Top 10 TED Talks on my index

 Quite recently, I became aware of TED talks and soon my mornings began to start afresh with a TED Talk. Today morning at 6 a.m, I finished watching 200th TED Talk. This is when I thought of indexing.  Here is my index of top 10 TED Talks :).

These are the ones, that have influenced my consciousness & my thought process in big way. In future post, I will talk more on these talks and many other TED talks that keep influencing me and many other. Till then, visit www.ted.com and enjoy the joy of listening to great talks and presenters.

1. Sir Ken Robinson  How schools kill creativity http://go.ted.com/bb6R

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. 

In his words "kids will take a chance. If they don't know, they'll have a go. Am I right? They're not frightened of being wrong. I don't mean to say that being wrong is the same thing as being creative. What we do know is, if you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original -- if you're not prepared to be wrong. And by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity. They have become frightened of being wrong. And we run our companies like this. We stigmatize mistakes."

2. Shawn Achor : The happy secret to better work  http://go.ted.com/bb6j

We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires productivity.

3. Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action http://go.ted.com/bb6g

Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers. Simon is an immensely passionate speaker. I use his "Golden Circle" to build my  strongly knitted team.

4. Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend -   - http://go.ted.com/bb6K

Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.

5. Amy Cuddy:  Your body language shapes who you are http://go.ted.com/bb6W

Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” -- standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident -- can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success.

6. Susan Cain:  The power of introverts http://go.ted.com/bb6q

In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated.

7. Guy Kawasaki  The art of innovation:  http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/The-art-of-innovation-Guy-Kawas

Guy Kawasaki is a special advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google. He is also the author of APE, What the Plus!, Enchantment, and nine other books. In Top 10 format talk he talks in detail on art of innovation through very interesting frame. Hugely passionate talk keeps you bound. "Great Products polarize people & Perfect your Pitch"

 8. Richard St. John : 8 secrets of success  http://go.ted.com/bbE9

 

Why do people succeed? Is it because they're smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.

9. Angela Lee Duckworth:  The key to success? Grit  http://go.ted.com/bbLx

Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of success.

10. Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory http://go.ted.com/bbLe

Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our "experiencing selves" and our "remembering selves" perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy — and our own self-awareness