Ted Talk Discussion: Operating A Family Tree For All Humanity

So when I held this ungainly fact up against his past behaviour -- of ignoring my messages -- it seemed to me these combined actions carried a message of their own, a message I was not happy to get. However, it was one thing for me to be unhappy; it was another to act on it. But the voice that spoke, just as I was about to cave and rent him the property anyway, said this: You are making a bad business decision. Be bold. And so I was. I spoke. I said no.



With no prospects for the future, is it any wonder that so many college grads feel lost. This isn't the way it was supposed to be. Higher education was supposed to be the best investment one could make to guarantee a solid future. Any wonder that they feel cheated?

Stacy and Clinton saw the two sides to Jessica as they watched the What Not to Wear secret footage together. While Jessica often wore a lot of outlandish, costume-y clothes, she also had days where she just looked frumpy in boring and ill-fitting clothes. Jessica explained that there were times when she just couldn't find anything in her closet that looked good or fit right, and so she'd just give up and throw on anything.

The main benefit of using this approach is that - together with framing - it helps you think more clearly about the key messages that you want to deliver. This is important as today's audience are busy, overloaded with information and distracted by mobile devices. You need to be able to deliver your key messages in a short time and make them memorable.

Trust God. Lose track of your abilities and know that God is your supply. Consider how big and powerful He is. Your problems are small to Him, and He can help you through them. If He so made the universe and everything that exists, He can most certainly get you out of your situation.

Stacy and Clinton get Jessica in front of the dreaded What Not to Wear 360 mirror. She's wearing one of her trademark outfits, with mounds of faux dreadlocks on top of her white blonde hair, rocker tee, black skirt with pink crinoline edging, skull patterned tights and black lace up boots. Asked if the look says "pretty, sexy, mom, hot young wife," etc., Jessica says no to all. It's basically just a way to distract people from looking at her.

TED is a fantastic conference and some incredible speeches are given there. hyperlinking to the TED chats remind us that one of the benefits of public speaking is that our speeches really can make a difference. You and I may never be invited, but that doesn't mean that we can't learn from all of the speakers who have been invited.

During her talk, Susan highlights the fact that our twenty-first-century world seemed to be designed solely for extroverts, leaving little room for introverts to thrive. From work places to schools, employee models and curriculums are created in one way or another to nurture loud and exaggerated socialization, which is considered the norm.