What is Success, Really? | Jamie Anderson | TEDxLiège

What is Success, Really?

Jamie Anderson is a speaker, author and cyclist. Named as a “management guru” in the Financial Times, Jamie has also been included on a list of the world’s “top 25 management thinkers” by the journal Business Strategy Review. He is visiting professor at Antwerp Management School, London Business School and INSEAD.

[medhaandus]

Never ever look at a person and think, "this person is unsuccessful", because we never know what success means to that person.

A wonderful talk!

[EmersonSanPedro]

You can literally feel how happy he is when he started talking about his dream and actually doing it.

[Mr.MightyMike]

I don't know why I'm crying right now while watching this video. Maybe because I don't know what I wanted to be. God please help me to look for my own moon.

[haman]

I love the line “Make sure the moon you are shooting for is your own” think of those that depends on you, things that occupy your mind, those are your meaning and purpose in life

[alalehfarahmand]

This was genuinely one of the best ted talks I've ever seen

[agribusinessexpertise]

We all have our own dream, but we just pass it, because the system we live in has other priorities. We sacrifice our dreams for the system needs.

[kaiiiitskai]

This is one of the most beautiful Ted talks I’ve seen! Thank you for sharing your story, such an inspiration!

[TastyPapaya]

The way I see it, there's two types of succes. Inwards succes and outward succes. Inwards succes means living by your values, which is what really counts. Outwards succes, is measured by how well you do in the outside world, which is obviously also important, and there's nothing wrong with it. The big problem with focusing on outward success is that you simply don't have control over everything.


Example 1. You want to make the track team. You read all about training, ask for advice from the coach, and really push yourself in your workouts. But when you try out, you don't make the team. Did you fail?

Example 2. You value working cooperatively. You did your best to work with a group of classmates on a project, but in the end it fell apart because some of the others didn't do their part. Did you fail?

Example 3. You value working hard. Your goal was to make the best video ever on chord progressions. You worked hard and the video was decent. Did you fail?

In my opinion you didn't fail in any of the examples. You made a sincere effort to do what mattered to you. Sure, the world didn't give you exactly what you wanted. But you still succeeded because you acted in a way that was true to yourself.

[LeonardiniLuca]

Success is about being true to ourselves. Period. Thank you Jamie for this superb TEDx talk: it's already one of my all time favorites among the TED galaxy.

[thestrengthofus]

Thank you for sharing your story Jamie! You and your family members are so inspiring and have grown up to make positive change in the lives of so many people. It was an honour to interview your sister, Kim and an honour listening to your inspiring Ted talk. Well done on having the courage to live intentionally!

[leegreen]

Great story Jamie and a very strong message to all of us on what success looks like. Understanding what is our success is important on becoming successful. Taking time out and sitting down with Anne - Mie and changing your path after 20 years of hard work is totally inspiring. Well done and congrats on taking your family on the journey with you.

[hmt.forever]

Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful story, Jamie. 🙏

[guffawyourself]

Most inspirational talk I've seen on this channel. Thank you.

[sophieschlitt]

The determination you have within you to do some thing and bring it out to reality .

[TomInTheSky]

Wow what an incredible speech. Thank you Jamie

[anigov]

For me the take away is Follow your dreams, no matter what others say bcoz that will keep u happy and at peace. .Thanks for sharing your experience.

[shellytfit]

Very inspiring story and I am glad you went after your passion.

[seph]

Delete all expectations and you are halfway to success. Discovering the second half of the journey will drive you mad.

[ITSergioFelix]

When you started with the part where your three kids were cheering there for you, I totally felt it man. Thank you for such a wonderful talk. I'm gonna pull my only completed marathon medal out of the closet and carry it with me as a reminder that I have done really hard things in the past!

[krishnakishore]

Absolutely Inspiring. The good thing i learned is while you didn't like what you were doing for many years, you kept on working hard. That's something people give up easily . Tonight i am sleeping more positively and thank you for this wonderful talk and sharing with us your journey