Tag Archives: #tedtalk

Smash fear, learn anything.

March 20, 2019Entrepreneur, Personal development, TedTalks, Top Tips#business, #entrepreneur, #following, #inspire, #inspo, #socialmedia, #solopreneur, #startup, #strategy, #success, #tedtalk, #timferriss, 20, 2019Entrepreneur, development, March, Personal, TedTalks, Tips#sidehustle, TopTeam Booko

In this Ted Talk productivity guru Tim Ferriss’ fun, encouraging anecdotes show how one simple question “What’s the worst that could happen?” is all you need to learn to do anything.

How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas

March 13, 2019TedTalks#cleverthinking, #creativity, #entrepreneur, #ideas, #ted, #tedtalk, #thinkingTeam Booko

Do you sometimes have your most creative ideas while doing nothing in particular? In this eye-opening TED Talk Manoush Zomorodi explains the connection between spacing out and creativity. You can check out her book here.

Why you should make useless things

February 27, 2019Learning, Personal development, TedTalks#askquestions, #challenge, #creativity, #funny, #icouldmakethattoo, #imagination, #imagine, #inventions, #mustsee, #robots, #tedtalk, #uselessthingsTeam Booko

This Ted Talk made us laugh so hard. Not only does Simone Giertz share her craft of making useless robots. Her inventions rarely succeed, and that’s the point.

Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?

January 23, 20192019, Sport, TedTalks#athletes, #competition, #data, #evolution, #insights, #play, #sport, #sportingrecords, #summerofsport, #tedtalkTeam Booko

When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. But is that really the case?

Word Nerd Day 2019

January 9, 20192019, TedTalks, Writing#bookaddict, #books, #celebrate, #dictionary, #funny, #humans, #Learning, #Reading, #tedtalk, #wordnerdday, #wordsTeam Booko

It’s Word Nerd Day!

Ever wondered who actually decides which words make it into the dictionary? Language historian Anne Curzan gives a charming look at the humans behind dictionaries, and the choices they make.

Designing books if no laughing matter, okay it is.

November 14, 2018TedTalks#art, #books, #coverart, #Design, #funny, #mustsee, #ted, #tedtalkTeam Booko

Chip Kidd doesn’t judge books by their cover, he creates covers that embody the book and does so with a wicked sense of humor. In this hilarious talk, he shares the art and the philosophy behind his cover designs.

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals

September 19, 2018Learning, Personal development, TedTalks#tedtalk, #timferriss #control #fears #stress #coping #selfhelp #mustseeTeam Booko

In this great Ted Talk Tim Ferriss encourages us to fully envision and write down our fears in detail to help us thrive in high-stress environments. It’s a must watch.

What I’ve learned about parenting as a stay-at-home Dad

August 1, 2018Comedy, Father's Day, Learning, TedTalks#bestdadever, #dad, #family, #father, #Fathersday, #festivalofdad, #funny, #humour, #ideas, #ted, #tedtalkTeam Booko

After leaving a job he hated and a manager he didn’t get along with, Glen Henry went to work for an equally demanding boss: his kids. Now he’s documenting what he’s learned.

3 Rules to Spark Learning

June 13, 2018Learning, Personal development, TedTalks#creativity, #inspire, #Learning, #tedtalkTeam Booko

Chemistry teacher Ramsey Musallam realised something when he faced a life threatening illness…that he had been “pseudo-teaching”. It dawned on him that the true role of the educator was to cultivate curiosity.

This is a fun and personal Ted Talk, where Musallam gives 3 rules to spark imagination and learning, and get students excited about how the world works.

Adventures in Twitter

May 23, 2018TedTalks, Writing#audience, #creative, #experiment, #Fiction, #media, #shortstories, #stories, #storytelling, #tedtalk, #twitter, #WritingTeam Booko

Andrew Fitzgerald shares the fascinating history of new forms of creative experimentation of storytelling from radio through to twitter.