👁Inside the mind of a master procrastinator
🧠Tim Urban
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Tim Urban knows that procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, Urban takes us on a journey through YouTube binges, Wikipedia rabbit holes and bouts of staring out the window -- and encourages us to think harder about what we're really procrastinating on, before we run out of time.
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#brain #comedy #decision_making #entertainment #humor #Internet #productivity #time #visualizations

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👁The power of vulnerability
🧠Brené Brown
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.
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#TEDx #communication #culture #depression #fear #mental_health #psychology #self #social_change

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👁How to speak so that people want to listen
🧠Julian Treasure
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣Have you ever felt like you're talking, but nobody is listening? Here's Julian Treasure to help. In this useful talk, the sound expert demonstrates the how-to's of powerful speaking -- from some handy vocal exercises to tips on how to speak with empathy. A talk that might help the world sound more beautiful.
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#culture #sound #communication

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👁The next outbreak? We're not ready
🧠Bill Gates
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 2014, the world avoided a global outbreak of Ebola, thanks to thousands of selfless health workers -- plus, frankly, some very good luck. In hindsight, we know what we should have done better. So, now's the time, Bill Gates suggests, to put all our good ideas into practice, from scenario planning to vaccine research to health worker training. As he says, "There's no need to panic ... but we need to get going."
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#disease #ebola #global_issues #medicine #war #pandemic #natural_disaster

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👁What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
🧠Robert Waldinger
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.
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#TEDx #aging #data #health #humanity #happiness #relationships #society #time

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👁10 things you didn't know about orgasm
🧠Mary Roach
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣"Bonk" author Mary Roach delves into obscure scientific research, some of it centuries old, to make 10 surprising claims about sexual climax, ranging from the bizarre to the hilarious. (This talk is aimed at adults. Viewer discretion advised.)
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#culture #history #humor #science #sex #writing #books

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👁Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model.
🧠Cameron Russell
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Cameron Russell admits she won "a genetic lottery": she's tall, pretty and an underwear model. But don't judge her by her looks. In this fearless talk, she takes a wry look at the industry that had her looking highly seductive at barely 16 years old.
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#TEDx #beauty #culture #fashion #photography

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👁The orchestra in my mouth
🧠Tom Thum
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣In a highly entertaining performance, beatboxer Tom Thum slings beats, comedy and a mouthful of instrumental impersonations into 11 minutes of creativity and fun that will make you smile.
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#TEDx #creativity #music #entertainment #performance

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👁How to spot a liar
🧠Pamela Meyer
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣On any given day we're lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lies can be subtle and counter-intuitive. Pamela Meyer, author of "Liespotting," shows the manners and "hotspots" used by those trained to recognize deception -- and she argues honesty is a value worth preserving. (Contains mature content)
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#culture #psychology #science #society

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👁The art of misdirection
🧠Apollo Robbins
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Hailed as the greatest pickpocket in the world, Apollo Robbins studies the quirks of human behavior as he steals your watch. In a hilarious demonstration, Robbins samples the buffet of the TEDGlobal 2013 audience, showing how the flaws in our perception make it possible to swipe a wallet and leave it on its owner’s shoulder while they remain clueless.
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#crime #entertainment

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👁The danger of a single story
🧠Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
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#Africa #culture #identity #storytelling #writing #books

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👁The power of introverts
🧠Susan Cain
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated.
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#business #culture #psychology #personality

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👁How to make stress your friend
🧠Kelly McGonigal
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.
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#body_language #health #psychology #mindfulness

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👁How I held my breath for 17 minutes
🧠David Blaine
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes -- a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) -- and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try this at home.
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#biology #magic #medicine #performance

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👁The puzzle of motivation
🧠Dan Pink
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward.
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#brain #business #creativity #motivation #science #social_change #work

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👁My stroke of insight
🧠Jill Bolte Taylor
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
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#biology #brain #consciousness #global_issues #illness #science

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👁Strange answers to the psychopath test
🧠Jon Ronson
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣Is there a definitive line that divides crazy from sane? With a hair-raising delivery, Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test, illuminates the gray areas between the two. (With live-mixed sound by Julian Treasure and animation by Evan Grant.)
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#culture #prison #storytelling

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👁Questions no one knows the answers to
🧠Chris Anderson (TED)
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣TED curator Chris Anderson shares his obsession with questions that no one (yet) knows the answers to. A short intro leads into two questions: Why can't we see evidence of alien life? And how many universes are there?
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#TED_Ed #education #science #philosophy #space #Planets #consciousness #math #physics

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👁Grit: The power of passion and perseverance
🧠Angela Lee Duckworth
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn't the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of "grit" as a predictor of success.
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#business #education #psychology #success

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👁10 ways to have a better conversation
🧠Celeste Headlee
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations -- and that most of us don't converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty, brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. In this insightful talk, she shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations. "Go out, talk to people, listen to people," she says. "And, most importantly, be prepared to be amazed."
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#communication #interview #personal_growth #TEDx #language

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