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.
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 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.
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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.
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 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.
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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.
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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

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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/

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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

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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

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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.

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