# Kate Adams: 4 larger-than-life lessons from soap operas

Soap operas and telenovelas may be overblown and exaggerated, but as Kate Adams shows us, they often reflect the intensity and drama of real life. Adams, a former assistant casting director for "As the World Turns," explains: "Soap operas teach us to push away doubt and believe in our capacity for bravery, vulnerability, adaptability and resilience." In this talk she highlights four lessons for life and business that we can take away from melodramas, reminding us that it's never too late to change our story.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2016
- Runtime: 12 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/KateAdams_2016S)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/KateAdams_2016S?play=1)