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📹 Life Lessons from the Youngest Person to Travel to Every Country | Lexie Alford | TEDxKlagenfurt
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To have travelled around the world but still be nervous to give a talk to a room full of strangers is a lesson that comfort zones can be miles away or right at your feet, it’s not where they are, it’s the distance that it takes to face them and in facing them that’s where the lesson lies! Congrats on your courage!
Looking at the comments I feel that the message from her talk was not very well understood. It’s not about traveling it’s about you. It about how we stay in our comfort zone because we are scared. She’s not saying hi travel the world she’s saying to start saying yes. When you get uncomfortable is when you start to grow.
I do think that comfort zones are not just about leaving but also staying. I backpacked and travelled for 4 years and now I’ve settled because I’m studying my bachelors degree. Staying in one place has proven to be hard and has pushed me out of comfort zones I developed from traveling. It isn’t about distance in my opinion, but about facing internal fears that make you uncomfortable and cause change and growth within you. As a traveler it’s easy for people to think I’m fearless and brave, which I am, but in fact staying still has been a greater challenge for me than solo backpacking ever was. I want to also say thank you for this talk. Amazing to see a young women as the Guinness world record holder!
It’s not about how she grew up, or all the advantages she’s had that allowed her to break this record. What’s incredible to me is that she recognized these advantages she had and started reaching for this goal that was possible, but still crazy! And she did it. There are so many people in her position that don’t make the most of their situations, and look at all she’s done. Congrats Lexie!
Fine talk. Lexie’s last sentence “how uncomfortable are you willing to be in order to reach your fullest potential” is the crux of her talk. I feel travelling is one activity which gives such amazing experiences, that it often opens up our mind to entirely new vistas. It also helps us discover ourselves, besides getting to know new places n people n their cultures. For people with inhibitions, travelling can do wonders. Kudos to Lexie for having travelled to so many countries, perhaps to many of them all by herself. It takes immense courage for a girl / woman to do so, particularly to certain regions known to be hostile or even dangerous for women tourists. Way to go !
I am just returning from my first international and first solo trip around europe… Yes it wasnt tough as she encountered but it did get lonely at some point and then I realised I began to like being alone with my thoughts and my ideas… I would travel to the places as I felt and learnt alot about different cultures!! at first I didnt feel any difference but I know my self confidence has increased and I have better respect for myself
The way she speaks shows her experience world wide. In her age she has acquired so much knowlege and her talk is so fluent, so calm and delivered what she wanted to. She has a capabilities to attract people and make them listen her. Usually travellers possess long vision about future and plan. She has that. When we are in different land as far as safety is concerned …!!! I know to the max extend we have to be on our own. She is bold and learnt all those point.
Wow! Lexie, I’m surprised you had traveled all 196 countries by the age of 21. Now that I am 18, I have only traveled to two countries. This talks was really helpful to me, who had a lot of things to fear.👍 “Will I regret not doing this?” was most impressive to me. I want to be a person who speaks naturally in front of many people and gives enlightenment, like you. I subscribed to your youtube because I wanted to hear interesting more stories about your trip! May you be happy!😉
0:21 0:31 0:33 0:35 0:39 0:41 We are having the wrong conversation about our comfort zone. The phrase “getting out of your comfort zone” is thrown around so much today online and in motivational quotes that it’s begun to lose its meaning. And this is because we don’t clearly understand what our comfort zone is, and it seems counterintuitive to leave it because it’s where we feel the most safe.
I agree money is not everything but passion. There are many rich people who dont travel even to next state in a country. I traveled all 7 continents solo and graduated with PhD Biomedical Science by 30. I was one of the younger lot on the Antarctica ship and it was a thrilling adventure. I had to save for one year with my first job after PhD to tick off my last continent. I know its crazy to spend your $$$ beginning of career when many at career end or retirement go to Antarctica. When I look back exactly 10 years ago now I was in my first country outside India- Italy for summer research during my undergrad and the courage to start exploring the world solo was born in me 🙂. Then on my science research took me places and I explored more on my own. No matter the language foreign and unknown to me but I connected with the locals who gave me shelter, food, shared their culture; be it Kenya, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Peru or Chile 🙂. The journey of exploration never ends and even before one adventure is done, the next few are in line 😃. Use your transits well in a new country and if you are not in hurry. Just follow simple formula- every year one new place/country, adventure depending on budget and time. Ofcourse I would club nearby countries if it is easy to travel across like Chile and Argentina. Finally, with an Indian passport I became quiet an expert in dealing my visas independently always. Last year I booked 3 visa interviews on a single leave day with all documents right.
I had my hopes up for this speech. This young lady is very inspiring and had a very good talk. Congrats for that. But for me this talk is like an answer to that question “a reader or a traveler knows more?” Despite the opportunities she had from birth and having all the advantages like not being a citizen of an islamic country, i believe she did her best. I am not trying to undermine her achievements but hearing the wedding gunshots being her most terryfing moments of her life sounds like a very very lucky life to me. And travelling all of those countries and still these shallow life lessons.. i mean i have learned much more from people who never got out of their village.
I enjoyed this talk! I got to see 20 countries in 1976-77 with a backpack and heard about so many more from other travelers. If folks can travel, I recommend it, because it’s not just about going into the unknown – I found it exhilarating to live in different sceneries, meet people and hang out with the locals, try new languages, eat new food, visit interesting museums, learn about the place, and just have adventures all along the way. It was fun most of the time!
I was touched by this Talk, and I had the same experience when I spent 9-month in different countries. It is all right to do lots of things by ourselves while it could be better if we could have someone go together. One day, the person left, and it still became a great memory that lasts for our whole life.
I think the key to fully appreciating this speech is realizing that each of our comfort zones are different and no matter our circumstances we each can do something that challenges our comfort zone. It may be going to uni when you are the first in your family to do so, it may be undergoing a surgery that you’re afraid of but may help you, it may be taking a job or learning something you never thought you would. My favourite part of the speech was always consider whether you will regret not doing something – that could be something big like not traveling but it could also be something smaller like not smiling at the server at a restaurant. Either way the principle holds. I think the focus shouldn’t be whether we all could travel to every country but how we can implement the lessons she learned along the way into our own lives.
No hate there, good for her, but speaking about comfort zome when her travels were first paid by parents and then sponsored is abit funny. I would also gladly jump away from my comfort zone, yet i have to work to save and then go for a lowcost vacay. Still i concider myself fortunate. She is no hero to me nor an inspirational person, sorry.
Hello Lexie Alford, Your TED talk is too good You are living lot of youngsters dreams, If possible can you write a blog or book about your experiences stories, about every country you have visited, People who can’t afford to travel the world could travel with your stories and experience, I hope Lots of love From India 💕💕
Jesus Christ people, 80% of the comments are about her being rich because of the parents… Not everyone has to be broke af !! Also, just because she had support, it doesn’t mean it was easy! Doing this is hard af and you should look at her as an example where braveness can take you. You guys are so jealous instead of admitting that this is a hard thing to achieve! Look at yourself, check what you achieved first and then talk. It’s a shame that most people only know how to spread hate! For you Lexie I just wanna say you were increadibly brave for doing this. As a traveller myself I know exactly how hard can it be to be alone and facing things you never even thought of before! Great job, you are a role model for a lot of young people!😊🙏 (Also, before someone attack me, I do travel while I have very little money. Everything depends on your mindset and decisions you make in life! Periodt.)
The most intimidating question you can ask a young person isn’t what are you going to do next. It’s how are you going to pay the rent for your parents who are incapacitated. How are you going to care for your special needs sibling. How are you going to handle your beloved relative’s aggressive chemo and painful death. Making a name for yourself is an easy question after those.
It is commendable that she took the trouble of giving a talk meant to empower others. At the same time, society needs to see that this a talk almost entirely about a privileged life and self-interest. “Fulfillment” can come to mean something other than individual accomplishment. It could mean doing therapy to understand just why one spends such an inordinate amount of time and effort devoted to individual accomplishment–and then sharing that information in a Ted Talk. That would be, perhaps, a more socially significant way to leave one’s comfort zone. Further, understanding that a fear of regret doesn’t just come from the “soul”, it comes from the ways we are collectively living and pressuring ourselves to perform, think outside the box, be unique and leave our individual comfort zone. (Doing something that is scary may seem like leaving your comfort zone but, ultimately, these visits to every country are probably about an individual challenging herself in order to feel good about herself (the very definition of living in a comfort zone)).
This article really has useful and motivational information . The girl tells the audience her story, her mistakes and shares her experience . Travel is not an easy thing, and in order to make even a small trip, you will need a lot of expenses, both physical and moral, as well as financial. There should also be willpower and the ability to control yourself in different situations, as the girl said . She explained the benefits of getting out of the comfort zone, told how many opportunities this action gives. Using her own example, she showed the result of this action and shared the impressions that she received after leaving her usual environment .
OK, so I have lived abroad in a country where I didn’t speak the language or know anyone, and stepped out of my comfort zone and also traveled to several countries alone many times. Don’t get me wrong, I think she did a great job on her talk, and good for her for being able to have these experiences. But, many people can come to the same conclusions by living every day life. People can come to the message of breaking out of their comfort zone simply by running in the middle of winter at 5 am (for example). I guess what I’m trying to say is that the message isn’t overly inspired, but if her talk has helped others, then great.
She fails to talk about how incredibly privileged she is. The average person is not as fortunate to live in a first world country with parents who had a travel company and were able to exposure her to travel. She herself mentions that she had completed 70 countries with her family with 6+ years to finish off the rest on her own. Most people would have to do all 200+ countries independently with no parental support/guidance. This is no way is relatable, motivational, or helpful for the majority of the global population.
Great for her, but she had multiple advantages that allowed her to do this – her parents Travel Agency, her summer work as teenager, which somehow paid her enough to afford a lot a travel(as some of the locations won’t let you in unless you pay few thousand dollars in advance), getting visas for some countries and even going to countries where she won’t survive unless she is with a group and/or security detail(aka more money). Also just as teenager her parents took her to over 50 countries.
By viewing and reading lexi Alford’s comments about traveling to each country. I understand her speech very well. I agree that it’s not about travel, but about myself. Therefore, you should not be afraid to go out of your comfort zone. I’m happy that lexi has achieved her goals, and I think she’s on the right path in life.
I have been traveling around the world my whole life and learned more about myself by staying at home meditating and going to therapy. I am not traveling anymore but looking for the simple life, enjoying what I have, where I am and I am 100 times more happy for it. I never learned anything from travel but stress and that I am terrible about languages, I felt as a tourist in a fake reality only seeing sides of cities that are created just for tourists and not really how people live in that country in real life.
I’m so lucky being a Kiwi I live in a country that the world wants to visit/stay ..I literally don’t need to go anywhere ..in Taranaki we can do literally all things possible in one day ..U can go fishing in the morning and tramping for smoko and go out for lunch and that’s all before lunch ..we have Americans that pay thousands just to spend a week here
It’s all about our mindset, life has lots of possibilities, and when those possibilities befell unto us, whether it’s good or bad, are we willing to have positivity on our minds? Remember that we don’t learn from experiences, we learn from pondering unto them. If we are in times that we feel uncomfortable, are we still gonna let ourselves grow just by having the positivity that we need in those dire times? So for me, the key to prosperity is positivity over possibilities.
I just watched your Ted talk and I’m absolutely inspired. I am 18 years old and I’ve travelled to almost 40 countries and have been backpacking across Europe for the last 6 weeks and would love to travel more! I would love to know tricks on how to budget and how to be able to continue living my passion of travel while still staying on a budget and being able to afford it.
Lexie you are phenonmenal. I related to so much of what you were saying about learning to be truly alone, the appreciation you now have for your loved ones, the deep understanding you have gained that we all are essentially one, and that if when it comes to decision making… would I regret it later? I always ask myself that, and it had always encouraged me forward to at least try! If you never go, you’ll never know. Amazing talk. Thank you for sharing!
The amount of bitter people in this comment section is scary. Just because she was able to travel – something she did by saving up money from the age of 12 – doesn’t make her a bad person. She worked hard and got a job while she was young and saved up. Don’t be bitter just because she decided to do something while most people are fine with being mediocre and then asking to be pitied when others do better than them.
Great job! I just found out about your journey – super impressed! Having traveled to >60 countries, it’s hard to imagine how you went to all of them in 2.5 years… wow – so much respect! That is extremely difficult and I’m sure the lessons and insights gleaned will continue unfolding throughout life! 👏
Of course she’s in a privileged position which she has acknowledged before. She’s talked about how she was in a unique position to be able to complete this record. She’s talking about her experience and HER levels of comfort zones. There’s people who are more and people who are less privileged than her. But regardless, she worked hard so she could travel. She’s giving the best advice she could give and that’s FINE.
I feel like people are missing the point of this article. To me shes not saying we should all go travel the world, its about pushing yourself to go outside of your comfort zone. That was something she did by travelling but also by doing this Tedx talk in front of a room full of people. Its more about pushing our own personal boundaries. And when we do we realise that we are capable of far more than we ever imagined.
Might be a little late coming to this convo but y’all really missed the entire point of this talk. Getting out of your comfort zone doesn’t have to involve traveling across the globe. And y’all are so mad because she was privileged. If y’all actually watch any of her articles she says how grateful and privileged she has been to be able to do this. She doesn’t go around acting like she’s all high and mighty. Y’all are so quick to judge someone and not even take the meaning of this entire speech. Coming from someone who has been working nearly full-time since 15 and on my own since 18 I know all about not being privileged financially but that doesn’t mean I can’t take other measures to get out of my comfort zone.
Good job to her for going out of her comfort zone, albeit with lots of safety nets (coming from a privileged family, being caucasian, etc.) IMO you haven‘t gone out of your comfort zone if your problem is „pleading to immigration officers” to stamp your passport with enough ink, when there are people with valid visas, begging to immigration officers who, seeing third world passports are reluctant to let in said travelers. Still, I cannot shake the feeling that this is a humble-brag disguised as a TED Talk.
Some of the comments are just 🤦♂️ Money aint all the answer my dudes – You will need mindset about everything else either to be able to do something. Many of us just dont know the danger/anxiety what it means to travel to such a foreign nation that had a bad record. Resources + Self = Cant Happen Mindset + Self + Resources = Can make It Happen Love, Tom
I think what bothers me about this is that she’s trying too hard to be inspiring… I mean, to me (and you can disagree if you want), there’s nothing admirable or inspiring in what she did. Travelling to 196 countries, with the goal of a world record rather than the goal of truly experiencing cultures? Not so inspiring. Being from a privilege background and hardly acknowledging it, pretending like all it takes is courage? Not so inspiring. Getting out of your comfort zone while travelling? Cool, millions of people do it. Not so inspiring. It’s great that she’s reached a personal goal, but why make a big deal and tell the world? I just find this too superficial; like “look at me, i travelled to 196 countries on easy-earned money with the sole purpose of breaking a record so i can tell everyone about it and ‘inspire’ people”… For clarification, to me, someone who is inspiring is someone who has a positive impact on the people/places around them, who is giving/caring and who is not concerned with just themselves.
Very thoughtful and inspiring to watch this article by Lexie Alford. She narrated her travel experiences and lessons she learnt during her journeys. Lexie asked “how uncomfortable you are in order to reach your fullest potential? This question made me think and rethink again to venture out of my comfort zone and move ahead fearlessly to reach ambitious career path.
I see a lot of jealous, resentful people in the comments. We get it, you’re poor and don’t have the time or resources to travel. But maybe you should listen to her message more deeply because your routines and comfort zones are probably what keep you poor in the first place. I’m not rich by any means, but I will not whine and complain about people who are brazen enough to make a living off of traveling or people who create their own business, earn loads of money, and as a consequence have the time and resources to travel. ✈️
This is the most privileged thing I’ve seen for a good while. I know she means well but flaunting your wealth through the means of encouraging self-development through dedicating the time and money to travel to every country is so tone-deaf. This message is for the select few in this world that can wake up with a degree from community college and go travelling for 7 years – all the while being supported by your parents. If everyone had the money to do this, they would -but they don’t.
Global warming. Global warming. Global warming. Excess. Greed. Self interest. Privilege. Shallow connection. Brag. We hardly need to be told that novel experiences are great. That overcoming fears is great. She didn’t tell a single story about connecting and loving a particular culture. Or contributing to the culture. Even the food poisoning was an opportunity to speak about the suffering of others. I was initially impressed, but the more I think about it, the more I see this as shallow and self benefiting. Clearly, she is doing great. But what about half the planet, literally?
I see some comments that are saying that this girl is not inspirational or admirable because her travels were mostly made possible by already being financially capable. However, even so, she still accomplished an amazing feat! How many millionaires or even billionaires, have chosen to use their money to travel to all countries? Not so many I believe. And to be a solo female traveller too. Of course, her journey wasn’t all rainbows, and there are also comments on her carbon footprint, but do you really consider those too when you travel? I think not. I think she is an inspiration in a way that she decided to make a goal for herself and actually achieved it. She had the drive to make it a reality, and didn’t let being. To top it off, she also managed to finish her schooling in a community college. If you don’t admire her for her traveling capabilities (solo one at that), you certainly can acknowledge that she is persistent (getting all evidences, documents, compiling them too) and has excellent time-management skills.
food poisoning in Pakistan is very big issue even locals get very sick because we are having fresh water issues… maybe the leaders can do something to conserve fresh water for human consumption… glad you are okay 😀 Also I think it would be good if the travelers share the local’s experiences as well considering the people who live in the countries are facing the same problems Pakistan, etc.
People talk about needing to be rich to travel, but there is such a thing as work visas. In a country like Australia the minimum wage is extremely high. You could work there for a year and fund a whole other year of travel if you choose cheaper countries. I did it when I was 19, had no money. I’m not saying travel is a possibility for everyone in the world but it’s true that a lot of people limit themselves without even realizing it. We live in a world of possibilities thanks to the internet. Bottom line is if you live in the west, you probably can travel, you just think you can’t or make excuses.
This woman is amazing to share her experience. Something similar, and so it doesn’t count as spam because it is not, I won’t provide the URL but please do check out the My Life As A Woman Project which are stories obtained from at least one woman from nearly every country in the world and is now a book on Amazon and available on Kindle as well.
U inspired me gel u perfectly explained the comfort zone nd how nd when one have to leave their comfort zone . Without getting out of comfort zone no one can persue greater dreams . To become successful one must have to to kick themselves out of bed early in the morning nd going late to the bed for achieving our target we must run fast nd in effective way . One must have to talk different people nd learn different cultures this the real meaning of life . ❤️
Those who don’t have such sort of fears making fun of her saying that she’s lying or it’s just because she’s privileged don’t have any idea what’s it like to walk with these fears in the mind. I hope you don’t face such of sort of issues to understand what a state of mind specifically fear means and how can it impact ones life.
3:13 There is one moment at which I can say I got out of my comfort zone. Hendaye – Irún. On the French side, I knew from the strawberry fields that I knew French sufficiently. On the Spanish side, I was asking myself “will I be able to get to the Pilgrim Hostel when asking directions in Spanish” – it didn’t even dawn on me, I could ask in French so close to the border, I wasn’t tempted to try even, because it didn’t occur to me. I got to the Pilgrim Hostel – in Spanish. I am happy the Hospitalera spoke sth I was better at. But the following 50 days were seeing my Spanish improve.
People who are lamenting in the comment section about the amount of money she spent could be given to anyone and they can do just the same are saying because they just realised that there’s someone who even holds a world record for traveling to every country… So now it’s easier to criticize right….? I mean there are a lot of rich people out there and for them traveling across the globe ain’t a big deal… The fact that she took up this challenge and became the youngest to do this must be appreciated On the other hand… I’ve even seen many who have lived in a single place for their entire lifetime and yet have explored life to its fullest potential… Yes it is related to spirituality but even if you travel the entire globe multiple times, won’t be enough to live a full fledged life until you know how to live one