Susan Cain: The power of introverts
Susan Cain talks eloquently about the power of introverts, about the importance of retreating to our own space from time to time for creative energy to flow. One of her interesting points was about how we used to value character and morality for most of our history, and the only recently started obsessing with qualities like extroversion and charisma as we moved from smaller towns to bigger cities and interact with many new people. Perhaps the real value lies in deep self-reflection, rather than constant frivolous superficial exchanges?
Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability
What you should know about vulnerability. Gahh, many of us probably need to watch this!
Elizabeth Gilbert: A new way to think about creativity
I love this talk!
(And it has some similarities to, well, having a sort of religion - if that means that you stop putting yourself as the centre of the universe, as the whole embodiment of everything you produce, and start accepting some other external forces exist that contribute to your success.)
Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals
I love how the monkey reacts when it’s given a cucumber slice and the other monkey is given grape :p
Vilayanur Ramachandran: Journey to the center of your mind
Daniel Wolpert: The real reason for brains (is to control movements)
