Patience - Who has time for that? | Qaas Shoukat | TEDxNSU

In the fast-paced, technology-saturated world we live in today, many resources and services are readily available through the internet. What may have taken a long time in the past is now achieved in mere moments. We have grown accustomed to getting what we want, when we want it. Yet, technology has not been able to speed up everything. It is within this gap that we are living-in a state of increasing impatience-as we seek instant gratification in every facet of life, yet are forced to wait for those beyond our control.
Qaas Shoukat is an NSU freshman who was born and raised in Pakistan before moving to Florida in 2010. Shoukat’s experience of living in two different cultures has given him a unique perspective on life and, he believes, has helped shape his personality. While the differences between his homeland and his new home took time to adjust to, Shoukat has found ways to appreciate and adopt the American way of life while holding on to his cultural roots. In his home and on social media, Shoukat stays connected through his native language, Urdu, and he still enjoys Pakistani music and films. In high school, he stepped outside his comfort zone to join both the Theatre Department and the Health Science Occupation Students of America (HOSA) Club. Participating in these groups allowed him to pursue his diverse passions for science and the performing arts. Now in college, Shoukat is advancing his experience and knowledge in these areas as a biology major pursuing a minor in theatre.
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

[@twentyseven-]

This was amazing!! So we’ll spoken at 19❤️“We’re not running out of time. We’re running too fast for time to keep up with us.” thank you for this!

[@mehrabahmad7699]

When your best friend is delivering something so impressive you just have to watch it !! :)

[@kaja1991]

Amazing talk at that

[@charliewilliams387]

It's funny because when I was searching through the videos I was going to go with the one with the least amount of time.

[@ankurmishra3569]

Hahaha Can you please tell me how did you find it funny?

[@saivamsiyadlapalli]

The irony

[@whitneyemmanuel1664]

I think his point is not that we should unnecessarily drag things, but we should recognize and respect that some valuable things take time and we can't realize the reward of the process if we don't accept the wait.

[@marinadamn5813]

He is so young, yet this is the most enthused I have ever been by a presentation. It flowed so well. I hope to hear more speeches from him!

[@qurantaxfiidonline9537]

Wow this is the best talk I ever heard. Thank you.

[@jacobs.9696]

I sped up this video. Time is a consistently depleting resource.

[@timasyt9739]

Haaaaaaaa

[@scienceblossom6197]

There's always someone screaming at the end of EVERY Ted talk. LOL. Joking aside, I felt I'm impatient and thought that's wasting a lot of my life in procrastination so I searched this issue and I really love the way he started his talk talking about digital age. It just totally makes sense to me how technology has made me impatient. It's hard to admit because people will finally put the blame on you yourself (and they're right to some extent) but no one can say we're not affected by technology. Nice talk.

[@rhymesandvibes]

Imagine being 19 and doing your own Ted talk, what an absolute boss.

[@brentduanefoster]

If we’re not careful, it will take a near drastic experience for society to really understand the value of patience.

[@Zaye_James]

Prophetic

[@brentduanefoster]

Isaiah Anderson How about that?

[@Zaye_James]

Brent Foster it’s like you knew corona would come humble us. Wisdom speaks

[@brentduanefoster]

Isaiah Anderson If you pay attention to history, it basically tells you what to look out for. Unfortunately, most do not.

[@gfsfyfy426]

Understand what patience is, he can always be responsible for everything again!

[@noura.mohamed]

Am slow,I made myself slow ,I react less,and only if I want ,Over and above all the hard training that I've been through , everybody looks at me with fire in their eyes just cos they can't handle my no-reaction strategies .this hurts a bit ..cos they're pushing you backwards while you tryna to push forward .so literally I enjoyed this TEDtalk and yes I liked the opening part☝... that's an Ace ♠

[@aweinfinitebliss]

Hey! Care to share your no reaction strategies with me? Thx in advance.

[@tejaswinisurasgar3981]

Please share how do you do that. Need to learn no no react strategy

[@noura.mohamed]

Omg reading my comment right now I now understand that depression made it easy for me just to not be led by my emotions! . Sorry guys but I now understand my method to not fast react was unhealthy . It's been 2 weeks since I started curing my depression that lasted 7 yrs up till now . Now I see everything clearer and this by itself can help you to be selective when it comes to reactions .and by the way today I graduated as a civil Engineer .it took me 8 years of being patient . Patient with my depression that made it harder for me to graduate in 5 yrs .😊

[@jennagyaradolf2215]

I want to know how to be patient. NOW! Don't have time to watch all of this. NEXT.

[@thetravelinsagittarian1316]

Lol!

[@TheLoststar_]

😂😅👍

[@Bluejay2334]

With today technology people can get what they want when they want it. Patience is easily forgettable since everything can be delivered and ordered from your phone. Society isn’t helping as we expect technological growth at a faster rate than what is possible. The world is changing but it takes time and patience.

[@trietdocalis]

Wow he is really calm😮

[@TARIQLES]

I dont have patience that i only wanting to watch till 4:56. But imma force myself to watch it all

[@TARIQLES]

I gave up. Did not watch the whole thing

[@god5535]

What a supportive group of people he has! You can tell by the comments and the genuine applause at the end!

[@DeCritique]

Thank you so much...

[@yuliabogdanovych517]

amazing talk! thank you!)

[@DepressionTalks1]

That was a beautiful speech! 👏🏾👏🏾🔥

[@SparkleBC]

I kept hitting LIKE LIKE LIKE well A+ for this young man's talk

[@6661eye]

Amazing speaker! Keep up the good work

[@YaminIISR]

One of the best ted talk i have heard in many days

[@juliansaintcyr4509]

*searches how to learn patience because I'm impatient* *Skips video to the main part about patience* Me with my infinity gauntlet: Modern problems require Modern solùtions✊🏾💎

[@ankurmishra3569]

What if trying to be patient leave us in a state of continuous procrastination and overwhelming?😊

[@deanosaureflex]

Astonishing presentation 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@SalvadorChangg]

GET TO THE POINT, I DONT HAVE PATIENCE FOR THIS!!

[@strugglecuts]

Salvador Chang lol

[@v.dargain1678]

chuckles .

[@rushi7590]

Me watching this video at 2x speed. smh

[@Jessica-dt9by]

This is awesome!!!

[@Rdrobinson26]

Outstanding!🙏🏽🍃🙏🏽

[@TK-qh4gr]

Still watched in 2X. Guess I still got work to do

[@punnaroothsrimongkolsilp1543]

Thank you so much for teaching lll

[@prernaprasad5374]

Absolutely amazing description 😍

[@namitagupta8241]

So enlightening

[@minastamenkovic162]

10:40 that's when the real talk starts you're welcome

[@kaja1991]

I was getting sort of impatient. Thanks.

[@TheLordPranamya]

Lmao

[@sheebasultan1145]

Thanks

[@ntnme1730]

Love You bro. From Kerala.. 🇮🇳India

[@fahadgilani1151]

amazing man!

[@ntnme1730]

Thanks❤🌹😊

[@AwesomeExperiencez]

Just what I needed thank you. ..have you written anybook would love to read more pliz

[@dilanchamara4702]

Good speech.

[@dial51151]

thank you

[@marsboyo1995]

The stay at home orders has probably made many of us slow down by force. Good or bad is yet to be determined.

[@MEOKENJI]

Yes I do I have to wait for the season of the flash have me waiting

[@isaiahwashington4063]

Great video

[@t-pain1211]

at the begining, i just thought he was a bit bad at english, so i waited for him

[@tm67245]

good one

[@chariseaurora2033]

It took everything I have not to put this in 2x speed, holy cow

[@AdamDTaylor]

Pakistan zindabad! 🇵🇰

[@diegogodoy89]

Had to leave at 3:52 because he wasn’t getting to the point fast enough

[@RichD746]

All these things we get so fast and yet, 4 months later I'm still trying to get the title for my car from the dmv.

[@mr.goldfarmer4883]

I grew up in the days where games had to be loaded from CD's and floppy disks. Goodness gracious did that required some patience!

[@Constantinului]

great speech, brother !

[@Zebrajellyfishphoto]

I needed to speed up the rate of this video.

[@mr.nobodoy5976]

I watched the video at 1.75 speed. :(

[@guzforce]

I saw on speed 2X..

[@garagol9752]

In germany NSU Gas a different meaning…..

[@butterflydivinity]

No offense but this audio quality is unbearable.

[@wootwootwoot32]

Whiner

[@Kazberhaf]

We cannot speed up a pandemic🤷‍♀️

[@dedicatedfit1]

😂

[@theronrasheed6450]

He's only 19 he hasn't been through much lol

[@mummafier]

I don't like how you make millenials seem like their impatient lol everyone is impatient to an extent. Its just human nature. Maybe millenials just don't know what dial-up internet was like but thats not their fault. They're just used to having internet be faster. The same could be said about adults... you try driving on the highway and see how impatient people can be.

[@omarreda9187]

I don't have time for 12minutes video🙄

[@destinylife467]

I was going to 2X

[@overandout6422]

Another obnoxious teenager thinks he has all the answers. Remember who created the computer-NOT THE MILLENNIALS

[@YaminIISR]

Hallelujah Chorus why you gotta spread hate bro

[@Taifune81]

Will old people ever stop starting this

[@TheLordPranamya]

Yo

[@marsboyo1995]

Yeah! You tell em bruh! It's us GenX ers who did it all!