# Stop being a bystander in your own life

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2020
- Speaker: Tracy Edwards
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/tracy_edwards_stop_being_a_bystander_in_your_own_life)
- 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)

"Life doesn't go from A to B -- it's messy," says sailing legend Tracy Edwards. In this inspiring talk, she tells how she went from teenage misfit to skipper of the first all-female crew in the toughest race on the seas -- and how she now helps young people around the world achieve their dreams, too.

## Lectures

1. [Stop being a bystander in your own life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/tracy_edwards_stop_being_a_bystander_in_your_own_life/dbd1c8331b4e), 12 min (TED's player)