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Happy Thanksgiving: Longest study on happiness!

A fascinating 75 year study to understand happiness. Authentic relationships lead to healthier and longer life. Be thankful for the families and friends in your lives. Keep working on imp…

[TedTalk] Why Incompetent People Think They're Amazing

This is a good reason to be aware of your biases - implicit or explicit. If you are interested in learning more about your implicit biases, harvard has an excellent tool to help you discove…

Relationship Skills: How do you identify and build better relationships?

Relationships matter. Building positive relationship is hard work but is a skill worth investing our time on. The first step of improving our relationship-building skills is to identify whe…

Pay attention to your posture (TedTalk)

You should pay attention to your posture in an effort to improve your fitness and health. I try to go for a walk or stand up every hour and this has been helpful for me. How specifically d…

Science Inspirations: My Robot is better than your robot and the Growth Mindset!

What does science mean to you? First day inspirational videos on science and the growth mindset. If you can think of other videos that inspire you towards science, feel free to post the…

Which of the 7 types of rest do you need and why? (TedTalk)

A lot of us mistakenly believe that sleep and rest are the same. Just discovered the 7 types of rest, and it is crucial that we develop the skills to accurately diagnose our needs, so we ca…

Blockchain technology such as bitcoin is the future and its here to stay [TedTalk]

Watch this great TedTalk to have a sense of the potential of blockchain technology. While I have yet to see it in action personally, it seems that the comparison of blockchain to Wikipedia …

TedTalk: Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator

Deadlines. We all have to try and meet them. I thought this was an inspirational TedTalk by Tim Urban, titled "Inside the Mind of a master procrastinator" to understand our mon…

Ted Talk: Dan Pink: The Puzzle of Motivation

As an educator, I constantly think about ways to incentivize and motivate myself as well as my students. We all need to be goal oriented in order to feel accomplishment and really …

TED Talk: How to make work-life balance work (Nigel Marsh)

I was quite impressed and inspired by this Ted-talk about the importance and possibility of work-life balance. I recall Google Founders, Sergey and Larry, bring up the same concept that a…

21st Century Leadership: How do you measure effectiveness?

I think the speaker, Rosalinde Torres, rightfully argues that leadership in the 21st century of technology is quite different from traditional leadership. She argues that you Great le…

Inspiring Interview with Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer!

I have been following the success of Marissa Mayer as the CEO of Yahoo and the turmoil that Yahoo has gone through before finding this gem. I have had many conversations with my professor…

TedTalk: How to make stress your friend

Your mindset makes a huge difference regarding how you respond to Stress. Short on time? Here a short condensed version (Only 3 Minutes): Source:  YouTube Here is the full TedTalk on St…

Inspirational Math

Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret to Better Work [TedTalk]

I wish I had his humor.

Ted Talk by Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

I had conducted a Poll with my colleagues and this was the most popular Ted Talks for them. Interesting presentation that I can highly recommend from Amy Cuddy. Watch it here .  Fake it t…

TedMed talk: David Blaine explains how he pushes limits

If you don't think this guy is crazy, I have to question your sanity. I do love his respect for science.

TedTalk: Want to live longer? Play games!

I have always advocated for making education more fun - just as fun as games. I see it as a game. You have an objective. You have to solve a challenge through creative means. Turns out, T…

Ted Talks: How great leaders inspire action

TED: Teaching Kids Real Math with Computers