TED in 3 minutes (9 talks)

Is there something you've always meant to do, wanted to do, but just ... haven't? Matt Cutts suggests: Try it for 30 days. This short, lighthearted talk offers a neat way to think about setting and achieving goals.

TED2011, Filmed Mar 2011, Posted Jul 2011

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Why do people succeed? Is it because they're smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.

TED2005, Filmed Feb 2005, Posted Dec 2006

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Terry Moore found out he'd been tying his shoes the wrong way his whole life. In the spirit of TED, he takes the stage to share a better way. (Historical note: This was the very first 3-minute audience talk given from the TED stage, in 2005.)

TED2005, Filmed Feb 2005, Posted May 2011

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Rives tells a typographical fairy tale that's short and bittersweet ;)

TED2008, Filmed Feb 2008, Posted Oct 2008

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Carolyn Porco shares exciting new findings from the Cassini spacecraft's recent sweep of one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. Samples gathered from the moon's icy geysers hint that an ocean under its surface could harbor life.

TED2009, Filmed Feb 2009, Posted May 2009

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Stacey Kramer offers a moving, personal, 3-minute parable that shows how an unwanted experience -- frightening, traumatic, costly -- can turn out to be a priceless gift.

TED2010, Filmed Feb 2010, Posted Oct 2010

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Damon Horowitz teaches philosophy through the Prison University Project, bringing college-level classes to inmates of San Quentin State Prison. In this powerful short talk, he tells the story of an encounter with right and wrong that quickly gets personal.

TED2011, Filmed Mar 2011, Posted Nov 2011

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Colin Robertson had 3 minutes on the TED stage to tell the world about his solar-powered crowdsourced health care solution. And then...

TED2012, Filmed Mar 2012, Posted Mar 2012

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With help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. (Hint: it takes two.)

TED2010, Filmed Feb 2010, Posted Apr 2010

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