"There's a flip side to everything," the saying goes, and in 2 minutes, Derek Sivers shows this is true in a few ways you might not expect.

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

After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it's better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.

Through his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wants to lessen the burdens (and boredom) of creative people.

Counterintuitive advice that will help you set and achieve your goals for the short-term, long-term and those moments in between.

How does the metaphorical lightbulb go off? Is it a flash of genius? The power of crowds? These heady talks explore the nature of ideas themselves: Where they come from, how they evolve, and how each of us can nurture them.

Pearl Arredondo worked her way up from humble East L.A. beginnings, and as a high school teacher she now inspires other kids to do the same. Here are the talks that she thinks capture that spirit of drive and determination.

Hungry for inspiration but short on time? Watch these snack-sized talks.

What makes a great leader? These TED Talks offer surprising, nuanced approaches on how to inspire and empower others to do their very best.

A delightfully useful collection of explanations, how-tos and amusing trivia.

Daryl Hannah gathers TED Talks that span the globe, from the Black Hills Mountains of the United States to the underwater worlds of Antarctica.

A thoughtful selection of engaging TED Talks, translated into 40+ languages thanks to our wonderful TED Translators community!

About this event: TEDxNUS was an interesting idea confluence bringing to light the passionate stories of diverse individuals. TEDxNUS featured speakers such as Derek Sivers and Lakshmi Pratury.

(TED is on its annual two-week vacation. During the break, we’re posting playlists from the TEDTalks archive. We’ll be back with new talks on August 29th.) Some moments sparkle, and in their brevity lies their beauty. We look at the sheer joy of a glorious (and sometimes transcendent) moment, captured. Derek Sivers: How to start a movement...

June is otherwise known as Pride Month, a time to celebrate both the struggles and victories on the road to equality. So it feels very fitting that today, June 26, on the final day of their term, the Supreme Court delivered a pair of rulings that bolster gay marriage. Today, explore this compilation of talks about issues at the heart of this...

For the upcoming TED conference -- TED2012: Full Spectrum -- we're looking for 10 of the world’s best teachers to take the TED stage during a special session we’re calling The Classroom. We’re accepting video nominations to help track these people down. You can nominate yourself or a remarkable educator we should know about -- who doesn’t ha...

  TED.com volunteers translate talks into many languages, from commonly used (like Spanish and Mandarin Chinese) to a few less expected (like Klingon). And two new languages just joined our library: Latgalian and Tatar. Latgalian is officially the 104th language on TED.com. It’s spoken in Latgale, a region in the eastern part of Latvia...

TED Prize winners turn ideas into world-changing projects, with $1 million in seed money and the TED community’s support. Beyond having a solid track record of making high-impact change in their communities and beyond, all prize winners must be capable of one thing: dreaming big. Does this sound like you or someone you know? This morni...

Deadline extended to submit your short video: Dec. 5! For our next conference -- TED2012: Full Spectrum -- we're looking for 10 of the world’s best teachers to take the TED stage during a special session we’re calling The Classroom. We’re accepting video nominations to help track these people down. You can nominate yourself or a remarkable e...

A collaboration between TED and Japanese public broadcaster NHK is bringing TEDTalks to TV for the first time in Japan -- for Super Presentation! It's a series that harnesses TED speakers' persuasive ideas to teach English, empower a new generation of independent thinkers, and build hope one year after the Japanese tsunami. Friday night a...

About this event: You are cordially invited to the next TEDxTheHague salon at our brand new venue! Our May edition — themed On the Other Hand — is curated by TEDxTheHague. There are — at least — two sides to every story. Which one do you want to believe? Which one suits you best? Which one tells the story you're already telling yourself? We'll explore this them...

About this event: Chaired by Suffolk based, TED Music Director Thomas Dolby, the day will feature sessions on three different subjects: Perspectives, Play and Participation. Tod Machover, David Toop and United Visual Artists, with recorded talks from David Byrne and Mark Johnson. William Orbit, Louis Lortie and Nick Ryan present their thoughts on Play in a sessio...

On Thursday, December 10, India's INK Conference held its inaugural day of talks. Attendees gathered outside the theater doors at Lavasa Conference Center, anticipating three sessions of TED-like ideas. INK did not disappoint, delivering a day's worth of breathtaking perspective and innovation, both local and global. Session 1: Science...

About this event: This quote from Thomas Merton succinctly summed up our theme 'The Possibility of People' : “You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.” TEDx Sevenoaks,...

By Kylie Dunn What do you get when you cross a 39-year-old perfectionist with 54 TED Talks and far more honesty than any person probably needs to experience? You get my Year of TED. I’ve been inspired by TED Talks for years, and felt the urge to do something noteworthy and challenging to ring in my fortieth year on the planet. Inspira...

By Krystian Aparta, as told to Kate Torgovnick Silesian is a Slavic language spoken by about 500,000 people in a region of Poland known as Silesia. Because the region had been home to a large German population until World War II, and because it neighbors the Czech Republic, it consists largely of German and Czech vocabulary. But while it’...

About this event: TEDxNYIT on Oct. 10, 2013: Meta Resiliency “The Resiliency of Resiliency” NY, NY —On October 10, 2013, just prior to the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, the worlds leading thinkers, doers and visionaries will gather at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway for the TEDxNYIT event: Meta Resiliency "the resiliency of resiliency". 9:00-9:3...

About this event: TEDxIndianapolis 2014 featured a variety of talks and performances around the theme of Get Outside IN: finding hidden value, exploring the margins, and turning our viewpoints inside out. SESSION 1 8:46 AM Opening performance: Otaak 9:00 AM VIDEO: The Power of x 9:05 AM Neelay Bhatt: "You had me at Hello…Hola...Bonjour!" 9:13 AM Matthew ...

About this event:  Come join us Saturday, April 19th at TEDxSunnyvale! Watch, discuss, and participate. THEME: “Not Invented Here” Living in Silicon Valley we’re proud of all the wonderful inventions from our schools and our startups. But we don’t have an exclusive on inventiveness. Many things are invented elsewhere, or were first invented a long time ag...

By the second week of January, that resolution that once seemed so reasonable -- go to the gym every other day, read a book a week, only drink alcohol on weekends -- is starting to seem very … hard. As you are teetering on the edge of abandoning it all together, Kelly McGonigal is here to help. This Stanford University psychologist -- who sh...