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For those of you who don’t know, I just did my second TED talk last Saturday. If you were to tell me 9 years ago, when I just watched the first TED talk ever, that I’m going to do not ONE, but TWO TED talks by 24, I would call you crazy. For me, it’s always an honor to do a TED. And I know that it’s a dream of many people. So in this blog, I’ll share with you the biggest misunderstanding people have about what it means to be a “TED speaker”, another matrix I made about different types of public speakers, and a tip to become a TED speaker one day. The slogan of TEDx is “Ideas worth spreading”, so the most important part of a TED talk is always the “idea”, the “spreading” part is only secondary. In other words, as a TEDx speaker, you have to build substance before packaging. This is misunderstood by a lot of people who think that “TEDx Speaker” is a badge of honor for public speaking skills, instead of good ideas. Yes, being good at public speaking - having the ability to capture and ret

For those of you who don’t know, I just did my second TED talk last Saturday. If you were to tell me 9 years ago, when I just watched the first TED talk ever, that I’m going to do not ONE, but TWO TED talks by 24, I would call you crazy. For me, it’s always an honor to do a TED. And I know that it’s a dream of many people. So in this blog, I’ll share with you the biggest misunderstanding people have about what it means to be a “TED speaker”, another matrix I made about different types of public speakers, and a tip to become a TED speaker one day. The slogan of TEDx is “Ideas worth…

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