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[nny]

I know lovely people have pointed me at TED.com before but somehow it's never quite stuck and I'm not sure why; I could lose my life to this place, I'm pretty sure, and I'm already starting a list that I can consume when I have time, maybe at the rate of one a night when the planning and working and marking is done and the learning can begin.

Any links or recs or thoughts?

:D

(I would very like, I aim, I desire to be this guy, or to be able to say some of what he says. When I forget I'm going to come back and say this is what I will be and stop thinking about when my training is over, when I'm done and I'm finished and I'm good; instead think about how can I learn and be better and make this day more awesome than the last.)

Comments

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

The danger of a single story (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html), in case you haven't seen it already. Because it's just great. :)

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

That's the one that I remember most from TED, yes.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

That's what got me started. :D

[hestia-lacey.livejournal.com]

When I forget I'm going to come back and say this is what I will be and stop thinking about when my training is over, when I'm done and I'm finished and I'm good; instead think about how can I learn and be better and make this day more awesome than the last

This is exactly what I needed to hear today. I'm writing this in the notes part of my day planner, where all the helpful ideas go. Definitely something to back to when I have more days like today!

[villainny.livejournal.com]

♥ thanks! I'm glad it helps, I just need to remember it myself!

[flyakate]

Sarah Jones as a one-woman global village is amazing theater as well as interesting subject matter.

[siegeofangels.livejournal.com]

Erin McKean, about dictionaries (http://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary.html)

Aimee Mullins (http://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics.html) (also watch her earlier one)

Malcolm Gladwell (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce.html)

Seth Godin (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead.html)

edit: fix html, sorry.

[mattp.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y - Dan Pink talking about motivation (a little commerce-centric, but has relevance in other domains too)