0 -100: Riskle Yüksel! | Nazlı Bulum, Hasan Süel, Emre Sever & Zeynep Yalım Uzun | TEDxSaintMichelHS

Quick Overview

TEDxSaintMichelHS's "0 -100: Riskle Yüksel!" conference featured speakers Emre Sever, Hasan Süel, Nazlı Bulum, and Zeynep Yalım Uzun, who shared personal stories emphasizing the necessity of taking calculated risks, defying expectations, seeking mentorship, and embracing challenges for significant personal and professional growth.

Key Points: Emre Sever highlighted the three 'things not done' for Pindrings: launching a sugar-free, additive-free drink with Barış Konca, successfully selling the beverage exclusively online despite warnings, and achieving 50,000 orders on the first day with only 500 units in stock, necessitating rapid scaling. Hasan Süel emphasized that 'every choice is a relinquishment' and advised attendees to 'know how to leave the crowd correctly and take risks,' noting his decision to work in public service over lucrative private sector jobs initially, and later transitioning to executive roles. Nazlı Bulum recounted rejecting the typical narrative of a difficult, lonely path in acting, stating that her most significant career investment was taking the risk to continue theater work despite her manager's concerns, which led to her iconic role in 'Sadakatsiz.' Zeynep Yalım Uzun framed courage as essential for self-discovery, recounting how being forced into sailing at age seven, despite her fear of embarrassing failure during docking, provided the foundation for later life risks like moving to the US alone at 17 for university. Sever stressed the third 'thing not done' is 'listening well,' advising young people to find mentors who offer solutions, not just point out problems, noting that 'advice is free, but experience is very expensive.' Süel pointed out that 'not everyone can be a big fish in a big pond; you can also be a big fish in small ponds that align with your competencies,' referencing his niche career focus on external relations rather than mainstream functions like finance or marketing. Bulum mentioned that her initial period of unemployment (one to one and a half years) allowed her to travel to Berlin to learn German and engage in screenwriting, a risk that ultimately led to subsequent acting opportunities upon her return.