The only time I used to watch Ted Talks was in school. Teachers would show them as either ways around teaching for the day, or to actually teach their lesson that they just felt this person explained better. Needless to say, if my teacher told me that we were watching one that day, I was excited. I have compiled together a list of Ted Talks that I believe are worth watching. They made a difference in my life and I am hoping they make a difference in yours too!
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Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are.
I was shown this gem in a communications class my sophomore year of college. This is my absolute favorite Ted Talk I have ever watched. I was so moved by her story because I felt it was similar to my own. Feeling like you’ve made it to a place where you don’t belong. When she acknowledges triumph I felt myself crying full blown in class, because I knew I could get to that point eventually too. “Fake it until you become it.” (I refrained from making a huge paragraph about this just so you could watch the whole thing and me not give a lot of it away.)
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Shonda Rhimes: My year of saying yes
Writer and producer of multiple hit tv shows such as Scandal, How To Get Away With Murder and Greys Anatomy, Shonda gives an inspirational speech about finding your way back to yourself once you have become burnt out. This is a much more recent Ted Talk that I discovered on my own time. I was searching for something to pick me up after a long day of not being home. Shonda taught me that I need to find time for the love in my life in order to truly be successful and happy.
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Carol Dweck: The power of believing you can improve
Last but not least, this gem is an essential watch when you are feeling like you are a failure. At one point, when I came back from my one failed semester at the University of Tennessee, I would lay in my bed some days and just cry. I asked my mother on multiple equations why I was a failure. I wanted to know why I was such a terrible person, that I couldn’t even hold onto my own dream. This Ted Talk showed me that there is substantial power in wanting to improve yourself. It made me see that in order to improve I had to first believe that it was possible. My failures did not define me. As long as I believed that I could improve, I would. And I did.
And there you have it! Three inspirational Ted Talks that changed my life. I think everyone could really benefit from watching them.
Have any Ted Talks you believe I should watch? I would love your suggestions below!
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Incredible post! I’ve heard so much about Ted Talks but never really knew where to begin. This looks like a great starting place 🙂
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Well thank you! I hope you continue to watch them! Thanks for reading!
I LOVE TedTalks! Such a better use of time, I believe, thawatching tv shows or other youtubing 😛 I am pinning these for later!
these are some awesome picks!! i love ted talks
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Pinning this one for later. So looking forward to it.
I’m glad (:
Thank you for sharing these! I love Ted Talks 🙂
Yeah no problem! Well they are amazing so I’m not surprised ✨
Nice collection. Thank you for the inspiration!
thank you for watching!/reading!
Awesome choices! Thanks for sharing. I feel so old, TED talks weren’t event in existence (i don’t think) when I was in school 🙂
That’s such a shame because they are so awesome!
A great learning tool if used appropriately!
There are so many great Ted Talks I have watched that I don’t even know where to start with recommendations.
Some of my favourites are not so much about self thought but are inspirational in there own way or in the case of Stella Young asking people to think about how people with disabilities are used for inspiration.
https://www.ted.com/talks/stella_young_i_m_not_your_inspiration_thank_you_very_much
https://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PENkzh0tWJs
https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TXEZ4tP06c&feature=youtu.be
Wow I thought I couldn’t come up with a short list but I did, proud of that lol.
Haha this is great! Super stoked to watch all of these!
Saving these to watch later! This is a good one: https://youtu.be/nLe-8y7Tddk
Ooo okay I’ll watch it later!
These look amazing!! I have only watched a few ted talks, and they changed me so much!!!
I watch them whenever I have the time. They can change my outlook so quickly! I absolutely love them!
Thank you for sharing his collection of your favorites. I learn so much from these talks, pinning! 🙂
Thank you so much! Hopefully someone else will find them and learn something too (:
These sound great. I’ll have to come back and listen to them when I have time this weekend.
You won’t be disappointed!
Oh I can’t wait ot watch these! I might turn them on and listen while driving!
It’ll be a great listen!
Thank you for sharing these! I love anything inspirational so I will definitely give these a watch.
I’m glad! Ted Talks are a gift from heaven! Really get me through the rough times, or when I just need a little boost!
I love Ted Talks! And I love this big round up of them. Perfect for catching up this summer!
I’ve watched all of these before and the Power of Believing you can Improve a couple times. I love Ted talks because I find them to be so realistic and attainable. Great post 🙂
They are truly awesome!
Yeah its like a sense of well they have felt this way and conquered it so I can too.
Thank you!
Can’t wait to watch these!
P.S. Your blog is GORGEOUS!
Thank you so much (:
Love the new logo for the blog!! Super cute and fits the theme. 🙂
TED talks are great short and informational speeches! You never fail to learn something from them!!
Thank you!
I really am in love with it!
And yeah they are I absolutely love them. I always seem to get so emotional when I watch them aha
I love the ted talk by Shonda! Really helped me come back to my center. I actually need to check out her book and finally read it. You should listen to Simon Sinek’s “Start With Why”, it’s awesome!
I haven’t read her book either so I will put that on my list of things to do!
And okay I definitely will!
I love Ted Talks!