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24 ENTRIESAmy Cuddy's TEDGlobal 2012 talk ‘Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are’ helped popularize power posing: the suggestion that adopting an expansive posture might influence confidence and performance. It is also an instructive case study in how
Psychiatrist Robert Waldinger's TEDxBeaconStreet talk ‘What Makes a Good Life?’ introduces findings from the long-running Harvard Study of Adult Development. It challenges the idea that status and wealth automatically produce a satisfying life a
In ‘Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,’ psychologist Angela Duckworth recounts moving from consulting into classroom teaching and becoming interested in why some students persist when learning is difficult. Her 2013 TED talk presents g
Psychologist Dan Gilbert's TED2004 talk ‘The Surprising Science of Happiness’ asks why people can feel satisfied after outcomes they once expected to be disappointing. He introduces the idea that people are capable of adapting psychologically to
