New York Times bestselling author of “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man” – and hosts a video series and podcast of the same name. Emmanuel shares why he is “anti-goals”, how he consistently achieves greatness without pursuing success, and what sports have taught him about living a creative life. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/RWAG10

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0:00.0	Thanks to Deloitte for sponsoring this episode.
0:03.0	Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.
0:07.0	Welcome back to Rethinking by podcast on the science of what makes us take.
0:11.1	I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating
0:14.8	people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
0:18.7	My guest today is Emanuel Acho, former NFL linebacker, most notably for the Philadelphia
0:24.6	Eagles, and now an Emmy winning TV sports analyst and New York Times bestselling author.
0:29.6	Emanuel hosts the video series and podcasts, uncomfortable conversations with a black
0:34.2	man.
0:35.2	And I've learned a lot from his work over the past few years.
0:38.1	He's a thought leader who not only challenges us to think differently, but makes it surprisingly
0:42.6	fun.
0:43.6	I've been following your work for a long time and I think you bring so much insight and
0:50.9	nuance to complex and charged topics and hope we'll get to do some of that today.
0:55.5	I want to talk about the forces that have powered all your success.
0:58.6	So maybe we could start that.
1:00.1	I'd love to know how do you go from Nigerian family to NFL linebacker?
1:06.8	Great starting question.
1:07.8	So I'm the youngest of four siblings.
1:09.7	We have a saying in Nigeria, Nijari no de kadilast.
1:13.1	You say it with the Nigerian accent, Nijari no de kadilast without the accent.
1:18.9	Nigerians don't carry last.
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