Ted Talk Essay

The topic of optimism bias, according to the Ted Talk, and overconfidence, from the textbook, are similar in the way they affect a person’s decision making. The Ted Talk conducted by Dr. Tali Sharot discusses optimism bias which is “our tendency to overestimate our likelihood of experiencing good events in our lives and underestimate our likelihood of experiencing bad events.” Overconfidence as described by the textbook is “tendency to overestimate the accuracy of our knowledge and judgements.” Both of these affect our thought process when making a decision. Dr. Sharot describes the studies she has performed in her lab and has seen first hand the way optimism bias influences people’s answers. She observed recently married couples what their

The Ted Talk I chose to analyze is How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are, by Andrew Soloman. Andrew’s argument is heavily based on his credibility because Andrew uses real life examples that he has experienced to back up his argument, as well as he uses interviews conducted to back it up. He establishes a trustworthy authoritative figure by being vulnerable in front of strangers, explaining about things he has struggled with, to support his claims and show his dedication to his topic. Not only does the speaker prove credibility through the vulnerability he implicates, he is also an author who wrote about the challenging family dynamics, particularly regarding children with disabilities.

Kinesics in communication does not only have to do with facial expressions, however – it also includes body movement, posture, and gesture (Dynel, 2011). A communicator can manipulate their body in ways that can potentially exaggerate whatever it is

After viewing Amy Cuddy’s presentation for the Technology Entertainment and Design channel, I learned more about how confidence can greatly increase your power. Someone who acts self-assured can easily influence people around them and assert their dominance. She alluded to the fact that even if you do not possess any assertive qualities by nature, you can still “fake it until you make it”. Amy claims that if you persist through and fake a power dominance, eventually it will lead you to become a more successful person. We can affect our testosterone and cortisol levels just by changing our behavior when we are around people. Nevertheless, Cuddy displayed presentational skills which enhanced her presentation and captivated the audience.

Moreover, the human nature in this universe is of someone that act based on what they believe. In the Ted talk, Sinek explains that people are going to believe in whatever they want to believe even if doesn't makes sense to others. Some people that have the ability to think outside the box are wire a certain way in were they truly believe in their ideas that help other and "it could change the course of the world". For example, you have people like the Wright brothers that believe in the idea of making an "flying machine' fly in the sky. They didn't have the resources to fund this kind of project, but they didn't anyways, until they succeeded. Then you had other people like Samuel Langley that were doing the same experiment and were well

Embracing otherness, embracing myself, was a speech delivered by Thandie Newton at the TEDGlobal conference. Thandie Newton is a quite well-known actress who has featured in my movies of which the most popular ones are “Crash, Mission Impossible”, and “The Pursuit of Happiness”. While delivering the speech, Thandie Newton explicitly elucidated her profound internal struggles for self-identity through out her early years until she came to conclusion on how to be reconciling her self-projected shattered image with that of other people’s perceived opinion. Thandie Newton, being a biracial born to an English father and an African mother; she talked about her feelings of isolation and disconnections from her realness. Hence, she suffered from internal and psychological wars seeking for belonginess,

On October,19,2017 I watched a Ted Talk Called “ Dangers of a single story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She spoke about her life in Nigeria before she studied abroad in The United States of America and the dangers of knowing 1 side of the story this is also known as ‘Bias’. After watching Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Ted talk, I believe not everyone in Africa lives in poverty, stereotypes in Children 's books cause unrealistic ideas of reality and the media fabricates news to generate views and labels specific groups of people.

The thesis of this talk is that nonverbals, which is the type of communication that does not require words influence our thoughts, our feelings, and our psychology. I feel like it’s debatable on whether or not that this TED talk has a bias. It doesn’t seem biased because the topic of her talk is based off of scientific facts because research was actually conducted to see if nonverbals did affect our thoughts, feelings, and psychology. In her talk she mentioned that those who were told to pose in “powerful” positions like putting hands on the hips pose (the Wonder Woman pose) were tested to have higher testosterone, the dominance hormone; and less cortisol, the stress hormone. This means that by being in these positions, it relieves a lot of stress, which makes us feel more confident about ourselves and thus making us feel good. While who were told to be in low power poses had results that indicated a drop in testosterone and a rise in cortisol. This meant that while being in these low power positions, we actually do feel worse because we’re more stressed and we feel powerless. So through the results of these researches, we can see that our body does affect how we feel. But I

“Don’t fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it”- Amy Cuddy. Mr. Tyler Hirlinger most famous quote for his Professional Speaking Class. This quote and Mr. Tyler’s class has impact my life in many ways that had helped me to grow in my profession. I describe myself as an shy guy, who does not like to present or speak in front of people. For me, being shy is a weakness because it keeps people from trying, presenting new ideas, or informed people. Mr. Tyler had help me to overcome that weakness in the past few months. The last time that I can think of when I presented in from of an audience was when I was in High School in my Business Competition. After my last presentation, I never thought that I was going to take a Professional Speaking

Another example that was given about Saleem’s (2016) experience is when he explains to the audience that he grew up a shy kid, because he felt that if he did not talk, he could possibly be looked at normal by other people, to show this he says, “I've stuttered for as long as I can remember. I was the kid in class who would never raise his hand when he had a question -- or knew the answer. Every time the phone rang, I would run to the bathroom so I would not have to answer it. If it was for me, my parents would say I'm not around. I spent a lot of time in the bathroom.” (Ted Talk) I really like what is said in this quote and the fact that he said it, because it is something so real that

Almost every night, my parents would tell me to sit up straight when we were eating at the dinner table, and they would say it would help me digest. Also, in high school when I would walk through the halls between classes, many of my friends would compliment me on my posture. I thought it was the strangest thing to compliment someone on. The title “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are,” brought back these memories; therefore, I was interested to see what Amy Cuddy had to say. Cuddy is a social psychologist and a business professor at Princeton. In the TED Talk “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are,” Amy Cuddy discusses the reasons to use power posing, and it could affect the mind for better success in our lives.

When it comes to choice it always seems to be a love hate relationship: we hate making them, but we can’t live without them. Anyone can all look back to a time in our lives where they wish someone could just pick for us, or times when we wish there were more to choose from. All Americans have many choices, and it is such a part of our daily lives that we don’t even realize it. Barry Schwartz and Sheena Iyengar‘s TED talks bring up interesting ideas about choice, how people deal with them and their affects. They both state that although choice is good, it can also have negative effects. Schwartz explains what most people believe and experience with choice, while Iyengar shows cultural differences in choice making. Both Schwartz and Iyengar

Turkle want people to talk each other and develop a more self-aware relationship. Therefore, she suggests several steps that people should take. The first step is starting thinking about the solitude as a good thing. Then people should create the space to have conversation at work and homes. Most importantly, we have to listen to each other even it is the boring information.

For this assignment, I chose to watch a Ted Talk that focused on the importance of understanding differences. It is entitled Love No Matter What and is the culmination of years of research done by Andrew Solomon. I chose this Ted Talk because I thought it would be interesting to hear about different lived experiences that people have endured. One of the huge ideas I have learned throughout this leadership course and all our topics and conversation is that we all have different lived experiences. It is our lived experiences that make us special and individual. Love No Matter What focused on this essential idea and how important differences are.

Observe how they stand up tall and appear strong, confident and powerful. Your hands should be open so that you feel more comfortable or appear so. If they are closed, your shoulders would end up slouching or bending and this may make you feel more anxious. So, if you try striking this Superman/Wonderwoman power pose you will instantly find yourself feeling confident. Just give it a