TED transcripts

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The power of introverts | Susan Cain | TED
YouTube · 19 min
Susan Cain argues that Western schools and workplaces are designed for extroverts, marginalizing the third to a half of people who are introverts. Drawing on personal stories, history, and research…
How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED
YouTube · 14 min
Health psychologist Kelly McGonigal explains how she changed her mind about stress after research showed that believing stress is harmful, rather than stress itself, increases the risk of death. She…
What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness | Robert Waldinger | TED
YouTube · 13 min
Robert Waldinger, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, shares findings from a 75-year study tracking the lives of 724 men. The clearest lesson is that good relationships keep us…
The happy secret to better work | Shawn Achor
YouTube · 12 min
Shawn Achor uses a childhood story about his sister to introduce positive psychology, arguing that science focuses too much on the average and on negativity. He explains that 90% of long-term…
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth | TED
YouTube · 6 min
Angela Lee Duckworth describes leaving a management consulting job to teach seventh grade math in New York City, where she noticed that IQ did not distinguish her best and worst students. She became…

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