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Entrepreneurship
Australian School of Business | November 1, 2012What’s Wrong with Narcissism?
Great leaders and business people are often powered by self-interest. Among their many resounding characteristics, narcissism is prevalent...
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Career
Eddie Obeng | October 24, 2012Smart Failures
At TED – The world is changing much more rapidly than most people realize, says business educator Eddie...
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Life
Femke Stuut | October 19, 20127 Steps to Loving Yourself
“A troop of porcupines is milling about on a cold winter’s day. In order to keep from freezing,...
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Entrepreneurship
Lynne Cooper | October 14, 2012The Five Minute Coach
Managers have it tough. Well most of those I work with do. What I hear from the managers...
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Success
Amy Cuddy | October 9, 2012Body Language and Success
At TED – Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see...
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Global
Marianne Williamson | October 4, 2012Feminine 2.0
When I went to college in the 1970’s, the Women’s Liberation movement was all the buzz. Women’s “consciousness...
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Technology
Andrew Blum | September 25, 2012What is the Internet Anyway?
At TED – When a squirrel chewed through a cable and knocked him offline, journalist Andrew Blum started...
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Entrepreneurship
Walter Isaacson | September 16, 2012The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
His saga is the entrepreneurial creation myth writ large: Steve Jobs cofounded Apple in his parents’ garage in 1976,...
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Community
Candy Chang | September 11, 2012Before I Die I Want To…
At TED -In her New Orleans neighborhood, artist and TED Fellow Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into...
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Life
Robert Masters | September 6, 2012Bringing Sex Out of the Closet
Sex is arguably still in the closet. Yes, it’s wearing a lot less and showing a lot more...
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Relationships
Laura Markham | September 2, 2012Strong Willed Child
Have a strong-willed child? You’re lucky! Strong willed children can be a challenge to parent when they’re young,...
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Relationships
Jon Ronson | August 26, 2012Psychopath Test
At TED – Is there a definitive line that divides crazy from sane? With a hair-raising delivery, Jon...
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Spirituality
James Lawley | August 19, 2012Symbolic Modelling
Below is a 10 minute video clip from a Symbolic Modelling session. It illustrates a number of points...
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Arts
Kirby Ferguson | August 15, 2012Everything is a Remix
At TED – Nothing is original, says Kirby Ferguson, creator of Everything is a Remix. From Bob Dylan...
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Entrepreneurship
Andrew Griffiths | August 10, 201210 Questions for Entrepreneurs
Getting it right in business is not that simple. How on earth do we know if we are...
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Global
Jamie Drummond | August 1, 2012World Goals
At TED – In 2000, the UN laid out 8 goals to make the world better by reducing...
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Career
Christine Commaford | July 27, 2012Innovate or Become Irrelevant
“Social enterprising and engineering give us the ability to innovate using many minds instantly, as opposed to using...
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Wellbeing
Jane McGonigal | July 17, 2012Gaming for Health
At TED – When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she...
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Life
Tim Kreider | July 12, 2012The Busy Trap
If you live in America in the 21st century you’ve probably had to listen to a lot of...
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Wellbeing
Gary Taubes | July 7, 2012What Makes us Fat?
A CALORIE is a calorie. This truism has been the foundation of nutritional wisdom and our beliefs about...
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Life
Frans de Waal | July 2, 2012Do Animals Have Morals?
At TED – Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity — caring about the well-being of others seems like a...
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Spirituality
Andrew Cohen | June 28, 2012When God Falls
In the second decade of the 21st century, God is no longer “up there” ready to save us. Until very recently,...
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Relationships
Martha Beck | June 24, 2012Take the Leap
Psychologists tell us we’re born afraid of just two things. The first is loud noises. Do you recall...
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Life
Juan Enriquez | June 19, 2012New Human Species
At TED – Throughout human evolution, multiple versions of humans co-existed. Could we be mid-upgrade now? At TEDxSummit,...
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Life
Carl Richards | June 10, 2012The Right Way to Buy Happiness
Money can’t buy happiness. You hear this all the time, but is it true? I know we can...
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Sustainability
John Hardy | June 5, 2012Bali Green School
At TED – Join John Hardy on a tour of the Green School, his off-the-grid school in Bali...
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Spirituality
Megan Erickson | June 1, 2012Brain Wired for God?
What’s the Big Idea? Our Lady of Lourdes appears 18 times to a miller’s daughter collecting firewood in a small...
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Global
Chris Martenson | May 22, 2012Unfixable!
At YouTube – In this video Chris Martenson, economic analyst at http://chrismartenson.com and author of ‘The Crash Course’, explains...
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Career
Catherine Hakim | May 17, 2012Erotic Capital
Michelle and Barack Obama have it. Carla Bruni and David Beckham have it. Jordan has even made a...
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Spirituality
Andrew Cohen | May 12, 2012Do We Need Faith to Believe in Progress?
I’ve had some interesting thoughts about the science vs. religion, materialism vs. spirituality debate. Being a spiritual teacher...
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Relationships
Nathalie Himmelrich | May 3, 2012Being Mum – Being Child
For every mum there is a child and for every child there is a mum. This is one...
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Relationships
Diane Ackerman | April 28, 2012Neurobiology of Love
A RELATIVELY new field, called interpersonal neurobiology, draws its vigor from one of the great discoveries of our...
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Arts
Frank Warren | April 23, 2012PostSecrets
At TED – “Secrets can take many forms – they can be shocking, or silly, or soulful.” Frank...
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Career
Tony Schwartz | April 19, 2012Overcome Burn Out
The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time Why is it that between 25% and 50% of...
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Life
Penny Tompkins and James Lawley | April 15, 2012Maximising Serendipity
The ideas in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s brilliant new book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable...
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Life
Susan Cain | April 10, 2012The Power of Introverts
At TED – In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can...
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Relationships
Lynne Namka | April 5, 2012Escape Drama
The three roles of the Drama Triangle are the three main positions that unhappy families play as described...
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Relationships
Leo Babauta | April 1, 2012Peaceful Parent
There is no such thing as stress-free parenting. A reader requested that I share my thoughts on stress-free...
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Global
Gordon Ramsay | March 28, 2012Shark Bait
At YouTube – Gordon Ramsay loves sharks, and this passion leads him on his most personal mission yet...
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Career
Carly Anderson | March 23, 2012Stop with the Details!
How many times have you been in a meeting and the person who is speaking says something, and...