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The wittiest TED talks of all time

9.8.2016 Print

Summer is in full swing and you want to use your free time to relax. Doing nothing, however, is not your style. If you would like some fun as well as learning something new, finding interesting inspiration, here are some tips on short inspirational videos called TED talks, bringing not only interesting lessons, but also guaranteed to make you laugh.

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I got 99 problems ... palsy is just one

This talk by an Arab-American comedian, Maysoon Zayid, who suffers from cerebral palsy is not the tearjerker it might seem. Quite the contrary: she elegantly and humorously describes the adventures she has experienced as an actress, stand-up comedian and campaigner for disability rights.

The video as well as its interactive transcript is available in English and other languages.

This is what happens when you reply to spam email

In this TED talk, British writer and comedian James Veitch deals with suspicious e-mails that offer us such great things that many people unfortunately fall for them. He describes how he decided to reply to such an e-mail and spent a few weeks in conversation with a spammer who was offering him some "profitable" business.

The video as well as its interactive transcript is available in English and other languages.

The happy secret to better work

Psychologist Shawn Achor, CEO of Good Think Inc., a company engaged in research and the application of positive psychology, explains in this speech how happiness increases productivity. You can learn how to train your brain so that you could be happy and successful.

The video as well as its interactive transcript is available in English and other languages.

Do schools kill creativity?

This video is one of the TED talks classics and also the video seen by the largest number of people ever (over 40 million viewers). Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson, who is also a promoter of radical changes in the system of school education, talks about how to create an educational system which will support, not undermine, the development of creative abilities. We should stop educating just good workers and start with the development of creative thinkers.

The video as well as its interactive transcript is available in English and other languages.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

This talk is focused on the currently hot topic of procrastination. Popular blogger Tim Urban, who became famous thanks to his blog entitled "Wait But Why", describes how he himself struggles with procrastination.

The video as well as its interactive transcript is available in English and other languages.

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