The TED stage is where new ideas get shared.
Despite all of their accolades, high achievers are consistently craving new knowledge. They are lifelong learners. While sitting in a formal classroom is not a desire or reality for most adults, there are countless learning opportunities beyond academia.
TED talks offer up to 18-minute powerful videos, which teach you something new, and are popular. Thousands of videos are available on the TED website and have been viewed over one billion times worldwide to date. TED and regional TEDx talks are incredibly compelling ways to hear incredible speakers and new ideas.
Many recognizable names have given TED and TEDx talks, including Adam Grant, Brene Brown, and Simon Sinek. With thousands of TED talks added regularly, it might be impossible to sift through them all. Here are a few well worth considering:
Dorie Clark
TEDx Boston
The Real Reason You Feel So Busy (And What To Do About It)
Dorie Clark shares three hidden reasons people fall into an endless loop of feeling constantly busy and offers ideas of how to combat this phenomenon.
Laura Gassner-Otting
TEDx Reno
Why Doesn’t Success Bring Happiness?
Wonderhell - the simultaneous double binding and conflicting feeling of being both energized and depleted by success.
Dr. Deborah Heiser
TEDx Tarrytown
Rethinking Aging: Mentoring a New Generation
What if we didn’t need to fear aging? Twenty years of studying aging shows we have a lot to look forward to as we age, and giving back through mentorship is one way we bring profound meaning, value, and happiness in the second half of life.
Sam Horn
TEDx Bethesda Women
Intrigue - How to Create Interest and Connect with Anyone
People have short attention spans. Getting your idea across to them and elevating their interest is an art. Sam Horn unveils how to tell if people are interested in what you are saying.
Ori Sasson
TEDx White City
How a Sensitive Guy Became an Olympic Fighter
The six-foot-four Olympic bronze medalist in judo shares how he fights anxiety before his matches..all the way to the Olympic podium.
Simon Tam
TEDx U of W
Simon Tam, the founder and leader of the Asian-American dance rock band, The Slants, tried to trademark the band’s name. The US Trademark Office denied his application claiming it was racist. Simon Tam fought back all the way to the Supreme Court.
Jacqueline von Edelberg
TEDx Lawrence
How to Walk to School: Blueprint for a Neighborhood School Renaissance
This is the story of eight mothers and one visionary principal who transformed one of Chicago’s worst public schools into one of the best in nine months, with zero government funding.
Charlene Wheeless
TEDx Boston
7 Seconds of Courage: Choice, Not Chance
Have you ever felt simultaneously invisible and like prey? Seven seconds might be all you need to break through and go after what you want to achieve.
Every TED talk has a story and hundreds of hours of preparation. If you want your brain ignited and motivation sparked, consider pursuing these great ideas, which are worth watching.
