Tune In

Tune In

You are going to watch a TED talk called How to know if it’s time to change careers. The speaker is Chieh Huang, co-founder and CEO of Boxed.com.

It’s helpful if you first watch the beginning of a presentation, to get used to the speaker’s accent and speed of delivery.

Watch the introduction to the talk, listening for the answers to the questions below.

• What are some jobs that Huang has done in the last 15 years?
  
• What does Huang think you should try to find in life?
  
• What is the significance of the figure “tens of thousands of hours”?

In the introduction that you just watched, Chieh acknowledges that the leap into a completely new career can be completely scary. In the following sections, he offers some practical tips based on his own experience.