Tag Archives: #ted

How We Talk About Love

March 4, 2020Change, Friendship, Lifestyle, Recommended, TedTalks, Top Tips#change, #clever, #love, #reframe, #ted, #tedtalk, #thinkingTeam Booko

In love, we fall. We’re struck, we’re crushed, we swoon. We burn with passion. Love makes us crazy and makes us sick. Our hearts ache, and then they break. Talking about love in this way fundamentally shapes how we experience it, says writer Mandy Len Catron. In this Ted talk Catron highlights a different metaphor for love that may help us find more joy, and less suffering, in it.

Creative Houses from Reclaimed Stuff

February 19, 2020Change, Clean Living, Comedy, Design, Funny, Homemade, Homes, Learning, Lifestyle, TedTalks, Top Tips#homes, #interiors, #sustainability, #sustainableliving, #ted, #tedtalkTeam Booko

In this funny and inspiring talk, Dan Phillips tours us through a dozen homes he’s built in Texas using recycled and reclaimed materials in wildly creative ways. It’s worth a watch, and will make you consider how, and what, materials you’ll choose to build with.

What’s wrong with what we eat

January 29, 2020Clean Living, Food, Learning, Lifestyle, TedTalks#bonappetit, #Bookoaustralia, #booksonline, #cake, #cheapbooks, #Cookbooks, #cooking, #favouritefood, #imclever, #justasking, #latestcookbook, #Learning, #newbooks, #plantbased, #startoftheweek, #ted, #tedtalk, #treats, #whateverworks, #whatsfordinnerTeam Booko

In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what’s wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it’s putting the entire planet at risk.

Why it’s so hard to make healthy decisions

December 18, 2019Learning, TedTalks, Top Tips#Bookoaustralia, #health, #healthychoices#decisions#habits, #imclever, #inspire, #learning#newyearnewyou, #ted, #tedmed, #tedtalkTeam Booko

Why do we make poor decisions that we know are bad for our health? In this frank, funny talk, behavioral economist and health policy expert David Asch explains why our behavior is often irrational and shows how we can harness this to make better decisions and improve our health care system overall.

In praise of slowness

November 6, 2019TedTalks, Top Tips#beachholiday, #Bookoaustralia, #break, #christmasiscoming, #cleverchristmas, #endoftheyear, #holiday, #imclever, #needabreak, #routine, #slowdown, #slowness, #staycation, #ted, #tedtalk, #timeaway, #unplugTeam Booko

Journalist Carl Honore believes the Western world’s emphasis on speed erodes health, productivity and quality of life. But there’s a backlash brewing, as everyday people start putting the brakes on their all-too-modern lives. Take some time for yourself and enjoy this Ted Talk.

How books can open your mind

October 16, 2019Community, Learning, New authors, Personal development, School, Students, TedTalks, Top Books#Bookoaustralia, #books, #changeofplans, #dreams, #imclever, #journey, #lifegoals, #mind, #path, #Reading, #ted, #tedtalkTeam Booko

What happens when a dream you’ve held since childhood doesn’t come true? As Lisa Bu adjusted to a new life in the United States, she turned to books to expand her mind and create a new path for herself. She shares her unique approach to reading in this lovely, personal talk about the magic of books.

What reading slowly taught me about writing

October 9, 2019Learning, Lifestyle, Personal development, Recommended, TedTalks, Top Tips#authors, #bookaddict, #Bookoaustralia, #ilovebooks, #ilovereading, #imclever, #Reading, #readingslowly, #slowdown, #takeyourtime, #ted, #tedtalkTeam Booko

Reading slowly with her finger running beneath the words has led Jacqueline Woodson to a life of writing books to be savoured. In a lyrical talk, she invites us to slow down and appreciate stories that take us places we never thought we’d go and introduce us to people we never thought we’d meet.

Play is more than just fun

October 2, 2019Activities, Booko, Children, Design, Friendship, Gaming, Learning, Personal development, Recommended, TedTalks, Top Tips#Bookoaustralia, #buylegowithbooko, #childhood, #fun, #imclever, #LEGO, #legocollector, #play, #ted, #tedtalk, #toysTeam Booko

A pioneer in research on play, Dr. Stuart Brown says humour, games, roughhousing, flirtation and fantasy are more than just fun. Plenty of play in childhood makes for happy, smart adults and keeping it up can make us smarter at any age. This Ted Talk is an oldie but a goodie and watching it will make you want to play a little more.

What ping pong taught me about life

September 25, 2019Community, Friendship, Learning, Lifestyle, Recommended, Sport, TedTalks#Bookoaustralia, #games, #imclever, #lesson, #lifelesson, #pingpong, #sport, #ted, #tedtalk, #victory, #winning, #winningisnteverythingTeam Booko

Growing up in England, Pico Iyer was taught that the point of a game was to win. We’ve found a charming and profound ted talk where Pico explores what regular games of ping-pong in his neighborhood in Japan have revealed about the riddle of winning and shows why not knowing who’s won can feel like the ultimate victory.

One Dad’s mission to rebuild bonds between kids and their fathers

August 14, 2019Father's Day, Lifestyle, TedTalks#bonds, #Bookoaustralia, #cheapbooks, #connections, #dad, #dadsclever, #divorce, #families, #family, #Fathersday, #ilovedad, #imclever, #lessons, #mustwatch, #ted, #tedtalkTeam Booko

As a father of four, Dwight Stitt believes that family connection is everything. In this heartfelt ted talk, Stitt shares his own hardships of fatherhood in the wake of divorce. Determined to maintain strong bonds with his children, he imparts a collection of lessons that he hopes will keep all dads connected to their children.

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