Approaches to life: Improvise, pivot or plan

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

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🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Big life decisions are never easy. Should you follow a plan? Make a hard pivot? Improvise as you go? This hour, TED speakers who've made extreme life choices and their advice for getting unstuck. Guests include comedian and musician Reggie Watts, biomedical researcher Sonia Vallabh and conservationist Kristine McDivitt Tompkins.

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