TEDxSemesteratSea

TEDx SemesteratSea, Anchors Away: From Ideas to Action, takes place August 5 while the MV Explorer is docked in Helsinki

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The @TEDxSAS talks from the Summer 2014 voyage are now available online! Take some time this weekend to get inspired: http://t.co/1pGQrRLNWA

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Full recap of the inspiring, community-building #TEDxSAS! http://t.co/4oYFkEFzzm

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What a night! Seven inspiring speakers. Gorgeous original music. That's a wrap for @TEDxSAS. Popcorn and speaker hugs on Deck 7! #tedxsas

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"Success - that is what your future is if you say, 'I will'." - @dramberjohnson #tedxsas

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"Where you are is preparing you for where you are going." #tedxsas

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"Embrace your place. What is this voyage preparing you for? Even if pain and failure are your teachers, you must learn from them." #tedxsas

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Amber made it to American Ninja Warrior - she fell within 30 seconds of the competition. #tedxsas

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"In my tape, I told American Ninja Warrior about the goals I'd set and what I'd accomplished in one year." #tedxsas

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Took a year to get to where I am, didn't happen overnight. 9 months of training 4-5 days a week. Then time to send audition tape. #tedxsas

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"I always did my best. Everyone has a best. All of our bests, they wax and they wane. Never compare your best to anyone else's." #tedxsas

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"Every day I showed up to train there was an obstacle I couldn't do. But I focused on what I COULD do." - Amber #tedxsas

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After winning the competition, I decided to train for American Ninja Warrior. "I couldn't do anything. I sucked." #tedxsas

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I celebrated the victory with 10,000 other women. They pushed me - they helped to make it possible. #tedxsas

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She won. #tedxsas

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In 10 weeks Under Armour would announce a winner - someone who would become UA's ambassador. #tedxsas

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She announced her goal to 10,000 women in the online community - they pushed her, held her hand, cheered for her. #tedxsas

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She joined an online community through an Under Armour promotion, documenting her goal. #tedxsas

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Two years ago Amber weighed 200 lbs and could not do one pull up. #tedxsas

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"I will train to be the next American Ninja Warrior and learn to love my body." - Amber's goal spoken out loud #tedxsas

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"When you speak your goals out loud - 'I will.....' - it takes guts to speak into action." #tedxsas