From TED.com What is a mistake? By talking through examples with his improvisational Jazz quartet, Stefon Harris walks us to a profound truth: many actions are perceived as mistakes only because we don’t react to them appropriately. Stefon Harris plays the vibraphone — and leads a jazz ensemble with a collaborative sound built on collective inspiration. […]
Success, Failure and The Drive To Keep Creating
– Elizabeth Gilbert
May 10, 2014 By
From TED.com “I don’t think you can come into your wisdom until you have made mistakes on your own skin and felt them in reality of your own life.” Elizabeth Gilbert, the well-known American author, essayist, short story writer, biographer, and novelist describes why in this TED talk . She gained a huge audience of […]
Mastery From Failure
and Near Wins
May 9, 2014 By
From TED.com Sarah Lewis is curator, historian and the author of the book “The Rise”. This inspiring book talks about finding success even in failures and near misses. She says that even failures can help us to obtain success. Because almost all of us surrender when we face trials. Sarah compares success to learning and perfecting archery. One just […]
The art and craft of bread
– Peter Reinhart
May 8, 2014 By
From TED.com Batch to batch, crust to crust … In tribute to the beloved staple food, baking master Peter Reinhart reflects on the cordial couplings (wheat and yeast, starch and heat) that give us our daily bread. Try not to eat a slice. Master breadmaker Peter Reinhart is also a teacher, author and theologian. Through his […]
Who Moved My Cheese?
– Spencer Johnson
May 7, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life, published on September 8, 1998, is a motivational book by Spencer Johnson written in the style of a parable or business fable. The text describes change in one’s work and life, and four typical reactions to said change by two mice and two “littlepeople”, during their […]
Leadership Is an Art
– Max De Pree
May 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Max Depree has made himself known in the business world as the chairman and CEO of Herman Miller, Inc. The record of this company is quite impressive. This company was named by Fortune magazine in 1989 as one of the ten best innovative and managed companies. One of the major strengths of the company presented […]
Dance vs. powerpoint, a modest proposal – John Bohannon + Black Label Movement”
May 5, 2014 By
From TED.com Use dancers instead of powerpoint. That’s science writer John Bohannon’s “modest proposal.” In this spellbinding choreographed talk he makes his case by example, aided by dancers from Black Label Movement. (Filmed at TEDxBrussels.) John Bohannon is a scientist and writer who runs the annual Dance Your Ph.D. contest. Black Label Movement is an explosively […]
Why me??? TRY ME!
May 4, 2014 By
When Life puts you in difficult situations, don’t say “why me?” Pull yourself up, push your chest out, keep your head high, And say, “C’mon Life….TRY ME!”
When ideas have sex
– Matt Ridley
May 3, 2014 By
From TED.com At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It’s not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is. Matt Ridley argues that, through history, the engine […]
Listen, learn … then lead
– General Stanley McChrystal
May 2, 2014 By
From TED.com Four-star general Stanley McChrystal shares what he learned about leadership over his decades in the military. How can you build a sense of shared purpose among people of many ages and skill sets? By listening and learning — and addressing the possibility of failure. General Stanley McChrystal is the former commander of U.S. […]
