Tania Luna: How a penny made me feel like a millionaire
Cómo un centavo me hizo sentir millonaria.
Tania Luna co-founded Surprise Industries, a company devoted to designing surprise experiences. Full bio
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enorme y apestoso,
es de formica blanca nacarada
tan importante,
de mi grupo de amigos
en las telas de araña
a mechones
a un trabajador del hospital.
para sentarse a mi lado.
un hecho rescatable e inesperado.
conseguimos asilo en los EE.UU.
cuando nos fuimos de nuestro hogar
lleno de cosas raras
pequeñas historietas
una semana entera.
donde paraba mi familia.
un refugio para indigentes.
un hotel lleno de ratas.
debía haberlo dejado allí
nunca pierde dinero.
me sentí una millonaria.
llena de animales de peluche en la basura.
y nos miraba fijamente desde la puerta.
pero nosotras no hablábamos inglés.
todos los días, ida y vuelta,
de lo poco que teníamos.
de estar en los EE.UU.,
cuando llegamos.
Esto es un refugio para indigentes".
hasta que pudieran pagar la cuenta.
estaba llena de cucarachas.
que llevaba con él a todas partes
para que se pareciera al hombre araña
de cebo en las peleas de perros.
y se pusieran más agresivos antes de la pelea.
paseamos por el parque con Scarlett.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tania Luna - SurprisologistTania Luna co-founded Surprise Industries, a company devoted to designing surprise experiences.
Why you should listen
Tania Luna has an unusual title: she calls herself a “surprisologist.” The co-founder and CEO of Surprise Industries, Luna thinks deeply about how to delight, and how to help individuals and teams thrive in uncertain circumstances and develop the bonds needed to get through them.
When Luna was invited to take part in TED’s Worldwide Talent Search in 2012, she expected to give a talk about surprise and the importance of not being attached to outcomes. However, she was inspired to tell a more personal story -- one many of her closest friends didn’t know -- about her Ukrainian family getting asylum in the United States when she was 6-yeard-old and arriving in New York with virtually nothing. She sees her work as connected to her upbringing -- in which a piece of Bazooka bubble gum, a thrown-out toy or a mis-delivered pizza was magical -- because it gave her an appreciation for the joy of little surprises.
Tania Luna | Speaker | TED.com