10 Amazing Speeches / Talks That Will Change The Way You See The World
These speeches/talks will blow your mind. They are jaw-dropping, persuasive, courageous, ingenious, fascinating, funny and/or inspiring! Anything we should add to the list? (add your comment below)
1. Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address [15 minutes]
Stay Hungry Stay Foolish
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
“Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urges graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks– including death itself”.
2. Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture [76 minutes]
Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
“Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. Pausch talkes about his lessons learned and gives advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals”.
To learn more about Randy Pausch, visit his website:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/
3. Sir Ken Robinson @ TED [20 minutes]
Do Schools Today Kill Creativity?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY
“A must-see for every parent and teacher. Education guru Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. Sir Ken Robinson is author of “Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative,” and a leading expert on innovation in education and business. (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA)”.
For more amazing TED videos, visit:
http://www.ted.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/tedtalksdirector
4. Dan Ariely @ TED [17 minutes]
Are We in Control of Our Decisions?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X68dm92HVI
“Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we’re not as rational as we think when we make decisions”.
5. Dan Gilbert @ TED [22 minutes]
Why are we happy? Why aren’t we happy?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTO_dZUvbJA
“Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that well be miserable if we dont get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things dont go as planned”.
6. Ellen DeGeneres [9 minutes]
2009 Tulane University Commencement
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JccudODwwY
“Life is like one big Mardi Gras, but instead of showing your boobs, show people your brain and if they life what they see, you’ll have more beads than you know what to do with… Be true to yourself and everything else will be fine…”
7. Tony Robbins @ TED [22 minutes]
Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpc-t-Uwv1I
“Tony Robbins discusses the “invisible forces” that make us do what we do and the six basic human needs”
8. Elizabeth Gilbert @ TED [20 minutes]
A new way to think about creativity
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86x-u-tz0MA
“Eat, Pray, Love” Author Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius.
9. Simon Sinek @ TED [18 minutes]
How great leaders inspire action
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0HIF3SfI4
10. Daniel Pink @ TED [18 minutes]
The Surprising Science of Motivation
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y