For those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery of them from www.ted.com:
“TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize”
This week’s talk is about something no one wants to be, but we all are, at least some of the time: being wrong. This is a compelling and important subject to stop and take the time to consider. Life never turns out exactly like you thought it would. We are wrong much of the time. What if we allowed that to be, rather than putting so much energy into avoiding it? What true inspiration might have a chance to arise if we could let go of being right and just relax into what is in each moment?
“Most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong. But what if we’re wrong about that? “Wrongologist” Kathryn Schulz makes a compelling case for not just admitting but embracing our fallibility.
Kathryn Schulz is the author of “Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error,” and writes “The Wrong Stuff,” a Slate series featuring interviews with high-profile people about how they think and feel about being wrong.”
Enjoy the talk!
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According to TED.com: For those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery of them from www.ted.com:
TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.
I’ve been focusing the last few weeks on TED Talks on creative arts themes. Last week we looked at the new street dance forms growing around the globe, TED Talk Thursdays – The LXD: In the Internet age, dance evolves, and today I’d like to introduce you to, one of my favorite groups, Pilobolus. According to TED:
Pilobolus began as an experiment among three guys and one puzzled professor in a Dartmouth dance class back in 1970. It was survival of the giddiest, as the three non-dancers goofed around with the material they’d been given — themselves — and got entangled in science-inspired poses (think: “soft-belly protoplasmic thing”) and movements. From these humble, biological beginnings has emerged an innovative, unlikely and almost-uncategorizable dance company that combines athleticism, grace and humor with a profound sense of unity.
There really aren’t words to describe what Pilobolus does, except to say it is creativity itself. I hope you enjoy this performance.
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Today I’d like to introduce you to a few people I’ve found on Youtube and Facebook who are an inspiration to us all. Settle in for the next 30 minutes or so and have your day transformed. Can’t stay that long? Watch what you can and come back later to finish. Give yourself that gift.
First let me introduce you to Jack Rushton:
From Youtube:
www.jackrushton.com. A quadriplegic on a respirator since 1989, Jack Rushton uses light comedy and inspirational messages to bring hope to those overcoming life’s challenges. Contact Jack at jrushton321@ca.rr.com.
I saw another video this week on Facebook that shows so simply and so clearly the miracle life would be if we just helped each other. I couldn’t find this to embed (if anyone know of such a location please leave a comment and I will embed it) but even if you don’t have a Facebook account, you can view this at:
(It is very short, but will open your heart. Take the time to click on it and then come back.)
And then, of course, you’ve probably already seen this, Jill Bolte Taylor’s Stoke of Insight. But it’s worth watching again. We have the capacity to view life in ways we never dreamed of and in doing so, change everything.
From Youtube:
http://www.ted.com Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.
What are your favorite inspirational videos? Please list them in the comments!
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For those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery of them from www.ted.com: