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How to Find Your Purpose (W/ Yara Shahidi) | How to Be a Better Human | TED

“Optimism is not what exists in a vacuum on your best day, but how you’re pulling through for yourself on your worst days,” says actress Yara Shahidi. Yara is known for her sitcoms Black-ish and its spinoff Grown-ish. She shares what she learned from creating a “Hard Yes” list, why she chose to attend Harvard…

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“Optimism is not what exists in a vacuum on your best day, but how you’re pulling through for yourself on your worst days,” says actress Yara Shahidi. Yara is known for her sitcoms Black-ish and its spinoff Grown-ish. She shares what she learned from creating a “Hard Yes” list, why she chose to attend Harvard after acting, and why she thinks anyone can find their highest order if they pay attention.

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  1. @mahima2007-mj

    April 15, 2026 at 3:03 pm

    Ted you’re helping us alot😭🫶🏻

  2. @ioanarcalean7870

    April 15, 2026 at 3:24 pm

    Foarte fain.
    De ce acestea nu se traduc și în limba română?

    • @elin_

      April 15, 2026 at 4:01 pm

      Not enough people speak romanian, just like they don’t speak my language.

  3. @madsisak

    April 15, 2026 at 3:44 pm

    Zzzzz

  4. @elin_

    April 15, 2026 at 3:58 pm

    How to be a better human? Abandon abrahamic religions.

  5. @tlwest1

    April 15, 2026 at 4:14 pm

    I thought this was about finding your purpose

    • @elin_

      April 15, 2026 at 4:20 pm

      Nah just rambling from a celebrity

  6. @elin_

    April 15, 2026 at 4:20 pm

    This is so cringely tiring.. Yet another video saying the exact same thing as the others have done in the past.

    Also very easy for a celebrity without severe mental illness to sit and talk about optimism…

  7. @PharaohGomez

    April 15, 2026 at 5:15 pm

    She’s so smart and yet so elegant and beautiful wow 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵😍😍😍😍😍😍

  8. @siiiomaiiii

    April 15, 2026 at 7:49 pm

    I want her to keep talking, she has such insight, I want her wisdom to never end

  9. @Gharial555

    April 15, 2026 at 8:11 pm

    A highly successful actor decided that everyone else needed to hear their opinion on why we should all be happier about our sh*tty lives? Stfu😂

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