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4 ENTRIESAndy Puddicombe makes a plainspoken case for creating brief periods without constant digital or mental stimulation. His talk is not about forcing the mind to become blank. Rather, it introduces the practice of noticing thoughts…
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
Shawn Achor's fast-moving TEDxBloomington talk challenges a common success story: work harder, achieve more, then finally feel happy. He argues that well-being can influence performance rather than merely follow it. His humor makes the idea memo
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
