The Power to Design a Life You Love | Hassan Akmal | TEDxColumbiaUniversity
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A TRIBUTE TO KOBE BRYANT - Our society is obsessed with success, but is success everything? We have all asked ourselves, “What is the Purpose of Life?” Is it happiness, success, or freedom? Embedded in that question is the key to fulfillment and well-lived life.
"We all need a purpose greater than ourselves," says professor and writer, Hassan Akmal, the author of How to be a Career Mastermind™: Discover 7 "YOU Matter" Lenses for a Life of Purpose, Impact, and Meaningful Work. He escaped from being taken hostage in Afghanistan at the age of 28 and now speaks all over the world as an academic and former professional athlete.
Learn more about how developing a Career and Life Vision helps you see what exists around us and within us, with a panoramic lens, as Akmal offers five powerful secrets for Career and Life Mastery - and they may surprise you!
This talk was recorded live on March 27, 2021 -About the Speaker: Hassan Akmal, MBA, MPH, is an American career and life mastery consultant, author, professor, thought leader, philanthropist, and former professional tennis player and athlete ambassador to the U.S. He is best known for his Amazon best-selling book: How to be a Career Mastermind™: Discover 7 “YOU Matter” Lenses for a Life of Purpose, Impact, and Meaningful Work and humanitarian work dedicated to Forced Migration & Health.
After over a decade as a senior leader in career services, he served as the inaugural executive director of industry relations & career strategies at Columbia University, spearheading the opening of their award-winning Career Design Lab. In 2018, he served on the NACE “Future of We” - Advisory Think Tank Committee and on many other prominent boards globally.
Akmal became the executive director of the UCLA Career Center in February 2020 and is currently leading an ambitious reimagination of career and professional development for the university. | #KobeBryant #MambaMentality #CareerandLifeMastery This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise
Thank you for all of the love and kind words. This was definitely the most challenging speech I have ever had to deliver live. I put my heart into it! I’m so pleased it is resonating with you all. Much appreciated!🙏🏽
@leihavi8907
2 жыл бұрын
You speak from the heart! I'm lost in life for a while but your message gave me clarity. Thank you! ❤
@Blickafram
2 жыл бұрын
I gave a reply.
@gaberoyalll
2 жыл бұрын
People need you now more then ever ! Thank you for your amazing performance!! ❤ hugs 🤗
@alysiasouder2228
2 жыл бұрын
Why was this the most challenging speech you've given?
@reinas2439
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers to your amazingly impressive talk! "It's not about sights, but insights" hit me hard. I'll never forget your precious talk.
Whatever you are, be a good one
@danielarose9885
3 жыл бұрын
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@dylandavis6385
2 жыл бұрын
Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh😉ttd
@williammaldonado6132
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely!!
Repair the wounds with golden lines. What a inspiring and encouraging talk!
@eric-tran
3 жыл бұрын
love that bit too.
@labonimaira9167
3 жыл бұрын
4ho
@gabekilljoy
3 жыл бұрын
awesome.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
We are all KINTSUGI 🙏🏽. Thank you!
@samanthasmith8036
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
I love this TEDx thing! Is all about minimalism, living a simple life with less, and being happy without fear and worries.
Energy flows where focus goes
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
“Where focus goes, energy flows.”
You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them❤️❤️❤️
YES, THERE IS. For me, it is to serve & glorify God(OUR Heavenly Father) ☺️
You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like its heaven on earth
@danielarose9885
3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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@vivianpatgreen
3 жыл бұрын
heard that line too many times
@thezoeriley
3 жыл бұрын
agree, old line
@vivianpatgreen
3 жыл бұрын
@@thezoeriley yep
You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@mariaciacci
3 жыл бұрын
true!
Great talk..
Such a beautiful speech
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽 Thank you and my pleasure! Happy it resonated!
GOLD!!!!!
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽
The hard days are what make you stronger 🥰🥰🥰
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Adversity builds character🙏🏽.
Thank You ❤️
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome!
Wow - best Ted talk I've ever viewed.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Too kind, thank you!
Super super super awesome!! Super thanks for sharing!!!
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽
Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions
@danielarose9885
3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
You are the designer of your life.
thats strong!
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽 .
Amazing... This is just what I needed in my life at this point.... I
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Happy you enjoyed it!
Definitely listening to this again.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Probably the most helpful talk I've watched so far
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@samanthasmith8036
2 жыл бұрын
I totally agree, it was one of the best TED Talks I have ever seen. I watched it 3x and made my husband watch it too, lol! He loved it too!
Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you’ll be criticized anyway
@danielarose9885
3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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Amazing
This is really helpful!!
I feel I got to hear this every day.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽 Thank you and my pleasure! Happy it resonated!
I really enjoyed this conversation
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank youuuu
Hate harden the heart but love soften the it
Fantastic. Very helpful. I'm going to rewatch this video.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
If you believe it’ll work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you don’t believe it’ll work out, you’ll see obstacles❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is one of the best videos I have ever watched!!
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽 Thank you and my pleasure! Happy it resonated!
thank you for a great talk.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽
This is great!
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you much
i have learn a lot from this video
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽
Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Conquer fear with mindset, perspective, and courage.
WOW!!! THAT FINAL CONCEPT WAS VERY SURPRISING!!!.... THANK YOU!!!....
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Surprise! Haha thank you 🙏🏽
Hassan Akmal. Seems to know everything that is important. Does not look like a tennis champ. But all the more extraordinary, Bravo.
@samanthasmith8036
2 жыл бұрын
He was when he was younger; a top junior, National Indoors Team Champion, NCAA Team Finalist, pro tennis player, and used to practice with so many top pros at UCLA. I saw him on the court with Sampras practicing once and another time training with a French player (forget his name) on the court next to Agassi and Brad Gilbert during a pro tournament years ago. He was super talented, beautiful one-handed backhand, and a power player. He won the fastest serve contest. 140 mph!!!
This was the most interesting ted talk I’ve listened to
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
A simple and wonderful actress who needs to be saluted❤
This is so useful! Thanks!
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽 Thank you and my pleasure! Happy it resonated!
Awesome talk,
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!🙏🏽
Awesome video,
Definitely listening to this again. 🥰🥰🥰
❤ I listen to that audio every morning walking.great motivation thank you
Yes, making your living through something you love, can never be called work. - A retired illustrator, still loving it ♥︎
@CareerandLifeMastery
Жыл бұрын
Amazing, living your calling, purpose, and labor of love! Congratulations on aligning your freedom.
@autumn399
9 ай бұрын
May i know how can i get started as an illustrator? How to be successful in it?
Really great review! Thanks for the post
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
I wish this guy could coach me especially in public speaking
@samanthasmith8036
2 жыл бұрын
Me too, he was soooooooo good! I don’t think he said umm even once. Wow
This is the most beautiful talk I have heard so far.
@samanthasmith8036
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing talk!
Do one thing every day that scares you
@danielarose9885
3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Conquer your limiting beliefs and fears!
@pulkitchaudhary5002
2 ай бұрын
Not possible in a day job Get out set you own goals, live your own life
@user-vd3kn9ho7j
25 күн бұрын
@@CareerandLifeMastery😂
WOW THANK YOU SIR...
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome my friend.🙏🏽
I wish I heard this in my late 30s.... it might have made a nice difference in my life. But, I am alive! There is still time.
Watching this for the first time is both inspiring and confusing because I feel overwhelmed with the amount of important information I want to remember. Will definitely need to watch it again.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽
@iselallamas9230
Жыл бұрын
this is my 6th or so time LOL
Great motivating talk.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Calibration! Fantastic message, Hassan. Thank you.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Life has calibration too! Thank you 🙏🏽 David!
Just in time when I need this advice the most. Thank you.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Al-hamdulilah. Thanks for all of the kind words. I appreciate you all and I’m so pleased and thankful to my Creator that it has resonated with so many. 🙏🏽 God bless you all.💫
@h3941
2 жыл бұрын
Allah Hu Akbar. May Allah maintain your blessings and keep giving you the strength to continue your good work. Ameen
Great talk and loved the illustrations!
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!🙏🏽
I listen to TEDx while working or while relaxing. I dont really pick what topics are covered after the first. I just let what plays, play. When this video began to play, I stopped everything I was doing to listen and really hear what was being said. Thank you.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the kind words🙏🏽
@JamesThompson-xn2jv
2 жыл бұрын
@@CareerandLifeMastery you don't even realize how powerful your words were for me. Again, thank you!
This was SO SO SO GOOD!!! I’m going to use...
More people need to see this.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽.
I now tried a new hypothesis: It was possible that I was more in charge of my happiness than I was allowing myself to be❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@nareshkumar-mw8uj
16 күн бұрын
Which hipbonsis
LETTING GO THE HATERS BRING MORE HAPPINESS
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Amén/Ameen🙏🏽
Thanks a lot!! I got the exact answers I was looking for...
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
This is extremely insightful.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
This is one of the best TedTalks ever!
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 🙏🏽
@samanthasmith8036
2 жыл бұрын
Incredible talk! My favorite
When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable. 💓💓💓💓
That was absolutely fantastic
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽
This so amazing
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!🙏🏽
I’m impressed almost every sentence he spoke would make a great T-shirt or greeting card
@CareerandLifeMastery
Жыл бұрын
“Where focus goes, energy flows.. 😉
This guy knows what he's doing. Nice job!
@CareerandLifeMastery
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much🙏🏽
This is great, exactly what I was looking for, thanks
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome.
Great presentation! Came across this presentation and had such a positive learning from the Hassan.
hassan akmal of indian and muslim heritage ....a great role model ...thank you , 🤲 bless.
@CareerandLifeMastery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much🙏🏽
Great speech, really insightful
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
Happiness leads to success. Happiness is the oxygen that fuels our internal fulfillment. Choose happiness as a place to begin. Be happy, breathe.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Amén 🙏🏽
👏 awesome and inspiring
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much🙏🏽.
He is speaking in such a way that it makes you feel like you can do anything! In love with her energy!
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 🙏🏽
@Rigamorte
Жыл бұрын
should speak to himself about reaching a healthy weight.
Simply amazing. 10/10. Game changer. Akmal brings the X Factor!
@CareerandLifeMastery
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽
As long as we have inspired guys who love to develop like you,
Beautiful message of freedom, Thanks for the motivation! Hassan, you're cool !!!
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Alicia!🙏🏽 You are too!
This is one of TEDx best Talk. Thanks
Beautiful message
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽
I have suffered from depression and anxiety since I was 13, I am now 26 and have only recently discovered that the only thing that truly makes me relaxed is getting put into nature and exploring. Luckily I live beside forestry and fields so I go for a walk and explore every day I can. I really resonated with this talk! Thanks!
@maxinemoore8119
2 жыл бұрын
Still trying to narrow my love for one thing cause there several things that love to do.
@maxinemoore8119
2 жыл бұрын
I can listen to him over and over again
@maxinemoore8119
2 жыл бұрын
He is the best cause he make it plain.
beautifully, and wittily in one (simple but very effective) presentation - awesome!
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!🙏🏽
Amazing si
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽
A simple and wonderful actress who needs to be saluted❤ and being happy without fear and worries.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽
Everything you can imagine is real
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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Thank you for sharing this.
The most important thing about this video is to let you know that you have the possibility to design your future. It means that only you can choose your dreams and goals, you have the power to decide about your life, if you think you need it you can change your lifestyle because you can do as many things as you think you can. It is important to take the advantages that life gives you to get far
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Thank you 🙏🏽
Happiness leads to success. This is great thought. Enjoyed this and helpful way to reflect on my life goals
@danielarose9885
3 жыл бұрын
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@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 🙏🏽 We had it backward.
I am lucky to see this lecture now.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽
That part about too much choice really hit home with me. I want to do too many things and I constantly feel overwhelmed so I don't do anything...
@tonyg_fgc8152
2 жыл бұрын
I highly suggest you watch Dr. K's "Unlocking motivation". I felt the same way and he talks about this very thing, wanting to do a lot, but being unable to do so. He's a psychiatrist so you can be sure you are gonna be helped by his video. Check the other one about executive dysfunction if you are interested. Hope I helped :)
One of the best talks ever! So grateful! 🙏🥰
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽
This is actually a great talk, but I have to try the book as well. Hope to learn from it as I learned from this talk.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽 Thank you and my pleasure! Happy it resonated!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU YOU EXACTLY SPEECHED WHAT I WANTED TO MAINTAIN IN LIFE .SELF HEALING WAS MY GOAL TO GET TO SUCCESS AND I STARTED HEALING MYSELF AFTER 3O YEARS OF BAD MARRIAGE. I RELEASED AND ALLWAYS WAS CONFUSED IN LIFE AND SAID TO MYSELF WHAT DO YOU WANT IN LIFE ? FIRSTLY FIND MY WAY OUT BY BEING STABLE .I HAVE DEVELOPING MYSELF TO EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE EXPECT IN LIFE HOW MUCH WE KNOW ABOUT SCIENCE AND OTHER SUBJECTS .THATS HOW FAR AND FAST WE CAN FIND OURSELVES AND BE BALANCED IN NATURE.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!🙏🏽
This is great! Everything I believe was put concisely.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏽
Never loose hope,as long as your alive there is always possibility to success ISG🎀
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Look within yourself! Thank you 🙏🏽
So many great ideas in one talk. Have to listen to it a few more times to get everything.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽 Thank you and my pleasure! Happy it resonated!
Absolutely excellent. Bravo
When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.
@CareerandLifeMastery
2 жыл бұрын
When it is true love. Love is not blind-people are blind.
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