Karina Prabowo

Activist, Artist, Concerned citizen

An Indonesian working in the largest humanitarian network in the world. Let me know if you need someone to review your Indonesian translation project on TED Captiohub.

Traveling, languages, volunteering, digital art, photography

The famous organizational psychologist, Amy Wrzesniewski shares her idea on seeing your work: You can see your work as a job (focus on the financial aspect), career (about advancement: promotion, social status, etc.), or calling (fulfillment). This sounded so vague the first time I read it. But then I read a book by another psychologist, Angela Duckworth in her book titled Grit where she gave an example below. Three bricklayers are asked: “What are you doing?” The first says, “I am laying bricks.” The second says, “I am building a church.” And the third says, “I am building the house of God.” These are examples of what Wrzesniewski mentioned. The first bricklayer sees their work as a job, the second as a career, and the third as a calling.

Human capital, Humanitarian, Organizational psychology, Volunteering

In 2022, I went on a short exchange program in Vancouver. I often walked around the city and one day, I stopped by the Canada Palace. That was the first time I saw a TED Conference banner and it hit me that the conference was right here. For a moment I stood there, near the hotel where the conference took place. I was here, in Vancouver, and it was right at my door. Yet, I couldn't join the conference. That was unfortunate but that's life. So, to heal my regret for being unable to join the conference, I decided to translate TED videos instead. I learned a lot and enjoyed every time I spent to do this.