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Potential

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Potential.

Video playlists about Potential

How to understand your inner potential

No one takes the same life path to personal success. These talks can help you examine and identify the unique passions and perspectives that make you, you.

Talks for when you want to start a business

Ever dreamed of starting your own business? These talks can help get your idea off the ground.

Talks to help you shake off rejection

Everyone faces rejection, sometimes on repeat. These speakers experienced a barrage of ‘no’s, but were able to push past the disappointment and keep on going. May their resilience inspire you.

The creative spark

What makes us create and innovate? Here, wildly creative thinkers share ideas and insights into what kindles genius.

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Talks about Potential

Step 1: The Puls‪e‬

2 questions to uncover your passion -- and turn it into a career

The "opportunity gap" in US public education -- and how to close it

Ipsita Dasgupta

To challenge the status quo, find a "co-conspirator"

How to bring affordable, sustainable electricity to Africa

What Bruce Lee can teach us about living fully

Albert-László Barabási

The real relationship between your age and your chance of success

"The Road Not Taken"

Brittany Packnett

How to build your confidence -- and spark it in others

Could a tattoo help you stay healthy?

Everything around you can become a computer

Karl Skjonnemand

The self-assembling computer chips of the future

Ashweetha Shetty

How education helped me rewrite my life

Danielle R. Moss

How we can help the "forgotten middle" reach their full potential

The impact of a TED Talk -- one year later

How to break bad management habits before they reach the next generation of leaders

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