This interesting TED Talk by Joseph Liu begins with the question, “what do you do?” in reshaping how you look at your career. What are your feelings when you hear that question? Are you excited so you can share your answer with the world? Or do you worry about the prospect of someone asking it? […]
Can you embrace vulnerability in the workplace?
Vulnerability in the workplace is a topic that is gaining a wider interest. It’s easy to see why when watching Brenee Brown’s powerful TED Talk on the subject. We live in a world where people often numb ‘vulnerability’. Whether it be by trying to make the uncertain certain; using blame as a way to deflect […]
Is it okay to not have a career plan?
In this inspiring TED Talk, Mithila Palkar encourages us to learn to embrace the randomness of life and the many paths we can take. She highlights that it is okay to not have a plan. Charting her own journey to becoming an actress, Mithila shares how she had a passion, then things started to fall […]
The power of believing you can improve
With countless research studies to support the findings, Carol Dweck shares the power of believing you can improve in this great TED Talk. That children can be empowered with belief through some straight-forward changes makes this very exciting indeed. This is where Carol highlights the power of “yet”. Giving an example where instead of children […]
Feedback is a skill worth mastering
This TED Talk by Sheila Heen is an interesting insight on feedback. In it she talks about feedback being our relationship with the world, and the worlds relationship with us. The challenge with this is that feedback falls at the junction of 2 basic human needs. The first being the need to learn and grow […]