The following video is in some ways a counter-weight to our book recommendation. We previously touched on the positivity of a healthy dose of optimism, which is an emotion inherently linked to certainty. When making decisions of importance, the amount of knowledge you have on...
Even though you’re too old to start on your own? Take it from Paul Tasner, it's never too late to reinvent yourself. After working continuously for other people for 40 years, Paul founded his own start-up at age 66, pairing his idea for a business...
Ruby Wax is a loud, funny woman — who spent much of her comedy career battling depression in silence. Now her work blends mental health advocacy and laughs. In this hilarious 8 minutes talk, Ms Wax questions why only disease of the body garners sympathy...
Marily Oppezzo is a behavioural and learning scientist and knows a thing or two about how to get the best out of our minds. If you are like most people, you may often get stuck when trying to come up with new ideas. Thankfully, the...
As investors in the stockmarket, it’s important that we understand the systems it’s built on – capitalism. In this quick, forward-thinking talk, Bhu Srinivasan provides a great explanation of how we should think about capitalism. Srinivasan researches the intersection of capitalism and technological progress. Instead of thinking...
This entertaining and informative video provides a simple summary of the stock market and six important lessons for a long-term investor. Going back to the Great Depression in the summer of 1932, investment journalist Robin Powell picks key lessons that many investors have failed to learn,...
What if we could actually make a disease disappear? Dr Rangan Chatterjee thinks you can. Often referred to as the doctor of the future, Rangan is changing the way that we look at illness and how medicine will be practised in years to come. He...
Most of us go through life trying to do our best at whatever we do; whether it's our job, family, school or something else. But why do we often feel that we aren’t making much progress? Why do we often feel that we aren’t getting...
Happiness, the elusive state of wellbeing, is what most of us seek every day. But is happiness all there is to life? Our society is obsessed with happiness but what if there's a more fulfilling path? This Ted Talk by Emily Esfahani Smith argues that there...
Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Economics at Duke University. In this short talk, Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of interest: How the pursuit of knowledge and insight can be affected, consciously or not, by short-sighted...