The Latest
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Life
Penny Tompkins and James Lawley | March 18, 2012Self-Nudging
Choice architecture for the mind Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein propose that those of us who have a...
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Technology
Matthew Richtel | March 6, 2012Silicone Valley School Does Not Compute
LOS ALTOS, Calif. — The chief technology officer of eBay sends his children to a nine-classroom school here....
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Relationships
Amanda Gore | March 2, 201212 Steps to Love!
I woke up with a HUGE AH HA this morning! That the12 steps to JOY are the same...
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Relationships
Jeffrey Kluger | February 25, 2012The Sibling Bond
At TEDxAsheville, Jeffrey Kluger explores the profound life-long bond between brothers and sisters, and the influence of birth...
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Career
Marshall Goldsmith | February 20, 2012Leadership is a Contact Sport
Leadership is not just for leaders anymore. Top companies are beginning to understand that sustaining peak performance requires a...
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Relationships
Helen Fisher | February 16, 20128 Surprising Truths About Men
Busted: 8 Bold Facts About Men We hear a lot about what “men are like” in the media,...
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Wellbeing
Timothy Wilson | February 12, 2012Redirect
In this RSA talk Professor Wilson reveals how many conventional psychological therapies and interventions, including most self-help books,...
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Entrepreneurship
Leo Babauta | February 8, 2012Exclusive Interview: Stephen Covey on his Morning Routine
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” – Stephen Covey It’s...
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Career
Marshall Goldsmith | February 5, 2012FeedForward Instead of Feedback
Providing feedback has long been considered to be an essential skill for leaders. As they strive to achieve...
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Wellbeing
Winton Bates | February 1, 2012Encouraging a More Healthy Lifestyle?
Timothy Wilson’s book, ‘Redirect: The Surprising New science of Psychological Change’, is primarily about what he describes as...
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Entrepreneurship
Ali Brown | January 22, 2012How to Write Sale Letters that Sell
No matter what type of business you’re in — you’ve probably faced the challenge of trying to sell your...
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Community
Phyllis Rodriguez & Aicha El-Wafi | January 17, 20129/11 Mothers
At TEDxSiliconValley – Phyllis Rodriguez and Aicha el-Wafi have a powerful friendship born of unthinkable loss. Rodriguez’ son...
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Career
Kathy Rodwell | January 12, 2012How to Succeed in the Hidden Job Market
With research showing that an estimated 80% of jobs are “hidden” and only 20% are advertised, what does...
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Technology
Hans Rosling | January 4, 2012The Magic Washing Machine
At TEDxSiliconValley – What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for...
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Entrepreneurship
Ari Galper | January 1, 2012Lost Your Sale Mojo?
Sooner or later, we all backslide into old ways of thinking about selling that lead us down the...
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Success
Gihan Perera | December 28, 2011Managing Email Overload
Most people struggle with e-mail, but if you change your mindset about it, it can become a benefit...
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Money
Scott Pape | December 25, 201110min Money Management
I’ve met people who track their spending on a spreadsheet. They tend to have names like Ian and...
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Life
Tony Porter | December 20, 2011A Call to Men
At TEDxSiliconValley – Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don’t “act like a man.” Telling powerful...
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Success
James Holden | December 15, 2011Why New Year’s Resolutions Often Fail
Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.’ Marcus Tullius Cicero There are...
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Sustainability
Leon Ashby | December 9, 2011Alternative Perspective on Climate Change
“Scepticism is the highest of duties, and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.” So wrote Thomas Huxley, one...
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Wellbeing
Eve Ensler | December 5, 2011Suddenly My Body
At TEDxSiliconValley – Poet, writer, activist Eve Ensler lived in her head. In this powerful talk from TEDWomen,...
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Life
Impact Factory | December 1, 2011Enjoying Silly Season!
6 Tips For Surviving Christmas Stress The holiday season is one of the most stressful times of year....
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Success
Arianna Huffington | November 27, 2011How to Succeed Sleeping
In this short talk, Arianna Huffington shares a small idea that can awaken much bigger ones: the power...
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Life
Joan Halifax | November 23, 2011Compassion and the True Meaning of Empathy
>At TEDxSiliconValley – Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice...
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Sustainability
Graham Richardson | November 21, 2011The Dynamics of Climate Change
A Case Study in Organisational Learning Structured Abstract Purpose. Based in the discipline of applied consultancy-research, this...
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Entrepreneurship
Norman Chorn | November 18, 2011The Incomplete Leader
“Be a good leader. Be incomplete. Don’t be perfect, don’t even try….” There is evidence that the best...
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Entrepreneurship
Herminia Ibarra | November 13, 201110 Ways to Diversify an Inbred Network
Networks are essential for collaboration, innovation, and career development. But too many executives have networks that, while they...
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Relationships
Paul Zak | November 8, 2011Trust, Morality – and Oxytocin
At TEDxSiliconValley – What drives our desire to behave morally? Neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin...
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Entrepreneurship
Simon Reynolds | November 4, 2011The Power of Being Daring
One of the most underestimated parts of becoming a successful entrepreneur is increasing your level of daring. You...
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Entrepreneurship
Sue Knight | October 30, 2011NLP and Leadership
I am an international consultant and author, pioneering the use of NLP for people in business. My work...
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Wellbeing
Ben Goldacre | October 25, 2011Battling Bad Science
At TEDxSiliconValley, Battling Bad Science, Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence...
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Money
Scott Pape | October 20, 2011Raising Financially Fit Kids
This week I had the strangest experience. I was on my way to a lunch meeting with a...
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Career
Pip McKay | October 16, 20117 Steps to a Payrise or Promotion
Thinking about a pay rise? then it is probably overdue! Many women underestimate their value in the workforce...
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Community
Sasha Dichter | October 11, 2011The Generosity Experiment
At TEDxSiliconValley, The Generosity Experiment, Sasha Dichter is director of business development at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit VC...
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Arts
Karl Paulnack | September 23, 2011Music for Survival
One of my parents’ deepest fears, I suspect, is that society would not properly value me as a...
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Life
Brene Brown | September 20, 2011The Power of Vulnerability
At TEDxSiliconValley, The Power of Vulnerability , Brene Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love....
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Entrepreneurship
Sam Cawthorn | September 18, 2011Learning to Bounce Forward
Taken from a live Business Blueprint event, motivational speaker, Sam Cawthorn encourages small business owners to let their...
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Technology
Robert Dilts | September 18, 2011Resolving Conflicts with NLP
Conflict is defined as “a state of disharmony between incompatible or antithetical persons, ideas, or interests.” Psychologically, conflict is...
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Wellbeing
Nathaniel Branden | September 9, 2011Self-Esteem in the Information Age
This essay appears in the Drucker Foundation’s collection of business essays, The Organisation of the Future (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997)....
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Entrepreneurship
Tim Kane | September 4, 2011The Three Essential Messages of Steve Jobs (so far)
The retirement of Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple is perhaps a bigger earthquake in the world of...