Four amazing TED Talks on four very different topics: Why we will all fail by Larry Smith, The power of introverts by Susan Cain, Happy secrets to better work from Shawn Achor, and No mistakes on the bandstand by Stefon Harris.
In this week's top links we learn that startups often commit suicide, explore why social networking utopia is still out of reach, get educated by Marlitta Hill, take a look at Google+, and delve into some of the greatest minds of our time. Enjoy!
In this week's links understand the excuses we make when we expect failure, meet 100 creative business people, learn to embrace failure, find a new way to teach and learn, and explore the myths of creation. Enjoy!
In this week's links discover the true value of education, understand the benefits of smiling, practice self-control, interact with the latest HTML5 video, and learn to focus on process over passion. Enjoy!
This video from RSA is based off of Dan Pink's lecture on motivation, an adaptation on his book Drive. The focus is related to the ideas of rewards and punishment and how they aren't as straightforward as we think.
In this video we get a taste of Jordan's ability to talk trash and play mind games with his opponents. What can we learn from him and his success? An introduction to emotional intelligence through basketball.
Education has been a hot topic lately and one of the biggest innovation to occur in this space as of late has been the Khan Academy. The Khan Academy is an amazingly simple yet brilliant platform that utilizes web video to engage with students and teach effectively
Welcome back to Sunday’s Top Links! I’m posting this from my mobile phone while on a road trip to Raleigh, gotta love technology. 1. 20 Predictions for the Next 25 Years From The Guardian (UK) we get 20 telling predictions of what will happen in the next 25 years, both the good and the bad. Predictions include politics, energy, gaming, nature, transport and more. 2. Create a PDF Resume from LinkedIn Need to make a resume? Why not utilize a new service from LinkedIn that allows you to use your profile to create a quick and easy resume and avoid all that tedious formatting. This one of many new features being rolled out by LinkedIn, who are making the most of their business social network. 3. 10 TED Talks for Entrepreneurs Need some inspiration for your next startup? Check out this compilation of 10 TED Talks focused on entrepreneurship, including talks from Seth Godin, Derek Sivers, and Gary Vaynerchuk. 4. Ten Questions For Game Changers A preview from the new book Practically Radical, we see ten questions that anyone who wants to be a game changer must be able to answer. Questions include being able to identify opportunities and assessing your customer loyalty. 5. Vimeo Video School Interested in learning how to create videos? Vimeo has launched a Video School through their website that teaches you everything you need to
In the first of 11 episodes on procrastination by Lernert & Sander, we see a monologue about a writer and his struggles with focusing on his work. Watch it below and unless you read Dutch you’ll have to read the subtitles, so I suggest you put it in fullscreen as its hard to read the white on white text… Enjoy! I don’t know about you, but I definitely am able to connect with a number of the themes in this video. How do we overcome this difficulty in focusing on the tasks we need to get done?? That’s a question we’d all love to know the answer to and a topic that I’ll explore further in a later post. Anyways, if you enjoyed the first episode, check out the rest of them here
The following is another fantastic video from RSA Animate based on the new book from Steven Johnson – “Where Good Ideas Come From”. He brings up some great concepts such as the ‘Liquid Network’ and the ‘Slow Hunch’ with respect to how we come up with the ideas that we do. This is a great preamble to what I’m sure will be a fantastic book. Check out the video below
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