HERE IS THE LIST OF TEDTALKS FOR PEOPLE NEEDING TO MEET REQUIREMENTS: Today, thanks to better early detection, there are 63% fewer deaths from heart disease than there were just a few decades ago. Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, wonders: Could we do the same for depression and schizophrenia? The first step in this new avenue of research, he says, is a crucial reframing: for us to stop thinking about "mental disorders" and start understanding them as "brain disorders." https://youtu.be/PeZ-U0pj9LI?si=bM5L5rGVv_ewmSdR At TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, comedian Joshua Walters, who's bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental "skillness." In this funny, thought-provoking talk, he asks: What's the right balance between medicating craziness away and riding the manic edge of creativity and drive? https://youtu.be/ruvWiXowiZ8?si=fmiyKO4gcjSkMIaN What is it like to raise a child who's different from you in some fundamental way (like a prodigy, or a differently abled kid, or a criminal)? In this quietly moving talk, writer Andrew Solomon shares what he learned from talking to dozens of parents -- asking them: What's the line between unconditional love and unconditional acceptance? https://youtu.be/9EVEmZ2c_es?si=tAvfm7Y-Abjqe2mO Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership -- starting with a golden circle and the question: "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Wright brothers ... https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward. https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_the_puzzle_of_motivation?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Why do people feel so miserable and disengaged at work? Because today's businesses are increasingly and dizzyingly complex -- and traditional pillars of management are obsolete, says Yves Morieux. So, he says, it falls to individual employees to navigate the rabbit's warren of interdependencies. In this energetic talk, Morieux offers six rules for "smart simplicity." (Rule one: Understand what your colleagues actually do.) https://www.ted.com/talks/yves_morieux_as_work_gets_more_complex_6_rules_to_simplify?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Submit this Ted Talk form to me nytai@buffalo.edu by this Sunday for credit! https://docs.google.com/document/d/12f7J96moGrPmiIcCMre3xUYdJdbPA1jUHSEUt5wpY8w/edit?usp=sharing