Author Archives: Ralph

Allow things to unfold and you will find your purpose in life | Peggy Oki | TEDxQueenstown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycB29FkoylE Translator: Phuong Cao Reviewer: Queenie Lee (Video starts) Peggy Oki: Oh my God! (Laughter) Captain Andy: It’s a whale. (Video ends) That was me in the background saying, “Oh my God!” while I was visiting with some humpback whale researchers in Alaska. The guy on the deck shouting, “It’s a whale!” (Laughter) that’s captain…

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Everything is Connected — Here’s How: | Tom Chi | TEDxTaipei

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPh3c8Sa37M Translator: Queenie Lee Reviewer: Rhonda Jacobs Hello.00:00:07 (Audience) Hello.00:00:09 My name is Tom Chi, and ever since I was a young child, I was determined to understand how the entire universe worked, and that fascination led me to my first job, at age 15 – I did astrophysical research with the Harvard-Smithsonian Observatory in…

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Stoicism as a philosophy for an ordinary life | Massimo Pigliucci | TEDxAthens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhn1Fe8cT0Q Translator: Tanya Cushman Reviewer: Peter van de Ven Imagine, if you will, that you’re walking down the streets of Athens 24 centuries ago, give or take. You might meet this guy: Zeno of Citium.00:00:24 He was a merchant, a Phoenician merchant.00:00:26 He was doing very well until a shipwreck destroyed everything and he lost…

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Rethinking anxiety: Learning to face fear | Dawn Huebner | TEDxAmoskeagMillyardWomen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jryCoo0BrRk Translator: Denise RQ Reviewer: Robert Deliman A little anxiety is a good thing.00:00:13 I kept telling myself that in the lead-up to today, but a little anxiety is good.00:00:18 It sharpens our senses and gets us ready to take on challenges. A lot of anxiety is another story, it’s a hindrance rather than a…

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The science of getting motivated | Ayelet Fishbach | TEDxChicago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8CegN1xssY Transcriber: Sigal Maya Reviewer: Emma Gon A good friend has recently shared that she’s feeling tired like really tired.00:00:18 Not “I did not get enough sleep” tired, but something deeper than that. She said she feels, and I’m quoting, “As if I have lost my motivation.” [Inaudible] because she’s so clearly dedicated to her…

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Carl Jung – How to Find Your Soul (written by Eternalised)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5J9i97Cyc8&t=128s This after skool presentation was  written and narrated by eternalized [Music] Swiss psychologist Carl Jung saw how the modern  materialistic world of money pleasure Fame and  00:00:18power did not lead to happiness but rather an  increasing sense of meaninglessness anxiety   suffering and loneliness he sought to bring  our attention back to the search of our…

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How to Think about Your Thoughts: You are not your thoughts, thoughts are not facts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OokoypZhxvQ 00:00:01How to think about your thoughts. Each, and every day, you have tens   of thousands of emotions, urges, memories,  concerns, and feelings moving through your mind.   They are there from the second you wake up  in the morning, all through the day, until   you go to sleep at night. Scientists estimate  that humans have…

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Change Your Life – One Tiny Step at a Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75d_29QWELk 00:00:01If you are like most people, there is a gap  between the person you are and the person you   wish to be. There are little things you think you  should do and big things you ought to achieve. From working out regularly, eating healthily,  learning a language, working on your novel,   reading more or…

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How Habits Can Change Your Life (and Your Brain)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN1aRN5bQQ0 Hey smart people, Joe here.00:00:02 What if I told you that the reason you had minty-fresh breath this morning was because 100 years ago an advertiser named Claude C. Hopkins was having trouble selling a brand of toothpaste? He needed to convince people that brushing their teeth should be a daily routine, and back…

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Break the Cycle of Addiction – Ram Dass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLGZeoC9WMs [Music] like Elizabeth Spring Tao  who was born here yesterday   we come into the world we come from being fully  at home and feeling that release that comes we  00:00:36have a little shadow of it when we come home at  the end of the day those of you that have a home   and put your…

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