Educate and Entertain

TED Talks

Daniel Levitin - How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed

Key Takeaways

• Recognize when you're under stress, and be able to put things in place for when that happens.
• In order to be calm when stressed, being prepared is an important way to mitigate this emotion.
• Utilizing breathing methods can help you stay on task and calm yourself down.

Simon Sinek - How great leaders inspire action

Key Takeaways

• Companies like Apple work their company based on what they believe in, rather than what they're trying to sell.
• Products don't sell because they're always good products, they sell because company values want customers to purchase them.
• Great leaders cause the people around them to become better and work towards a common goal of asking “why”.

Adam Grant - The surprising habits of original thinkers

Key Takeaways

• Procrastinating is sometimes a useful tool in promoting new ideas.
• Starting on projects too early can lead to lack of innovation, which results in poor overall performance for a company.
• Original thinkers spend an incredible time thinking about particular ideas, which allows them to Foster creativity.

RSA Animate

Barbara Ehrenreich - Smile or Die

• Being too positive about yourself can lead a person to become complacent.
• Examples of the 2008 financial crisis show that delusional thinking can lead to the demise of an economy.
• Optimism can lead to a form of social control within a society, which needs to be analyzed in the social construct of which it was formed.