FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience

Kirsty’s and her husband’s life was rather tough at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a three-year-old son, a baby and two full-time jobs. One day, Kirsty proposed to go on a hike to break the daily routine, which turned out to be a disaster after her son’s continuing whining and complaining. However, as she realized that that hike had done well to her, and decided to go hiking every weekend, she was able to find some relief from the stressing pandemic life, and eventually to also convince her son that it was worth it. Kirsty Bennett is manager of the MIT Women's League and founder of MITell, a storytelling community group for MIT. Kirsty spent seven years as producer and director for The Moth, and founded The Moth’s College Program, bringing storytelling workshops to college campuses across the US. She has taught storytelling to tech giants, the US Embassy and the Gates Foundation. If you’ve a story to tell, she’s the right person to ask. This Episode was recorded at a FAIL! event organized at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in November 2021 by the VISTA association. Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), and visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

David Edwards began his scientist and inventor career brilliantly, founding companies that produced medical devices to cure different diseases. However, during a trip in South Africa, where he had co-founded a non-profit to supply antibiotics and vaccines, David realized that the short-term benefits granted by his inventions were being overwhelmed by long-term problems that dropped the quality of life. This epiphany led him to change his focus and create revolutionary inventions - as the FEND devices, used to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. David A. Edwards is a scientist, inventor and writer. David's inventions and startups have pioneered a new way of thinking about creativity at the interface of art, science and design. He was Professor of the Practice of Bioengineering at Harvard University from 2001 to 2019. This Episode was recorded at a FAIL! event organized at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in November 2021 by the VISTA association. Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), and visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Roz Picard has become an international leader in research after founding the new research brand of Affective Computing, which investigates the link between emotions and artificial intelligence. However, her path to the top has being far from linear, with many obstacles and failures on her way. During this talk, Roz shares three segments of her life and three big failures, which, nevertheless, have been only “mid points” and not destinations. Rosalind Picard is professor at MIT and faculty member since 1991. Her revolutionary research focused on the utility of emotions in artificial intelligence pioneered a new research field, called Affective Computing, and granted her several international awards and recognitions. Roz is also co-founder of Affectiva, providing emotion AI technology, and Empatica, creating sensors to improve health. This Episode was recorded at a FAIL! event organized at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in November 2021 by the VISTA association. Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), and visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

JD’s 2020 could become one of the darkest periods of his life after he decided to leave his dream job. However, this decision led him to unexpected and deep reflections upon his life and what really matters to him, from his family to his friends. During this talk, JD shares his three to do’s and three to don’s to exercise what he calls the “muscle of resilience”, to not be unprepared when life gets hard. This Episode was recorded at a FAIL! event organized at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in November 2021 by the VISTA association. Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), and visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Jennifer’s demo tape with Keanu Reeves as a simple 18-year-old student is an emblematic example of “boldness”, which she targets as the key to success while she drives us through her personal story and to “The 10% Target”, her strategy to get comfortable with failure and become bold in life. Jennifer Cohen is a fitness influencer, wellness entrepreneur, strategic advisor, and media personality. She has founded and partnered with several companies, is the author of several bestsellers and hosts the podcast “Habits and Hustle” with Entrepreneur magazine. This Episode was recorded at a FAIL! event organized at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in November 2021 by the VISTA association. Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), and visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Zita Martins is an Associate Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, Portugal, and co-director of the MIT-Portugal program. In her research in Astrobiology, she looks for bio-signatures in space missions, and investigates the potential contribution of organic compounds present in meteorites and comets to the origin of life on Earth. In this talk she discusses her PhD experience, the pressure to publish results, feeling like she was always behind her peers, the challenges to find and sustain a good work-life balance and how to cope with the unpredictable bad luck of losing her most important research samples during shipping. This FAIL! talk was recorded in May 2021 as part of the "Brainstorms" session hosted by the Student Club on Mental Health and Inclusion - IST Lisbon Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, and to be updated about our events follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), or visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Michael Molinski lost almost everything during a fire. Being a professional wedding photographer, he would always feel the need to hide his personal travails while he was hired to capture the happiest days of his clients. In this FAIL! talk, Michael shared how those events made him became mentally strong, and helped him prepare for the hardships that small businesses had to face during COVID. His strength and drive is empowering, and we hope that everyone who is going through hard times can learn from his story. https://www.molinskiphotography.com/ Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, and to be updated about our events follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), or visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Regina Bateson run for Congress but lost, which also cost her the academic position that she held at the time at MIT. She gave a very heartfelt FAIL! talk where she reflected on the importance of understanding the rules of the game, to be able to navigate the circumstances when the table is rigged against you. In this interview she dives deeper in her experience, discussing with us down to heart tips on how to navigate and reform a system that is resistant to change and become a "faster, more effective fighter". Regina Bateson's FAIL! talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW97dfUcNP4 Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, and to be updated about our events follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), or visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Changing the public's stereotypical image of scientists requires encouraging diverse representation, creativity in communication and patience in education. All qualities that Raven "The Science Maven" Baxters embodies with passion and contagious optimism. Featured in the Fortune Magazine’s 40 Under 40 list for 2020, in her job as a science communicator, Raven really cares about creating spaces that are inclusive and real Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, and to be updated about our events follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), or visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

By being born missing both legs and one arm, Nick Santonastasso had to learn at a very young age how to address whatever may hold us back from living our dreams. "The fact that Nick Santonastasso statistically shouldn't even be alive is unbelievable. But then you see what he does in the gym, and "unbelievable" takes on a whole new meaning." Next level inspiration. Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, and to be updated about our events follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), or visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Life often takes us places where we didn't plan to go, but this doesn't need to discourage us from adapting and thriving in every circumstance. Muriel Médard is Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at MIT. She was a FAIL! speaker in February 2019, and came back to discuss with us the story of her becoming an academic "by mistake" and her experience as an educator in mentoring and encouraging young people that are carving their path in life. Muriel Médard FAIL! talk "Good lessons from bad teaching": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNEY3A2WbaY Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, and to be updated about our events follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), or visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Estelle Lovi, French-African artist and business consultant, follows her intuition, radically and unconditionally. This guided her on a deeply rewarding journey between business and art, that fulfilled her definition of a dream life. But at one point it also left her crushed under the demands of her inner pressure. In this episode she shares the three lessons that she learnt upon self reflection over her experience, that will help every passionate and dedicated high-achiever to avoid the pitfalls of perfectionism and create a definition of work that we can live and prosper under: This Episode was recorded at a FAIL! event organized by the Trainees Committee at the European Institutions, under the BlueBook program, in February 2021. https://failconferenceblue.wixsite.com/website Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), and visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Three life stories from Nicola Forster, Swiss civic entrepreneur and think tank founder. Latin tests, advocacy, failed law exams, ensuing shock and second chances. He learned to drew inspiration from his drawbacks to follow his passion, and found his next steps by being open to change. Most importantly, he learned to find pride in his attempts and efforts, even in the wake of failure. This Episode was recorded at a FAIL! event organized by the Trainees Committee at the European Institutions, under the BlueBook program, in February 2021. https://failconferenceblue.wixsite.com/website Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), and visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

In our conversation with Ramesh Raskar (MIT - Media Lab) and Sienna Leis (Global Dev & Implementation Lead, COVID Safe Paths MIT), we talked about the responsibility of innovators and the role technology should play in building a more equitable and resilient society in this time of crisis. Ramesh Raskar FAIL! talk "How to avoid career traps that can lead you to fail": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jq_5FaQbTg Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, and to be updated about our events follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), or visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez is a leading expert in project management and strategy implementation and author. He is the creator of concepts like The Project Economy and the Project Manifesto. Former Chairman of the Project Management Institute, he is the co-founder of the Strategy Implementation Institute and the global movement Brightline. He believes that passion for learning is the most important skill that you can have, and that we should be generous in sharing and value time spent listening to the experience of others. www.antonionietorodriguez.com This Episode was recorded at a FAIL! event organized by the Trainees Committee at the European Institutions, under the BlueBook program, in February 2021. https://failconferenceblue.wixsite.com/website Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), and visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Lucia Kleštincová boldly aims at transforming the EU via a new culture of leadership, and she is known for her talent to ignite new possibilities for growth, self-expression and social impact. She is a European Commission policy-maker, career coach, speaker and podcast host. Connect with her if you resonate with her passion for inner work that enables meaningful outer impact: https://luciaklestincova.eu This Episode was recorded at a FAIL! event organized by the Trainees Committee at the European Institutions, under the BlueBook program, in February 2021. https://failconferenceblue.wixsite.com/website Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), and visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Matt Abrahams has dedicated his life to helping people understand and overcome fear of public speaking. In this conversations he shares valuable advice and insight to get started on your path to conquering your fear of public speaking. https://www.nofreakingspeaking.com Think Fast, Talk smart Podcast Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, and to be updated about our events follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), or visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Anna Frebel is an Associate Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and in this episode she shares how she "failed forward" into working as an astronomer. Listen until the end for some great career tips on how to face rejection an turn it around. Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, and to be updated about our events follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), or visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

[Eng - Hindi : full English transcription available on www.fail-sharing.org/] Aruna Reddy is an Indian artistic gymnast and World Cup Medalist. Pushing through a series of injuries and coming back stronger and more motivated each time, she is a testimonial of grit and resilience. This Episode was recorded at a FAIL! event organized at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad in February 2020 by E-cell. Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), and visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC

Taniya Mishra, AI scientist, CEO and founder of SureStart discussed with us about her approach to create an inclusive workplace culture and communities that fosters curiosity and support on the journey towards knowledge and honing new skills. https://mysurestart.com Watch this and more episodes on Youtube, and to be updated about our events follow FAIL! - Inspiring Resilience on social media (Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn), or visit our website: www.fail-sharing.org/ Music Theme: "Driven To Success" by Scott Holmes Free Music Archive - CC BY NC