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Important TED talks

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Summer is time to relax but we should take the time to think. Here are my favorites ted talk videos that I think everyone should watch:

• The virginity fraud - Nina Dølvik Brochmann and Ellen Støkken Dahl
• This is what it’s like to go undercover in North Korea - Suki Kim
  
• My escape from North Korea -  Hyeonseo Lee
• The Muslim on the airplane - Amal Kassir
  
• The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong - Amy Morin
  
• The skill of self confidence - Dr. Ivan Joseph
  
• How to stop screwing yourself over - Mel Robbins
  
• The Magic of Not Giving a F*** - Sarah Knight
  
• Why the universe seems so strange - Richard Dawkins
  
• The pattern behind self-deception - Michael Shermer
  
• Militant atheism - Richard Dawkins
  
• Why domestic violence victims don’t leave - Leslie Morgan Steiner
  
• Lessons from death row inmates - David R. Dow
  
• Lessons from the Mental Hospital - Glennon Doyle Melton
  
• Why we choose suicide - Mark Henick
• What’s Wrong with Dying? - Lesley Hazleton
  
• I’m Taking My Body Back - Rupi Kaur
  
• My philosophy for a happy life - Sam Berns
• The surprising habits of original thinkers - Adam Grant
  
• The surprising secret to speaking with confidence - Caroline Goyder
  
• Want to sound like a leader? Start by saying your name right - Laura Sicola
  
• Programming your mind for success - Carrie Green
  
• All it takes is 10 mindful minutes - Andy Puddicombe

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theseashatters:

“The simple fact is that people who achieve excellence in their fields didn’t just have a dream. They got up at 4:00 am to practice on parallel bars or had to forgo other desirable activities and paths in order to get in six hours of violin practice a day, or stayed off several million absurd writing advice blogs with their overheated little cliques that dispense useless regurgitated maxims and empty praise and decide to actually confront their own thoughts on a page. Or they read Beowulf and Dante carefully and deeply when they didn’t see any point, since all they were interested in was Sylvia Plath, because someone of more experience and wisdom told them to do so. I don’t know whether we’re overly lazy, stupid, or childish these days. But the idea of preparing oneself for excellence has somehow disappeared. So – my advice to dreamers: Don’t just follow your dreams. Earn them. Do what it takes to achieve it. Work for it. Don’t just sit there and dream because if you do, it will never, ever be yours.”

— Harrison Solow, Don’t Follow Your Dream

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