Adam Graves on self-awareness
From Adam Graves Interview | TEDxBeaconStreet 2017 · · TEDxBoston
“I feel like I have a very fortunate life in a number of ways... one thing I was gifted with was the opportunity to self-reflect — I grew up as an only child and I'd love to explore books, television, movies, video games; I began to see myself in those plots and I started to become more and more interested at a very young age in how I perceived myself and my own place in the world.”
On , Adam Graves, Senior EVP and Head of Enterprise Strategy & Administration at U.S. Bancorp, spoke about self-awareness during Adam Graves Interview | TEDxBeaconStreet 2017 on TEDxBoston.
About Adam Graves
In a 2017 TEDxBeaconStreet interview, Adam Graves discussed his journey to developing a talk on entitlement and self-awareness. He described meeting John Warner at a cafe where he is a partner, and how his frustration in finding a suitable TED talk topic led him to explore his own sense of entitlement. Graves stated that his upbringing as an only child, along with his engagement with books, television, and movies, fostered an early interest in self-reflection and understanding his place in the world. Graves emphasized the importance of emotional intelligence and self-awareness, attributing his ability to explore these concepts to his personal experiences. He argued that engaging with people who hold differing views is essential for individual and societal growth, noting that it requires assertiveness to step outside one's comfort zone and share personal stories.