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How passion becomes purpose
Be inspired to find the work you love to do with these TED Talks full of passion and zeal.
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05:59
Angela Lee Duckworth
Grit: The power of passion and perseverance
5 minutes 59 seconds
18:41
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow, the secret to happiness
18 minutes 41 seconds
07:04
Elizabeth Gilbert
Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
7 minutes 4 seconds
10:56
Noeline Kirabo
2 questions to uncover your passion -- and turn it into a career
10 minutes 56 seconds
20:57
Shekhar Kapur
We are the stories we tell ourselves
20 minutes 57 seconds
14:58
Larry Smith
Why you will fail to have a great career
14 minutes 58 seconds
17:07
Linda Hill
How to manage for collective creativity
17 minutes 7 seconds
10:14
BLACK
My journey to yo-yo mastery
10 minutes 14 seconds
09:47
Phil Hansen
Embrace the shake
9 minutes 47 seconds
16:40
Young-ha Kim
Be an artist, right now!
16 minutes 40 seconds
12:16
Emilie Wapnick
Why some of us don't have one true calling
12 minutes 16 seconds
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