All posts tagged "Inspiring"
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Barking Like a Cat
What would you think of someone who said, “I would like to have a cat provided it barked”?...
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Loving Leadership
Love is not a word commonly connected with leadership. It’s not a term used to describe any job...
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Nahko Bear
Potent. Powerful. Inspiring. Beautiful… A piece of art. Make a cup of tea, put up on the big...
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What Makes a Modeller?
Modelling is at the heart of NLP: it’s the methodology that leaves behind the field’s famous “trail of...
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Transforming Communities
Artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn create community art by painting entire neighborhoods, and involving those who live...
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Doorway to Wonder
Childhood is surreal. Why shouldn’t children’s books be? In this whimsical talk, award-winning author Mac Barnett speaks about...
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Scientific Leap of Faith
While studying for his PhD in physics, Uri Alon thought he was a failure because all his research...
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The Power of Persistence
The sting of rejection is bitter, but it’s a necessary step to triumph. Even the best have been...
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Alex Pirouz on Leadership
When it comes to achieving business success, most people think it is mostly because of the strategy that...
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The Young Entepreneur
Maya Penn started her first company when she was 8 years old, and thinks deeply about how to...
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Ted talk – Want to be happy?
The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says...
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Tim Minchin
Comedian-musician Tim Minchin addresses graduates at the University of Western Australia where he was presented with an Honorary...
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Lessons Learned
Are there certain leaders that you find inspirational? Steve Jobs inspires me because he faced tremendous adversity in...
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It’s a Men’s Issue!
Domestic violence and sexual abuse are often called “women’s issues.” But in this bold, blunt talk, Jackson Katz...
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Neuro Plasticity & Coaching
The CNS (Central Nervous System) comprises the brain and spinal cord which together are the command and control...
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Facing Consequences
Everyone says you should let your child face natural consequences, but what exactly does this mean? Many parents...
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6 Habits of Remarkably Likeable People
They’re charming. They’re genuine. And they can make an entire room full of people smile. When you meet...
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To Visualise or Not
Do you visualise yourself achieving a goal? Has it helped you in the past? If you’re like me,...
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Help
At TED – When most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they think they can fix, they...
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Gaming for Health
At TED – When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she...
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Brain 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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The Power of Introverts
At TED – In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can...
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Why 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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The Generosity Experiment
At TEDxSiliconValley, The Generosity Experiment, Sasha Dichter is director of business development at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit VC...
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Resolving 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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The Hidden Power of Smiling
Ron Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals some surprising results. Did you know your...
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Happiness Quotent
Happiness is one of the hottest areas of economic research. But simply asking people how happy they are...
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3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed
Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in...
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Linguistic Genius of Babies
Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another — by listening to the...
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Can Visualisation Create Bad Judgement?
My coaching client Sophia had explored a business opportunity with a franchising organisation and was very excited to...
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How to Write Stuff People Will Want to Read
Smart business owners know that content is king for Internet marketing. This has always been true, but never...
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How To Live Before You Die
At his Stanford University commencement speech, Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar, urges us to...
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Crowd Accelerated Innovation
TED’s Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated...
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Drive Hard Bargains
If you want to negotiate a tough deal, make sure you are sitting on a hard chair. That’s...
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The Pattern Behind Self-Deception
Do you know why you believe? Human tendency is to believe strange things Michael Shermer explains what they...
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No Arms, No Legs, No Worries
Imagine being born without arms. No arms to wrap around someone, no hands to experience touch, or to...
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Late Bloomers
Why do we equate genius with precocity? 1. Ben Fountain was an associate in the real-estate practice at...
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I Have a Dream
Top the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. stood before 200,000 supporters to call for...
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A Dialogue on Sex and Spirit
Taj: I’ve noticed that when people talk about the union of sex and spirit what they usually mean...
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Awakening To Total Revolution
In a time when the survival of the human race is in question, to continue with the status...
