Strategic quitting: Paul Rulkens at TEDxMaastricht

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[@Prodigious1One]

Giving my work to someone else... that's management! I love that!

[@TheStubertos]

This man speaks fantastically well. I can only dream of ever reaching that comedic timing and level of expression in his voice.

[@deathmetal10line]

This guy really is a tremendous speaker.

[@craigg5051]

💯% ... a great speaker

[@chicoamadou8237]

Without a doubt. One of the best talks I've ever listened to, learn alot and laughed my heart out. This is an example I will share in the Art of Storytelling

[@ambassador8524]

He is a true B.S Artist. 💩

[@KakueiAraral]

"Failure is never fatal. Success is never final." - Paul Rulkens

[@joec.8716]

This is probably the best talk i have ever seen.This Needs more views!

[@KingaGorski]

The moments of humour were brilliant. So subtle, but man, they really worked for him. Awesome talk!

[@marcograf1133]

Yes, one of the best TED talks! He is a great and brilliant speaker.

[@NoobMaster-or2jf]

Failure is seldom fatal. Success is hardly final.

[@madaoanimelife2227]

This is one of the best TED talks I have ever seen. Absolutely magnificent. You should also, check his other talk why the majority is wrong.

[@excelsian512]

Yes! It's very interesting. That's first one I listened to.

[@TheSodingen627]

@@excelsian512 same

[@ambassador8524]

😆 😂 😝

[@paulos1878]

Brilliant

[@christinecunningham8371]

I love how his tie is deliberately askew and how he peppers his talk with humor to disarm the audience and waits for them to catch the joke. Clearly he is a force to be reckoned with outside this public speaking "persona."

[@AniishAu]

What an awesome talker! And yet Paul Rulkens has very little on KZbin.

[@theblueguy4203]

Yes😢

[@deefee701]

Possibly he prefers live talks??

[@NoahZeus]

Buying his book his communication skills are incredible.

[@goldnutter412]

Ah great to hear, not really books person. "if it works for you it works for you" .. guessing it worked out pretty good ? ;)

[@NoahZeus]

@@goldnutter412 It did, I'm not much of a self help person he has some interesting perspectives but it's nothing new.

[@1Phonetip]

This is one of the most enjoyable Ted Talks

[@danf4447]

this guy is a BEAST

[@conrapal5408]

David Goggins to prove this man wrong about focusing only on what we are good at.

[@suhardiali4213]

This talk is magnificent, we could get the substance as well as the humor. Great Paul !

[@1ireneaustin]

this should be linked to the Clifton Strengths assessment. It will let you know what you are extremely good at.... and what you are NOT. I highly recommend it.

[@JohnHittler]

I live this talk, especially the humor. Very well worth a listen!

[@rkalla]

I want to ask you about growing up with your last name so bad but know a Ted talk comment section is probably not the place to do it :)

[@johnhittler5804]

@@rkalla it's even weirder than you might imagine. My parents bought a suburban home under construction when we were little, only to move in and voila! It's a primarily Jewish neighborhood. Great learning, and I would not change a thing.

[@adamalpha7881]

Absolutely magnificent

[@KakueiAraral]

"In the Valley of Death in the end, it is really your courage to continue which really counts" - Paul Rulkens

[@sdz4383]

Brilliant speaker - A combination of wit and humour !

[@zeroroguer]

Yes. Great once again. (I'm watching all his videos in a row.)

[@jonhvidtfeldt9015]

Fantastic uploads. Ty, they are much appreciated.

[@BonanzaTwin]

Brilliant!

[@rikwichers8214]

Super inspiring!

[@jenniferbuynitzky412]

Totally enjoyed this!

[@ioannist.7855]

Great speech !

[@maisoonyounis4728]

Amazingly clear and very interesting.

[@2Oldcoots]

Brilliant insights!

[@spicchiodilunaa]

Grande!!!!!!

[@rogzcorpuz]

You're the best .

[@MasterTow1994]

He's a genius

[@goharabrar2471]

Great Talk

[@matthewramsey6172]

Another good one!

[@rosalindmartin4469]

Yup. Fun and easy listening.

[@ronald.j.poulard]

AMAZING!!! Share this with the people you care about!

[@goldnutter412]

You are the Omega !! sharing the real stuff not the fluff and "hey look at ME" !! :) doing gods work some would say.

[@nascentnaomie]

Great video also entertaining ✅✅

[@zblus]

So basically focus on your strengths, quit/delegate your weaknesses?

[@mouthymatt]

Truth

[@d7eemo270]

Watching this while in med school thinking to quit to Pursue my passion in programming.

[@natefuller1325]

what did you decide?

[@theone7059]

Same here man... med school too but follow engineering

[@mollystalk8373]

😢 Shadow of death moment

[@patrickmcclean4691]

He once said, I'll be back.

[@honkytonk4465]

I've actually watched this video

[@verakhamenok]

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@alexandreclarkfranco]

Great talking. I'm brazilian. I know english a bit, not fluently. I detected that subtitles have some errors. Some I understood the correct. Some errors in subtitles were difficult for me to understand what really he says. I challenge someone to correctly transcribe the entire speech/talk. Greetings From Brazil !!! I hope somebody dare to transcript the entire talk/speech correctly. Good bye!!!

[@izarscharf7845]

i cant strategically quit school

[@MrSolsolsol]

You might have another look at the last 5 minutes :) Going back to study for my exam to make sure that I'll be soon a great delegator.

[@hannanatalisa3282]

That is why there is unschooling 😁👍

[@izarscharf7845]

@@hannanatalisa3282 3 years into my Bsc. of Molecular Biotechnology and i still cant strategically quit xD

[@cozmoos]

This video is eight years old, two minutes in he says “9 billion people”. In 2022 the official population count was 9 billion…

[@mariamkhursheed]

This guy is a comic in disguise !

[@Fabzil]

So, focusing on our few strenghs, going through the motion, and giving up the things we hate but we have to do, so that the lizard brain is happy. Amarit' ?

[@lisw1354]

its more about quitting those things you know somoene else can do a better job at, like when you are in a school project and some of your mates enjoy writing and you enjoy making the lay-out/index look nice and sorted. you wil split it up, not doing both things together.

[@TheAtheist22]

His last sentences are not his. They are from Winston Churchill.

[@louchieamartinez6878]

I think this is funny. :D

[@patrickmcclean4691]

Drugs do work a bit. Ask, The beatles.

[@ambassador8524]

Europeans seem to laugh at everything. I gotta go over there and be a comedian!

[@russpeaknuckel9525]

After I quit my job, my wife left me, I lost everything and now am homeless.

[@adamalpha7881]

Don't loose hope man

[@lifeandmorechannel2987]

I feel you….im almost on the same boat. I can’t take it anymore…i want to walk out right now from this job

[@russpeaknuckel9525]

@@lifeandmorechannel2987 Keep your job for now and just start looking for a new one. Don't waste your time being unhappy at a job.

[@thehumancomedy3891]

Speaker is good. Audience is bad.

[@ericephemetherson3964]

Everyone is stoppable. Death will catch you sooner or later. So, is procrastination so bad? All is in vain and absurd.

[@curious_one1156]

Immortality is to be achieved before death. Do not procastrinate on immortality.

[@fyreweed2071]

This was a great talk but was not humourous at all. I don’t understand why the audience kept laughing.

[@rahmaximus8736]

Did you consider that maybe the audience has a good sense of humor but you don't ? Lol