How everyday interactions shape your future
Talk given at TEDxChicago 2023 and posted on TED.com
Chicago, October 6th, 2023
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Mesmin Destin
Social Psychologist
About the Talk
You can't just "find" motivation, says scientist Ayelet Fishbach — you have to learn how to motivate yourself. She shares a handful of tips backed by 20 years of motivation research, offering surprisingly simple wisdom on how to optimize your goals, set yourself up for success and avoid the tempting calls of procrastination.
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About Mesmin
As a social psychologist and professor, Mesmin Destin designs experiments illuminating experiences that change how we see ourselves in ways that inspire and support possibilities.
Since his early days growing up in a Haitian-American family in Omaha, Nebraska, Mesmin Destin has wondered what pushes people to envision and pursue their paths in life. Now, Destin works in partnership with schools and communities to expand opportunities for young people to explore who they are and what they want for their lives and to bolster motivation and well-being. In doing so, he and his team produce valuable evidence about forces that can perpetuate or interrupt persistent social inequalities.
Destin’s research has been recognized and supported by organizations including the American Psychological Association, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation. His lab group continues to produce new scholarly advances, while simultaneously working to design programs that effectively improve educational opportunities for young people who face social and economic barriers to reaching their goals.
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TEDxChicago 2022
There is a moment for every one of us when we must call upon our best: The moment the curtain opens, the spotlight shines, the clock runs down, the meeting begins, the bell tolls, the inning nears its end, or the phone call rings. In each of these moments, we must draw on courage, bravery, integrity, and the will to take a leap. Let's celebrate these moments, and do so with the vigor, love, pride, and boldness that we are as Chicagoans. Its showtime Chicago: It's Chi✶Time.
This year, TEDxChicago has arrived at its own curtain call moment: We have transformed the experience and the vision to be deeply focused on the richness of Chicago: Its people, its taste, its culture, and its pride. Chicago has a long list of incredible thought leaders, artists, and movement makers who give their hearts and minds to ideas greater than themselves, all the while catalyzing off of and within Chicago as a platform.
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