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If you were to give a TED Talk (or if you already have), what ideas would you present?

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So, my advice to the next generation

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is find situations where you get to give a TED Talk.

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It may not be an official TED Talk,

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it may be at a TEDx,

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it may be at another conference,

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or it mayb e just an opportunity to give a talk,

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and you should treat it as if it is a TED Talk.

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And the way it's become so cheap, so easy

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to do high-quality video,

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not only is it easy to video,

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but you can put it in this infrastructure called YouTube

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and other people can see it

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(the architecture of the Internet

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allows for this video to move)

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that when you give an awesome talk,

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it's a way to put part of you out there.

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And the process of preparing for a TED Talk,

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I mean, it's like Mary Lou Retton

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getting a perfect ten in the Olympics.

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Now I'm dating myself,

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but when I was little,

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this little lady just ran as hard as she could

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and went over a pole vault,

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and it was just perfect.

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And I think someone, Nadia Comaneci,

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did the same thing the generation before,

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but I don't remember that one,

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I don't know if I was even alive.

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But have a few situations where you do a ten

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and share that with your network

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and ask.

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And in the process of preparing for your talk,

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ask for advice.

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Go to tons of different people.

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Go to people who have different perspectives

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and get their feedback.

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And while part of the reason you want their feedback

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is because you want to do a great talk,

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another part is you're building a rapport.

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You're building your board of advisors.

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You're building your community.

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And by telling people what your talk's about,

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it also helps you shape yourself

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and kind of determine what's important to you.

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