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Why Opting Out of Politics Is a Political Choice | Idea Knock Down | TED
Why Opting Out of Politics Is a Political Choice | Idea Knock Down | TED
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Just okay. Oh.
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Okay. Easy girl.
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>> [laughter]
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>> Living on the edge big time here.
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Danielle, say a prayer.
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>> For me, I think [music] realistically we
0:11
could be at a point of 3-day work weeks.
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You're re-wiring my brain right now.
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Here we go.
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I'll hug for that one. [laughter]
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I'm learning. You're supporting me.
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Okay.
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My name is Danielle Roberts. I'm the
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anti-career coach and I believe we are a
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long overdue for workplace reform.
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>> My name is Katie Paris. I am the founder
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of Red, Wine and Blue and I think we
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shouldn't have to choose between helping
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to take care of our world and taking
0:48
care of ourselves.
0:49
>> Let's [music] see how much we have in
0:50
common.
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>> Yes, we will. Today we're playing idea
0:52
knockdown. Red blocks are rapid-fire
0:54
questions and black blocks have
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questions that go a little deeper.
0:58
Whoever knocks down the tower will have
1:00
to do a mystery challenge.
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>> How that feel?
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>> Nerve-racking.
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>> [laughter]
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>> Is it possible to stand up for what you
1:10
believe in and not participate [music]
1:12
in politics?
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No, I think standing up for what you
1:16
believe in means getting involved.
1:18
>> Yeah, 100%. I think sometimes people
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have like very much a negative
1:22
perception of what politics means,
1:24
[music]
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but I think that if we just accept that
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we're giving away all of our power.
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Here, okay.
1:30
Here we go. What is democracy?
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>> [music]
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>> That's kind of a big question, but the
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way I think of democracy, it's
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all of us getting to have a say. All of
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us having an equal voice. I'm concerned
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about trends in our own country and
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around the world on this right now and I
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think the only way
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we can actually have a democracy is if
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we do all actually participate.
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There she goes.
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>> Do you think one conversation can
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actually change someone's mind?
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>> Yes. I'm a believer that language
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matters and [music] dialogue
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matters. I had one conversation before
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and it unearthed something I had never
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really considered before. It was with a
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women's reproductive [music] health
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coach and she described how the 9-5 was
2:20
never designed with women's bodies in
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mind and I'd never thought about it that
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way and how the workplace is not
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equitable just by design. So, that
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really opened up an entire different
2:31
world view for me.
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>> I was going to say yes if there is a
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trusted relationship already in place.
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Sometimes we have an expectation of
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like, oh I can change their mind if I
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just get my one
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>> [music]
2:41
>> factor statistic, you know, in there and
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that's not actually how we're wired as
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humans. [music] There's got to be that
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trust um that relationship for I think
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minds to change on that tougher stuff.
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So, [music]
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got to have a little bit of patience
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with each other.
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>> Yeah, like are we listening to hear the
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person or are we just listening to
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respond? That.
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>> Yeah, that part. Hello.
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Hello.
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Okay, I'm doing another black one. Okay.
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>> We'll keep it keep it going.
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>> to get it. I'm getting the red ones,
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you're getting the black.
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>> We'll keep it going. How do you invite
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people into politics without
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overwhelming them?
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I love this one.
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>> This is right for you.
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>> You keep it personal and you keep it
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local. It can just feel so overwhelming
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to think like how can I possibly
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influence what's going on at the
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executive level of leadership, but you
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know what you can absolutely influence
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is like your town council, your school
3:29
board and all of those things have so
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much impact on our day-to-day lives. So,
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I find that it's not only takes away the
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overwhelm, but
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>> [music]
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>> you know, it's sort of the antidote
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because it's very empowering to work at
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that level.
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>> Yeah, and even when you impact one
3:42
person, like that has ripple effects
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outwards. It like goes into neighboring
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communities. So, like one conversation
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locally [music]
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matters and that's like
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>> see that every day. Like working on so
3:53
many issues.
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>> Yeah.
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See, they're so heavy.
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Sorry, [laughter] I'm going to drop
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>> Go for it. No, I mean, let's get this
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let's get this going.
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>> Is social [music] media good for
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democracy?
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>> Speaking of. [laughter]
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>> Um yes [music] and no. Personally, I
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worked in social media marketing for 15
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years. Having access to more information
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made me a more informed citizen. [music]
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>> Yep.
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>> But knowing how these algorithms work
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and how companies can target you, I
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think it can also be dangerous. Like
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whose voices am I not hearing as I am
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scrolling? [music] Is this a good use of
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my social media consumption or am I just
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validating again my own perspectives and
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opinions?
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Okay.
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>> You got a red one?
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>> I got a red one.
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All right. Is opting out of politics a
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political choice? Well, hell yeah, it
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is. The phrase that comes to mind to me
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is that you may think
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you don't do politics, but politics will
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do you.
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>> Mhm.
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>> You know? And so, choose to engage, use
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the power of your vote, the power of
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your voice, or you can step back, but
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that doesn't mean you may be opting out,
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but politics is not opting out of
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influencing your own life.
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>> Right.
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>> Wobbles.
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Should the US abolish the 40-hour work
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week? Quick yes on that. [laughter]
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>> Okay, let's hear it.
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>> There have been
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study after study done all across the
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globe that the four-day work week
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actually makes people more productive.
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It increases retention, so it saves a
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business money.
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And with our advancements in technology
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since the Industrial Revolution more
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than a century ago, work looks
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different. We need time back to be able
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to
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live our damn lives because we don't
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just exist to work. [music] I think
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realistically, we could be at a point of
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three-day work weeks. So, I think if we
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can actually create containers in the
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workplace [music]
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for more deep thinking rather than just
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productivity, how much can I get done
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how fast?
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>> We will actually see people be happier
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cuz they get to work less and better
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business outcomes.
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Oh, this one's loose, but guess what?
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Look, now that that is dangerous.
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>> Thanks for the setup.
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>> Yeah, well, you know,
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keep it moving.
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>> Is joy a form of resistance?
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Yes. The whole point
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of, you know, oppression, I think, is to
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create this idea that we shouldn't be
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allowed [music] to be joyful. Joy is not
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only sustaining in resistance, but it
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reminds us of what we're fighting for.
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>> Yeah, I love that. You know, we only get
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this one life, and it's like we should
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be optimizing toward joy
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>> Yeah.
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>> in whatever we can do.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Oh, here we go.
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>> I like the wobbles. I do. Living on the
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edge.
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>> Yep.
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>> Do you think most people actually want
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to connect?
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>> Absolutely.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Belonging is a fundamental human need.
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Like, we are social creatures, and I
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think people really just want to feel
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seen and understood.
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>> Yeah. And I think that's true regardless
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of like personality or introvert or
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extrovert. We need it in different ways.
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You know, and maybe different amounts of
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time, but yeah, no question. Just Okay.
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Oh.
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Okay. Easy, girl.
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I'm living on the edge big time here.
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Danielle, say a prayer.
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>> For me?
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>> [laughter]
7:27
>> Hello.
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Can she
7:30
put it on?
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>> Good job. That was stressful.
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>> Do you feel guilty about resting? Honest
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answer, yes. Do I know that I should
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work on that? Is it something I'm
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working on?
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Also, yes. I do know that if I'm rested,
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I've better ideas, I'm a better team
7:48
member, I'm a better leader. It's
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something I know for sure and I'm
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working on it like getting my body to
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recognize that so I can do it better.
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Rest is productive.
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>> Okay, you're re-wiring my brain right
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now.
8:02
>> We are not programmed to do as much as
8:05
we do, to work as much as we work.
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[music] So, like when we are depriving
8:10
ourselves of rest, our body, our health
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is going to break down and then we can't
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show up to do our most important work.
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And there's, you know, active rest,
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which is like I'm going to sit and do
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nothing and sleep. [music] And then
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there's also restorative rest, which is
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doing something that brings you joy,
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like a hobby that is not work-related
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and that you do not monetize.
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>> Yeah.
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>> And getting out in community, right?
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Being with your people, experiencing
8:35
their love. So, there are multiple forms
8:37
of rest
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>> [music]
8:38
>> and it gives, you know, it makes it
8:40
makes your work more sustainable. It
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makes infrastructure for democracy
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>> [music]
8:44
>> more sustainable.
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>> You get a hug for that [laughter] one.
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I'm learning. You're supporting me.
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Okay.
8:50
That was great.
8:50
>> Anti-career coach.
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>> Yes.
8:53
Getting wiggly.
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>> [laughter]
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>> Can young people fix what older
9:05
generations broke?
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>> Not can, we must.
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>> I think sometimes what we can see with
9:12
folks who are maybe, you know, my
9:14
parents' age and older, especially, is
9:17
this sense of, well, we did the best we
9:19
can, but I have so much hope in, you
9:21
know, Gen Z and so they'll take care of
9:23
everything. But that [music] actually
9:25
kind of lets go, I think, of the role
9:28
that, you know, I don't care if you're
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in your 70s, 80s, or 90s, or 60s, or
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50s, or 20s, whatever. Like, we all have
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a a to play here. Yeah. have There's so
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much we can learn from the people who've
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come before us. Agreed. And also, older
9:41
people can learn a lot from younger
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people. That goes both ways.
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All right.
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>> [laughter]
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>> I feel like I should do that lean.
9:58
Breathe. I'm going to like very
10:00
carefully take this. Uh is compromise a
10:03
sign of strength or
10:05
weakness? It's a sign of strength.
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But also,
10:09
only if it is grounded fundamentally in
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your values.
10:19
Oh, no.
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That could have been a really risky
10:22
choice.
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Come on. You got this.
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Slow and easy.
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I DON'T KNOW.
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>> [gasps]
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>> I THOUGHT I HAD IT.
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>> [laughter]
10:42
>> I THOUGHT YOU HAD IT, TOO.
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So good. So good. So good. All right,
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what's it going What are you going to be
10:47
doing?
10:50
Ask 10 people to vote on a silly law. If
10:53
six agree, it is passed. Wait, that's a
10:56
lot of power.
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I want to see what you're going to do
10:58
with this.
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>> [laughter]
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>> So, my law is that every workplace
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requires a dog. Do you want to help vote
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to pass my silly law? You have a very
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small workplace, so your perspective
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could be interesting. Would one or both
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of you like to vote to pass my silly
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law? Have every workplace require a dog?
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Yes. Oh. Optional, not required. We got
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to know. Yes. Thank you. We are get We
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are on our way towards six.
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>> [laughter]
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>> I need a dog on a leash. As someone who
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is deathly allergic to dogs,
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I sadly can't support that. Okay, we
11:32
have a no vote.
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>> It's a sad face no, but I like to
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breathe.
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>> Bigger dogs, they're more calm and I
11:39
like that. But the small dogs, it's
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just, you know,
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whatever.
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>> So, it sounds like yes with some
11:44
stipulations.
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>> Definitely yes with stipulations.
11:47
>> Okay.
11:48
All right. Thank you so much.
11:51
>> You're welcome.
11:52
>> Excuse me, ma'am. Do you want to help
11:53
vote in my silly law?
11:55
>> No.
11:55
>> Okay. Do you think that every workplace
11:57
should require a dog?
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>> I think yes. You know, there are people
12:00
that just have dogs just for a comfort.
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>> we're getting our fourth yes.
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Thank you so much. Appreciate it.
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>> Good luck.
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>> Where are all the people? Okay, so
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should every workplace require a dog?
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>> Absolutely.
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>> Yes. We got our way to six. Your votes
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are helping me pass my law. I needed six
12:19
votes out of 10. We made it thanks to
12:21
you. Appreciate it.
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>> Congratulations. [laughter]
