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Fight or flight: Melissa Okonny at TEDxStadiumRoad

3,363 views · Published 19 July 2013 · 17:11 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Expectations on people make them branch out in two ways -- they are determined to make it based on the faith others have in them or their aspirations and passions are suppressed, mostly because they are quite passive about what people expect them to do. Melissa Okonny, in this informative talk deals with these expectations, and how they are one of the indirect causes of unemployment. Melissa Okonny is a training facilitator and a career counselor, through which she coaches young people on identifying and pursuing their passions.
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