I disagree. TED Talks have and are changing my life. I am exercising, drinking water, going out in the sun. I no longer spend countless hours in front of my phone playing games. All of my games have been deleted. I have bought a bathing suit for exercise three times a week. I have decided that there is hope. I have decided to live and not die. I have decided to reinvent my life. I have decided to be positive and not negative. TED Talks have already made me a different and better person. I look forward to what is happening and what is going to happen. I started listening to TED Talks because my nineteen year old daughter told me that I should give a TED Talk. I looked them up and started listening. I am honoured that my daughter compliminted me on such a grand scale.
I don't think TED have made anyone a better person. You have made yourself a better person by putting the information that TED talks gave you into action.
You have missed the point of his ted talk. Yes, ted talks have triggered a change in you, but the only reaaon you actually took action is because you decided once and for all that the new person you were striving to be, was what you wanted to identify as.
It is up to people how should they use the information from Ted Talks. I also think it helped me change. Whatever was the topic, I was trying to get the best out of it. I also think it helps.
Sorry, I'm so late in replying. You might try the Landmark Forum. There is quite a bit included in the course on the "stories" individuals live by. They include exercises to break the stranglehold of a defeating story.
there are many things, might be your mindset, your attitude, or even chemicals inside, you probably need a testosterone shot every couple weeks, who knows...
"Information doesn'st move us. Desire moves us. And desire is ignited and grows on our most potent, personal truth - our identity. The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. Who we think we are is why we do what we do."
I watch TED for a year now, and this year gave more for my personality than 5 years of University. A single TED can't fundamentally change you, but it changes you step by step, talk by talk.
My personal advice for anyone trying to break out of these behaviors: don't stick to an identity. What you do defines you, nothing more. If your not doing it, your just telling yourself a story.
This advice makes this talk complete. I agree with the speaker, that "who we think we are is why we do what we do", but the second true is that we usually are not who we think we are. Many times I used to think about myself I have certain identity, and when I started to act in that certain field it was usually turning out that I am actually not the person I thought I was. So I was only telling myslef a story.
I am currently reading a book about awakening kindness, and one of the concepts it teaches is the 3 step process to implementing behavior. It’s actually kind of interesting how I read that earlier today and then stumbled upon this video. I hope this helps someone. The first step is: Obtaining the information. The second: developing convictions through deep contemplation and interpretation. The third: meditating on what it is you learned and creating habits that emulate the behaviors you wish to adopt. Learn, think, practice. :)
People disagreeing with him with reasons that just prove his point even more. Most People don't follow through on Tedtalks they agree on because they rely on the novelty and quickly forget the talks. If you want to actually follow through, you have to rely on getting "hyped". This means putting the idea of Tedtalks into your mind whether subconciously or not. Judging by the comments, people changed by TedTalks also treat these Talks as a way of life aka they hype themselves into living out the ideas. Is being into these talks life-improving? Probably a yes. But you have accept that you only started doing it regularly because you liked the idea that keeps popping into your brain that you'd like to identify as being a Tedtalk enthusiast.
Dood, you have been conditioned for years with a behavior. Neural synapses the size of Golden Bridge cables. To change the behavior you have to decondition and recondition the brain into new behavior. You have to physically kill neural synapses, have them disintegrate through lack of stimulation, and watch how new synapses form, stimulated through new behavior.
Sunraze it is. Say you're 20, then you have 20 years of conditioning. To have an idea, try learning Chinese without a teacher, a book or e-book, or living among the Chinese. Deconditioning and reconditioning to a new behavior is like deconditioning and reconditioning your brain to speak Chinese. Unless you have a teacher, a book, or live among the Chinese, you can't learn Chinese. So is dropping current behavior and learning new behavior: you have to either have a teacher guiding you, a book guiding you, or living among people with that particular behavior you wanna adopt.
You are not wrong but the analogy is not good. You can't learn Chinese with the way you described because thats actually the way we learn anything. No matter how intelligence someone or something (super-intelligent agent) is, without input or transfer of information, knowledge of that thing could never be acquired (the other way one could acquire knowledge is self discovery but that would be impossible by someone of our level of intelligence - it took centuries to build the wealth of knowledge of the natural and clinical sciences for example so one within his lifetime cannot investigate and discover that knowledge again by himself - so only through transfer of knowledge you described like a written format, a teacher/person...can someone acquire knowledge). Behaviour, however, is different. What the ted speaker talks about is when we know something but don't do anything about it. So someone who knows that he needs to exercise and eat better but doesn't have self-control to do so. Behaviour is different because it can be guided by personal goals - so you can be self-guided unlike your example of acquiring knowledge. Having said this, behaviour is pretty difficult to change as you said but possible because the brain can rewire itself.
But compulsively watching TED Talks really HAS changed my life... my girlfriend left me, I lost my job, I have a bad neck and poorer vision, plus now I have at least a thousand hours less to live. Go figure!
The time that information enters a persons life is also a factor in retention, acceptance. The formative years in our youth, form us and many of our beliefs, our truths, stay with us for a long time. Until the moment when something shatters our truth. Then the adult changes.
This is too generalistic. Some people are affected by some events, other aren't, like everything in life. Maybe a person decides to become a doctor or a veterinarian after they witness an accident or something, while most others just go along with their lives, while others develop anxiety, depression, panic attacks, etc. Obviously a 20 minute video of someone speaking has not the impact to changes drastically someone's life immediately, but it may be a seed, or the last drop, in a series of thoughts that do eventually present a reasonable effect on some people. Maybe many people who were struggling to "conform" and give up being a dancer or a musician, had a new spark of motivation after watching Ken Robinson. Of course most people are already immersed and adapted to an environment where it takes more than an advice in order for them to change considerably. Most people are somewhat trapped in a web, they're already a piece of a mechanism that functions in a certain way, and simply "wishing", or even trying to change, will affect that mechanism, and the other "pieces" will force the person to go back to the place where "things work". Adults are organisms who have already been through a long process of adapting through conditioning and trial and error. The "changes" have already happened, and that is the "learning" process. When you're a kid you may try many things, different foods, different sports. The way a person feels in these experiences will mold them. If you hate certain foods, you will adapt, search for what you like, for what makes you feel good. If you fail at certain sports, you will tend to avoid them. Many times the kid does have a talent and a will, a desire to do something, but the parents block it, say it is a waste of time, etc. Other people simply detach from reality, and avoid or ignore other people, for example. Like those singers who are terrible, but thing that all other people are stupid for not recognizing their talent (anyone who has ever watched American Idol first episodes know exactly how that is). Anyway, kids and teenagers are still flexible and curious, and eager to evolve. After a person becomes an adult, they're fully molded, and it's more difficult to change, unless, of course, it's something they REALLY want, and precisely the environment and lack of money they encountered in their younger years is what prevented them from this change. Most people who change a lot after late 20's are people who felt shackled, and then grew apart from family and their hometown and etc., and started having their own money and being able to make their own decisions without being repressed and limited by other people. The best way to change your behavior is obviously not watching TED talks, but getting a hold of considerable amounts of money.
I think his point is that we don't change when we know we should because it doesn't identify with our identity (sense of who we believe/think we are). He made a pretty clear point that we aren't affected by the facts but driven by our desire to become what we want to become. An accident/incident/a TED talk is a fact, a reality. So, some people change when they see a reality and some others don't simply because it depends on what they want to become...If you think you're an opportunity-seizing person, you act when you see an opportunity. If you think you come from a poor family and won't ever get rid of that identity it will hinder you to act more confidently, etc...
I love pretty much all foods... and I don't think you need money to change behavior but it would help for sure, as you say to get away from negative influences that you may have to reply upon for financial reasons.
He's right. We are gods who have the ability to project and create our own realities. Don't waste your time thinking about what is possible and what's not.
Watching all these ted talks have very much changed my life and I try to live by them daily. Being creative, vulnerable and striking power poses before i present. This is the reason i still listen to talks. It is not alway easy but you can try if it applies to you so much.
Right, like if you know something is gonna happen to you, maybe, the very next day that you watch the TED Talk then you know it'll be super applicable. But if it's something you won't even end up having a crystal clear situation that you plan on using it then I think it may just fade away at that point... Basically, it all comes down to the matter of convenience since it doesn't really require you to go outta your way to set up your own simulations or situations but you can surely go back and remember a time when the skill would have surely helped you in the past... It's just imprinting that behavior into a habit so that you can master it and then effectively remember the skill by putting into what's called "a reference experience," to some degree, is the trick. Like I remember how, when trained based out on leadership qualities, I was much better able to effectively use one of the skills that I used quite often which was simply asking people more questions and then come to find out that people really like to talk about themselves later on (and even I can see this after being trained by simply being asked a bunch of questions pretty much nonstop) I could both live by receiving the action and then dishing the action out to see how the action feels going both ways.. Might actually help to have friends, in this case, to practice wit, if you can motivate them enough to try if you want to imprint the material that way but, otherwise, the reference experience is most definitely the way to go...
@@kumarDI5374-h5d that's a false assumption, and it can be very dangerous in practice. Imagine always relying on someone else to tell you if you have changed or not. Codependency is not something you want to strive for.
Well your statement does not contradict the lecture, quite the opposite. The fact that you shared this information here means that you added the life changing effects of TED talks to your personal story.
This is the difference between knowledge and wisdom: wisdom is when the knowledge is part of your body or subconscious mind and you do It without effort almost automaticallly. Schopenhauer and the Essenes viewed It this way!
If a TED talk makes you think, it has done its job. There are countless videos on how to lose weight yet there’s a tiny fraction of those viewers who actually follow that advice long term to lose weight. But now they know better even if they did not follow the advice.
This is all true, but I don’t think you should give into it as the message advocates. Humans can be rational and only when we become more rational we can change the world. Up until the literal enlightenment period in history everybody was very irrational and the world sucked. It only really changed a bit for the better after philosophers argued for rationality and brought it into politics, lawmaking and most of society.
TED talks won't change behavior for the same reason this one will not. Perhaps there are exceptions, but for the most part there are way too many steps that need to fall into place for actual change to happen, including at a minimum and in a best case scenario, the following: * that the speaker conveys his message with authenticity and in integrity - intellect/feeling and body are integrated * that the message needs to be conveyed in a manner that matches the subjective needs of the listener; since audiences range hugely, this factor alone predisposes any talk to being ineffective at changing behavior. * timing has to be exactly right and is under the influence of controllable and uncontrollable factors (eg. just think back to a time when you got advice a million times, but heard it one time in particular) * for those who resonate with the talk, and for whom the timing is right, they have to care enough to stop (on the inside) and listen (this sounds so simple and easy and yet in our device - addicted culture, its an unpracticed if undervalued ability - inner stillness.) * And for those who get that far, they have to allow their spark of curiosity to ignite their will to act (and in the process, overcome self-doubt, mind chatter, rationalization, compensation, etc etc) * And for those who actually start, they have to continue. and that is enormously difficult...just think back on how hard it was to stop a daily (bad) habit. In my opinion, we're much better off being honest with the fact that motivational talks don't "change" behavior. No. People themselves change their own behavior under very specific conditions and only when they are completely ready/desperate. On the other hand, being honest with the limited influence a motivational talk has - whether you call it TED, Bob or Socrates - IS and actual step toward changing behavior. And what behavior is that? Self - deception.
completely agree. Also Joseph Campbell says ( regarding your comment on desperate ) "It is the bottom of the pit that we begin see the light." So if the pain isn't great enough people won't change and deceive themselves that they're doing something productive coming to a ted talk instead of watching tv. etc and they think the mere act of showing up and paying for the tickets is enough to change since they have already "done the minimal requirements"
A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities. J.R.R. Tolkien - thank you Tom for the thoughts expressed, and while your thoughts might not change my behavior immediately, your thoughts still have me stop for few moments to think. Thanks.
The ancestor also learned that everyone is insane , the ones who do not know it are dangerous. To know your insane , you've solved all your problems. You are now harmless to yourself. , and others.
Actually, listening to ted talks is great when you have different idea from the ones around you. And you listen to someone with a similar mind frame, it makes me feel soo much better.
Hmph, if I did that I never would have read your comment, and then where would your readership be? It would be better than most self-published authors, but that's about it.
I'm interested in understanding precisely what I'm missing when declaring that human beings do not operate in the world like computers. Do computers care what others think of their decisions, and therefore modify their output based on those imagined perceptions? Does the fear of death drive computers to maintain faith in belief systems, often to the detriment of other computers who appear to block their pursuit of their beliefs and goals? Yes, computers are like the brains that created them. Brains, however, are not like computers.
+Kuvter For me, perhaps this Ted Talk did not change my behavior but rather made me understand the truth. I think that the speaker already implied that it's in our nature so there's really no change required. Am I right? You can tell me that I'm wrong. But remember, whether I'm wrong or right, it doesn't matter. Because what really matters is on how we see and take control on things based on what we see to ourselves.
Matthias Schulze it depends on WHY you are watching them and what you are expecting to get out of them. It can only be a waste of time if you expected something from it. So can you elaborate on WHY you thought so? and yet it's funny in the same breath you also said "This is really good". Plus , was that what his message was? or what you got out of his message? that Ted Talks are just a waste of time? I dont' agree w/ this guy much though because I neve rhad the intent of changing by watching them. I think it is interesting to listen to other people's ideas to see what is going on what people are up to and I have found some to be interesting in things that they researched or developed. What are they INTENDED TO DO? to inspire? to educate? to inform? to spread ideas? But in the end no one actually DOES anything with the ideas they listen to, again that has to do with the fact that if one wants to change or do something it takes much more than just watching one 20 minute clip (of which you don't now til you watch it what it even is about).....so I'm confused by this guys' approach as well, but I think he brings up some interesting points about how Humans Operate. something that we are continuuosly learning and in my view should be trying to improve and KNOW and understand ourselves.
Matthias Schulze yeah i think you an only say something is a time water if there was something that you expected it to do and it didn't do it. So it's a two way street but you are the one in the driver's seat not the Source you are dissing. If you feel that it is wasting your time then why do it? wouldn't you just turn it off if you felt that way? You are the one controlling how you spend your time, no one forced you to watch it did they? so HOW does time get wasted? if not by ourselves??? Not trying to beat you up but I think that people say this without thinking of what they are saying and i guess it must just be intended as a criticism of the source. At the same time you also said within the SAME SENTENCE "THIS IS REALLY GOOD", so how can it be really good AND a waste of time at the same time??? Too Funny! I think it shows how we make comments w/o thinking about what we are saying. It is so hard to interpret sometimes what people mean through this type of venue, as is also texting....now was reading this reply to your comment also a "waste of time"...We are in charge of how we spend our time so I guess that is why I don't get that comment, nor do I recall ever saying it. If I felt that way I wouldn't do it Right??? What am I missing here? not picking on you this is directed at everyone who says this , it's fairly common to see this comment I finally had to break down and say something.... hope it doesn't bother you...if you even see it.
Ms. Decker, indeed I did read through your lengthy reply to my posted comment. I will admit it was made in haste and my English is perhaps not so thoroughly correct but the essence is true. If you haven't sat through as many presentations at conferences and meetings that were a waste of time much like all of these TedTalks, then that is wonderful, you will have many years before you come to this conclusion yourself. I can only assume that you are a fan of these TedTalks and have obtained much intellectual stimulation and pleasure from them. I am very happy for you. Me and many other individuals find these talks simply a snake oil sale with a catchy title.
+Matthias Schulze I fully agree. Indeed a snake oil sale with a catchy title. Infact the title is the only thing which is promising which grabs people's (suckers?) attention and they sit through the 10-20 minutes hoping for that wisdom to come thru. At the end, it's the same story - great title , great public speaking skill , rest is all gas!
Good talk but yet another TEDTalk that focuses too much on analysis and theory without any real practical advice on what to do if you want to change. If you want something straight to the point try Hal Elrod
Well he mentioned everything you need to know. Ask yourself "who am i" and answer your question. If you say you are smart, you will identify yourself as a person who knows lot of things and thinks correclty, so in situations like an exam, you wouldnt ignore questions you dont know instantly and move on, but rather spend an additional time to find the answer, because you identify yourself as a smart person, and a smart person would know the answer. I guess thats the meaning of this talk. Its simple.
And after a rousing round of applause, all the audience members went back to the same old lives they'd been living. "Give me a child until he is seven, and I will give you the man." - Jesuit Francis Xavier
+Damian Campbell Hi. What are the most important things that you've learned from Ted talks? I ask because very few things I've seen in them so far have resonated with me. Thanks :)
This is so true. So many of the talks seem to follow the same style - introduction, some facts and questions about a subject along with a hypothesis , results of blind tests /clinical trials to support the hypothesis and a conclusion to wrap up the talk but no useful information on how to put the results of the conclusion into practice.
SIR WITH DUE RESPECT, WHAT I KNOW IS...MERELY LISTENING THINGS ALONE CANOT BRING ANY CHANGE...OFCOURSE TILL WE LEARN AND DEVLOPE IT THROUGH PRACTICING IT IN OUR LIFE...AND INCLUDE IT IN OUR BEHAVIOUR...THUS WHAT I CONCLUDE IS...TED AND SUCH OTHER WONDERFULL PLATFORM BRINGS CHANGES BUT HOW MUCH... IT DEPENDS...
not sure why but this is hard to watch....and he lost me at flying...I think that people who like to DO would chose the superman flying.....people who like to passively feel would chose the helicopter....so feeling the flying would NOT make them do more...they already do lots... also I am stuck in my dreams and still trying to make them realities...and it is HARD. But at least I am working on it....
+Mr Jones No, it's a tried and proven technique. The American phrase is "Fake it 'til you make it". In Britain it's called "Think it, act it, become it". The theory is that if you keep thinking what you want, you act on what you want to become, you will become what you want. At least, that's what my counsellor is saying.
This one may be the last Ted Talk I watch. 😂 But the guy has good points. It's REALLY HARD to make changes - ask any aspiring chess player. 🙂 But, on a positive note, we must note that we, after listening to these types of talks, slowly change our perspective and evolving. The changes may not be immediate, but the message has a chance of catching up some time down the line. And that already is infinitely better than nothing. ✌️
This has been the single most helpful video I have seen in my journey of striving to find the answer for success and motivation. The answer had been inside me all along. It is time to stop setting it aside to look outward and begin looking inward.
Nah, he is undeniably spreading misinformation, probably based on ignorance. This objectively does not deserve any attention, except as an example of sheer ignorance.
@@sagarmatadavidya9173 Why, what a coincidence. When I woke up this morning, I thought that my only wish was a barely coherent, platitude-riddled non-sequitur, in reply to a comment on a video I didn't have any desire to remember. I can now die as a happy man. Thank you.
We push hard to perfect So new behaviors appear But there's a disconnect From what we know and what we call near Imagine and construct Your new journey in life Optimize and instruct Who you want to be like Desires to go far Are not determined by facts Who we think we are Establishes how one acts
"Why TED Talks don't change people's behaviors" It's simple - TED presenters themselves do not practise what they "preach" in their talks simply because NOT ALL WE SAY, WE DO. NO ONE does what they say. It's easy to say but so difficult to do. If we did, the world would be different to and from what it is in right now.
If you want ot change it takes more than listening to a Ted Talk. I think people listen to these to learn . Firstly there must be an intent. If it is your intent to change then you will approach it all differently I dont' think many who listen to these 's intent is to change. I think the initial intent in listening is to inform themselves, possibly entertainment and it's very passive. In the event someone does want to change it'll take a helluva lot more than listening to one lecture for 20 minutes. Tell me who is it that is expecting themselves to change by merely listening to one ted talk? I don't think anyone is. What he is observing is that you hear these and you agree with them but you don't DO anything about it. First is the DESIRE, then DECISION (you have to decide to change) which involves contemplating what will be required from you to do so, then if so if these are both present then DETERMINATION. It has to be important enough to you to do so. As well as most people these days lives are very full and they are in fact almost what I would call too busy. No one seems to have time for anything these days and then if they DO end up with some "extra" time somehow , since they are so short on it, it is probably already spoken for. A crappy way to live btw, but that's what you get if you believe in the BULLSHIT American Dream.
This was, quite frankly, one of the worst and most uninspiring TED/TEDx talks I’ve viewed, and among one of the worst and most uninspiring educational RU-vid videos I’ve viewed. The speaker is engaging and pleasant enough, but he contorts his observations to the breaking point, such that the words coming out of his mouth are so much useless sophistry. There’s nothing in there. If I were in the audience and paid for the “privilege” of listening to this, I’d be pretty upset.
It's possible we do change but not enough to take action, however with the new thought in the mind, it could be the first step to changing...maybe years later when the need is in our face.....just wondering...
Tedx does change behavior and people’s lives. I think this guys perspective is wrong, programmed wrong, He’s speaking for hundreds maybe thousands of people who begs to differ with him, and for that I give him a thumbs 👎🏻 Keep sitting at your desk sir!
This was a fantastic waste of time... Definitely, not all TED talks change everyone, but challenge and change our thinking enough to get the ball rolling. They open up our perspectives. This guy is wrong.
Overall informative and appreciable but he fell short at the end; we should not just ask who/what are we in our story but how and why. Asking the how and why is the key to breaking down social and cultural barriers, which helps us really critique and make sense of why we even have these diversely specific stories about ourselves. Once we grasp that key point, then we can really start asking the profound questions that will truly improve our individual experience and our collective global experience. Get to the roots of a structure and you'll start to see the full picture.
Or it could be that TED talks aren't that great. The format isn't conducive to a transformative experience. Reading a book, taking a course, watching films, having deep conversations, etc. can often change our behaviors.TED talks are people trying to cram massive ideas into 15 minutes with the tone of an advertisement.
Actually, TED talks can change lives. Everything depends on the people's behavior, that is " Are you someone who takes action or not" . This fundamental distinction in behavior makes all the differences in our lives.
It's interesting, but again I don' think it was ever an intent to change. Just because you agree with something doesn't mean you are going to start doing it. One must be serious about implementing a change. I just dont' think that changing is the intent or purpose of most Ted talk listeners. Picking up pieces of advise or info here and there to add to your existing journey . Using bits and pieces to implement into what you are already doing. It's more of a passive thing. Now if one was serious about making some type of change , i think that would entail going INTO it from the get go with a different attitude and once one has made the DECISION to change then they'd be putting much effort into doing so, much more than listening to just one ted talk. So I guess I'm not altogether following this guy's train of thought. I'm listening again as the first time I missed a lot to see if he ends up making sense or not. To listen to it in it's entirety, just can't seem to help but comment on the way , it is an interesting topic and thought provoking to me.
I think he is not sure what he wants to describe. The problem is: people dont change. The question should be why ? And the answer should start with because........thats it
U choose...your choice. I have one that has really helped me and good. What I find in this world now is that people want an instantaneous solution to their problems. If the problem was a short problem, instantaneous might work. But problems are what happen as we are growing and as we are learning in our relationships with others and all that good stuff. And you can't solve it by a tweet. You can't solve it by a short email. You can't solve it by griping about everything. You have to dig just a little bit underneath your surface and think. And you have to be mindful of what you're thinking. You have to come up with more than one -letter word than what we are generally utter when we are upset. Use your brain for more than a hat rack. Come up with possible new solutions for yourself and sometimes TEDTalks can help you figure out what you can consider in thinking . They are not panaceas...merely an adjunct...
notes- this world we live on is physicaly absolutely insane, we are projecting through space as a cluster of atoms and specifically profoundly biologically advanced. this knowledege is fact but nobodly livees their life with this awareness -every single choice we make, takes almost 0 account of any fact but an infinite account of our desire, which is motivated by our identity, the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, who we think we are is what determines what we do, we embody our roles,our values and our storys, we live in those stories and according to them. if we think of ourselves as old and worn out, we live our lives that way. - what is your story? that is what you will become, think deeply and introspectively.
This isn't true. I was a sailor for five years. I haven't been on the fucking water since. None of these ted talk videos amount to anything. In the words of the late great George Carlin, " life is simple, you wake up you take a shit you go to work you eat three fuckin meals a day you go to bed wake up and do it all again".
This Ted talk has so few actual worth, the first 10 minutes just propose an excuse to be lazy and dont change anything. In the last 6 minutes he then finaly searche`s for a solution but does it in such a negative fashion that you stil feel bad after whatching it. Its true that the Ted talks dont change behaviours but what he clearly isn`t getting is how the Ted talk`s affact people. You see people working on there passion and comming on the stage with such an energie that you yourself can just think to i want to be like this. And like he said the talks then affact our self image which is the main driving force for improvement in humans. Factualy its true what hes saying but hes doing it in the way that got us in this lethargic way that got humans in this position in the first place. The talks can never change your behavior thats not even physicly possible, but they help you to strive to be the best person you can be, everyday.
hah, this was very close to not being just another idiotic ted talk, it was very promising as a kind of meta ted talk, but only until he decided he wants to give an answear. bad move. another thousand years without ted talk.
he is approaching an important idea and set of ideas but honestly I think he missed thew boat. There was so much that could have been said about this topic but he missed the boat. He's operating from the same consciousness that has created so many problems and that is lost in dark. and it took him so long to say something simple. he took nearly 10 minutes to just say that we operate by our Desires. I could have told you that in 2 minutes.
soooo how do i actually discover my personal truth if i dont give some realities that come up a try? if i wouldve a personal truth that drives me why would i even start watching talks about so many different topics ? its easy to stand that we dont change on an impulse and not change over a 15 min video, but what could I do else to really find that sweet spot that might be my hidden personal truth?
Let me break it down for those who didn't get it. If you want to apply a ted talk to your life you will only succeed if your identity changes in a way to perpetuate that. Requires heavy modification of your inner self to do, that's why so hard.
That's true it's hard to make that change, although we can change it is far to easy to regress to old ways, it takes roughly 6 months to solidify a change.
No. It's a theory. There are no universal truths. It fits and may well be a very good observation and fit the data, but that makes it neither universal nor a truth.
Essentially, Asacker is talking about what we perceive, as opposed to what we believe. Fact or fiction, we have belief systems that are imprinted by environoment, culture and peers. One person will look at a professional athlete and call them a Neaderthal, while another will call them Chilean Sea Bass.
Tom Asacker's ideas are always fresh, interesting and provocative ... and that's certainly evident here. Tom always helps me realize that what we believe, and how we see ourselves, has a more profound influence on what we do and how we act than "facts" ever could. What we believe is our truth. I don't understand the comment from Roman Duran ... this talk is in no way "old school."
2:45 "So why don't we do what we know we should do?" I have found that the common denominator is always that "the experts'" proposed solutions take too much time, too much effort, and too much risk.
Yeah, although I absolutely love Ted talks and watch them a lot and completely agree with a lot of the advice in them, yet I don’t make any moves or changes to follow them through. It’s like I’m too scared to leave my comfort zone. I know that if I put into action the advice from these talks it would change my life, but I don’t. Funnily enough, there’s a Ted talk called “how to get what you want” and the speaker makes the point that even though everyday we have life changing ideas, we just throw them away because we get too comfortable in our comfort zones and don’t leave them enough.
What story can you begin to tell yourself about who you are that will improve your life and the lives of others? I'll start... I am someone who can show compassion to others who do not usually receive it. I will try and make that my truth.
