In this TED Talk, spoken-word poet Sarah Kay traces her artistic development and, in so doing, provides a simple formula that applies to all of life’s important and transformational experiments. First is to decide that “I can”, then to commit that “I will” – self-belief and self-motivation. The third step is where the magic happens: it is the ongoing process of finding one’s own style, to make the work reflect one’s true intentions, “to grow and explore and take risks and challenge yourself.” As if to illustrate this lesson, Ms. Kay gives stirring performances of her poems “B” and “Hiroshima”, both of which speak to the tenuousness, uncertainty, and ultimate delight of growing into personhood.