TED Talk Podcast Reviews

     So today I am again talking about something that is not related to my blog, but I think it is pretty cool. If you have not listened to TED talks before, you should definitely check it out. I want to review a few podcasts I listened to personally, but if you have some free time I would check some of these out, they are pretty interesting.
     The first podcast I want to review is a podcast about success. There are five great talks including some topics of smiling for success, having grit and reframing success. My personal favorite topic given here is from Tony Robbins. He is a life-coach who has helped people become very successful in their life. My favorite part of his talk was about the ability to choose. He talks about choice and how we all have the opportunity to choose. I thought that was really awesome, because when we get in the day grind it sometimes feel really hard to change. But Tony Robbins has helped people by giving them this insight that they can choice. It is their own choice everyday. Here's a link if you want to check it out: http://www.npr.org/2013/10/25/240777690/success?showDate=2014-03-21
     Another interesting podcast talks about being happy. It mentions many different topics, like success that can bring happiness into your life. There are two parts, among many other aspects of the talks, that I really enjoyed. One of those aspects was given by Pharrell, an artist who recently released a song that gained massive popularity called Happy. They ask him what the secret to happiness is. He says that the way to be happy is to put things into perspective. If you can look at life in a happy way, and be appreciative for life, you will be happy. Likewise, a monk named David Steindl-Rast. He talks about something awesome: being grateful. He mentions a something great I had never contemplated quite in the way he said it before. He talked about how you are not happy and then grateful, you would be grateful and then you will be happy. This is a pretty amazing idea, but it just makes sense too! Here is a link if you want to check it out: http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/267185371/simply-happy?showDate=2014-02-14
     The last podcast hour I want to review was about disruptive leaders. They are all interesting talks to listen to, but I really liked a talk that is about changing peoples lives. Drew Dudley talks about an experience when he helped this girl on her first day of college feel in place through a pretty funny, but kind act. He completely forgot what he did, but then later she came up to him and told him how much that moment meant to her. Essentially he said, to be effective leaders, we need to have those nice moments when we can help other people in an great way. If you want to check it out, here's a link: http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/261084166/disruptive-leadership?showDate=2014-01-17
    Anyways, that's it for my blog today. Thanks for reading!