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Playlist: Most popular TED Talks of 2017 (14 talks)

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.
Curated by TED · 14 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/most_popular_ted_talks_of_2017

Psychology: Understanding Happiness

TED Studies, created in collaboration with Wiley, are curated video collections — supplemented by rich educational materials — for students, educators and self-guided learners. In Understanding Happiness, expert explorers of the mind chart our understanding of how happiness is created and cultivated. Their insights challenge our most basic cultu...
https://www.ted.com/read/ted-studies/psychology

Stefan Sagmeister: Happiness by design

Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes the audience on a whimsical journey through moments of his life that made him happy -- and notes how many of these moments have to do with good design.
https://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_happiness_by_design

Stefan Sagmeister: 7 rules for making more happiness

Using simple, delightful illustrations, designer Stefan Sagmeister shares his latest thinking on happiness -- both the conscious and unconscious kind. His seven rules for life and design happiness can (with some customizations) apply to everyone seeking more joy.
https://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_7_rules_for_making_more_happiness

Playlist: Secrets to understanding life (10 talks)

From work and happiness, to love and success (and everything else in between), these talks offer insights on some of life's biggest secrets.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/secrets_to_understanding_life

Nancy Etcoff: Happiness and its surprises

Cognitive researcher Nancy Etcoff looks at happiness -- the ways we try to achieve and increase it, the way it's untethered to our real circumstances, and its surprising effect on our bodies.
https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_etcoff_happiness_and_its_surprises

Benjamin Wallace: The price of happiness

Can happiness be bought? To find out, author Benjamin Wallace sampled the world's most expensive products, including a bottle of 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc, 8 ounces of Kobe beef and the fabled (notorious) Kopi Luwak coffee. His critique may surprise you.
https://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_wallace_the_price_of_happiness

Caroline Winterer: America's pursuit of happiness and why it's gone wrong

We are so preoccupied with happiness that the Declaration of Independence guarantees our right to pursue it. But are we doing it right? Historian Caroline Winterer argues that what the founding fathers meant was public happiness, the need for citizens to work collectively toward a robust democracy. "Only public happiness," she explains, "creates...
https://www.ted.com/talks/caroline_winterer_america_s_pursuit_of_happiness_and_why_it_s_gone_wrong

Srikumar Rao: Plug into your hard-wired happiness

We all strive for happiness -- but we spend most of our lives learning to be unhappy, says Srikumar Rao. In this practical talk, he teaches how to break free of the "I'd be happy if ..." mental model, and embrace our hard-wired happiness.
https://www.ted.com/talks/srikumar_rao_plug_into_your_hard_wired_happiness

Dominic Price: What's your happiness score?

How do you rediscover a happier, more purpose-driven (and less productivity-obsessed) self in the wake of the pandemic? Quiz yourself alongside work futurist Dominic Price as he lays out a simple yet insightful four-part guide to assessing your life in ways that can help you reconnect with what's really important.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dominic_price_what_s_your_happiness_score

Graham Hill: Less stuff, more happiness

Writer and designer Graham Hill asks: Can having less stuff, in less room, lead to more happiness? He makes the case for taking up less space, and lays out three rules for editing your life.
https://www.ted.com/talks/graham_hill_less_stuff_more_happiness

Matthieu Ricard: The habits of happiness

What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says we can train our minds in habits of well-being, to generate a true sense of serenity and fulfillment.
https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_the_habits_of_happiness

Michael Norton: How to buy happiness

At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can indeed buy happiness -- when you don't spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and (of course) other people.
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_norton_how_to_buy_happiness

Malcolm Gladwell: Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce

"Tipping Point" author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry's pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce -- and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness.
https://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_choice_happiness_and_spaghetti_sauce

Eve Ensler: Happiness in body and soul

Eve Ensler, creator of "The Vagina Monologues," shares how a discussion about menopause with her friends led to talking about all sorts of sexual acts onstage, waging a global campaign to end violence toward women and finding her own happiness.
https://www.ted.com/talks/eve_ensler_happiness_in_body_and_soul

Laura Gassner Otting: Why doesn't success bring happiness?

Success is energizing. But it's also anxiety-provoking and exhausting. Each time we achieve it, we often tend to immediately seek out the next step upward. Drawing on a two-decade career in executive search, interviewing thousands of the most successful people in the world, Laura Gassner Otting explains why success doesn't bring happiness, and h...
https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_gassner_otting_why_doesn_t_success_bring_happiness

Daniel Sachau: Why money can't buy happiness

We've all heard the adage 'money doesn't buy happiness' and rolled our eyes a little. So life satisfaction researcher Daniel Sachau went a step further and decided to test the theory. In this eye-opening talk, Sachau examines the practical reasons why, once you hit a particular level of wealth, a big bank balance no longer corresponds with a hig...
https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_sachau_why_money_can_t_buy_happiness

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the secret to happiness

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of "flow."
https://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_flow_the_secret_to_happiness

Dan Gilbert: The surprising science of happiness

Dan Gilbert, author of "Stumbling on Happiness," challenges the idea that we'll be miserable if we don't get what we want. Our "psychological immune system" lets us feel truly happy even when things don't go as planned.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_the_surprising_science_of_happiness

Uma Adwani: The hidden messages in multiplication

For months Uma Adwani struggled to make a living in a new city, until she was hired to teach a subject she loathed most: math. Growing up Adwani despised the subject, but as she developed lesson plans for her class, she began to fall in love with its magic, poetry and symmetry. In this talk, Adwani shares the secret wisdom she's found hidden in ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/uma_adwani_the_hidden_messages_in_multiplication

Jennifer Allison: Art and awe as healing

For artist Jennifer Allison, everyday sounds can be overwhelming, certain clothes feel like rubbing against a cactus, and the number four is always royal blue. Allison suffers from a neurological condition called Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), which causes her brain to react to stimuli in illogical and sometimes painful ways. Through her wil...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_allison_art_and_awe_as_healing

Eddie Jaku: A Holocaust survivor's blueprint for happiness

In this deeply moving talk, Eddie Jaku -- a 99-year-old Holocaust survivor -- recounts his experiences and the powerful lessons he learned about the search for happiness.
https://www.ted.com/talks/eddie_jaku_a_holocaust_survivor_s_blueprint_for_happiness

Thomas Madrecki: Can we design cities for happiness?

City planners are already busy designing futures full of bike paths and LEED-certified buildings. But are they designing for our happiness? It's hard to define, and even harder to plan for, but urban planner Thomas Madrecki has a simple solution: Ask the public.
https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_madrecki_can_we_design_cities_for_happiness

Playlist: 10 days of positive thinking (10 talks)

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.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/10_days_of_positive_thinking

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

Summary analysis

After watching the collection of talks on Understanding Happiness, read a thoughtful recap of the major points in this TED Study, and learn where experts believe things are headed. Positive psychology: The wrap-up The field of positive psychology has already helped us to better understand happiness. As Martin Seligman explained, traditional psyc...
https://www.ted.com/read/ted-studies/psychology/summary-analysis

Playlist: Work happier (11 talks)

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.
Curated by Shawn Achor · 11 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/shawn_achor_work_happier

Mira Calix: Sound and sentiment

What does happiness sound like? What about misery? Musician Mira Calix explores the emotional qualities embedded in music and noise and shares a sound-based spectrum of human sentiments that emerged from her work.
https://www.ted.com/talks/mira_calix_sound_and_sentiment

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
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