Learn · TED

Talk11 min

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable

Luvvie Ajayi Jones · TED

Watch At TED

About

Luvvie Ajayi Jones isn't afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. "Your silence serves no one," says the writer, activist and self-proclaimed professional troublemaker. In this bright, uplifting talk, Ajayi Jones shares three questions to ask yourself if you're teetering on the edge of speaking up or quieting down -- and encourages all of us to get a little more comfortable with being uncomfortable.

The talk

  1. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable 11 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDWomen 2017
Speaker
Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Year
2017
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics, Literature and writing
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
Who can watch
TED gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from what the source says about it. How courses are placed