The Power of Emotions | Rengin Yigitbas Akillioglu | TEDxRiceU

Life is not just about thoughts but also about feelings. Feelings play such an important role in successfully changing beliefs, outcomes, and outer experiences. This talk will focus on Akillioglu’s journey to fulfillment of her childhood dream as she realized the importance of emotions in achieving success. She learned that emotions were not only the end results of experiences but also the seeds of them.Life is not just about thoughts but also about feelings. Feelings play such an important role in successfully changing beliefs, outcomes, and outer experiences. This talk will focus on Akillioglu’s journey to fulfillment of her childhood dream as she realized the importance of emotions in achieving success. She learned that emotions were not only the end results of experiences but also the seeds of them. Rengin Yigitbas Akillioglu is an Eisenhower Fellow and inspirational speaker at Indeks Speakers Agency of Leigh Bureau. She is the former CFO of Turkish Airlines Inc., former CFO and Advisor to the Chairman of Acibadem Healthcare Group, former General Manager for Sales in Middle East at GE Aviation. She served as Director of the Board at many Companies and NGOs. Her career story and business vision had been honored by former Chairman of Turkish Airlines Dr Cem Kozlu and award winner historian Theodore Friend in their books. She received national and international awards for her groundbreaking leadership. She holds B.Sc. in Management Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and M.A in Economics from Bosphorus University in Turkey. She attended Leadership Program at Harvard Business School during her Eisenhower Fellowships Program. 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

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