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I don't know if they're my favorite , but Rory Sutherland's two are excellent, and I think well worth watching especially if you ever think you might be trying to sell something to someone. Life lessons from an ad man: ( http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_a... ) Sweat the small stuff: ( http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_sweat_the_small_stu... )
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Wow. I'm almost done watching iti right now, and didn't catch him saying 'right?' at all; maybe it happens in the earlier part, but in the last few minutes, none at all. If he's saying it, I hardly think it's meant as some subtle pysch trick. Nor did I get the feeling that his claims of being wrong was in any way disingenuous. At worst it's a ploy to structure his talk. Every TED talk works off the assumption that th…
I thought the notion that plain old labor can be a more fulfilling path than following your dreams was a tacked-on message designed to help him wrap up his talk. But in fact, it's a naive, perhaps even willfully misleading suggestion. The examples Rowe used to back up this idea were unlikely mavericks who managed to turn undesirable or unremarkable jobs into fantastically successful businesses. Those people are just…
If you want to see a collection of inspiring videos on social entrepreneurship you can visit this site:
http://trendguardian.blogspot.com/search/label/Social%20Entr...
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That was fantastic, and I don't think I would have ever come across it otherwise. Thank you.
I didn't like it. Rowe has a disingenuously self-deprecating speaking style, where he says again and again how much he "got wrong", but the subtext is how smart he is for realizing certain things that the rest of us supposedly haven't. And his big insight is that for every Steve Jobs, we need a bunch of workers to actually build the iPods? Wow, golly. I also hate the verbal tic he demonstrates, which is becoming depr…
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This is one of those talks you either love or hate. I was surprised to see it was one of the highest rated TED talks (on another site) because for some reason I found it rather irritating.
What I find irritating is that a neuroscientist would be so easily drawn into mysterious, magical thinking about what was going on in her head. Of course, I suppose I might see things differently if a blood clot turned half of my brain off for a while.
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Wow. I'm almost done watching iti right now, and didn't catch him saying 'right?' at all; maybe it happens in the earlier part, but in the last few minutes, none at all. If he's saying it, I hardly think it's meant as some subtle pysch trick. Nor did I get the feeling that his claims of being wrong was in any way disingenuous. At worst it's a ploy to structure his talk. Every TED talk works off the assumption that th…
I thought the notion that plain old labor can be a more fulfilling path than following your dreams was a tacked-on message designed to help him wrap up his talk. But in fact, it's a naive, perhaps even willfully misleading suggestion. The examples Rowe used to back up this idea were unlikely mavericks who managed to turn undesirable or unremarkable jobs into fantastically successful businesses. Those people are just…
I think that's unfair to Rowe. He seems quite genuinely to believe two things:
1) The manual and/or menial labor required to keep society working is unfairly maligned, and this can become a problem if no one is willing to do it because it's not respected,
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2) During his show he has met people who are perfectly happy doing these jobs, so it IS entirely possible to be happy doing them.
I agree that the message felt a bit tacked on in that talk, but it is genuine. He seems to be dedicating himself to spreading that message (see http://www.mikeroweworks.com/) - I think he tried to pick the most interesting examples he could find for this talk, which turned out to be atypical, but most of the people he meets on his show are far from millionaire entrepreneurs.
I say it's unfair to Rowe because Malcolm Gladwell's theses are more pop science for entertainment. I don't think Rowe ever claims any kind of scientific method or results - he is more campaigning for his beliefs and trying to cause what he sees as necessary change in society.
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Wow. I'm almost done watching iti right now, and didn't catch him saying 'right?' at all; maybe it happens in the earlier part, but in the last few minutes, none at all. If he's saying it, I hardly think it's meant as some subtle pysch trick. Nor did I get the feeling that his claims of being wrong was in any way disingenuous. At worst it's a ploy to structure his talk. Every TED talk works off the assumption that th…
I thought the notion that plain old labor can be a more fulfilling path than following your dreams was a tacked-on message designed to help him wrap up his talk. But in fact, it's a naive, perhaps even willfully misleading suggestion. The examples Rowe used to back up this idea were unlikely mavericks who managed to turn undesirable or unremarkable jobs into fantastically successful businesses. Those people are just…
Manual labor is rewarding. It may not scale, but my guess is you'll feel a lot better internally when you finish building that shed than when you create a feature for your web app. He is celebrating our capacity to more or less 'suck it up' in order to get a task accomplished, and the sort of character that builds in oneself.
How does this translate to something you may be working on? There are tasks with running a business that you may not particularly enjoy, but it's your job to just get it done.
Respect hose who do the work that you don't want to. Embrace then, because they have a bigger impact in your life than you seen to acknowledge.
Clifford Stoll is mine.
Miru Kim speaking about her Urban Exploration Photograpy: http://blog.ted.com/2009/02/making_art_of_n.php
Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke... A neuroscientist that suffered from a stroke talked about the experience and the interesting conclusion that came from it.
This is one of those talks you either love or hate. I was surprised to see it was one of the highest rated TED talks (on another site) because for some reason I found it rather irritating.
As such trying to put the experience into words is going to be unsatisfying and even absurd. It's vaguely akin to describing the taste of a hamburger to someone who's never eaten beef or bread (or pickles, cheese, etc...). Words cannot suffice.