Are You Trying to Live Up to This Impossible Goal?

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I imagine many of the people listening to this right now are feeling some version of that they don't quite fit in. What would you say to someone who's struggling with this idea of a simulation of, and of not being able to live up to this impossible goal? That we should give up that fight. We should given up that goal because it never satisfies. And when you do those things and like more things appear.

When do you feel like you've reached "success"? Julissa Arce is an acclaimed social justice advocate, the author of four books, a former vice president at Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch, and was named a 2019 Woman of the Year by the City of Los Angeles. But if you ask her, she’s still redefining what success looks like, and if it matters. Julissa immigrated to the United States at 11, and was undocumented for almost 15 years. In her latest book, and in today’s episode, she rejects the idea that assimilation can create belonging and brings success – and asks what we can do instead to reconnect and celebrate all that makes us unique. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts