What is the Best Business Education? Run a Marathon. | Andrew Johnston | TEDxYouth@MileHigh

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  • How can we learn the fundamentals to business in just a semester? In this inspiring talk, business and grit teacher Andrew Johnston reveals the how and why of marathoning to learn what it takes to go the distance.
    Andrew Johnston is a member of the business faculty at Red Rocks Community
    College and shares a simple, yet powerful approach to helping students stay in school and acquire the life skills to succeed in the business world. His background in business, athletics and academia enable him to bring a unique and personal perspective to the classroom. He has competed in numerous
    marathons and ultra-marathons, including the Chase the Moon 12-Hour Endurance Run, the Leadville Marathon, the Leadville Silver Rush 50 Run, and a recent attempt at the Leadville 100 Trail Run.
    This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

Komentáře • 93

  • @shonajordan
    @shonajordan Před 7 lety +135

    Just like A great Leader..he didn't talk a word about himself..credited everything to his students..hats off to this teacher..

  • @LoraMclovely
    @LoraMclovely Před 8 lety +167

    This man is my College Professor. I feel pretty blessed right now

    • @user-uk3qe5hi9p
      @user-uk3qe5hi9p Před 6 lety

      which College?

    • @simonkhazaka782
      @simonkhazaka782 Před 6 lety

      Lora Milly same question which college i come from germany to study there idc

    • @natchaa6020
      @natchaa6020 Před 6 lety

      God bless you.

    • @cmawais007
      @cmawais007 Před 4 lety

      which college

    •  Před 4 lety +1

      For those asking which college, the description says "Andrew Johnston is a member of the business faculty at Red Rocks Community
      College"

  • @antoinetteriehl3346
    @antoinetteriehl3346 Před 5 lety +25

    As an Accounting student and cross country runner, I can appreciate this talk and his clear passion for the subject. Thank you!

  • @pnrpnr6708
    @pnrpnr6708 Před 4 lety +5

    Science prooved running changes brain chemistry and shape. This man is very smart he understood tht corelation between running and ruling our lives.

  • @tracydeelufkin5776
    @tracydeelufkin5776 Před 3 měsíci

    What an effective way to teach and apply business concepts with students and keep them motivated! Wish you were still teaching this course so my son could take it but I will be encouraging him to run a marathon and support him all the way as I couldn't agree more in the valuable lessons learned from this to teach all those life skills!

  • @MangoWay
    @MangoWay Před 7 lety +14

    Grit and Tenacity - The two things that will determine your success as a young entrepreneur.
    This was a great talk!

  • @timothysmith9597
    @timothysmith9597 Před 11 měsíci

    OMG I absolutely love this!!!!! I’m looking to grow my small business and I also just started the second week of training for my 15th marathon……I guess over the years I’ve sort of forgotten “if I can run a marathon I can do anything” so glad I got that reminder from this video!!!

  • @terrytang5367
    @terrytang5367 Před 6 lety +11

    Great talk! I can feel his passion and enthusiasm!

  • @markhollas7585
    @markhollas7585 Před 8 lety +6

    So true. So, so true.
    Great TED

  • @Thsiscool
    @Thsiscool Před 5 lety +4

    Yes, your life doesn't have to be based on chance; life can be a choice. It's how you shape your life that matters. As Oscar Wilde would put it, "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

  • @jessearias2855
    @jessearias2855 Před 7 lety +5

    This is fantastic, thanks TED!

  • @elenichouvarda8229
    @elenichouvarda8229 Před 3 lety +1

    Running marathons and achieve better and better times is a big point.

  • @ToniaSkubala
    @ToniaSkubala Před 7 lety +24

    Powerful talk. This confirms I am on the right track as I have held this exact mindset.

    • @tejasdesai9137
      @tejasdesai9137 Před 6 lety

      Tonîa Алсу́ Skubala , you are very right

  • @gabrielgkabelen4780
    @gabrielgkabelen4780 Před 2 lety +1

    Like it so much Sir Andrew.
    Many thanks from Indonesia.

  • @bishalray535
    @bishalray535 Před 3 lety

    I traing to find this clear mind set that what is best way to teach youth to discover their highest potential.
    Fainaly I fund in this video that tacnical skill , tacnical training will give you job
    But if you develop character skill, life skill, you will find work that will you of life.
    Now I am 100% what I should to teach to youth in the world

  • @fahedalaaed8477
    @fahedalaaed8477 Před 6 lety +4

    Amazing Amazing my professor

  • @blank-vw2sb
    @blank-vw2sb Před 4 lety +5

    I will run a marathon. It's awesome

  • @pitiflauticus
    @pitiflauticus Před 7 lety +40

    As much as I love running (I do), I wouldn't recommend anyone "to set scary goals" week after week... that's a recipe for disaster - shin splints, stress fractures, etc... Same thing with going from "out of shape" to "complete a marathon in 26 weeks"... Take it easy. Enjoy your training sessions. Plan resting weeks with half the distance to ensure your body adapts and builds strength up. There is no rush! The marathon will be equally satisfying to complete if you training safely for 40 weeks instead of 26.

    • @ClaudeAR
      @ClaudeAR Před 6 lety +1

      Hal Higgins has an 18 week training plan for Novice Runners, I assume as a runner you know who that is. He is not telling people to Qualify for Boston, He is saying just complete one. I feel like you missed the entire point.

    • @gretchenross4033
      @gretchenross4033 Před 6 lety +1

      Higdon's plan assumes a bit of a running base just to start. You have to be able to run a 6 mile long run the first week. The point of this message is, in part, to set smaller, manageable goals that seem difficult, and then meet them.

    • @randyrhoads4737
      @randyrhoads4737 Před 5 lety +1

      You missed the point. It's about business and perseverence. It's about changing negative habits and instilling good ones. The running of a marathon is just a tangible example that consistency, dilligence, and resilience in small steps each day can achieve massive results in the future.

    • @PoetWithPace
      @PoetWithPace Před 5 lety

      agreed!

    • @Forest9924
      @Forest9924 Před 5 lety

      ahh here come the nay sayers

  • @johnnyboy7950
    @johnnyboy7950 Před 8 lety +4

    Brilliant talk. Sandy is very inspiring

  • @jinahmightyboy
    @jinahmightyboy Před 6 lety

    love it fully, Putting up on my blog

  • @cabilgibbs
    @cabilgibbs Před rokem

    Great Job Buddy!!! Thank Youuuu!!

  • @arikc5201
    @arikc5201 Před 7 lety +1

    totally agree!!! thanks!

  • @edwarddavis7481
    @edwarddavis7481 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks dude!

  • @hamidrezamosaddegh651
    @hamidrezamosaddegh651 Před 9 měsíci

    It's very useful for me

  • @PeteDonOlivia
    @PeteDonOlivia Před 7 lety +1

    thank you

  • @abdelkorchi
    @abdelkorchi Před 8 lety

    thank you very intéressent

  • @obadiyahshamayahubey2142
    @obadiyahshamayahubey2142 Před 6 lety +1

    Awesome

  • @emogilner9
    @emogilner9 Před 6 lety

    Love it!
    only that Marathon is not good for your heart.
    A physical discipline is important, especially if it is too some extent mindful.

    • @leomoe433
      @leomoe433 Před 6 lety +2

      Eylon Mogilner You are wrong and right at the same time. You are wrong because humans survived for hundreds of thousands of years by being the best long distance runners on the African savanna, approximately running from 4 to 8 hours per hunt. You are right because many of us have done so little training that a marathon is just too far, especially without training.

    • @emogilner9
      @emogilner9 Před 6 lety

      8 hours NON-stop? doesn't sound like an African mentality. They knew to listen to a pounding heart and let it rest for a short while. for sure.

    • @leomoe433
      @leomoe433 Před 6 lety +1

      Not sure what your argument is. Of course Africans knew you couldn’t sprint for 8 hours straight, but more or less continuous running for many hours is still very natural for humans. (Running not sprinting). Search BBC endurance hunt or read the book born to run for further information

  • @cabinomonkuriakose8122
    @cabinomonkuriakose8122 Před 4 lety +1

    Good ideas 😉👍

  • @stefankirschstein7214
    @stefankirschstein7214 Před 6 lety +12

    how to eat an elephant...one bite at a time That is my favorite. GREAT

  • @PeepalBaba-Givemetrees

    nice one 🌿☘️🌿☘️

  • @Growth__Hub_2805
    @Growth__Hub_2805 Před rokem

    I am watching, When I recieved the Marathon, announcement, at my city of Keeramangalam.
    Please reach me, if anyone of here practicing for marathon first time

  • @FloydOutdoors
    @FloydOutdoors Před 6 lety +1

    i wish all colleges had this course. I like running so this would be perfect for me.

    • @crawdadyyt
      @crawdadyyt Před 6 lety

      I was thinking the same thing, but at least for me, realized that this was just an excuse. There are many marathon training programs and groups surrounding them that offer much of the structure a class would offer. A search of "marathon training group" pulls up examples in most cities. There are also the "couch to 5k" and "couch to half marathon" programs. There, in one short typing session, I have just destroyed all of my reasons for not running a marathon. YMMV.

  • @djryanashton
    @djryanashton Před 6 lety +9

    I have done an Ironman, but I still find it hard to apply the discipline of training for that to my career and business in general.

  • @murtazawahed
    @murtazawahed Před 7 lety

    Very powerful content. But ending didn't click. Don't mind pls.

  • @irfanshalistani
    @irfanshalistani Před 5 lety

    Sir my confusion is that
    Education is right or business is right what to do

  • @PoetWithPace
    @PoetWithPace Před 5 lety

    Whilst the ethics and ethos i agree with here, getting students below a certain age to run 26.2 is not a good idea and could cause long term injuries....what say you?

  • @elidoubleday8080
    @elidoubleday8080 Před 8 lety +2

    sweaty

  • @Kamtr728
    @Kamtr728 Před 6 lety +1

    Я рыдаю! Мужик реальность для меня открыл заново! Увидел себя в режиме многозадачности и без конкретно определённого будущего! и Я так не хочу!
    Очень интересует, есть ли в Казахстане клубы по подготовке к Марафону.
    Подскажите, если кто знает?

    • @plankytronixx
      @plankytronixx Před 6 lety

      Looks like your keyboard's broken: all the letters look corrupted. ..... Kidding.

  • @codyl5986
    @codyl5986 Před 6 lety +6

    I think this may only work for those who can't run a mile. There are a ton of people out there who can run marathons in their sleep back to back days. You want to learn patience and grit? Try a 100 mile ultramarathon.

    • @leomoe433
      @leomoe433 Před 6 lety +3

      Cody L I am on the way to becoming one of those and I can tell you that there are really few who can do a marathon a day for long.

    • @christineruthsalazar8585
      @christineruthsalazar8585 Před 4 lety

      Then dont be so literal. Apply his advice accordingly 😊

  • @daveholmes8745
    @daveholmes8745 Před 6 lety +1

    Everyone has it in them to run a marathon. If you can run a 5K you can run a 10K and if you can run a 10K you can run a half and if you can run a half you can run a full.

  • @andyswims
    @andyswims Před 8 lety +103

    Ugh this guy's style makes me cringe at times. But good talk

  • @tobioderso
    @tobioderso Před 8 lety +39

    he acts like running is total torture...but what if somebody actually enjoys running?

    • @markhollas7585
      @markhollas7585 Před 8 lety +12

      The torture is the enjoy :)

    • @ThePigMensToes
      @ThePigMensToes Před 7 lety +6

      Then I guess you're already at the head of the business class.

    • @etherealbae2160
      @etherealbae2160 Před 6 lety +8

      It's still work and you still have to push yourself through the pain... I have a feeling you aren't a runner lol

    • @leomoe433
      @leomoe433 Před 6 lety +2

      Bro, I am a runner, running everything from 5Ks to 50Ks and I just like running. Of course you need grit now and then but the joy of running is much more important for long-term success

    • @martycoleman4544
      @martycoleman4544 Před 6 lety +5

      He's talking about people who are not runners training for a marathon. That is a very hard thing to do and will involved quite a lot of pain, soreness and fatigue. Some of them will learn to love running, but all of them will feel the torture of that schedule at that moment in their running journey.

  • @charlietuba
    @charlietuba Před 6 lety

    Ringing the little bell on the handlebars? How lame! Get a Zounds Air Horn! (LOUD!)

  • @EVP-Voices
    @EVP-Voices Před 6 lety +1

    Good message, obnoxious proselytising attack

    • @plankytronixx
      @plankytronixx Před 6 lety

      Attack? I'd place it more between strong-opinion and attack. Proselytising yes, but in his defence, he was trying to make the message simple and fit in to a 12 minute TED talk. Perhaps with a 30 minute slot - instead of saying "run a marathon" - he'd have said "try something tough that you've never done before, that's hard, that you have to set goals for, that will have difficulties and that you can complete in say, 6 months. Maybe you'd choose to complete a marathon, a triathlon, maybe you'd choose to help out at a homeless shelter, maybe you'd ............". Can you imagine the title of the talk?

  • @shinyhunteralec
    @shinyhunteralec Před 7 lety

    I don't like to run so rip me

  • @pipiwaem34
    @pipiwaem34 Před 7 lety +7

    his voice tone drives me nuts. i had to adjust the volume every f* minute -..-

  • @06comment
    @06comment Před 7 lety +5

    great message but this guys style is a bit much

    • @conanroxorz6737
      @conanroxorz6737 Před 7 lety +2

      QuiteInteresting Too much for you, the problem is with you, i had none.

    • @06comment
      @06comment Před 7 lety +1

      fair enough

  • @zenmetaldecor
    @zenmetaldecor Před 7 lety +2

    goofy............and OVER-REACTING..... obviously his parents were maladjusted engineers lol

  • @oletoft4573
    @oletoft4573 Před 8 lety +8

    7 hours on a marathon? Are you joking?
    I *walk* the distance in 6.5 hours.
    The marathons I take part in has a 5.5 hours cutoff.

    • @zidapplip
      @zidapplip Před 8 lety +5

      she had a hip replacement.

    • @matts3729
      @matts3729 Před 7 lety +37

      You did listen to her story, didn't you? Congratulations on being faster than a middle-aged woman who had a hip replacement and was recovering from being seriously out of shape. Her story sounded like quite an accomplishment to me.

    • @plankytronixx
      @plankytronixx Před 6 lety +2

      I'm guessing you don't have an artificial hip?