Thesis: Alex Smith’s “Overcoming Setbacks and Self-Doubt” TedTalk is highly effective through engagement and persuasion. Smith’s compelling narrative, strategic visuals, and powerful message, show the power of storytelling and the importance of how emotional connection is needed to overcome adversity. Content and Impact During the TedTalk Alex Smith laid out his football career, and how he was once an unknown college kid who would never make the draft. Magically, in his last two years of college, Smith ended up playing very well. He became the number 1 overall draft pick and went to the San Francisco 49ers, his job was to follow in the steps of recent great quarterbacks, Joe Montana and Steve Young. At the time, Smith was only 20 years old …show more content…
Smith started having fun again, all he needed to do was not worry. For the rest of his career, he kept reminding himself just to have fun, even as he got traded twice and replaced by two young, skillful prospects he kept the ethic of having fun. Unfortunately, Smith suffered a compound fracture and a spiraling fracture in his right leg (Lambert, 2022). Looking similar to a leg that stepped onto an IED, Smith’s leg got infected, and “once again I needed somebody to help me” (A. Smith, speech, August, 2021 7:11). After explaining how thankful he is for his wife, Smith shows some “grotesque” pictures of his infected leg (A. Smith, speech, August, 2021, 11:55). While explaining how his leg needed to die before it could heal, Smith lifts his right pant leg and reveals how well his leg has healed and how proud he is to overcome his fears. “This thing that once represented everything I feared, everything I had lost, it's probably the thing I'm most proud of in my life outside of my wife and kids” (A. Smith, speech, August, 2021, 12:55). Alex Smith’s personal narrative is highly effective because of how relatable his story is. His authentic struggle makes him more connectable, and his
An athlete’s college career is something seldom used when determining the best players at each position to play professional football. To seriously distinguish between whether Manning or Brady is the best quarterback of their generation their college careers must be carefully examined. Manning, a farm-boy, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 24, 1976 ("Peyton Manning Career Biography and Statistics | SportHaven.com"). His father attended Ole Miss, where he is very well known, but Peyton, when making his decision chose to attend the hated University of Tennessee. As a Tennessee Vol, Peyton Manning, not only set records, but also posted astronomical numbers. He won his first start as quarterback, 10-9 against Washington State, and lead the team t...
Jonathan Smith’s most prominent persuasive skill used was pathos. Smith started the proposition by establishing his tone and using loaded words such as “helpless” and
From the Golden Dome of the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, comedian Jim Carrey astounded the students of MUM’s Class of 2014 along with their parents and faculty with his commencement speech. In his speech, Carrey gave some serious advice about self-discovery, fear and happiness sprinkled liberally with humor to the graduating students while remaining true to himself. It employed several non-verbal communication techniques as well as the three modes of persuasion that we learned in class.
After a season of working with Pete, I have an enhanced understanding of his occupation. Throughout the season I have been striving to attain as much knowledge and experience as possible. I frequently ask questions about our professional football operations and his involvement and responsibilities to the organization, which he is always more than willing to take the time to explain. I speak with him regularly about trends in the psychological effects of injuries, as well as injury trends per sports and per football position. Through his generosity and motivation he demonstrates his knowledge and love of the profession. I have no doubt these factors have led him to be successful and desire the same things for his athletic training interns.
Brown believes that if a person does not open up himself, then he will not connect with other people on level passed the surface. As I have learned through my Ethnographic Research course, vulnerability has the power to transform an embodied text and to knock at people’s perception of themselves. I have continued to notice when an ethnographer is distant from their text and hesitant to connect on a deeper level. As a result, the ethnographic text lacks the ability to evoke response or limits the influence of the journey on the audience. While there a lot of risk and even pain with exposing one’s emotions through vulnerability, there is even more rewards. Brene Brown is inspiring as a speaker because in addition to developing a strong argument on the power of vulnerability; she has the unique quality of perfectly models her message. Brown expressed in her Ted Talk that she spent a whole year struggling with vulnerability. Speaking about her journey Brown openly admitted, “vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight but probably won my life back… What are we doing with vulnerability?” If she was talking about vulnerability, but was unable to show something of herself, her message would have fallen short. However, Brene Brown not only shows us with her words and her research how influential authenticity is, but she demonstrates it to us on a human level. While I was already aware that vulnerability is an important characteristic to tap into, Brene Brown is an inspiration for how anyone can challenge himself or herself to become even more
...ncalves, Miguel, Martins, Carla (2009), ‘Innovative moments and change in narrative therapy’, Psychotherapy Research, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 68-80.
Due to the nature of sport, athletes will always be faced with the possibility of becoming injured. Empirical research has demonstrated that injury has a psychological impact on athletes (Quinn & Fallon, 1999). Indeed, sports practitioners often witness negative psychological impacts such as depression and in extreme cases suicidal tendencies in the injured athlete (Jevon & Johnston, 2003). Injuries have a dramatic impact upon an athlete’s life (Deutsch, 1985), Crossman (1997) interviewed athletic trainers and established that 47% of respondents believed that every injured athlete suffered psychological trauma. Walker, Thatcher and Lavallee (2007), explain there is a need to advance current knowledge of the way injured athletes psychologically respond, with deeper understanding it would be possible to aid rehabilitation professionals and help the athlete cope better psychologically. Psychological issues have an important role in the athletes ability to recover from injury (Arvinen-Barrow, Penny, Hemmings, & Corr, 2010), understanding how an athlete responds will have multiple practical implications. Ford and Gordon (1997) suggest that if an athlete experiences negative emotions then it will lead to non-complinace of the rehabilitation process. In order to understand athletes psychological responses to injury several frameworks have been suggested. These include the: integrated model of response to sports injury and rehabilitation (Wiese-Bjornstal, Smith, Shaffer, & Morrey, 1998), the Bio-Psychosocial model of sport injury rehabilitation (Brewer, Andersen, & Van Raalte, 2002), the staged-based grief response models (Kubler-Ross, 1969) and the stage model of the return to sport (Taylor & Taylor, 1997).
Michael White and David Epston are the leading figures of narrative therapy which gained popularity in the 1990’s (Biggs & Hinton-Bayre, 2008). In developing narrative therapy White and Epston were influenced by many of their peers. These peers included lea...
Utilizing several rhetorical strategies such as anecdotes, pathos, logos she effectively conveys her core message that defining an experience based on a single account gives us incomplete, potentially damaging understandings of other people. She delivers her speech with smaller stories, the lessons she learned, and even advice to her audience. defining an experience based on a single account gives us incomplete, potentially damaging understandings of other
Recovering from an injury can indeed be a difficult process and athletes must wait for however long in able to play the sport again. During that duration of time, the idea of waiting and not performing can sometimes cause an athlete to feel angry, to be in denial, and
Storytelling nurtures personal and professional growth within Service Members while also contributing to a more cohesive, inclusive society where all feel heard and valued. Furthermore, leaders in the armed forces can utilize the power of storytelling to forge stronger connections with their subordinates. By listening attentively to stories about daily tasks, struggles, and emotions, leaders gain invaluable insights into the lives of those under their command. This enhanced understanding cultivates empathy and compassion, vital traits for effective leadership. Skilled storytellers can captivate audiences, making complex concepts easier to grasp through relatable narratives.
Crush ‘Em!. Eat ‘Em Raw!”, John McMurty, a former professional football player, talks about his experience and injuries during his personal career. He endured many injuries such as broken nose, fingers, jaw, and toes, a dislocated shoulder, pinched nerves, etc. Acquiring injuries such as these tore him and other athletes apart, especially since they felt pressured to continue to play with these injuries because of the spectators. The author talks of how people love to see the players “blindsided, clotheslined, or decapitated.”
Turkle, Sherry. “Connected, but alone?” TED Conference Feb. 2012. Lecture. TED: Ideas Worth Spreading. TED, Apr 2012. Web. Feb 2013.
Athletes are human although they have gifts and rare talent in their sport it is normal for them to age and face injuries . In Jack Andrade’s article he states, “Their dynamic talents and hard-earned opportunities so not guarantee long-term success” (Andrade). Andrade’s statement is very logical and realistic when a player is injured and suffers from numerous of surgeries after an repeated injury, like Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls who played one year of college basketball at the University of Memphis before getting drafted his freshman year in 2008. His legendary career seems to be jeopardized due to his knee surgery and frequent knee injuries which is currently leaving him with an inability to avoid this type of injury. The 26 year old suffered a medial meniscus tear in his right knee in February of 2016 fearing he will never regain the form that made him the youngest MVP in NBA history (Andrade).
Retrieved from Centre for Studies on Human Stress: http://www.humanstress.ca/stress/trick-your-stress/steps-to-instant-stress-management.html Grindstaff, J., Wrisberg, C., & Ross, J. (2014, March 31). Collegiate athletes’ experience of the meaning of sport injury: A phenomenological investigation. Perspectives in Public Health. Heil, J., & Podlog, L. (2015, February 10).