Jessica Ruby When faced with a big challenge where potential failure seems to lurk at every corner, maybe you’ve heard this advice before: “Be more confident.” And most likely, this is what you think when you hear it: “If only it were that simple.” But what is confidence? Take the belief that you are valuable, […]
Transcriber: TED Translators admin Reviewer: Ivana Korom We can all have a bad night of sleep and that’s perfectly normal, but how could we try to improve both the quantity and the quality of our sleep? [Sleeping with Science] (Music) Here are six scientifically grounded tips for better sleep. The first tip is regularity. Go […]
Your favorite athlete closes in for a victorious win. The crowd holds its breath, and, at the crucial moment, she misses the shot. That competitor just experienced the phenomenon known as “choking,” where despite months, even years, of practice, a person fails right when it matters most. Choking is common in sports, where performance often […]
it’s well understood by good parents that life should only ever get so exciting for a baby after friends have come round and brought presents and made animated faces after there’s been some cake and some cuddles after they’ve been a lot of bright lights and perhaps some songs – enough is enough the baby […]
Because this is what we have done all over the planet. – In a city, you’re packed in by buildings and infrastructure. In a suburb, everything is pretty spread out. Either of these can leave people feeling isolated and void of something cozy or communal. You know, like a neighborhood. – Neighborhood isn’t a place. […]
Transcriber: Judith Matz Reviewer: Tatjana Jevdjic Bigger welcome! Hello, San Francisco! TEDx oh my God, blinding light! Hi, everybody! How are you? . My name is Mel Robbins, and for the last seventeen years, I have done nothing but help people get everything that they want. Within reason! My husband’s here. So, I’ve done it […]
Transcriber: Leonardo Silva Reviewer: Denise RQ So, we all have some behavior that we would like to change about ourselves. And we certainly all want to help someone else change their behavior in a positive way. So, maybe it’s your kid, your spouse, your colleague. So I want to share some new research with you […]
In the summer of 1997, NASA’s Pathfinder spacecraft landed on the surface of Mars, and began transmitting incredible, iconic images back to Earth. But several days in, something went terribly wrong. The transmissions stopped. Pathfinder was, in effect, procrastinating: keeping itself fully occupied but failing to do its most important work. What was going on? […]