14
2012
TED Talk Takeaway: Jenna McCarthy: What you don’t know about marriage
The speaker is so humourous… Loved the video. Researchers have spent many years trying to figure out the secret sauce to lasting relationships, and here are some insights: 1. The wife is thinner and better-looking than the husband. It that obvious? Women care a big deal about being thin and good looking; whereas men mostly care about sex. Ideally, with women thinner and better-looking. (Instead of laborious dieting and exercising, we could just wait for them [...]
3
2012
TED Talk Takeaways: The happy secret to better work by Shawn Achor
“The science of happiness: If I know everything about your exeternal world, I can only predict 10% of your long-term happiness. 90% of your long-term happiness is by the way your brain processes the world. Only 25% of are successes are predicted by IQ – 75% are by optimism level, social support, ability to see stress as a challenge instead of threat. The absence of disease is not health. We need to reverse the formula of [...]
12
2012
TED Talk Takeaway: Dan Buettner – How to live to be 100+
Some interesting tips on how to live longer, and healthier.
And yes, it includes eating lots of veggies.
19
2011
TED Talk Takeaway: Pamela Meyer on How to spot a liar
We’re all born liars. That’s right. Ever since we were born into this world, we already know how to. Researchers have long known that the more intelligent the species, the larger the neocortex, the more likely it is to be deceptive. So, no surprise to find out how prevalent lying is in today’s world. Lying is a cooperative act. Think about it, a lie has no power whatsoever by its mere utterance. Its power emerges [...]
16
2011
TED Talk Takeaway: Louie Schwartzberg on Nature, Beauty, Gratitude
This has to be one of the most beautiful videos that I’ve ever watched… Put together very nicely, and I’d never have been able to express it better than this. Also, read from ThoughtCatalog an article “Don’t Take This for Granted“. Two beautiful pieces. Enjoy. Do you know that 80% of information that we receive comes through our eyes? Aren’t we grateful for our brains, that can take these electrical impulse that come through light [...]


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