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2011: what are the 3 things ( in three sentences) that you learned this year watching TED?
As we we review our year what are 3 things you took from TED this year.
Was this your first year on ted or have you been a tedster for a while?
1. Sheryl Sandberg: "Sit at the table"
2. Brene Brown: vulnerability is a strength
3. Thomas Goetz: Motivating patients in their belief of their OWN capacity to change their outcomes.
Viet Dung Pham 20+
2. Issues we should care and take action.
3. Change myself, change yourselves and change the world itself.
Love TED so much.
Jon Miner
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_ballard_on_exploring_the_oceans.html
2. We can avoid being hit by an asteroid.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/phil_plait_how_to_defend_earth_from_asteroids.html
3. Private enterprise will take humanity to space.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/burt_rutan_sees_the_future_of_space.html
Marsellla Charron
Kriste Brushaber
1. There's a vast, underground wealth of change-agents/cultural creatives bubbling-up through the muck
2. The glass is definitely half-full, and plenty of room for beautiful, exciting manifestation of all this great thought
3. Time to act as much as listen, learn, and talk!
May this year be the tipping point to a positive future for all
Niraj Jani
Awesome sentence, "Time to act as much as listen, learn, and talk!"
its really inspiring
keep up the good working..keep posting
Varlan Allan 10+
2. Success is often a BIG step then many little steps.
3. The more we know, we realize the less know.
kwang khim chua
(a) Beauty in diversity - ie., everyone has a beautiful story of his/her life to tell;
(b) A big majority of people regardless of backgrounds and residence are earnestly doing their respective projects to make this a better world
(c) We should smell the roses while on our journeys of life in this world
Sabin Muntean 30+
- we should consider hiring hackers (http://www.ted.com/talks/misha_glenny_hire_the_hackers.html)
- that I should watch out for online filter bubbles (http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html)
- there is a hymn for hope (http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_whitacre_a_virtual_choir_2_000_voices_strong.html)
An honorable mention goes to all the tech and medicine talks as there were some great ones this year!
Deborah Zotian
1. Terry Moore - How to Tie your Shoes. I've been doing it wrong all these years! It really worked.
2. Jamil Abu-Wardeh - Righting writing wrongs. With humor
3. Just about any other Ted podcast that I downloaded.
I always learn something from the podcasts and pass them on to friends and co-workers. I'm so glad I found TED.
Autumn Frisco 10+
Adi Gupte
2. Pavan Sukhdev : Put a value on Nature!
3. Joe Sabia: the technology of storytelling.
dong xinliang
2.IN 2011 I like TED
3.IN 2012 I will introduce it to everyone surrounded me.
Autumn Frisco 10+
Susan J Caine
2. I'm going to need more time so I can peruse the many ideas on TED, so I can read intelligent conversations on any topic.
3. Obviously, since TED remained hidden from my view for years, my significant other was right - I'm not really that smart.
Thank you for being available to lesser mortals like myself. I'm so glad I found you.
Autumn Frisco 10+
You are not lesser by any means- glad to hear from you!
Don Wesley 50+
1. - Add value to the TED conversations
2. - Recognize value added by other members
3. - Keep comments short
Shawn Bellamak
1) I am not watching FOX NEWS in 2012
2) I am not reading the DRUDGE REPORT in 2012
3) I am going to join all the positive people on this site
Cheers to everyone! Shawn
Autumn Frisco 10+
Kriste Brushaber
Viet Dung Pham 20+
Kylie Dunn 10+
- consuming these inspirations was no longer enough, there was something about the talks this year that made me realise I needed to act
- I need to learn more about my personal drive and inspiration to ensure that I am being my authentic self
- we all have a knowledge/wisdom/unique insight within us that can inspire others.
That is why I started my Year of TED project in November 2011, you can follow the experience at www.kyliedunn.com. I couldn't possibly pick one talk from this year, or any other, that was a singular inspiration for this or other changes in my life or concepts of myself. However, if the talk appears in the blog as a Presentation I've Used then there is a good chance it's one that I really value - but that is not exclusively so.
I came to TED through being Stumbled onto Randy Pausch's talk, not actually a TED one but a curated talk - truly inspirational.
Autumn Frisco 10+
Kylie Dunn 10+
Jimmy Strobl 30+
I really don't know how to begin to asses the lessons that I've learned or the changes that I've made... And I also don't want to credit a single Talk or Conversation for changing my mind, it's the sum of all that I've experienced that have led me to insights that are greater then the parts (although many of the parts by themselves have also been truly mind-blowing and life changing).
But Brene's Talk "the Power of Vulnerability" http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html has perhaps been the most valuable lesson that I've learned, in all my life!
Raul sang right into my heart with "Everybody" http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/raul_midon_plays_everybody_and_peace_on_earth.html , his song and many, many Talks and Conversations has made me engaged in the world, I've gone from passive to active!
Lastly I'd like to mention that many (in fact most) of my definitions of what things are have changed or been refined, that includes my view on friendship. The friends that I've made here on TED are a constant source of inspiration in my daily life. I do think about many of you on a weekly basis and the knowledge that there are so many good, intelligent and awesome people in the world makes me want to to my very best to make the world a better place.
Well, that wasn't three sentences but it's been so long since I've felt the urge to write on TED so I hope you don't mind...
Autumn Frisco 10+
Glad to hear from you again!
Jimmy Strobl 30+
PREETI SESHADRI
I learn and drench in the new ideas
the sixth sense technology
hope to grow better with interactions and positive energy flowing
Robert Winner 50+
I rejoyce in the universal approach to all conversations
The ability to see through eyes of others that which I once took for granted
Interaction which has caused me to self analyze and grow from the results.
Tim Petersen
--There is a home with a warm fire burning and all are invited to sit at its edge...
--Around this fire are great hearts and minds seeking answers to very significant questions...
--From this fire grows the possibility of creating a better world for our children...
This aspiration is energized with each visit to the fires that burn at TED.
Autumn Frisco 10+
What was your first exposure? My first was Jill Bolte- Taylor :)
Tim Petersen
Many of my ideas are considered eccentric, to say the least, and I hope to utilize TED as an intellectual sounding board. I am interested in knowing how far, and how much are people willing to sacrifice if we are to restore a healthy future for our children, undoubtedly, we will be required to suffer considerably if we are ever to return to a more balanced path on this planet.
I feel very comfortable here at TED. The hearts and minds of the members are second to none that I have found anywhere Thanks, again..