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Playlist: How to motivate your best self (10 talks)

In need of a shot of inspiration to be a better you? Level up with these inspiring and insightful talks designed to expand your mindset, invite reflection and redefine your sense of self. (Curated in partnership with RW&CO., Always On The Rise.)
Curated by TED · 10 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/how_to_motivate_your_best_self

Playlist: Motivation for the New Year (and every day, really) (12 talks)

The same resolutions every year -- get more sleep, eat healthier -- we know the drill. Let these talks inspire you to keep with those goals and perhaps add a few more to your list too.
Curated by TED · 12 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/motivation_for_the_new_year_and_every_day_really

Peggy Orenstein | TED Speaker

In her groundbreaking book Girls & Sex, Peggy Orenstein explores the changing landscape of modern sexual expectations and its troubling impact on adolescents and young women.
Journalist, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/peggy_orenstein

Mindy Scheier | TED Speaker

Mindy Scheier is the founder of the Runway of Dreams Foundation. Prior to launching the nonprofit, Mindy spent over 20 years working in fashion as a key member of the design team for the INC collection and stylist for Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City.
Fashion designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mindy_scheier

Matthew Williams | TED Speaker

Matthew Williams believes that sport has the power to change lives.
Special Olympics International Sargent Shriver Global Messenger
https://www.ted.com/speakers/matthew_williams

Emily King | TED Speaker

Musician Emily King is living proof that if you want to change your mind (and your art), the best thing you can do is change your scenery.
Singer, songwriter
https://www.ted.com/speakers/emily_king

Playlist: The most popular talks of 2019 (19 talks)

Which TED Talks were watched most in 2019? These talks reflect a year defined by fighting for what's right, believing in the good despite all the bad, supporting others and yourself -- and hoping for the best in the decade to come.
Curated by TED · 19 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/the_most_popular_talks_of_2019

Aimée Eubanks Davis | TED Speaker

Aimée Eubanks Davis believes that our next generation of leaders will emerge from everywhere.
Education entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/aimee_eubanks_davis

Building creative confidence: David Kelley at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson David Kelley starts off his story in third grade, at Oakdale School in Ohio. His friend Brian was making a horse out of clay. One of the girls sitting at his table looked over and said, "that's terrible! That's not what a horse looks like." Brian's shoulders sank, he wadded up the clay and threw away his horse...
Posted March 1, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/03/01/building-creative-confidence-david-kelley-at-ted2012

Susan Robinson | TED Speaker

Susan Robinson is a business leader, inspirational speaker, blogger, entrepreneur and TED Resident. And she is legally blind.
Business executive, entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/susan_robinson

Wendy MacNaughton | TED Speaker

An illustrator and graphic journalist with a background in social work, Wendy MacNaughton believes drawing is an essential tool to help everyone -- young and old -- slow down, look closely and connect with one another.
Illustrator, graphic journalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/wendy_macnaughton

Rory Stewart | TED Speaker

Rory Stewart -- a perpetual pedestrian, a diplomat, an adventurer and an author -- is the member of British Parliament for Penrith and the Border.
Politician
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rory_stewart

Meaghan Ramsey | TED Speaker

Meaghan Ramsey believes in business growth that stems from real social change.
Self-esteem advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/meaghan_ramsey

Jessica Garza | TED Speaker

Dr. Jessica Garza is an accomplished global business, sport and transformational coach, speaker and author.
Sport and performance consultant
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jessica_garza

Some examples of how power posing can actually boost your confidence

UPDATE OCTOBER 2017: The science of power poses is one of ongoing study. Please check our update on Amy Cuddy's talk for the latest research in this area of science. There's one very important thing that everyone should do before heading into a job interview, giving a big speech or attempting an athletic feat. According to Amy Cuddy, a so...
Posted October 1, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/10/01/10-examples-of-how-power-posing-can-work-to-boost-your-confidence

TEDxNaguanagua - an independently organized event

About this event: This year we choose Confidence as our main event theme, since it's one of the basics of human interaction. All human relations are based in the confidence between the individuals. But isn't only present in that form, and it's because our economic systems are based in the Confidence that we as society has in it, as we do in all kinds of instituti...
Event details: Naguanagua, Carabobo, Venezuela · December 6, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/30765

Renee Montgomery | TED Speaker

In addition to her incredible WNBA basketball career, Renee Montgomery is a vocal advocate for equality and social justice reform.
WNBA champion, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/renee_montgomery

TEDxKPMGRiyadh - an independently organized event

About this event: Through inspiring confidence and empowering change, our theme for TEDxKPMGRiyadh aims to unlock the potential of young professionals from a diverse range of backgrounds and inspire them to be the leaders of the future. Here’s to ideas worth spreading Here’s to inspiring confidence and empowering change
Event details: Riyadh, Ar Riyāḑ, Saudi Arabia · May 12, 2016
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/17256

Joanne Chory | TED Speaker

Recognized as one of the greatest scientific innovators of our time, Joanne Chory studies the genetic codes of plants. Her goal: to use plants to help fight climate change.
Plant geneticist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/joanne_chory

Thomas Barnett | TED Speaker

Strategic planner Thomas Barnett has advised US leaders on national security since the end of the Cold War. His bold ideas about the future of warfare and the military are spelled out in his best-selling book The Pentagon's New Map.
Military strategist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/thomas_barnett

Kevin B. Jones | TED Speaker

Kevin B. Jones is a life-long student of human nature, fascinated most by the decision-making capacity intrinsic to each of us.
Cancer researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kevin_jones

Matilda Ho | TED Speaker

TED Fellow Matilda Ho is shaping the startup landscape to create more sustainable food systems in China.
Serial entrepreneur, investor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/matilda_ho

TEDxRochesterHillsPublicLibrary - an independently organized event

About this event: Experience videos of talks about being yourself and standing strong. Videos will touch on bullying, confidence, and self-discovery. Limited seating available.
Event details: Rochester, Michigan, United States · September 16, 2017
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/23271

TEDxSalzburg: BE PROUD - an independently organized event

About this event: Only bad news is good news. The saying is outdated while the fact is: wherever we follow the news we read about war, crime, collapse and tragedy. Information that does not encourage or foster confidence: Failure is an ever present topic and therefore an everpresent fear. "Will I fail?". Allain de Botton said at the TEDActive conference in Oxford...
Event details: Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria · September 29, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/3923

TEDxCalgarySalon - an independently organized event

About this event: Join us as we watch a pre-recorded TEDTalk and discuss "confidence", failure, and perseverance. We look forward to seeing you there!
Event details: Calgary, Alberta, Canada · June 4, 2019
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/35147

"Love brings self-confidence": 7 quotes from His Holiness the Dalai Lama at TED2015

On the final day of TED2015, Curator Chris Anderson reveals an exclusive video conversation between him and his Holiness the Dalai Lama, filmed in Vancouver in October 2014. In their talk, the Dalai Lama speaks about two kinds of happiness, how all humans can coexist, and the cooperation between science and Buddhism. And most important, that...
Posted March 20, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/03/20/love-brings-self-confidence-the-dalai-lama-at-ted2015

TEDxFerrara: TEDxFerrara 20210903 - an independently organized event

About this event: The consequences of 2020 are not just a political and economical matter, we’ve all been affected society. This pandemic was the nail in the coffin of the already exhausted younger and old generation that was facing many challenges, such as the stillness of the job market and the underlying feeling of disconnection and exclusion from social dynam...
Event details: Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy · September 3, 2021
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/43672

Tom Rivett-Carnac | TED Speaker

A political strategist focused on creating a better future, Tom Rivett-Carnac works at the highest levels of business and government to find creative ways to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis.
Political strategist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tom_rivett_carnac

TEDxCoventGardenSalon - an independently organized event

About this event: As part of our new series of #TEDxCoventGardenSalon events we cannot wait for the first one up with our very own TEDxCoventGardenWomen previous speaker, the wonderful Michelle Elman on 4th Sep. Michelle, a leading part of the body positive movement, is not only a bestselling author, but also a five-board accredited body confidence coach and an ...
Event details: London, London, City of, United Kingdom · September 3, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/30386

TEDxIncheonUSalon - an independently organized event

About this event: The thing that feel to experience TED, Confidence, Break expectations, Interesting, Show more than expectations. AND The thing that "THE UNEXPECTED PRESENT" is given when your usual days. How your moment is in ?
Event details: Incheon, Incheon Gwang'yeogsi, South Korea · December 2, 2016
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/18143
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