Elise Hu

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I'm your host, Elise Hugh.

Last Sunday, I shared with y'all that we're doing a virtual read-along of TEDx speaker Oliver Berkman's book, Meditations for Mortals, four weeks to embrace your limitations and make time for what counts.

This is happening in the lead up to our TED Talks Daily Live Book Club conversation, which is gonna happen on Tuesday, November 4th.

While we read along, I'm sharing a few talks with you here that I've been reminded of or have turned to as I'm reading this book.

Today, we're thinking about what it means to take action.

Oliver asks us to think about what could shift if we embrace imperfection, which connects to this 2023 talk from cognitive scientist Maya Shankar.

In her talk, she explains how life's curveballs can be expansive and even inspiring.

She also has three questions to reframe our relationship to change and open up the possibility for growth.

You can follow me on Instagram at Elise Who, that's E-L-I-S-E-W-H-O, where I'll be sharing thoughts about the book Meditations for Mortals as we read along.

And if you're intrigued, please head to ted.com slash join to sign up and RSVP for our book club meeting.

But for now, here's Maya's talk.

That was Maya Shankar at TED 2023.

Her talk was originally published in July 2023.

And to those of you who are interested in joining us for our last live book club conversation of the year, which I hope you do, it's happening November 4th with Oliver Berkman, the author of Meditations for Mortals.

Just visit ted.com slash join to sign up and RSVP.

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And that's it for today.