Showing Up Is a Contact Sport | Marcy Strauss Axelrod | TEDxSUNYUpstate

In this talk, Marcy explores redefining what it means to truly show up. Marcy is a thought leader, keynote speaker, award-winning author of “On Your Game!”. Her 25+ years of hands-on strategy and innovation work at 'Big 4' consulting firms and high tech companies resulted in well-tested, proven tools to improve company, individual and society-level performance.

Marcy's award-winning book, On Your Game! directs consulting tools, neuroscience and behavioral economics to help people and companies succeed, earning highly favorable reviews from professors at Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Cornell.

Her forthcoming book (Fall 2022) – How We Choose To Show Up - builds on 20+ years of research, and exposes that most of us “just” show up, partially ready, grounded, and intending to connect. These personal limits diminish creativity, opportunity and meaning across our lives. The intuitive Show Up System, Continuum and frameworks help us truly show up into a world of significance, meaning and care, bolstering performance for us as individuals and across society. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at