The Freedom of Structure | Bomani Jones | TEDxWestBrowardHigh

Bomani Jones, an ESPN television and radio host, explores how the use structure in everything you do allows the freedom to create anything you want.
Bomani Jones is a sports journalist who is currently employed by ESPN. He is the co-host of Highly Questionable with Dan Le Betard which airs daily on ESPN and is also a regular panelist on Around the Horn. Jones also hosts The Right Time with Bomani Jones, which airs four nights a week at 9:00 pm Eastern on ESPN Radio. He has also written for SB Nation, Salon and Page 2 at ESPN.com. Bomani has been featured on several television programs, including a Michael Jackson documentary broadcast all over the world. In 2008, he was prominently featured in the HBO Sports documentary The Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina, and contributed to 2011′s Runnin’ Rebels, a documentary on HBO about UNLV basketball. Bomani has served as an adjunct professor at Elon University and Duke University.
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

[@pinefrezh8058]

Completely identify with this experience. My HS teacher told me "Being smart only takes you so far." Took me 10+ years to fully understand what he meant.

[@HereWeGo0o0]

Pay attention. This guy is talent. This guy is a teacher. Watch it twice.

[@slappyslapstick4045]

I needed to hear this when I was 18, and entering college.

[@chriskeepit100]

Me too

[@amawndiep]

me too!

[@MrRaymondlamarlee]

i LOVE THIS, this totally explains who Bomani is and his style and why I like him as a Journalist.

[@soloinacrowd]

Great talk. Structure is something I could use more of in all areas of my life. I will definitely watch this multiple times.

[@ncnyc4418]

Bomani is a true treasure 👌

[@nulnats]

This is a great talk and all varsity graduates need to listen to this. I might have heard it a few years too late but it is never too late. Thanks Bomani

[@chocolateprince1977]

Tagging this to my college-bound daughter. Excellent life lesson.

[@KingAmaniImani]

This is very enlightening and needed. I will watch this a few times. Thank you Bomani.

[@isaiah9558]

Great talk Bo, those are words of wisdom I can definitely use right now

[@JoanReichenbach]

This is great stuff ... no matter how what stage of life you are in. Thank you for sharing!

[@wilbe03]

Great job, Bo! I'm sharing this with my colleagues.

[@MrGroove0221]

Very insightful and uplifting!!!!

[@TrevWILL79]

This is a dope TED talk. True hustle!!

[@moelcurly]

Excellent points, great topic!

[@MrOhPee]

This was great. Thanks Bo. Keep doing ya thing on The Evening Jones.

[@sliverpenn199]

Excellent talk

[@cynthialeadbetter8278]

Love this brother

[@GregSherman]

Great talk. Will definitely share with my circle.

[@reneescharf4932]

Bomani for prez! He's so smart.

[@mikegianakos8218]

Loved it

[@bobbykevil214]

I can't wait for the new show Bo.

[@cynthialeadbetter8278]

Awesome

[@MichaelEBeard]

This will be helpful to me in my new career as a musician.

[@Dasmoose15]

Finally.

[@derrickthornton386]

Nice.

[@TheS33dasac]

Wish I had someone teach me this when I was younger.

[@julian32000]

Every single high school graduate should see this

[@davidoconnor8224]

Brilliant..love this talk..it needs a lot of relistens.." Being a professor is the nearest thing to being a dictator.." hahahaha

[@Pittie21]

Bo Knows! 👊

[@pearljameric]

Title should be Bomani Jones | My Career Path Story.

[@singrayla]

Is someone whispering throughout this talk? It's so distracting!

[@MrRaymondlamarlee]

+singrayla I picked up on that lol

[@EJBanks]

I'm so embarrassed

[@Dman4901]

let the tools do the work for you

[@codymiller8969]

We gonna ignore the mic issues and talking or …..?

[@isvvx]

What other option do we have lol

[@sirpudge241]

Yo was his feet nailed to the ground? Homeboy didn't move once from that position.

[@youngobes]

+Yeshua Christ he said they told him he had to stay on that spot

[@dmac5472]

he readily admits that he isnt very comfortable with public speaking

[@dmac5472]

but with that big red dot on the floor, maybe he was told to stay there(as another commenter mentioned)

[@ThuanTran-nv9yb]

he was showing us he had structure

[@hopefaith585]

Yeshua Christ, I believe, the point of the speech was to encourage us to "DO WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO," to understand the value that structure has in identifying OUR PRIORITY GOALS. And, by doing so, WE will be more efficient/effective at accomplishing OUR priorities (GOALS). How and where Mr. Bomani Jones stands during a presentation is a distraction from the lesson of the importance of structure.

[@Multi0515]

That was a very good speech. Structure can unlock creativity. I fail to see how this has worked for him however. I do not think that droning on ad naseum about deflate gate, droning on ad naseum about where Kevin Durant might end up, or yucking it up with Dan Lee Betard on that hacky, hacky show they have are creative expressions. I would have been interested in hearing what his sister has to say about unlocking creativity. She is an author of several critically acclaimed novels. Bomani authors reviews on Kanye's The Life of Pablo and Beyonce's Lemonade.

[@TheOneAndOnlyNAB]

This was 5% compliment and 95% backhand and I'm not sure if you made a point at all.

[@OzyMandias13]

He has a good career (writer, tv pundit, podcaster) offering his opinion on a variety of issues. Your opinion of him has gotten 0 likes in 4 years. Don't quit your day job!

[@j.wynona8342]

@@OzyMandias13 Ooof!