The Gift of Exile | Niloofar Razi Howe | TEDxFoggyBottom
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2016
- The hardships we seek to protect our children from are often the gifts that enable them to thrive as adults. As a young girl, Niloofar Razi Howe’s stable childhood world vanished when she was driven out of her country by the Iranian Revolution. On the TEDxFoggyBottom stage, she describes the challenges no 10 year old should have to live through and how those challenges inform her view that the world should be questioned, and that when risk and terror are faced head on, they can become truly empowering.
Niloofar Razi Howe has been Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Vice President at RSA since November 2015. Ms. Howe leads the overall RSA corporate strategy, corporate development, and planning. She also serves as an Operating Partner at Paladin Capital Group. She has more than 25 years of experience working and investing in the technology industry, with a particular focus on the security industry over the past decade.
Previously she served as the Chief Strategy Officer of Endgame, Inc., Managing Director and led the investment teams at Paladin Capital Group, an entrepreneur and operator at Principal at Zone Ventures, a consultant with McKinsey & Co., and as a lawyer with O'Melveny & Myers.
Her non-profit work includes serving on the Board of Sibley Memorial Hospital, Vice Chair of Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation, as well as on the board of IREX. Previously, she served on the Board and as Board Chair of Global Rights.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
I was in the audience when Niloofar gave this speech. Really inspiring. All parents of young children should watch this.
An amazingly eloquent, inspiring and emotional talk about personal resilience from a courageous woman. Thank you for sharing your story and shedding light on the hardship that all immigrants experience, regardless of where they come from or how they left their country. It's an important moment in time to get this message out.
Bravo, Niloo! An inspiration to us all - and a reminder why immigration, and a thirst for change, is what powers the world.
What a wonderful message to pass on to my children who are embarking on change in their lives. Thank you for sharing your experience so eloquently!
So inspiring! This brought tears to my eyes as the feelings-- sad, fearful, uncertain-- were so true for many exiles after the Iranian revolution, but very few have such a positive perspective on those feelings. She is magnificent-- charming, eloquent, and extremely inspiring.
Very insightful talk. Ms. Howe relates her message through her experience as an immigrant in exile, but the message most definitely applies to all of us. Well worth the viewing time.
Most amazing TED talk. Parents should watch with their children. A counter argument to our helicopter parenting tendencies.
Incredibly inspiring TED talk about resilience, grit and our innate inner strength as human beings from a stunning person. Thank you for sharing your amazing story.
I want to hear more about her life, age brings new perspectives on life experiences. The forks in her life and the choices she made shows her strength at such a young age. Her story is both powerful and motivational, it should be watched by young people everywhere.
Wow what an amazing talk
I am a 13 year old boy and I found this speech very eloquent and inspiring, I knew the revolution was a hard time for many Iranians, but I had no idea how much hardship there really was. Thank you very much Niloofar!
I was blown away by this talk. Thank you for sharing an incredible story.
lovely messgae, thank you
Amazing! Very accurate thoughts
Powerful and empowering!
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"We all have the strength of immigrants in our DNA." Absolutely stunning TED talk. Please watch Mr. Trump.
Great talk
Amazing!
She is very impressive.
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Many of the people would have given an arm and a leg to have your hardship. You were taken to England to a private boarding school. You did great for a bright person But for love of God, don't bank on the Poor Girl in Exile.
I am sorry that you have listened to this most eloquent speech and all you could see is some one banking on the poor girl in exile syndrome. For any 10 year old girl being separated from her parents after a revolution and being taken 3400 miles to a different country with a totally different language and culture is traumatic. For that little girl to grow up and turn that experience to something very positive in her life is very admirable. I have learnt that when someone tells you from their experiences, if you don't have anything positive to say , it is best not to say anything at all.
Zari jan don't make a mistake...There is no question about the eloquent speech and her achievement My points are , what she was pointing out as Trauma was a bit far fetched, a bit dramatic!!!!private boarding school in London , all alone going to San Francisco? Was there anyone in SF to take her those as a hardship.? was there to Come one now.. As I said hats off to her achievements. But I couldn't see any hardship. She was from a Very Well to do family, and blood connection o the Shah.
Have to disagree with you, Hayedah. To be sure, we can all come up with more traumatic stories of hardship than being shipped off to an elite boarding school, but don't forget that at the age of 10 most of us have at best only a general idea of whether we're "rich" or "poor" and that's far less important to a ten-year-old than being around his/her parents in a familiar environment. I think it would be tremendously traumatic to be shipped off to a new country at the age of ten having no idea when you'll see your house or parents again, and the fact that you may be going to an "upscale" place does precious little to ameliorate this in the eyes of a ten-year-old. Class distinctions matter, but I think it would be a mistake to let them blind you to the message.