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David Fagenbaum

👤 Speaker
161 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

But there are tangible things we can do.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

But I think it all starts at

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

reflecting on what are you hoping for, what are you wishing for, and I think that's a great place to start with what you should be doing every day.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

That's right.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

I've realized there's this circuit, and it all starts with hope.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

You know, what are you hoping for?

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

And that hope really needs to drive action.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

And if that hope drives action, what I've found is it often will drive impact.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

And well, what does impact do?

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

It gives you more things to be hopeful for.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

It gives you more hope.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

You can create this incredible circuit.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

Hope, action, impact leads to more hope, action, impact.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

And all of a sudden, years later, you're sitting here with these two amazing people and all of you and able to share about an organization every year that's saving lives of patients all over the world.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

But it all starts with that first hope and turns to action and impact.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

Sure, I'm happy to start.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

Yeah, absolutely.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

So many of us in this room have received medicines for diseases that they're not approved for to treat us.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

It's called off-label use.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

In fact,