Some of you may have heard of TED talks before. I first heard of them through Grey's Anatomy, doctor's went to TED talks every year as it was the place to be for new ideas and a healthy dose of inspiration.
TED is basically a non-profit organisation and they are on a mission. They want to spread ideas and get the world thinking and they are doing so in quite the genius way. Each TED talk is usually somewhere between five and twenty minutes long. The variety of themes and sub categories are endless leaving you open to discovering things you would have never imagined in your wildest dreams.
Recently, my wife started her Post-Graduate diploma and part of one of her assignments was to watch a TED talk on the theme of creativity. We watched the video together (link below) and I was hooked. We followed it up with four or five more talks and I have been watching more and more ever since.
Sometimes sitting down to listen to academics, scientists, theorists, writers, artist, etc. talk about their fields of expertise or their ideas can feel like a chore. In today's fast-paced environment we are used to doing things in the shortest time possible and on the go. The only time we actually make an effort to sit down for a prolonged period of time is to catch up on your favourite TV shows, to watch a movie or read a book. By the time we reach this point in the day we are exhausted and just want to wind down. Our brains are entering sleep mode after a busy day.
The beauty of TED talks makes itself very apparent when you realise that the shortness of the talks and their accessibility mean that they do not interfere with your wind down time. In fact, if you download the app to your smart phone you can even have access to the talks whilst on the go. That's right, you can make use of your daily commute to work or college by listening to some of these inspiring talks, you might even feel all the better for it!
In recent times I found myself drifting further and further out of touch with topics which used to interest me due to lack of time and general laziness but in recent weeks I have reawakened my interests through a series of TED talks.
If you have some free time this weekend or during the week check out these TED talks and let yourself explore.
You never know what you might find!
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Do schools kill creativity? :https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity
My stroke of insight: https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight
Your elusive creative genius: https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius
Why some of us don't have one true calling: https://www.ted.com/talks/emilie_wapnick_why_some_of_us_don_t_have_one_true_calling
Fifty shades of gay: https://www.ted.com/talks/io_tillett_wright_fifty_shades_of_gay
Meet the dazzling flying machines of the future: https://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_meet_the_dazzling_flying_machines_of_the_future
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