When your mind works against you | Ted Powell | TEDxJacksonville

[@djtshome2998]

For me, researching everything that I could about my disease helped me keep some sort of balance in my life. I also stopped talking about my condition to everyone I met. The more that I talked about NHL the more anxious I felt. But the hours of reading and printing out pages of information definitely helped me to keep the "drunken monkey" at bay. It gave me something to do instead of sitting for hours on end worrying about the unknown.

[@若月裕二-e1j]

It was so fresh to watch this video because the man was talking about the things I have always wanted to know. Talk about Cancer. Talk about possession. Talk about mother of children three. Talk about getting out of head. Talk about getting close to God. He talked about everything I needed to understand my situation. Now I feel like my anxiety about my life itself seems gone. Thank you for his speech. It helped me a lot in any reasons.

[@tedpowelljr]

Thank you for watching, and I am glad you found some peace in realizing that much our anxiety is self-created, and we can override that!

[@emilialaramironica5234]

Thank you Ted Powell. Peoples like you should be in our daily media. Lucky me because I became aware of what you say and I stoped my Tv. connection. No radio , no tv , just people , books , my reflections and time to time internet but selective.

[@tomorrowsday62]

Mironica Emilia Do you still follow this routine? Because its about for how long you are doing that stuff.

[@АртёмШлапик-ь1ч]

What a pleasure to read such comments!!!CARRY oN!)

[@TheRealpennyInfo]

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[@LauWo]

I did this 15 years ago and since a year I also stopped social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. So basically everything I want to read, hear and engage is something that I look up or have the choice to let it go easily when I am not interested. The latter becomes more and more easy when you wash away all the rubish feeders (mental junk food providers) in your life and your ability to distinguish between important and nonimportant information grows stronger :) It also helps with deciding who you want to be your friends or not and what recreational activities you'd like to do or not. Your mind less cluttered and your agenda more open. Feels mind freeing is my experience.

[@privacyplease23]

Wise, warm, practical, and comforting.

[@ChrisHarperKC]

"Accept the facts, regardless of whether or not they line up with my personal beliefs..." - so hard to do in real life.

[@zahzah1345]

Chris Harper really trying to grasp this concept definitely 😅

[@ericmartinbosse8405]

Meditation makes you focus on your elements. Prayer and/or focus and slow deep breathing will make you connect with what is important. Interconnected we can rise to any challenge. Eat well, take walks and meditate. You have all you need right in between those two ears, you just need to focus. :)

[@emilialaramironica5234]

eric martin Bosse Or . maybe just to relax and avoid any influence of corporate media?

[@victoriamacmillan9425]

Exactly what I needed to hear today. Meaningful and very important message for humanity. Thanks, Ted!

[@jctopete1]

I've recently had the pleasure of hearing these words live. Thanks TED...I keep learning...

[@santiamen260]

Certainly, people should face fear to know it and to cope with it. Little quantities of risk are good, doesn`t matter the amount of information you get. The most of the cases, the basic principles to solve a problem are very few, but people need courage to do the right thing.

[@daultonbaird6314]

Thank you Ted , I cut and pasted this “Realizing that we can control our way of thinking in response to a seemingly chaotic world,” he argues, “is one of the most liberating and transformative human experiences we can have.”

[@angelodacosta8932]

This ted talk is the best I've seen. Thank you ted

[@billsf94131]

I wasn't paying attention the first time I watched this, but on the second viewing I really enjoyed it and understood it better.

[@samitabbakh8409]

This is one of the best TEDx talks!

[@youknowwhoexactly9597]

Best ted-talk ever 🙃♥️

[@YouNoo4]

This is basically putting so many of my problems to words! Thank you so much for this :>

[@katherinalastname7077]

Fantastic talk Ted! I really liked how concise and applicable it was.

[@titusdavis4722]

Powell's last three points of this talk: 1. Reject the Label - resist the urge to label others, learn to accept the facts... 2. Limit Mental Junk Food - be careful of your media consumption esp. negative news 3. Beware the Fearful Rhetoric - creates division; as seen in politics (e.g. Trump 2019)

[@williamh626]

Best talk I've ever seen.

[@rambohercules3777]

this was the best video i have seen in a long time.

[@blong206b]

My take away is that people fear the complex unknown and try to intellectually morph concepts, behaviours, and situations into the safely simple. I sell and teach social dance lessons and my competition (other teachers) are taking my business from me and thriving by understanding how to dumb down their lessons, to simplify and reassure. Instead of joining them i'm going to add a thought to my teaching. Complexity is ok. Complexity can be a good thing. Stress in moderation fosters growth, success, and happiness. I have more of an understanding of why people can (literally) pay for a college education in social dance, receive elementary school training and be satisfied. btw ty for the talk sir.

[@tedpowelljr]

Well-put Brett and I appreciate you sharing your experience teaching social dance..this is what I am talking about? It is easy, yet self-limiting, and sometimes dangerous for us to take the path of least resistance...Best wishes as you stick to your principles for the betterment of humankind!

[@joshtrapp9500]

Brett Long It's nice to see your comment. I've been watching a lot of ted talks and I think you picked up on an over arching theme in many of them. "Comfort stifles growth".

[@joeradlerattorney3295]

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. (Isaiah 26:3)

[@JustinConnolly]

Well said. Truly.

[@NouranSakr8175]

Maybe we should tie this to what the media is saying about Islam and Muslims. we like to take in what is said to us without searching for more complex information. im just saying...

[@lilliangraham9850]

this is definitely another great video

[@dlgm161]

This guy said everything we should not do, without telling us what to do. Or did I miss it?

[@jadricdaos3475]

Can someone explain to me what his point is, the idea wasn't really reaching me and I've watched it a couple times :(

[@Gabriel.A.L.]

really good one. so true

[@ibrahimalsulami1241]

Very profound

[@tiddlewink101]

3 Points at the end were very good, nice talk

[@AreWeAware]

Great video, thanks...

[@Gaby-dw3ll]

beautiful!

[@glenwilliams6107]

i need more on addressing the unknown!!! he went to an entirely different direction??

[@tedpowelljr]

Thanks for watching Glen. My intent was to link our innate fear of the unknown to our vulnerability to rhetoric in the media, by showing how labeling someone or some view allows our mind to "make the unknown known" by simplifying issues and its resolution. Or by using fearful rhetoric, such as "they will kill us all" to portray a dismal view of the future, when in reality, we can't predict such an outcome. But part of our human mind is quite vulnerable to images and words conveying a scary future, which means we can "buy" this vision and over-react, such as we did in responding the threat of communism (Vietnam War) or Weapons of Mass Destruction (Iraq). Of course, this is my opinion. Hope this helps

[@sjlakhani9552]

Ted Powell great talk and thank you for the clarification!

[@konlog1212]

Nice talk

[@apporvaarya]

How can we let go control of everything..

[@mervatahmad8179]

لماذا لا يوجد ترجمه للفيديوهات باللغه العربيه

[@julianaalcantara3595]

IS that Giants Crystal on the state?

[@kvnwrght]

Great points....but I'm not sure of the overall message he was trying to present.

[@tedpowelljr]

+Kevin Wright Thanks for watching and providing your commentary Kevin. In a nutshell, I'd like people to walk away with an enhanced ability to recognize when they might get "hijacked" by negative thinking, particularly those negative thoughts inspired by the media, politicians, or other people caught up in their own negativity. In doing so, people can see the world as it really is, respond accordingly, and live with less stress.

[@GOLDTRADERRR]

Just realize you are living in a goldfish bowl of propaganda that influences you subconsciously at every second of your existence. You can only realize the extent to which this is true if you are able to go to the middle of nowhere for about a month and then re enter this insane society. I found it in the Himalayas where I trekked for a month with no one else around me in an expansive valley sitting on a bench next to some prayer wheels all by myself and experiencing just how far away I was from anything I had ever known before.

[@Orgaya]

Wait, did this just go into religious spiel? I'll pause it there and continue if someone tells me it doesn't.

[@tedpowelljr]

+Orgaya Hi Orgaya..I am the guy in the video. I am sharing what the oncologist said as a way to get me out of my fear and into my source of inner strength, whether I called that "God, spirit, courage or something else." (which I mention very purposefully in the talk) He happens to call it God. Many other people gain strength through other ways, including non-religious ways. I think you will find that the rest of the talk focuses on managing fear and anxiety in a chaotic world, as opposed to a religious spiel...at least that was my intent..thanks for watching.

[@Orgaya]

Ted Powell My apologies for the rude remark. I will continue from where I left off, thank you for taking the time to correct me.

[@mapro3594]

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[@gregorybrian]

Ted, I think another thing worth mentioning is that being driven to understand something is quite different than being driven to control it. I think by understanding something, in this case, breast cancer, you can learn more about about the situation but more importantly, about yourself. But the one thing someone else had to help you understand is that you have no control over that thing. I'll bet a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts that you said The Serenity Prayer more than once during your struggle. :)

[@tedpowelljr]

Yep, I like how you differentiate between striving for healthy and useful understanding, while seeking to avoid controlling in vain..this is what I learned from my experience.

[@satyajeetgiram5115]

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[@NoExitLoveNow]

God. No.

[@pastelpolestar1682]

At the mention of the word 'God', people are shrinking away. What happened to looking from a different perspective? Isn't this the same as the religious people who refuse to see other people's perspective? This is sad. God doesn't have to be from any religon. It could be your inner strength or courage or whatever. :/ I see comments about pausing the video and refusing to see the rest because of the word "God". It's not going to kill you.

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[@SolutionTech]

buy some bitcoins please if you are watching it in 2014!

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[@John-go2is]

Whatever.

[@punksareforever]

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[@MariaAya]

most useless TEDx ever

[@bobneal3105]

Wow.

[@TMcGlynn23]

Idk about all that but to quiet the mind is to separate yourself from the mind.

[@MyJbryant]

Maria Aya Most useless comment ever