Why you have to fail to have a great career: Michael Litt at TEDxUW

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  • Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2024

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  • @andy4an
    @andy4an 11 лет назад +123

    The best TED talks break your mind, then put it back together.
    Well done.

  • @chevaliergryphon1308
    @chevaliergryphon1308 10 лет назад +63

    Michael, is a part of life. We do fail, the real question is whether we let others define us as a failure or if we use failure as a launch-pad.

  • @xiao6322
    @xiao6322 8 лет назад +99

    I cry so hard and something inside me resonates with his talk

    • @JjBianca
      @JjBianca 7 лет назад +5

      xiao Lin Me too. I think that I needed this video right now in my life

  • @aeronuy4295
    @aeronuy4295 8 лет назад +142

    I searched for this because I wasn't sure why I was failing at all my subjects in my university even though I was trying so hard. Not only my subjects also anything I try to achieve. I know now to never give up even after all of the failures even if I fail a 100 times. But it hurts hearing everyone talk about how much of a failure I know I am. And I am disappointed because I cannot give my parents the great academic student they want. (I never did well in all my classes)

    • @melodypastor5426
      @melodypastor5426 8 лет назад +9

      Me too, all of my subjects last semester failed and now i don't knoe how to say it to my parents.

    • @jithinpmathew5209
      @jithinpmathew5209 8 лет назад +22

      Dont be sad....
      Before U quit ,always remember the words of Michele Jordan( worlds best basketball player)
      "I failed over and over and over....thats why i succeed"
      Always remember one thing...
      Past is not equal to future...

    • @ishikasunil2223
      @ishikasunil2223 5 лет назад +5

      Exactly my story....
      2018 has been the worst year for me academically. I am disappointed with myself

    • @alexrosca860
      @alexrosca860 4 года назад +1

      Can I ask you how are you doing now?

    • @joshuaaustin2541
      @joshuaaustin2541 4 года назад +2

      making your parents proud is one thing but remember, you are doing it for YOUR future

  • @mikamiravalles6262
    @mikamiravalles6262 4 года назад +10

    I came here today because I found out I fail in Gen. Chem and had 75 as my my final grade. I want to cry so hard but I just hide it by keeping a smiling face. You know that feeling when you want to cry but you dont want others to see how vulnerable you are.💔

  • @nicholashoule3378
    @nicholashoule3378 11 лет назад +72

    its called rock bottom, every bodies is different, but once you hit it you find your drive.

    • @saimanaaz9949
      @saimanaaz9949 3 года назад +2

      Absolutely true!

    • @Diamond4rmAfrica
      @Diamond4rmAfrica 2 года назад

      Really?
      Cause I'm in what I consider rock bottom. I've failed two core modules in my second year in University.

    • @kalyani1379
      @kalyani1379 Год назад

      Why is it true

  • @theoptimist8297
    @theoptimist8297 8 лет назад +21

    By far one of the best TEDx talks out there. The kinda talk that you can relate to. What he means is when u fail everyone rubs it in as if it's the end of the world where as its not. Don't listen to them and trust ur guts coz sometimes when u think that this is the worst thing ever it actually is an opportunity to strive for better.

  • @Luffytoro
    @Luffytoro 6 лет назад +9

    I failed to submit my project in MBA so I have to wait for 1 year to get it done!! Felt low and searching for motivations! This video made me feel better!! Thanks man

  • @SoBlurrific
    @SoBlurrific 11 лет назад +11

    I get the point: You will only succeed if you're willing to fail
    Even so, that doesn't mean that after you fail that you are going to succeed. He's just an example of a person who did defeat adversity

    • @zakerdoodle
      @zakerdoodle Год назад

      Excellent distinction. I also no people who have done well their whole careers, never failing, only moving up.
      I see you wrote this 10 years ago... I hope you're doing well!

    • @AJ-ls7tn
      @AJ-ls7tn 6 месяцев назад

      But are they totally honest about their wins that everyone is able, and their private failures which they know for themselves really happened, but no one will ever be able to see

  • @atjgraphics
    @atjgraphics 11 лет назад +7

    I really loved your story. Don't give up but remember failing is part of life.

  • @rolandojr.antonio6855
    @rolandojr.antonio6855 6 лет назад

    As they, Experience is the greatest teacher in one’s life. Life is a gamble, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Failure is a great lesson that we can learned. We learned more and we will work more smarter to succeed

  • @yolidejesus3488
    @yolidejesus3488 5 лет назад +5

    Really liked this video. Aside from the importance of failing, I also can see how things happen for a reason. If he didn't had that experience probably he would have never given this Ted Talk and help a lot of people. 💚

  • @Enovol
    @Enovol 10 лет назад +7

    Thanks man! Im 18 year's old and this helps me a lot since I'm trying to decide what to do with life.

  • @playlistjust
    @playlistjust 11 лет назад +9

    Michael, ignore the mean comments down below. they simple failed to understand what you were talking about
    Thanks a bunch!! you just gave me courage to get up & keep going! :)

  • @jakubvalenta5403
    @jakubvalenta5403 9 лет назад +48

    Be somebody or be somebody's fool... hmm, great saying.

  • @DemiloyeYT
    @DemiloyeYT 11 лет назад

    Larry smith is his mentor. I was an organizer at this event. Larry smith was present and and aware of the talk long before it happened.

  • @raulsanjayshah
    @raulsanjayshah 8 лет назад +44

    i just got rejected from a job..this video makes me want to apply to 100s of jobs rn

    • @mistargrr
      @mistargrr 7 лет назад +1

      I hope you managed to learn from your failure. All the best!

    • @DesignYourReality
      @DesignYourReality 6 лет назад +2

      I suggest if you want to know your place in life check out : Finding Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle

    • @taharyasmine5944
      @taharyasmine5944 2 года назад

      I just saw ur comment, now I'm sure I'm gonna watch this video

  • @charlescxgo7629
    @charlescxgo7629 6 лет назад

    Taking risks and privilege of failing is a trade off with responsibilities (school, spouse, kids etc..). However, most of those responsibilities were based on your past choices. Likewise think everything over, it really depends on what you’re looking for in life....

  • @taslishchadha9766
    @taslishchadha9766 7 лет назад +3

    thank you just needed this

  • @Squeekers
    @Squeekers 11 лет назад

    His question is open ended; "which line is longer?" It's not the top or bottom lines that are the longest; the longest lines that I see in the diagram are the lines on the left and right side.

  • @vanhalenps4
    @vanhalenps4 11 лет назад

    You can add chemicals to biodiesel or add a heating element to the tank to keep it from freezing. Why he didn't do that I have no idea but overall biodiesel is a great alternative to regular diesel fuel.

  • @vimaldeonarine5614
    @vimaldeonarine5614 3 года назад +2

    Im failing at 28. No career path, no job and everyone else is moving up

  • @badpanda84
    @badpanda84 10 лет назад +1

    A great carrer is one where if you fail you get a multimillion dollar redunancy payment.. Also known as Golden Handshake
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_handshake
    A golden handshake is a clause in an executive employment contract that provides the executive with a significant severance package in the case that the executive loses his or her job through firing, restructuring, or even scheduled retirement
    So yes sometimes failing is profitable

  • @PavithraR
    @PavithraR 11 лет назад +6

    Good one but could have been said better!
    I loved Larry Smiths's TED talk though - It was meaningful, insightful yet super cool!

  • @Mindsaw
    @Mindsaw 7 лет назад +2

    To get to the good in your career you do have to face some failure at times

  • @nonchalantd
    @nonchalantd 11 лет назад +6

    That was good, but I was hoping he would talk about what happened after he failed and why he is better off now.

  • @SetTheCurve
    @SetTheCurve 6 лет назад +23

    This talk went nowhere. He never said what failure taught him, how it helps, or how a person can build on it. Also, those friends of his who continued along the traditional path probably did well.

    • @ErikLarios_Poker
      @ErikLarios_Poker Год назад

      go to the larry smith talk and you will understand everything

  • @scancool
    @scancool 11 лет назад

    he is the founder and CEO of Vidyard they do software and marketing, they been in business for 2 years, I guess he is doing ok,

  • @benjaminarrowsmith1752
    @benjaminarrowsmith1752 11 лет назад

    I was asking a genuine question, I know what success is, I am wondering where his success is/was. Success is achieving what you aim for whatever it is

  • @shaunboyce727
    @shaunboyce727 10 лет назад +4

    The line on the side is the longest.

  • @billyjaneramos
    @billyjaneramos 10 лет назад +2

    hmmm... a talk on failure supported by the university of waterloo... :) fun, informative and enlightening!

  • @joshua_dlima
    @joshua_dlima 3 года назад

    Great talk, thank you!

  • @normalguycap
    @normalguycap 9 лет назад +4

    All these young people talking about Failure. You don't see an older person talking about failure on their way to success. Because they know better and keep it to themselves so they can enjoy their success for longer.

  • @michaellitt2455
    @michaellitt2455 11 лет назад +15

    Actually Jane Larson - I do care. What about my talk failed to be meaningful to you?

    • @GoldenBearBecca
      @GoldenBearBecca 7 лет назад +1

      I think you're hot. Let's have smart babies.

  • @krystenp2800
    @krystenp2800 4 года назад

    Thank you!

  • @mattwoolley
    @mattwoolley 8 лет назад +8

    So.... The answer to the question "Why you have to fail to have a great career?" is.....? He failed to answer his question. Never explained the WHY......

  • @navshri
    @navshri 11 лет назад +2

    Beautiful !

  • @emaxix7
    @emaxix7 11 лет назад

    I love how the guy with the bike still has his hands on handle bar

    • @mzenji
      @mzenji 7 лет назад

      It's called commitment! lol.

  • @kenleeanderson
    @kenleeanderson 10 лет назад

    Great talk on Fun.

  • @ambikaaamonkar1496
    @ambikaaamonkar1496 6 лет назад +2

    that was Litt !! ☺️

  • @garethjones2746
    @garethjones2746 5 лет назад

    Well said

  • @Kl6622
    @Kl6622 5 лет назад

    My first time failing in 2018 i think i will carry on failing in 2019

  • @Pookie1-q2w
    @Pookie1-q2w 6 лет назад

    I was selected for the final from a piano competition. The competition was very tough and I didnt receive a prize and I feel a bit sad. 😢

    • @hydroshock1853
      @hydroshock1853 6 лет назад

      *pat on the back* I know this is late, and I know that I wasn't there to see you, but I don't doubt you did well. This is coming from someone who also finds it hard to deal with failure and loss. I hope playing the piano is still your passion.

  • @hakanyldrm4592
    @hakanyldrm4592 12 лет назад

    well done

  • @Charlie12241
    @Charlie12241 11 лет назад +2

    Then some people should be doing much better at work.

  • @giorgigudiashvili4876
    @giorgigudiashvili4876 8 лет назад +1

    Sometimes I think all ted talks can be summarized in two centences.

    • @mzenji
      @mzenji 7 лет назад +1

      "sentences"

    • @effiab5995
      @effiab5995 6 лет назад

      Don’t give up. Be original.

  • @HappierLion
    @HappierLion 12 лет назад +1

    You will fail to have a great career unless you fail to have a great career!

  • @monylolo1
    @monylolo1 12 лет назад

    go forward

  • @idealsAREisomorphic
    @idealsAREisomorphic 11 лет назад

    Does the buff stack up?..

  • @townhouse21
    @townhouse21 11 лет назад

    ok, this sounds great, but an article in communitech.ca/vidyard-michael-litt/ , he gets the deal after showing an unfrozen bottle of biodiesel! which one is the truth?
    Here's the direct quote "I got up to the floor, went to the bathroom, got it under the hand dryer, melted it and did the presentation. We ended up pre-selling a few million litres of biodiesel. ."

  • @soufrk
    @soufrk 8 лет назад

    This probably cleared Larry Smith's talk much. I couldn't grasp much from Larry Smith's speech.

  • @andjelatatarovic8309
    @andjelatatarovic8309 11 лет назад

    awesome talk, thank you ! :)

  • @JMAK-Studio
    @JMAK-Studio 5 лет назад

    UPDATE: 2.8 billion results for FAIL

  • @nitinoctane
    @nitinoctane 11 лет назад

    I actually cant relate to the last picture @10:17. What about that ?

  • @benjaminarrowsmith1752
    @benjaminarrowsmith1752 11 лет назад

    our bodies fail in the end

  • @benjaminarrowsmith1752
    @benjaminarrowsmith1752 11 лет назад

    who is Micheal Litt? I heard his story of failure but where was his success?

  • @Style95l
    @Style95l 11 лет назад

    that was amazing

  • @alexperkoplavec
    @alexperkoplavec 12 лет назад

    how good is video : 4-5

  • @nathanielpillar8012
    @nathanielpillar8012 7 лет назад

    90 people failed to have a great career after watching this video.

  • @JamesStrieb2
    @JamesStrieb2 12 лет назад

    his story ended with failing, not with having a great career. wth!

  • @user-kx6gr6ky4b
    @user-kx6gr6ky4b 7 лет назад

    That was awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!😍😚

  • @nothankyou8165
    @nothankyou8165 6 лет назад

    Just watching this after I failed ap bio

  • @monylolo1
    @monylolo1 12 лет назад

    very well

  • @ankitg3956
    @ankitg3956 9 лет назад +1

    Can somebody explain, how that top line was longest ?

    • @RyanMoment360
      @RyanMoment360 9 лет назад

      i think he explained that he changed the line length

    • @ankitg3956
      @ankitg3956 9 лет назад

      Ryan Moment no that is not the case !

    • @RyanMoment360
      @RyanMoment360 9 лет назад

      Ankit Supercool ohh i think you mean when he ask at the second time...will the answer then is "illusion" buddy.

    • @ankitg3956
      @ankitg3956 9 лет назад

      but how come top line is longest ? I want explained answer :)

    • @JillYva
      @JillYva 9 лет назад +1

      Ankit Supercool From what i think,The original would've had the same lengths but he himself changed the length for the presentation. The picture was never changed since he first showed it, it was originally that the top line was longer and the bottom line was shorter. People thought it was shorter cause he tricked them into thinking one of them was longer and the fact that he mentioned it was an optical illusion also he mentioned first everyone should be familiar with illusions like this so giving them the impression (from experience of seeing other optical illusions) that it should be the same...I THINK...Sorry if I didnt explain clearly :/ :)

  • @benjaminarrowsmith1752
    @benjaminarrowsmith1752 11 лет назад

    thnx

  • @gorakshbohra7293
    @gorakshbohra7293 6 лет назад +6

    2018 was my failure year I failed every exam.

    • @jumperstartful
      @jumperstartful 5 лет назад

      But you successfully failed every exam.

  • @bananian
    @bananian 11 лет назад

    just a tangent.

  • @mea723
    @mea723 11 лет назад +1

    You just got Litt up :)

    • @mzenji
      @mzenji 7 лет назад

      LMAO !!! You my friend are a kindred spirit.... and now I'm going to pour a lil liqour for the great Louis Litt!

  • @scooby196I
    @scooby196I 6 лет назад

    my career has been failing for over 25 yrs.

  • @rojer9
    @rojer9 12 лет назад +1

    i know it's only tangentially relevant to the talk itself, but... this guy went around promoting a product that *would*not*work* in that climate, of which, if he didn't know before, he had a perfect demonstration right there, in his car... and still he tried to cover it up? so, what if that jar melted and the demo was successful? it'd probably fail further tests. but anyway, it seems disingenuous. so, he failed, he rebounded and learned from it - good. the quote is nice too. but he's not honest.

  • @nitinoctane
    @nitinoctane 12 лет назад +1

    be somebody or be somebody's fool, what that means actually? i am a bit confused. LOL i failed..

  • @eatcarpet
    @eatcarpet 12 лет назад

    THE BOTTOM ONE IS LONGER.

  • @monylolo1
    @monylolo1 12 лет назад

    take the advice

  • @delatroy
    @delatroy 12 лет назад

    So long story short.. he's saying that failing is a prerequisite to success because.. it just is.

  • @captainjacksparrow5398
    @captainjacksparrow5398 4 года назад

    Great

  • @youngyink
    @youngyink 11 лет назад

    dig ....

  • @Cody6918
    @Cody6918 7 лет назад

    Failed to have a glass of water up on stage.

  • @ViruGurudath
    @ViruGurudath 5 лет назад

    I got rejected from Stanford today, anyone got any advice?

    • @Phoenix01914
      @Phoenix01914 3 года назад +1

      Trust yourself and try again 💪

    • @andresmu9375
      @andresmu9375 2 года назад

      I know it’s been 2 years already, but how has it been? Did you try again?

  • @suggesttwo
    @suggesttwo 3 года назад

    Top longer... I ignored verdical lines.

  • @jakwire
    @jakwire 11 лет назад +1

    and.... you are missing the point.

  • @Gwdemy
    @Gwdemy 12 лет назад

    nice

  • @abufawwaz7187
    @abufawwaz7187 12 лет назад

    i like it

  • @CzechRiot
    @CzechRiot 8 лет назад +25

    I failed to see a point in this speech.

    • @MarcusEMunya
      @MarcusEMunya 7 лет назад

      CzechRiot As i understand it Because having a great career means failing to risk it all on your own idea.
      The risk of shouting out the wrong answer is analogous to the risk of betting it all on yourself in business or unlikely career.

  • @verifymyageful
    @verifymyageful 11 лет назад

    Mr. T

  • @ritapufff1564
    @ritapufff1564 11 лет назад

    WoW.SupperR

  • @NareSahajaSai2512
    @NareSahajaSai2512 10 лет назад

    i thought this correct

  • @grzegorzdyraa5174
    @grzegorzdyraa5174 12 лет назад

    nice fun

  • @mustardalilseed6448
    @mustardalilseed6448 6 лет назад +3

    This didnt really resonate with me?
    All i got was him rubbing the jars between his legs

  • @suggesttwo
    @suggesttwo 3 года назад

    You didn't have a viable product. If it's going to freeze it's useless.

  • @hristodraganov1376
    @hristodraganov1376 11 лет назад

    interesting

  • @marchewkaziemniak5062
    @marchewkaziemniak5062 11 лет назад

    wow

  • @bananian
    @bananian 11 лет назад

    Biodiesel is no better bc you are using bio material that could have been food.

  • @alexperkoplavec
    @alexperkoplavec 12 лет назад

    what is this

  • @TheBarbacan
    @TheBarbacan 12 лет назад

    hmmm

  • @adelelbanna59
    @adelelbanna59 11 лет назад

    WOWWWWW

  • @Lemon171
    @Lemon171 12 лет назад

    GANGAM STYLE

    • @damdog74
      @damdog74 3 года назад

      This is an ancient comment right here

  • @zebunker
    @zebunker 7 лет назад

    Excited to watch a TED talk.....sees that its Ted X....watches cat videos instead.

  • @simonwang4389
    @simonwang4389 7 лет назад

    Food

  • @itayben01
    @itayben01 12 лет назад

    good

  • @nagendrarao3147
    @nagendrarao3147 4 года назад

    👍👍👍