Creativity And Ghandi: Tools and Inspiration for Change | Jon Garra | TEDxElmwoodFranklinSchool

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摘要

TLDRThis talk highlights the legacy of Mohandas Gandhi and the importance of creativity in solving problems. The speaker recounts an anecdote about Gandhi's thoughtfulness, symbolized by the act of discarding a sandal to help another in need. The core message revolves around Gandhi's philosophy of personal change leading to societal change. It emphasizes reframing problems creatively by asking 'how might I?' instead of limiting oneself with 'how will I?'. This approach encourages exploration and innovation in addressing contemporary issues.

心得

  • 👣 Gandhi's thoughtful act of throwing a sandal reflects profound empathy.
  • 💡 Creativity is essential in problem-solving.
  • 🚀 Changing the world starts with personal change.
  • ❓ Frame problems as questions for open possibilities.
  • 🌍 Explore infinite possibilities by asking 'how might I?'.
  • ✊ Gandhi exemplified nonviolent resistance against oppression.
  • 📜 Gandhi's teachings remain relevant today.
  • 🧠 Creativity can be cultivated and improved.
  • 🌿 Nonviolent means can lead to significant change.
  • ✨ Embrace creativity to address social divisions.

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    The story begins with a man boarding a moving train who accidentally loses one sandal. He decides to throw his other sandal onto the tracks so that anyone finding the first one won't have just a single sandal. This man is revealed to be Mohandas Gandhi, illustrating his selflessness and everyday creativity. Gandhi's famous quote, 'Be the change you wish to see in the world,' while often misattributed, encapsulates his message of internal transformation leading to societal change. Gandhi led India to independence from British rule through nonviolent means, challenging the paradigm of traditional warfare. His approach to problem-solving was creative and persistent, demonstrating that refusing to respond with anger or violence can lead to innovative solutions. The speaker encourages the audience to rethink their approach to creativity and problem-solving, advocating for framing challenges as open-ended questions, which unleashes greater potential for creative thinking and positive action in the world.

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视频问答

  • Who was Mohandas Gandhi?

    Mohandas Gandhi was a leader who led India to independence from British rule through nonviolent resistance.

  • What did Gandhi teach about change?

    Gandhi taught that to see change in the world, one must first make that change within themselves.

  • What does the speaker mean by 'framing problems as questions'?

    The speaker advises framing problems as questions using the phrase 'how might I?' to open up more possibilities.

  • What was the significance of Gandhi's sandals selling for $26,000?

    This reflects the historical and cultural significance of Gandhi's legacy.

  • What is the main message of this talk?

    The main message is about the importance of creativity in problem-solving and how an open mindset can lead to new solutions.

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    one day sir one day a man's that before
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    to train just after it had begun to blow
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    away from the station at this time in
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    this place this was a fairly common
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    occurrence to board a moving train this
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    man as he stepped aboard accidentally
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    lost his sandal it slipped off fell to
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    the ground along the tracks in the wake
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    of the moving train the man immediately
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    realized that he would likely never be
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    wearing that sandal again and so in
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    response he simply took off his other
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    sample and threw it back along the
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    tracks to land close to the other an
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    interested passenger who was nearby ask
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    the man why you've done this and the man
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    replied the poor man who comes across
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    that sandal near the tracks will not
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    have a pair he can use perhaps he won't
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    be surprised to learn that the man in
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    the story was Mohandas Gandhi I chose to
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    share this story with you today because
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    it's such a simple representation of
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    Gandhi's everyday creativity and by the
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    way a pair of Gandhi sandals recently
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    sold at auction for $26,000 so who is
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    this Gandhi and why are people paying
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    twenty six thousand dollars for sandals
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    well be the change you wish to see in
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    the world this ubiquitous quote that has
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    influenced the title of our Ted event
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    today that's him although it turns out
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    Gandhi never actually said this he said
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    this but see the change is really just a
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    more simplified version of the message
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    that Gandhi embodies if you want to see
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    a change in the world begin by making
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    that change within yourself first this
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    message from Gandhi continues to live on
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    in our world today and it's not that
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    surprising because Gandhi was profoundly
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    amazing Gandhi led India's overthrow of
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    the British Empire you know that empire
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    on which the Sun never set because it
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    was so vast one of the wealth is the
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    most powerful empires of
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    ever existed on this planet in this way
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    God is a little bit like George
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    Washington everyone knows George
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    Washington that war hero who helped the
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    Americans win their independence in
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    Britain that cunning general who is so
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    popular that he was unanimously elected
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    president because that's how you lead
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    people to overthrow an empire right
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    through war I mean just watch Star Wars
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    or even Lion King but god there was no
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    more hero Gandhi didn't fight in fact
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    Gandhi wouldn't even allow others in
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    India to fight if Indians used violence
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    in their quest to achieve independence
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    in the British god I stopped eating and
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    it worked
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    people stopped fighting so under
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    Gandhi's leadership India won its
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    independence from Britain without war
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    and without violence how many have done
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    this creativity Gandhi's nonviolent
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    non-cooperation independence movement
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    required some pretty insane creative
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    problem-solving because no matter what
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    policy no matter what violence the
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    British brought to India Indians would
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    not respond with violence they had to
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    find another way led by Gandhi they
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    would use nonviolent non-cooperation to
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    protest British policy and time after
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    time the British brought
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    bloodshed to India and what's so
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    impressive about Gandhi story is that
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    time after time after time he found
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    another way Gandhi simply would not
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    accept British policy and he simply
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    would not respond in anger
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    Gandhi found another way to solve the
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    problems he encountered and that's such
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    an important lesson we can take away
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    from time like forget fighter play solve
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    the problem I like to imagine Gandhi
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    having said this but I mean I made it up
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    it's another one of those books we can
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    attribute to God because I think it's so
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    perfectly captures his message
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    fight-or-flight are responses that we in
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    human we as humans make so quickly and
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    so easily there are such simple
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    decisions to make and I think that's
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    part of why we in our society today have
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    such rigid political and social
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    divisions because we are so quick to
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    latch out in anger or turn away out of
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    apathy in America today we could learn
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    from Gandhi's commitment to finding
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    another way we can learn from Gandhi's
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    commitment to finding another way and we
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    can learn from creativity because
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    creativity really is a process by which
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    we find another way creativity is a
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    natural human process we all have it so
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    do me a favor and forget what you think
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    you know about creativity because really
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    creativity is about solving problems in
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    original and useful ways now some of us
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    are more able or better at solving
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    problems in original and useful ways but
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    what's so cool about creativity is it
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    takes those creative habits tools and
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    strategies that work well and it allows
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    us to study adopt and perfect them and
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    what that means is we can get better at
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    creativity we can get better at problem
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    solving now I think no one in this room
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    expects that anyone else in this room is
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    going to lead a nonviolent
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    non-cooperation independence move
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    anytime soon except for maybe Linda
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    right but what can you do to be the
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    change how might you take action what
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    can you do to be the change the thing is
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    there is no right or wrong way what
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    there is is an amazing and infinite
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    amount of possibility
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    we all have an untapped resource of
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    creative potential
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    we all have amazing creative ability but
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    how can we begin to use and explore our
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    creative power here's a simple step you
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    can take right now to begin to explore
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    your creativity to be the change you
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    wish to see in the world even if you
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    start just in your world for now start
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    framing your problems as questions and
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    use the word month when you account
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    encounter a problem don't ask how you
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    can or should or will solve that problem
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    ask how you might solve it how can you
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    fix this how will you solve that those
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    questions imply correct answers and so
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    the possibilities are inherently limited
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    by asking how might there are no wrong
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    answers the possibilities are endless in
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    this world today in America today we can
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    take inspiration from Gandhi's life and
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    we can use creativity to find new
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    solutions to those problems that divide
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    us but if you leave here thinking how
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    will I be the change you're going about
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    it all wrong because you're limiting
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    your options and so you're limiting your
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    potential leave here today thinking how
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    might I be the change
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    it's an incredibly small step but it
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    opens a world of creative possibilities
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    thank you
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    you
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  • creativity
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  • nonviolence
  • personal change
  • social change
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