In this TED Talk, Brad Jenkins shares 3 simple life lessons learned from his father when he was 9 years old. Using examples from his childhood and later working in the Oval Office during President Obama’s presidency, Brad highlights how these simple ideas can have such a big impact. These life lessons can be an […]

In this entertaining TED Talk, Shawn Achor brings positive psychology to life. He shows that by changing the lens through which we look at life, it enables happiness to flow more easily. The standard formula for happiness and success is often seen as: work harder equals more success equals becoming happier as a result. But […]

Multi-tasking conjures up many images in one’s mind. Generally, it’s one of somebody having five arms doing all these different activities at one time. Rather than being a conscious action, it often happens through the necessity to be all things to all people in this fast-paced world we live in. Research suggests that there is […]

This TED Talk by Bethany Butzer shares her background of becoming an “achievement addict”. Her reflections and subsequent research led her to the question, “can we achieve more by doing less?” Bethany distinguishes between 2 types of effort when working for success: Upstream effort – where you are expending a whole lot of energy and […]