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TED talks

Procrastination is thinking

March 31, 2017

“You call it procrastinating, I call it thinking.”

Aaron Sorkin

“Procrastinating is a vice when it comes to productivity, but it can be a virtue for creativity. What you see with a lot of great originals is that they are quick to start but they are slow to finish.”

Filed Under: Creativity Tagged With: procrastination, TED talks, video

Elizabeth Gilbert on success

January 25, 2015

“I knew well in advance that all of those people who had adored Eat Pray Love were going to be incredibly disappointed in whatever I wrote next because it wasn’t going to be Eat Pray Love, and all of those people who had hated Eat Pray Love were going to be incredibly disappointed in whatever I wrote next because it would provide evidence that I still lived.”

Hmm.

Filed Under: Creativity, Writing Tagged With: Elizabeth Gilbert, TED talks, video

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity, happiness and flow

December 12, 2012

Filed Under: Productivity, Writing Tagged With: flow, happiness, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, TED talks, video

Do schools kill creativity?

January 29, 2012

Sir Ken Robinson: “Do schools kill creativity?” Still the best TED talk ever.

Filed Under: Odds & Ends Tagged With: education, Ken Robinson, TED talks, video

How to Tie Your Shoes

June 21, 2011

Filed Under: Odds & Ends Tagged With: TED talks, video

How to Balance Work and Family

March 22, 2011

Nigel Marsh: How to Balance Work and Family

Filed Under: Odds & Ends Tagged With: TED talks, video

Daniel Pink: What Motivates Us

February 16, 2011

Filed Under: Creativity, Productivity Tagged With: Daniel Pink, motivation, TED talks, video

How to give a TED talk

January 8, 2011

A short documentary about what it takes to give a TED Talk.

“The thing is not to get self-conscious. It’s just like playing the piano. If you play the piano and suddenly start looking at your fingers … the music will stop.”
— Sir Ken Robinson

Filed Under: Odds & Ends Tagged With: Ken Robinson, presentations, TED talks, video

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