Choose strength not shame: Ben Foss at TEDxSonomaCounty

"Ben Foss shares how to turn shame into hope, helping people feel more connected and authentic.
Ben Foss is a prominent inventor, entrepreneur and activist who believes everyone can learn to have less shame and more joy in their lives. He is the inventor of the Intel Reader®, a device CNN called "too ground breaking to ignore" and focuses his innovation and research on the lessons we can all learn from other people's challenges. He is a proud dyslexic and his first book, The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan: A Blueprint for Renewing Your Child's Confidence and Love of Learning was published by Random House in Fall 2013.
You can follow him on twitter: @benfoss or learn more via www.benfoss.com. He is represented by the Random House Speakers Bureau: [e-mail]
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[@MrGhirbo]

"Showing vulnerability can be described as true courage" Leaderships is 2 things. Changing what people think they can do & changing what people believe as appropriate! To conquer shame(negative beliefs) u need at least 1 leader ( person that believes more than yourself in ur potential & has beliefs u might want to have too) create a totem/pandative/necklace of shame and embaresment .... 90 days put negative energy in it .... and then burry it in the ground => u are left with courage! WOW This is brilliant!!! i was doing it the other way around... i have a pandantive that says i am bold.... when i wear it i am bold.... the other way around is SUPER >>> TY

[@decodingdyslexiari1142]

Validating warms the heart. I will show this to my son. However, I wish teachers could listen to this and shift their irritation with 'us kids' to empathy in understanding. Thank you Ben Foss!!

[@starkops]

Decoding Dyslexia RI: BIG UPS!! -To, Lil’ Rhody! *(401)

[@umie_kakijalan]

Thank you. My daughter is dyslexic & I’m proud of it. 🥰🥰🥰

[@leslieleslie5849]

You spoke my childhood! Wow thank you

[@aisakaykure]

Give her a round of applause. So cute.

[@MREGO871]

AMAZING ted talk; this is another addition to WOODSTOCK'S INSIGHTFUL DOCS 😊♒👽😊🔆💡📡🔮🌊🌈🌏🌿🌻🍀🙇🙏✌❤ thanks for being here!!!

[@pirroplumbi352]

thansk Ben Foss !

[@annarounseville1392]

This oughtta have 80,000 hits daily.

[@dayday101477]

This is an extremely helpful training . Thank you

[@gabrielleheard6366]

Covers a lot of what we need to know

[@ChalkPanther]

What a sweet guy. :)

[@nonamenoname-jk4ft]

He’s actually a narcissist.

[@DW101100]

rejection after rejection my childhood, depressing when i think about it .... I am loner now , anxiety/terrible insecurity. Dont fuck up your kids or they will end up like me waste of air

[@nuruddinshah684]

Easy said to somebody when you don't have any "religion" in your root and another thing "not some bull shit culture or family" Culture maybe but Family Oh plz don't mess with that unless you really want the world to Burn

[@afimaci]

@DW101100 : Dude, it's not like you are a werewolf...!!! You CAN change yourself, do you WANT to? Your past is not a terminal disease!! You have present, that you can control = you can have a better future. Chin up, do something that you enjoy doing, whatever that is and start listing your blessings. Every day, just for 10 minutes, be your possible better self. You're going to turn into that, Bro.

[@stacysimons5144]

Basically Socrates was against Facebook and Twitter! 😉😉

[@thisisntallowed9560]

It's not something you can choose

[@jakobylove15]

number one the twins are guys////........hello whar a j

[@skadi6750]

This could be an interesting talk, but americans seem to have incredible ability to push liberal parenting and "kids suffer when everything is not their way" into everything...

[@cynthiajanetrodriguezquint5576]

Skadi the Beast

[@starkops]

Hmm.. interesting topic for sure.. I’d enjoy | elaboration |