In this TED talk, Bel Pesce, an Entrepreneur and MIT Alumni, addresses 5 things that someone can do to contribute to destroying their own dreams and goals. These 5 facts help provide motivation and actions you can take to steer the opposite direction, and contribute to achieving and completing your dreams. In my opinion, this TED talk, more specifically the 5 facts, directly connect to The Great Gatsby and some of its events and values. Throughout the book, it becomes obvious that Jay Gatsby has many dreams and goals that he spends years trying to achieve, while even *somewhat* achieving several of them. Jay comes to realize that he has dreams that are still very alive and special to him, and ends up spending 5 years pursuing them. Over the course of this time, he realizes and overcomes certain aspects of dream chasing that were talked about in this TED talk. First, Pesce says that you should not believe in overnight success. Gatsby definitely did not. He knew that his accumulation of wealth and success would take time, and he had tons of it. He knew to be patient because it was always about the goal; Daisy. Next, the speaker says that you should not settle down when your wealth and it's growth is guaranteed. Always be on the rise and moving up. Gatsby most definitely follows this rule. He's always trying to climb up the ladder, accumulate more wealth, be the better man, and get Daisy Buchanan back... Now, while Gatsby follows several of the 5 ideals that Pesce is talking about, there is also one that he does not. She says that following your goal is not just about achieving the goal itself. She claims that you must appreciate the journey rising up to the goal, as it is often more important and worthwhile than the momentary goal itself. Gatsby does not follow this ideal in any way. He spends 5 years building wealth, but exclusively to win Daisy back. All of his hard work and the journey leading up to his goal of getting Daisy is wasted because he doesn't get to enjoy it at all. It turned into an obsession, all about having Daisy back. Jay Gatsby's life and dream-chasing directly connects to Bel Pesce's TED talk.