How to Shape Human Behavior

203. Joel Osteen on Overcoming Setbacks, Thoughts, Enemies

11 takeaways from this video:

00:01:15 Plant the right seeds. What you say becomes reality, and the words you use bring life or death to your goals; restraining or opening up your future. Don’t like what you’re getting from life? Change the way you define and talk about life.

00:03:13 Be at peace. It’s easier to perservere through…

202. The End of Humanity? What Would Happen If Humans Disappeared?

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87. How To Start A Startup: Introducing Yourself So Investors Want to Invest

15 takeaways from this video:

00:00:31 Every good answer has to start with a good question.

00:01:35 The fundamental elements of a pitch include:

Introduction

Current market conditions

Identified problem

How we will solve this problem

How we will make money

These elements can be reordered in whatever way you feel possible to cater…

17. Eric Holden, Executive Creative Director for TBWA

Executive Creative Director for TBWA and co-author of 30 ans de publicité Volkswagon, Eric Holden has +30 years experience motivating and guiding creative teams through every stage in the campaign creation process from the brief to the campaign.

How does your job fit into the marketing process? My job consists of guiding the creative process and making the important decisions through every stage…

143. Critical Thinking: Learning Languages & The Benefits of A Multilingual Brain

07 important lessons from this video:

00:00:07 If you speak 2 or more languages, you belong to the world’s bilingual and multilingual majority. This means that your brain will actually look and work differently than monoligualists.

00:00:40Language ability is typically measured actively through speaking and writing, and passively…

201. John Oliver On The Dangers Of Not Challenging Junk Science

06 takeaways from this video:

00:00:21 Science is extremely complex, and new studies and findings are constantly being released. These “studies find X can/may/might Y” splattered across your television and trickling down your social media profiles may seem contradictory and ridiculous at first glance…

Your cat might be thinking…

96. End:CIV How Our Industrial Society Is Leading Towards An Ecological Apocalypse

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100! Critical Thinking: Keys To Critical Thinking & Thinking About Dubious Claims

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86. The Negative Effects of Wealth & Success, and How to Exploit Them

http://ted.com/talks/view/id/1897

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83. How Your Technology Waste Destroys The Planet & Compromises Your Security

6 important takeaways from this video:

00:00:18Many manufacturers have lead us to believe that our used TVs, computers and consumer waste is being safely recycled in Australia. But a staggering amount of the world’s e-waste is ending up being burned in open dumps in impoverished Ghana, creating an environmental and…

147. Dan Mathews of PETA on Protecting Your Integrity & Advertising For Impact

Senior Vice President of campaigns for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Dan Mathews has +30 years experience recruiting celebrities and devising public media spectacles to surreptitiously shape human behavior.

What does your job consist of?Broadly, to bring the issue of animal rights to as many people as possible. Without realizing it, a lot of animal rights groups – and other…

200! Critical Thinking: The Art of Pissing People Off From The World’s Greatest Internet Troll

06 takeaways from this video:

00:00:01 Ken M. is known as ‘the world’s greatest internet troll.’ All his profile photos are either anonymous or fake, and he leaves vague and well-meaning comments all over the internet and then proudly displays their aftermath on his twitter, facebook, reddit, and tumblr pages.

Ken M started as a…

82. How To Start A Startup: The Importance Of Choosing Your Team & Execution

23 important takeaways from this  video: (more…)

81. Human Resources Management: Motivation With Compensation & Benefits

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79. Human Resources Management: Recruitment From Application To Offer (Pt. 2)

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