Category Archives: Thought Provoking
Sir Ken Robinson on Education and Creativity
With humor and insight Sir Ken Robinson offers a forward-thinking perspective on education and posits that creativity is as important in our education systemas literacy.
Could Have Gotten Angry, but Flipped it Around
This violinist encounters a potentially annoying obstacle during his performance. But rather than succumbing to anger, he took the high road. Watch this brief clip for an excellent lesson in anger management.
Yellow Sticky Notes
Here is a cool and interesting video created on yellow sticky notes. It tracks the producer’s life over nine years and includes some world tragedies during the same time period. This is an enjoyable and provocative watch filled with lots of heart.
Brain Magic with Keith Barry
Watch this twenty minute video of Keith Barry famous Irish magician for a mind blowing display of magic. Keith Barry is well known for his skill as an illusionist and maker of magic, and it’s intriguing to try and figure out how he makes it happen.
Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index
Politicians and society think about success in terms of how much we produce. The higher our gross domestic product the better. However, this measure of progress, while it has helped the planet and its citizens on one level, on many other levels it has brought about great suffering. Nic Marks … Continue reading
Stefan Sagmeister: 7 rules for making more happiness
Happiness is the pot of gold we all seek in life, yet we don’t have a good understanding of what it takes to achieve this goal. Stefan Sagmeister reveals some surprising conclusions about happiness and how we could have more success in its pursuit.
Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success
Author Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success, such as material success, and shows them to be essentially mistaken. He then presents an alternative philosophy of success, which is more realistic and more likely to produce a happy life.
Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation
Daniel Pink has made extensive studies on the social science of motivation. In this talk he debunks the “incentive- motivation” and “reward- punishment”. The results of his work present some exciting good news, and offers a more hopeful, positive way forward.
Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better
One of the best anger management skills we could ever learn is how to listen better. Yet, as Julian Treasure tells us in this insightful talk, “We are losing our listening.” He describes how modern society is losing the ability to listen, and gives five suggestions for how we can … Continue reading
Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability
Brene Brown describes how human beings are connected, that in fact we are biologically hardwired for it. Her research reveals some exciting things about surprisingly, shame and vulnerability. One of the conclusions she discovered was that a willingness to be imperfect and fully embracing vulnerability are crucial to connection. This … Continue reading
