Jennifer Senior: For parents, happiness is a very high bar
The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming -- it's "a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic," as writer Jennifer Senior puts it. Why is parenthood filled with so much anxiety? Because the goal of modern, middle-class parents -- to raise happy children -- is so elusive. In this honest talk, Senior offers some kinder an...
Adam Grant: The surprising habits of original thinkers
How do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies "originals": thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. In this talk, learn three unexpected habits of originals -- including embracing failure. "The greatest originals are the ones who fail the most, because they're t...
Jennifer Sinor: Giggle and drown | Jennifer Sinor | TEDxUSU
The ordinary in our lives passes unnoticed. It is the quiet thrum that accompanies our days, the long and flowing river out of which stories—of the morning, of our lives–arise. What happens, though, when the events around us are made to feel ordinary when in actuality they are not. Using her experience as a military dependent growing up in the L...