How do we improve in the face of complexity? Atul Gawande has studied this question with a surgeon's precision. He shares what he's found to be the key: having a good coach to provide a more accurate picture of our reality, to instill positive habits of thinking, and to break our actions down and then help us build them back up again. "It's not how good you are now; it's how good you're going to be that really matters," Gawande says.
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Get a coach! I misread it and got a couch and now I’m a potato
Kipauttaja not funny.
Thanks for sharing is qll what I can say!
What if we can’t afford a coach? How to pick the right coach? How self working cant lead us to success?
ask you brother or sister to watch what you do and critique you. Ask your Parents ask your friend. If you can’t afford a coach you aren’t good enough at what you do to need a very good coach to benefit.
lee I more sort of meant the monetary context rather than the skill of mine..
Abhishek Anand this used to be the way of all jobs. Everything used to be apprentices
If you live in America most states have an apprenticeship program where they pay you to learn a skill. It’s hard labor but you can get it.
We do internships too but most of those are not real
Abhishek Anand also you can ask parents and friends. Get a team and give each other notes
That’s how improv comedy works
Conrad Korbol actually apprenticeships have begun to die off
Thanx for the great chanel
TED talks deserves more…
This is so sad to see that the first scene why some nurses are not clean this is danger for both mom and baby
Don’t watch this if you’re eating. I almost lost it at that almost dead baby pic lol
Read a lot of his books! He’s very inspirational!
Mentors are the key!
Educate Society
Mentors are indeed the key to initial success.
However they are hard to find.
Also,
Video should be retitled,
Want to get “good” at something get a coach. You won’t be truly great unless you’re innovative, not just repeating old ways.
Now get NASA and the US government to get coaches. That would be a miracle. Great concept. I really hope it spreads.
Teresa White
I concur.
But we need the Truth first from them.
NASA, SSA and Medicare are gold. The rest of the gubment may not be. Also, try getting the GOP to pay for coaches right after they cut taxes for themselves and their donors to the tune of $1.5T. lol
Teresa White (Bravo Doctor)! Hi ~ NASA, the US gov and, yes, tragically, even the cited WHO are (systematically, actually) working against us. And then there’s The Gates Foundation.
But…thankfully, that be doesn’t keep this from being a stellar and truly moving lecture.
hey.. PSSST the people who vote are supposed to be the coach yes? we put them in their seats, we tell them what to do. they don’t, remove them BOOM magic
I know Dr. Atul G. Personally From Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical.
I feed him And Thousands of Others as A Caterer from my former business I Use to Have.
He is A Empathetic Person. Always a pleasure to listen to his Insightful Thoughts.
amazing talk, his story telling skills are really good i was focused on what he was saying for the entire video.
as someone who is learning art on his own i get stuck all the time and i don’t know what is wrong with my art when i get stuck.. now after hearing this talk it made me want to go to an art school or get coached even more.
i’m not saying i cant improve on my own, but with a teacher or a coach i will improve faster and understand whats wrong with my art so i can improve
Art Dose – جرعة فن art being wrong sounds weird but a coach could be inspiration too I guess
It’s great to have a coach.
cool but with what money lmao
Stacey Chan There are thousands of people on the internet ready to help. Coaching doesn’t have to be a 1o1 with a physical coach. Anyone who is good at the subject, and who is willing to look at your work and give feedback can be considered a coach.
Good talk, but not really a revelation or anything. Turns out one on one attention from someone who knows what they’re doing helps you get better at something. Blue collar people have been talking about this forever, they’re called trade schools and apprenticeships. Coaching is just a rebranding of the same concept.
We need to re emphasize whats existing through these kind of talks. Motivations are like fuels in a car. They need to be fed at regular interval. They are many like me who were never aware of trade school and apprenticeships
There are a lot of mediocre blue collar workers out there (like with any field). They get worse in the face of increasing complexity. What happens to experienced people, 20 years after trade school and apprenticeship? I think this talk is directed at people of all backgrounds who *do* have expertise and experience – the point is they need coaching too.
The great thing about apprenticeships, is that the mentor/teacher will also improve through teaching someone else. In that way, the apprentice is actually a sort of coach.
Want to stay dry in the rain? Get an umbrella. But seriously sometimes the most obvious advice is just what we need.
It’s a great speech with a strong touching humanitarianism story. The idea that a couch can help you get better results than on your own is right, but it’s really hard to put into reality. If we would apply the couching idea to schools and learn people how to take criticism constructively then it would me much easier to apply to day to day life.
*Anyone needs a coach, thank you*