# Why your worst deeds don’t define you

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2014
- Speaker: Shaka Senghor
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/shaka_senghor_why_your_worst_deeds_don_t_define_you)
- 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: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 1991, Shaka Senghor shot and killed a man. He was, he says, "a drug dealer with a quick temper and a semi-automatic pistol." Jailed for second degree murder, that could very well have been the end of the story. But it wasn't. Instead, it was the beginning of a years-long journey to redemption, one with humbling and sobering lessons for us all.

## Lectures

1. [Why your worst deeds don’t define you](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/shaka_senghor_why_your_worst_deeds_don_t_define_you/cd2033f731e6), 12 min (TED's player)