Mind over Matter: Why You're Capable of More Than You Think | Paneez Oliai | TEDxGeorgetown

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Paneez Oliai discusses the importance of reframing our thinking in overcoming obstacles. She discusses the value of changing our thinking in order to change our reality. Paneez Oliai (COL ‘23) is in love with people. Studying History and Psychology with a minor in Government, she spends her time learning about and from the people she encounters as an award-winning speaker, mentor, and speech critic at the Philodemic Society; as the Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown University Undergraduate Law Review; and as the first host for Georgetown University’s production of Survivor. Having worked with judges, defendants, and non-profit organizations in her quest to improve public access to justice, she is grateful to have witnessed firsthand the immense potential within each of us. In her free time, Paneez is an avid cook, mushroom forager, and reader of Vonnegut, Bradbury, and Dostoevsky. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
All Comments (21)
  • @dossube
    I showed this to my 14 years old nephew who was bagging C & D in school. The next day, he told me: uncle, I think I’m gonna run for Senate one day. The following months, he started to record B+ and A-
  • @harrisonmuturi2426
    Paneez has a great future in such lectures. Very young, brilliant, and articulate. I look forward to seeing her tour Africa and other continents to help dispell the ignorance in mankind
  • @juanpineda5840
    WOW .. and another WOW.. Absolutely brilliant talk. This talk should be play in every School, every concert, every sports event., you get get my point.. it should have at least 4 billion views , and maybe just maybe we could change this world for the better. Mind over matter. Thank you
  • @DamienDee19
    Thankful to have come across this video at exactly the moment when I needed to hear it. One of the best, if not, the best Ted Talk I have ever watched. It feels like being punched in the face with the fist of AWESOME!
  • @pimpleheaven
    The idea that makes most sense to me is that we are basically a consciousness that is neutral by nature but can go in absolutely any direction aka you can be absolutely anything you choose to be.
  • @claireisonline
    This is one of the best Ted talks I have ever heard, she is such a good speaker
  • @caiobustani5223
    It turned out to be exactly what she said it wouldn't: a motivational talk. It is well executed and she seems very confortable with the stage and this type of presentantion. Content-wise I have concerns though. I felt like her premises were conveniently chosen with no backup information at all. There's a moment when I saw a contradiction as well. The part when she says that in order to not get stressed by consequences, one should project how would it affect you in the future (5 years, 10 years from now, etc). The problem is that the projection is the very source of anxiety in the example. It is because the person doesn't know the future that the consequences of current actions are paralizing, so to rely on a "faulty" projection of the future can cause even more anxiety. Well, only my thoughs on the matter. If the presentation worked for you, then I'm glad! Cheers
  • @putrirahayu714
    Omg, I’ve been connecting the disconnected my entire life and I feel like “Am I the only one having this kind of thought?” I question my own way of thinking and now I’m grateful with the way I think. Thank you for your brilliant speech.
  • @KSRao-Consultant
    This is one of the best TEDx talks I have ever heard. Superb presentation! Thank you Paneez! God bless you! KS
  • @SanjeevKumar-ej5st
    I love this TED talk... Paneez is brilliant at her work. Everyone should watch this TED Talk to change their perceptions.
  • @corridorconversations2766
    This is a fabulous talk, beautifully put together - incredibly generous - and connected in ways that matter. Well done!
  • @study.jasmine
    19:49 i really needed to hear that ;) is one of the best ted taks i listned tooo;))
  • @andrewpitts7703
    “Sometimes, the boundaries between the body and the mind are blurred.” Not only sometimes, they are one and the same (perception), the body is one and the same with all life (microbiomes), and life is one and the same with everything (the elements that make up life are forged in supernovae)!
  • @carlosangulo11
    Great video! Thank you 🙏🏻 Unconditional love to all ❤️ ♾️ 🌌