# The fleeting euphoria of success

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDNext 2025
- Speaker: Debbie Millman
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/debbie_millman_the_fleeting_euphoria_of_success)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Over two decades of interviewing countless creative people, Debbie Millman (host of the iconic "Design Matters" podcast) had a realization: the pride and joy of accomplishing something often evaporates almost instantly. She explains how to stop chasing external validation for your achievements and instead live for the act of creation itself.

## Lectures

1. [The fleeting euphoria of success](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/debbie_millman_the_fleeting_euphoria_of_success/f7f628744a31), 8 min (TED's player)