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Life, Talks, Videos

Alan Watts: Why Your Life is Not A Journey

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“The existence, the physical universe is basically playful. There is no necessity for it whatsoever. It isn’t going anywhere. It doesn’t have a destination that it ought to arrive at. But it is best understood by analogy with music. Because music, as an art form, is essentially playful. (…) We thought of life by analogy with a journey, with a pilgrimage and that thing was to get to that end. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing or to dance, while the music was being played.”

– Alan Watts
Video by David Lindberg
Music by Sleeping at Last : Saturn

Life, Talks, Videos

Jia Jiang: What I learned from 100 days of rejection

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This is one of the most refreshing talks I have watched in 2016, and I thought it would be nice to start the year with some lessons of courage. Enjoy!

“… in my research I found that people who really change the world, who change the way we live and the way we think, are the people who were met with initial and often violent rejections. People like Martin Luther King, Jr., like Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, or even Jesus Christ. These people did not let rejection define them. They let their own reaction after rejection define themselves. And they embraced rejection.”

“When you get rejected in life, when you are facing the next obstacle or next failure, consider the possibilities. Don’t run. If you just embrace them, they might become your gifts as well.”

– Jia Jiang

More info:
http://rejectiontherapy.com/
http://www.wujulearning.com/

Psychology, Talks, Videos

Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret To Better Work

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“We’re finding it’s not necessarily the reality that shapes us, but the lens through which your brain views the world that shapes your reality. And if we can change the lens, not only can we change your happiness, we can change every single educational and business outcome at the same time.”

“What we found is that only 25% of job successes are predicted by IQ, 75 percent of job successes are predicted by your optimism levels, your social support and your ability to see stress as a challenge instead of as a threat.”

“We’ve found there are ways that you can train your brain to be able to become more positive.”

“… we can reverse the formula for happiness and success, and in doing so, not only create ripples of positivity, but a real revolution.”

Environment & Sustainable Development, Life, Talks, Videos

Cyril Dion: “Réinventer le monde, c’est maintenant.”

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“Préparons demain, un autre monde est possible”.
Intervenant: Cyril Dion
Lieu: SUPNAT Institut superieur de naturopathie

Education, Environment & Sustainable Development, Talks, Videos

Idriss Aberkane: L’économie de la connaissance

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Idriss Aberkane is a cognitive neuroscientist, a strategist, a professor of Knowledge Economy, and a researcher in biomimetics & engineering. This talk is in French.

So, what is Knowledge economy?

Talks, Videos

Deborah Bräutigam : Will Africa Feed China?

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In Will Africa Feed China? Deborah Bräutigam, one of the world’s leading experts on China and Africa, probes the myths and realities behind the media headlines.

I have already watched a few talks by Deborah Bräutigam and I like to hear what she has to stay not only because her work is very well documented and articulated, but also because she has a very global approach and a very nuanced speech while presenting her cases.