What a year! These 14 talks challenged our perceptions of love, happiness, what the future will hold ... and, um, the very nature of reality itself.

From work and happiness, to love and success (and everything else in between), these talks offer insights on some of life's biggest secrets.

A fun, uplifting challenge: For the next 10 days, watch one TED Talk from this list to shift yourself into a life of positive thinking.

How to be happier at work? Start by focusing on happiness -- not, surprisingly, on work. We learned this fun fact from Shawn Achor's TED Talk. So we asked Achor to choose some more talks he loves, about making work and life a happier place.

These TED Talks will help you conjure up massive amounts of gratitude.

Are schools killing creativity? What makes a great leader? How can I find happiness? These 25 talks are the ones that you and your fellow TED fans just can't stop sharing. (Updated January 2023)

Fun doesn’t stop at adulthood. Reconnect with your sense of wonder and imagination in these playful talks.

Everyone wants to be happy. But how, exactly, does one go about it? Here, psychologists, journalists, Buddhist monks and more gives answers that may surprise.

A simple ode to joy and the light it brings.

Fascinating, insightful talks on what it means to be human and live a good life.

It's easy to get caught up in the daily dramas of life. These talks can help you step back, slow down and appreciate the bigger picture.

Popular business author Dan Pink picks his 5 favorite TED Talks on how to find greater success at work.

At the beck and call of your technology's beeps and buzzes? Let these talks inspire you to step back from your screen and engage with the immediate world around you.

Feel that same warmth when you see puppies, giggling babies, or elderly people in love with these uplifting talks.

Stefan Sagmeister prefers to watch with company: “I find watching TED Talks the most brilliant alternative to watching TV, especially with someone else while stopping and going and stopping and discussing it all.”

These talks can help you fine tune your composure in the face of frustration.

Worn out? Exhausted? Bleary-eyed? If you need a little something to ease your frustration and get you back in the spirit, this collection of talks should help.

It never hurts to have a basic set of guiding principles. Let these insightful talks help shape, redefine and build out your own leadership goals.

Love: it’s what makes the world go round. And also: all you need. As well as that thing, in addition to war, in which all is fair. Here, TED Talks about this most basic of human emotions.

Not sure what to do with your one precious life? These talks help you find the path that only you could take.

There are several ways to help artists: showing up to events, spreading the word ... (and yes, money does help, too).

Bad days happen to good people. Here are talks guaranteed to help cheer you up.

The world is moving fast. These talks will inspire you to take the time to process it all.

Ryan Coogler, director of "Creed" and "Fruitvale Station," picks his 6 favorite talks.

There's never a bad time to start a good habit. Let these talks set the framework for a healthier, happier life.

Appreciate your space in new ways with these fun, insightful talks that will help guide you in redesigning the place you call home.

These talks can help guide you in nurturing close, meaningful bonds with a long-distance partner, family, a new acquaintance or anyone in between.

Mothers have so many roles: nurturer, provider, disciplinarian, confidant, mentor, friend, protector. These incredible talks demonstrate all of the above.

Talks on why some choices are so tough, and how we can make better ones. Some even ask: are we really in control of our choices at all?

Spellbinding, stimulating, seductive ... science? Here, the 10 most-watched science talks on TED.com. See why.