My year of saying yes to everything | Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes, the titan behind Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder, is responsible for some 70 hours of television per season, and she loves to work. "When I am hard at work, when I am deep in it, there is no other feeling," she says. She has a name for this feeling: The hum. The hum is a drug, the hum is music, the hum is God's whisper in her ear. But what happens when it stops? Is she anything besides the hum? In this moving talk, join Rhimes on a journey through her "year of yes" and find out how she got her hum back.

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[MeganDallasMusic]

When she speaks you can hear all her characters speaking.

[annagemesi]

I wish there were more women this confident and successful. She’s inspiring

[TheBryHami]

All people do is complain like who is she supposed to talk about??? The talk is about her success and how she got successful who should she talk about her dog??

[angievii]

i've seen this video too many times already, it always gives me THE CHILLS. the message she gives is so profound.

[rhealynm.]

This is very insightful, heart-moving, and brilliant speech! I'm learning so much from this. Thank you. That hummm..I will start finding that real hum and not just a hum.

[trikdonna]

Literally, one of the best speakers ever.

[TheJtem]

omg this talk reminds me so much of cristina yang :'(

[lugeiger]

I'm scared of shonda, she kills all the characters i love

[kathybramley]

Flow - versus success? Versus burnout? Versus identity? Versus community/connection? And indeed play. Great talk. But she knew that.

[estherhadassahsendeza]

Such an inspiration to me and to a lot of other women around the globe. excellent talk and great work. definitely learned a lot from this talk. She is a poet and a true creative.

"Work doesn't work without play"

[TheLastProzacNation]

This is the opposite of say a lot by saying little. 18 minutes of beautiful words that say something that could’ve been summed up in one sentence : I think I’m a genius and I have realized that love is an important thing (revolutionary, isn’t it?).

[pd]

I'd love to see some of these critics posting do a "perfect" TED Talk.

[milasmile]

I see people before me said it, but OMG she sounds like Olivia Pope so much! Or Olivia sounds like her :)

[fire--fly]

That sounded like a poem! Well done! Inspiring!

[m.williams]

“ Cry me a River stupid type writer titan lady” bars 🤣🤣🤣

[SanneHillemans]

When she said FIND WHAT FEELS GOOD, I thought of Adriene.

[jazzvilakazi]

Wow! Love's hum. I can do that and still run my corporate world.

[beneaththesurface]

Well i try to activate my self the best i can... always saying yes to every invitation always saying yes to new experiences... i am still fuckin depressed still can't find any meaning in this life i am leading, same old problems... when i started saying no i discovered my true desires and my self...

[naomii]

You can see the quality of her writing in the way that she speaks. Incredibly talented.

[bitterfusionz]

Listening to this woman is incredible. It's pure poetry. And for those accusing her of arrogance; don't mistake passion and confidence for bragging. It's not a crime to describe how you feel when you're a success.