Over 20 years ago Dr. Lehan Stemmet developed an interest in how people deal with challenges through what started as a personal project he called 'Deal With It'. This talk summarises part of his quest to find out how resilient people navigate through challenges.

Dr. Lehan Stemmet is an Associate Dean of the Faculty of Business and IT at Manukau Institute of Technology. He is passionate about seeing people reach their full potential and has an affinity for multidisciplinary applied research, broadly categorised in the cognitive and behavioural neuroscience space. He is qualified in biochemistry and microbiology, as well as in organisational and experimental psychology.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx