Watch: Ted Talk: Shonda Rhimes - My Year of Saying Yes to Everything

This past Sunday a friend of mine mentioned a Ted Talk that I had nagged her to watch a while back and she finally had! She referenced it so nicely in a debate that we were having, so much so that I thought it was important for everyone else who had not seen it to catch a glimpse of it.

Shonda Rhimes shares about what really makes her the titan that she is and also gives the audience a glimpse into her life as a mother, who is also a businesswoman who makes over 70 hours of great television every season.

In the talk she goes into how she had lost her Hummm and how she found it again.

I personally define the Hummm as a space where you operate at your optimal level, it is a place where everything that you touch turns to gold because you put a lot heart into it.

Hopefully this Ted Talk will help you identify your Hummm...

(https://www.ted.com/talks/shonda_rhimes_my_year_of_saying_yes_to_everything)

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