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Matt Killingsworth | TED Speaker

Researcher Matt Killingsworth designs studies that gather data on happiness. One takeaway? "A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind."
Happiness researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/matt_killingsworth

Carl Honoré | TED Speaker

Carl Honoré loves words: the way they appear on the page, the music they make when spoken and their power to change the world.
Writer, thinker, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/carl_honore

Chip Conley | TED Speaker

Chip Conley disrupted the hospitality industry -- twice.
Hospitality entrepreneur, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/chip_conley

Jessi Arrington | TED Speaker

Jessi Arrington is a color-loving designer based in Brooklyn.
Designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jessi_arrington

Robert Thurman | TED Speaker

The first American to be ordained a Tibetan Monk by the Dalai Lama, Robert A.F. Thurman is a scholar, author and tireless proponent of peace.
Buddhist scholar
https://www.ted.com/speakers/bob_thurman

Shawn Achor | TED Speaker

Shawn Achor is the CEO of Good Think Inc., where he researches and teaches about positive psychology.
Psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/shawn_achor

Luca Turin | TED Speaker

Biophysicist Luca Turin studies the science of smell. He's the author of Perfumes: The Guide, and the subject of Chandler Burr's 2003 book The Emperor of Scent. His next project: developing an artificial nose.
Nose
https://www.ted.com/speakers/luca_turin

Laura Trice | TED Speaker

Laura Trice is a counselor, life coach -- and purveyor of wholesome junk food.
Counselor, coach and baker
https://www.ted.com/speakers/laura_trice

Nic Marks | TED Speaker

Nic Marks gathers evidence about what makes us happy, and uses it to promote policy that puts the well-being of people and the planet first. He's the founder of the Centre for Well-Being at the UK think tank New Economics Foundation (NEF).
Happiness researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nic_marks

Maira Kalman | TED Speaker

Maira Kalman's wise, witty drawings have appeared on numberless New Yorker covers, in a dozen children's books, and throughout the pages of the Elements of Style. Her latest book, The Principles of Uncertainty, is the result of a year-long illustrated blog she kept for the New York Times.
Illustrator, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/maira_kalman

Itay Talgam | TED Speaker

After a decade-long conducting career in his native Israel, Itay Talgam has reinvented himself as a "conductor of people" -- in government, academia, business and education. He is the author of The Ignorant Maestro.
Conductor and leadership expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/itay_talgam

Jill Bolte Taylor | TED Speaker

Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened -- and has become a powerful voice for how we can choose to replace our stress, fear and anxiety with feelings of joy and deep inner peace.
Neuroanatomist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jill_bolte_taylor

Dan Gilbert | TED Speaker

Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong -- a premise he supports with intriguing research, and explains in his accessible and unexpectedly funny book, Stumbling on Happiness.
Psychologist; happiness expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/dan_gilbert

Martin Seligman | TED Speaker

Martin Seligman is the founder of positive psychology, a field of study that examines healthy states, such as happiness, strength of character and optimism.
Psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/martin_seligman

Richard Seymour | TED Speaker

As a partner in seymourpowell, Richard Seymour designs idea-driven products -- from household goods to trains and motorcycles.
Designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/richard_seymour

Matthieu Ricard | TED Speaker

Sometimes called the "happiest man in the world," Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk, author and photographer.
Monk, author, photographer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/matthieu_ricard

Neil Pasricha | TED Speaker

Neil Pasricha is one of the world's leading authorities on intentional living.
Thinker, writer, speaker, podcaster
https://www.ted.com/speakers/neil_pasricha

Paula Scher | TED Speaker

With a career that fuses rock and roll, corporate identity creation, and impressionistic geography, Paula Scher is a master conjurer of the instantly familiar.
Designer at play
https://www.ted.com/speakers/paula_scher

Barry Schwartz | TED Speaker

Barry Schwartz studies the link between economics and psychology, offering startling insights into modern life.
Psychology professor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/barry_schwartz

Scott Dinsmore | TED Speaker

Scott Dinsmore founded Live Your Legend, a career and connection platform to inspire people to find their passion.
Writer, traveler
https://www.ted.com/speakers/scott_dinsmore

Raul Midon | TED Speaker

Guitarist and singer Raul Midon blends flamenco, jazz and R&B to create a category-defying sound. His life story is as inspiring as his musical vision.
Guitarist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/raul_midon

Benjamin Wallace | TED Speaker

Benjamin Wallace is a journalist and author of The Billionaire's Vinegar, the true story of the world's most expensive bottle of (possibly phony?) wine. He's been a contributor to GQ, Details, Salon and The Washington Post.
Author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/benjamin_wallace

His Holiness the Karmapa | TED Speaker

Ogyen Trinley Dorje is the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, a revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism devoted to preserving and propagating Buddhist teachings.
Spiritual leader
https://www.ted.com/speakers/his_holiness_the_17th_karmapa

Lakshmi Pratury | TED Speaker

Lakshmi Pratury is the host of The INK Conference and was the co-host of TEDIndia 2009.
Connector
https://www.ted.com/speakers/lakshmi_pratury

Daniel Goleman | TED Speaker

Daniel Goleman, psychologist and award-winning author of Emotional Intelligence and other books on EI, challenges traditional measures of intelligence as a predictor of life success.
Psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/daniel_goleman

Caleb Chung | TED Speaker

Caleb Chung dreams up toys that interact with children. He's the inventor of Furby, a talking (and listening) robotic furball that sold some 50 million units in the late '90s. His newest plaything: Pleo the adorable robot dinosaur.
Toy designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/caleb_chung

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | TED Speaker

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi contributed pioneering work to our understanding of happiness, creativity, human fulfillment and the notion of "flow" -- a state of heightened focus and immersion in activities such as art, play and work.
Positive psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi

Emily Esfahani Smith | TED Speaker

In her book "The Power of Meaning," Emily Esfahani Smith rounds up the latest research -- and the stories of fascinating people she interviewed -- to argue that the search for meaning is far more fulfilling than the pursuit of personal happiness.
Journalist, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/emily_esfahani_smith

Tshering Tobgay | TED Speaker

Tshering Tobgay is the president of the People's Democratic Party in Bhutan.
Politician, environmentalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tshering_tobgay

Andy Puddicombe | TED Speaker

Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe wants to make meditation accessible to everybody: for a happier, healthier you.
Mindfulness expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/andy_puddicombe
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