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10 TED TALKS TO GET YOU THINKING

I absolutely love TED Talks!! If I need motivation, a quick laugh, or simply want to better myself, this is where I go. 

TED Talks have a way of making me feel like I actually know what’s going on in my life and makes me want to get up and do something so I’m going to start you off with 10 talks to get you back on track and ready to work!

1. 5 ways to kill your dreams- Bel Pesce 

All of us want to invent that game-changing product, launch that successful company, write that best-selling book. And yet so few of us actually do it. TED Fellow and Brazilian entrepreneur Bel Pesce breaks down five easy-to-believe myths that ensure your dream projects will never come to fruition. 

2. A simple way to break a habit- Judson Brewer  

Can we break bad habits by being more curious about them? Psychiatrist Judson Brewer studies the relationship between mindfulness and addiction—from smoking to overeating to all those other things we do even though we know they’re bad for us. Learn more about the mechanism of habit development and discover a simple but profound tactic that might help you beat your next urge to smoke, snack, or check a text while driving. 

3. 3 ways to plan for the (very) long term- Ari Wallach 

We increasingly make decisions based on short-term goals and gains--an approach that makes the future more uncertain and less safe. How can we learn to think about and plan for a better future in the long term ... like, grandchildren-scale long term? Ari Wallach shares three tactics for thinking beyond the immediate.

4. 10 ways to have a better conversation- Celeste Headlee

When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations -- and that most of us don't converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty, brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. In this insightful talk, she shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations. "Go out, talk to people, listen to people," she says. "And, most importantly, be prepared to be amazed."

5. How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas- Manoush Zomorodi

Do you sometimes have your most creative ideas while folding laundry, washing dishes or doing nothing in particular? It’s because when you’re body goes on autopilot, your brain gets busy forming new neural connections that connect ideas and solve problems  learn to love being bored as Manoush Zomorodi explains the connection between spacing out and creativity.

6. Be an opportunity maker- Kare Anderson

We all want to use our talents to create something meaningful with our lives. But how to get started? (And ... what if you're shy?) Writer Kare Anderson shares her own story of chronic shyness, and how she opened up her world by helping other people use their own talents and passions.

7. How to gain control of your free time- Laura Vanderkam 

There are 168 hours in a week. How do we find time for what matters most? Time management expert Laura Vanderkam studies how busy people spend their lives, and she’s discovered that many of us drastically overestimate our commitments each week, while underestimating the time we have to ourselves. She offers a few practical strategies to help find more time for what matters to us, so we can “build the lives we want in the time we’ve got.”

8.  4 reasons to learn a new language- John Mcworter

English is fast becoming the world’s universal language, and an instant translation technology is improving every year. So why bother learning a foreign language? Linguist and Columbia professor John McWhorter shares four alluring benefits of learning an unfamiliar tongue. 

9. Keep your goals to yourself- Derek Sivers

 After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it’s better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.

10.  8 secrets of success- Richard St. John

Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success. 

  Which one did you like? Do you have one of your own favorites? I’d love to hear your thoughts so comment below. 

Have a great day and keep shining!☀️😊