Rhimes’s TED talk has been viewed more than five million times. (Location 92)
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Cain’s TED Talk, “The Power of Introverts,” has garnered more than 28 million views, making it one of the top-10 TED talks of all time and one of Bill Gates’s favorite talks. (Location 106)
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Bryan Stevenson delivered a talk to 1,000 people attending the annual TED conference in Long Beach, California. (Location 177)
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In March 2011, professor David Christian launched a movement to teach “Big History” in schools after delivering a riveting 18-minute TED talk backed by visually engaging slides and intriguing graphics. (Location 183)
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Steve Jobs’s famous commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005 (Location 234)
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“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.3 Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking,” (Location 236)
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Carnegie wrote the first mass market public-speaking and self-help book in 1915, The Art of Public Speaking. Carnegie’s intuition was impeccable. (Location 248)
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As Daniel Pink notes in To Sell Is Human, “Like it or not, we’re all in sales now.” (Location 265)
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EMOTIONAL—They touch my heart. NOVEL—They teach me something new. MEMORABLE—They present content in ways I’ll never forget. (Location 274)
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In Mastery author Robert Greene argues that we all have the ability to push the limits of human potential. (Location 305)
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it is our humanity, and all the potential within it, that makes us beautiful.” (Location 351)
Dig deep to identify your unique and meaningful connection to your presentation topic. (Location 354)
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Science shows that passion is contagious, literally. You cannot inspire others unless you are inspired yourself. You stand a much greater chance of persuading and inspiring your listeners if you express an enthusiastic, passionate, and meaningful connection to your topic. (Location 357)
People cannot inspire others unless and until they are inspired themselves. (Location 385)
Asking yourself, “What’s my product?” isn’t nearly as effective as asking yourself, “What business am I really in? What am I truly passionate about?” (Location 401)
WHAT MAKES YOUR HEART SING? Ask yourself, “What makes my heart sing?” Your passion is not a passing interest or even a hobby. A passion is something that is intensely meaningful and core to your identity. Once you identify what your passion is, can you say it influences your daily activities? Can you incorporate it into what you do professionally? Your true passion should be the subject of your communications and will serve to truly inspire your audience. (Location 419)
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“Authentic happiness can only come from the long-term cultivation of wisdom, altruism, and compassion, and from the complete eradication of mental toxins, such as hatred, grasping, and ignorance.” (Location 434)
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Ricard’s presentation, “The Habits of Happiness,” attracted more than two million views on TED.com. (Location 436)
career, happiness, and the ability to inspire people are connected. (Location 458)
“You’ve got to follow your passion. You’ve got to figure out what it is you love—who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.” —Oprah Winfrey (Location 482)