Author＼Life Newspaper Orange Zheng Minwen
In daily life, we may gain insights from a sentence or a movie, a TED that takes less than 20 minutes Speeches may also inspire us and give us enough strength to face ourselves and life. Here are 4 selected TED talks that talk about "power". These powers come from unexpected places: vulnerability, ordinaryness, anger, and introversion.
1. Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability: What makes us vulnerable also makes us great.
This TED Talk has been viewed 9,719,288 times and should be one of the most famous TED talks. Brené Brown is a well-known scholar, best-selling author, social worker, and professor at the University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work. She has spent twelve years studying human vulnerability, courage, sense of worth, and feelings of inferiority.
In her speech, she explained the research process and her discovery from a large amount of interview data that "although vulnerability can bring bad emotions, it also brings us strength." She divided the interviewees into There are two types, one is people who think they are worthy, and the other is people who think they are not worthy. She found that the most common thing among these people who live with a strong sense of value is "fragility". They accept their vulnerability, believe that vulnerability is necessary, and say that it will make them strong.
Vulnerability makes you feel that you are not worthy of being loved, but vulnerability can also make you gain strength. Once you accept and understand your true fragile side, you will know how to bow your head first. , know how to take care of your own needs better, and treat others with more empathy.
2. Steven D`Souza: The power of the ordinary: If you want to make an impact, you don't have to make yourself extraordinary, but start with small everyday things.
The speaker, Steven D`Souza, is an international consultant, best-selling author, and is also ranked among the top 30 "most influential people" in the world by Thinkers 50 Radar and HR Magazine. Influential person".
He mentioned at the beginning that the people who are invited to give TED talks are all accomplished and extraordinary people, but we often compare ourselves with them, making ourselves seem insignificant. It seems that you must invent something and do great things to truly live.
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But if you think about it carefully, although listening to a TED will make you Be inspired, but what will really have a profound impact on you may be your closest family, a comfort, a smile, and these are the small and insignificant things every day. Steven D`Souza reminds everyone: Don’t ignore the ordinary but far-reaching people and things around you in order to pursue the extraordinary. Don’t forget that you, a small person, can leave a profound and good impression on others through some small actions. Influence, don't underestimate your own insignificance and ordinaryness.
3.Soraya Chemaly: The power of female anger: Anger is not shameful, it is the power to instigate change.
Soraya Chemaly is a columnist for "TIME". In this TED talk, she mentioned how women's anger has been limited and vilified, as if it has become a man's patent. If a woman is angry, she will be described. Becoming emotional and unreasonable.
Soraya Chemaly asks, how many times have we encountered hit-ups, unreasonable supervisors, and sexist people on the street, and even though we are already yelling "Are you kidding me? What the hell are you talking about?" inside, all we can say is "No." I’m sorry, what did you just say?”
Soraya Chemaly also mentioned that her daughter was bullied by male classmates at school, but the reaction of the male classmates’ parents was “Boys will be boys.” , and then her daughter could only endure it all silently. Soraya Chemaly wants to tell women that anger means that we still have hope for the world and hope to change the current situation, so anger is not shameful, it means that we take ourselves seriously.
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4.Susan Cain: The power of introverts: Accept your introversion , the world needs you!
Susan Cain graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School. She has worked as a lawyer on Wall Street for many years and is currently a business consultant.
We live in a society that praises extroversion. Susan Cain is an introvert herself. She has been trying to live away from her introverted nature while growing up. It was not until she grew up that she realized that her introversion was Depressed. She pointed out that we should respect diverse personalities so that we can truly find the right fit. For example, some people like to work in teams, some like to work independently, some like to be lively, and some like to be alone. This TED Talk allows extroverts to better understand the inner world of introverts, and also lets introverts know that they do not need to force themselves to be extroverted and lively, and accept their introverted traits.
Reprinted with permission from VidaOrange. Original source "What makes us vulnerable also makes us great." Select 4 "life-changing" TED talks to discover your unexpected power