Accountability: TED Talks - 5 more Life Hacks

Hello!

Today I've been watching TED talks on Netflix. I'm continuing the Life Hacks series with the sequel collection.

So, what have I been watching and learning about?

Nigel Marsh: Work life balance

This talk discussed what a perfect day would look like, making us ask ourselves what we would do, if we could do anything. It raises interesting questions, if not actually giving actionable advice. Why do we work? What can we do to ensure we actually get what we want, and if we identify what we want, how can we achieve it, is it really that difficult?

Margaret Heffernan: Dare to disagree

Being a yes-man gets you nowhere. Echo chambers are not a positive thing to encounter at work, disagree and challenge what you can, but not for the sake of it. Understand what you want, and how to convey your view.

Ruth Chang: How to make hard choices

Making choices can be incredibly hard, we need to use our normative powers and agency behind the choices we make. We don't want to be drifters, we need to seize control and review what we can do, and how we will achieve it.

We need to change the way we think about choices and approach them in a positive manner.

Julian Treasure: Speak so people will listen

We have 7 ways to ensure people don't listen to us when we actually want to be heard. We need to avoid these 7 things in daily life:

• Gossip
• judging
• negativity
• complaining, viral negativity
• excuses
• embroidery/exaggeration
• lying

Instead we should all use: HAIL

• Honesty
• Authenticity
• Integrity
• Love 

Be honest, forward, confident and speak with conviction. Speak with empathy and use your full vocal range to ensure you speak when how you need to, when you need to.

Emily Balcetis: Why some people find exercise harder than others


Balcetis' talk is incredibly interesting and tries to identify how people perceive the world and how perceived vision changes a person's choices.

Perception is powerful and the way that we view the world in our heads can actually shape it. This is discourse analysis taken further and viewed from a constructivist perspective. A positive attitude really does make all the difference.

Motivated people who commit to a manageable goal can make exercise easier, being positive and motivated really does make a massive change to us mentally which can lead to greater physical changes.

Thanks for reading!
AT