Gen-X : Masterminds and Lost Minds | Shonte Taylor | TEDxGreatHillsWomen 

52 and damn proud to be a Gen Xer.

Thank goodness there're finally paying attention to us. Only because they know that as soon as our kids are raised, we will be a FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. We're back baby! And we look good!

Generation X had the best test scores and highest grad rates since the grad class of 69. That is quite an accomplishment. The class that outmaxed the class of 69 was the class of 84.

I'm a gen xer and can still party like its 1999!!!! We are not greedy boomers, or lost millenia trying to figure out which bathroom to use!

As a Gen Xer who crashed at 38, whay followed was total collaps of my whole life. I ended becoming incredibly ill. At 47 im still trying to get well, but im determined to climb out of this chrysalis, and i know when the time is right, i will do. This is brilliant. Thank you ❤

That was fantastic and just what I needed to hear. It’s been like 10 years of breakneck speed movement hurtling from one external need to another ( even during 2020 ) and now … I’m left with just me trying to figure out what’s next and what do I do when it’s just me. One thing I can take comfort in is 1) I’m not alone in this predicament and 2) I’m GenX : we are tenacious resilient full of ingenuity and willfulness. If something isn’t working we figure out how to make it work or figure something else out - forgot our key, go through the window, break the window , call a buddy whose dad has tools to fix it, need money to fix the window , gather the change from around to house … and do this all before mom gets home … we can do it. Thank you for this it’s a reminder that we can do it and I can do it too.

Here's how I see most of the people from my generation: cynics secretly in search for something to believe in.

We were THE OUTSIDERS & NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER kids!

GenX is Charlie Brown. Lucy was the Boomers.

finally about gen x and NOT millenials as usual 😳 generation nirvana, pearl jam, punk 🤘

Gen x raised themselves and always on their own and when parents showed up they still were own their own. Tarzan sums it up. If zombies 🧟‍♀️ show up Gen X be like who cares.

" I AM GENERATION X... and a mastermind as well "

I am generation X!! I was a lost mind. I was found in my early 30's

Like Van Halen said "Stop looking up. Start looking in. become your own best friend. stand up and say "This is mine, all mine!"".

We’re the Goonies generation, and Goonies Never Say Die!

I love this girl! Also a gen X, and grateful that I'm not a boomer or a millennial!

Here's one generation Xer who think TED talks are a lot of fluff. I know the rest of you are out there out there... but just too tired of it all to respond.

so proud of you and your growth. thank you for sharing your personal experience and professional knowledge with us!

54 and proud to be X gen....I don't agree with everything you said. Buuuut I can say we had it the best compared to other generations. Our great, grandparents and grandparents and parents did the hard stuff from 2 big wars, women's movements, race wars and more. They did the hard stuff and when we came if age, it was the best time cause we had no real worries. We reaped the benefits of learning from the boomers their discipline and work ethic and yet the freedom, of thought, to be ourselves without the controlling nature of the early boomers cause of the peace movements in the 60s and 70s. We didn't like that and don't conform very well. That's the best part. These new generations and wokeness and cancel culture, is history repeating itself from the early boomers. And our wonderful Gen X generation, will not, conform, not ever.... we are the backbone and need to teach these new generations to get it together

Yea...I'm there right now, and it sucks, but I'd been so detached, and I'm finally learning to discover attachment, and...love

Amazing talk I have crashed the same exact way in a Kroger parking lot! We are generation trying to make "it".

Excellent talk, Shonte! I appreciate your openness and skill to take such a scary moment and turn it into a great, teachable moment. Here's to more Ted Talks!!! Pat

I did a crash in a kroger parking lot. I didn't put my brake on when I parked. My car slowly rolled and hit another car. The guy was blowing his horn to get my attention. My brain was exhausted. I broke down and started crying. No damage to either car. I just started crying because it made me realize how far removed I was from my present self. Things are getting better. I read Psalms alot and I am making a habit of thanking the Lord for my blessings. Psalms 23 and 91 are my go to.

" Speak for yourself... Gen-X checking in with a full Direction and longterm plan in life "

This is exactly where I am rn. We are the generation of evolution🤓

Am trying to avoid that 'crash' .....baby ! .... When you are feeling lost stay on the middle point of the 'X'.

I work in customer service where most of my customers are gen x women. When I talk to them on a daily basis a lot of them seem detached and un friendly. They are in a hurry to get things done and don't engage. I'm a boomer and definitely feel the generation gap.

I had four boomer siblings. I didn't stand a chance. I no longer speak to them.

Thank you so much for this! Very encouraging words that X needs to hear. Going in that chrysalis IS scary, but coming out is exhilarating. XOXOXO

every human gets to this point in life, it's a make or break moment. this the time where you have seen the world at its best & worst & you have to decide how you want to shape your life. some people call this mid life crisis but it happens at different ages for different people. for me it happend at 25 & I'm almost 27 & I'm still in this phase of my life trying to figure out how I want the rest of life to be shaped.

Very good talk! We need more clear and honest information that can help us become the person that we want to be and can be in this life. Your talk provided and insight into how we can become our truest selves. Thank you!

Merci, Shonte

Gen X here, as I told my college Poli Sci professor, my first political memory was watching Nixon resign on TV.

I am stuck at this place for several years now.

Am I a lost mind? I’ve been losing since the late ‘90s, when I decided to leave Portland for Eugene - so, I could help my mom balance out my baby brother’s needs.

I had no list. There was 1 rule. NEVER BE LATE OR DITCH SCHOOL. If followed... I could Stay up as long as I want. Be out as long as I want Watch anything I wanted. I was unsupervised before and after school. My parents had date night that could last till midnight Eating though was a mess When I was left alone I can eat anything in the house; cooking from 8. Though there were times my mother cooked and she tried to force me to eat things (at the time) I didn't like the taste of. This led to some long waits at the dinning table and me gagging myself. I still can't eat certain foods. Ocra is top of list. Raw tomatoes are another. And if I see the two together....heck no.

Great speech, but I don't see the connection to Gen X.

Gen Xers are like the new "lost generation"!

The sound SUCKS please fix it because it annoying

Great job! I'm extremely proud of my instructor.

Very few people talk about gen xers it's either about baby boomers or millennials

I want to say in my best accomplishment to generation X peace out

That's how our generation became close to GOD cause we needed him. Now I think he need us

Good intro, where is the rest of the talk? Is this a you go girl speech?

🌺Simple . . . . . . yet...PROFOUND. 🌺

I really enjoyed this video. I am a proud Gen X, everything you said resonated with me. I love all the cultural references. 🤘🏻😎🛼💚😁

She don’t understand us.

I'm order to get your mind you must first lose it. Cause to find something that's lost takes wisdom. That's how we became mastermind. We were mysterious. We moved in science. We were so close to GOD

I have literally crashed into trees. I'm an Xer. When your brain is overloaded, you do physical activity. It will give you time to think while you help your body. You're welcome.

What, they gave her the bootleg audio?

I AM NOT AN AMERICAN AND FRANKLY I HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT PROBLEMS THESE GENERATIONS ARE FACING. LOOK TO ME LIKE A COMPLAINT FOR THINGS NOT GOING YOUR WAY.

You found it this life!

The part where u said when you take everything out of the equation that distractions you from being YOURSELF .... I got so stressed about having to interact with the world that I had seen go from a Childhood & lifestyle like GenX had to the greed & selfishness of a corporate one and the change and divide of the community spirt in the ppl........I lived there instead of joining in and your right I could be at a concert in Wembley and still be the loneliest one there ... Wake Up !! GenX the world needs to remember One Love One World One RACE ...WolfSouljah_GenX

Gen Xer too. I also crashed into a pole in a parking lot once.

Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z, how many masterminds have been lost in the Abortion Generations? Could cancer have been cured or other miraculous inventions/creations been found except they were killed for expediency? Will never know.

I think I am in love with this woman. Smart and beautiful

What in the actual funk? Self proclaimed smarty-pants tells story about crashing car due to, what overdoing it? But now it's all better because shes in a cocoon or some sort of multitasking butterfly? Wow so much to think about

I feel like I missed half the lecture.

this happened yesterday. I just turned 30.

I was born in 1980. I'm 42. I'm lost.

Super ninjas that’s us

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Hers have seen the destruction.....of femenism.......they no longer want to play........god bless them

GenX cant be told

5:43 *sigh* There it is again. Gotta fill your cup/bucket/whatever.

Last year of Gen X: 1979.

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So, if you’re born in 1980/ 81, you’re a Xenennial? Does that mean that if you were born in 1966/67, you’re a BoX?

Is it me or was that a rather superficial talk?

I got tunes and Corunna beer 2022 Praise nurvana

Fun bags

Most serial killers are from generation X.

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I'm so jealous of the boomers and millennials. They are more fun.