Playlist

Words to live by

These speakers offer beautiful, sweeping, simple life advice — the kind to tuck in the back of your mind and let inspire you onward.

Diana Nyad

Never, ever give up

David Brooks

Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?

David Steindl-Rast

Want to be happy? Be grateful

Carol Dweck

The power of believing that you can improve

Ruth Chang

How to make hard choices

Margaret Heffernan

Dare to disagree

Kare Anderson

Be an opportunity maker

Matthieu Ricard

How to let altruism be your guide

Andrew Solomon

How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are

Dan Gilbert

The surprising science of happiness

Brené Brown

The power of vulnerability