# 4 larger-than-life lessons from soap operas

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@UPS
- Speaker: Kate Adams
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/kate_adams_4_larger_than_life_lessons_from_soap_operas)
- 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)

Soap operas and telenovelas may be (ahem) overdramatic, but as Kate Adams shows us, their exaggerated stories and characters often cast light on the problems of real life. In this sparkling, funny talk, Adams, a former assistant casting director for "As the World Turns," shares four lessons for life and business that we can learn from melodramas.

## Lectures

1. [4 larger-than-life lessons from soap operas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/kate_adams_4_larger_than_life_lessons_from_soap_operas/302260a6b76c), 13 min (TED's player)