Whitney Pennington-Rogers

Well, that feels like one of the most meaningful tips of all. And that's saying a lot because you've offered us so many great tips during this conversation. Thank you so much for that, Aditi. And before we let you go, what's next for you? Where can we find you?

Thank you so much, Ayala.

That was wonderful.

And I'd love to get into some of the pieces that you suggested.

And I think maybe one place to really start is this idea of intrinsic motivation.

So could you talk a little bit about intrinsic motivation?

What is it and why is it so important?

And since we're talking about some of the things you shared in the talk, I'd love to also go back to another piece you mentioned there, which is just about negative feedback.

And you said that it's hard for people to learn from negative feedback.

So could you talk a little bit more about that and what sort of feedback, how we can lean more into this, the positive feedback as you described?

And you talk about that in the way of

giving advice and that sort of puts you in the space of thinking positively towards someone and maybe potentially receiving more positive feedback yourself.

We have a question here from TED member Miriam.

They ask, how do we find perseverance and grit for the dreams and goals that take time?

So how do we redefine the timelines and bring that into our life?

So, I mean, in your research, have you found that people of different backgrounds that, you know,

by age or gender or race that they experience motivation differently or that there are certain strategies that are more helpful?

Well, Ted member Ron asks a question about progress.

They want to know, what do you do if you look back over the last week or month and you're disappointed in the progress you've made?

How do you move forward from that feeling?