How dementia patients taught me to live with less regret | James Lee | TEDxSouth Congress

In this moving TEDx talk, James Lee shares why he believes the most important thing you can do in life is to improve yourself—and how this mindset can transform your family, your community, and the world. Drawing on profound insights from more than 1,000 end-of-life moments in his career helping people living with dementia, James challenges us to rethink aging and see innovation not as quick “life hacks,” but as a return to our core human values. As he says, if you are the only common denominator in the lives of the people you love, then the best way to approach getting older is to view continuous self-improvement as a lifelong practice of expressing your love. A native Texan and first generation Korean-American, I am a CEO and a storyteller, utilizing the platforms of business ownership, content creation, and public speaking to assist individuals in rediscovering and embracing their fundamental life values and thus pursue their most meaningful lives. I believe that the most important thing you can do in life is to improve oneself and that the ripple effects of this mindset can change your family, your community, and the world. My chosen arena of demonstrating this lived philosophy is helping people who are living with dementia to be seen, whole and fulfilled in life. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx