Ted what makes us happy

Shu Matsuo Post. Ashley Whillans. Miracle Jones. Dominic Price. TED Business. JayaShri Maathaa. Susan David. Guy Winch. Emily Anhalt. These are some of the TED Talks that had you looking at the world differently by the time the credits rolled in no specific order. When Jason B. What do you do with an outdated encyclopedia in the information age? With X-Acto knives and an eye for a good remix, artist Brian Dettmer makes beautiful, unexpected sculptures that breathe new life into old books.

You want work that makes you feel happy, challenged -- and appreciated. These talks might help you find that elusive combination, as you define your working life on your own terms. How do metaphors help us better understand the world? And, what makes a good metaphor? Explore these questions with writers like Langston Hughes and Carl Sandburg, who have mastered the art of bringing a scene or emotion to life.

Everyone makes snap judgments. These talks challenge the hidden biases we all hold -- around looks, race, class, gender, language. Heather Lanier's daughter Fiona has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a genetic condition that results in developmental delays -- but that doesn't make her tragic, angelic or any of the other stereotypes about kids like her. In this talk about the beautiful, complicated, joyful and hard journey of raising a rare girl, Lanier questions our assumptions ab Management theorist Simon Sinek suggests, it's someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust.

But creating trust and safety -- especially in an uneven economy -- means taking on big responsibility. Anger researcher Ryan Martin draws from a career studying what makes people mad to explain some of the cognitive processes behind anger and why a healthy dose of it is, in fact, useful. A smorgasbord of inspired TED Talks to help you get through your funk, and answer some deeper questions along the way. Barry Schwartz studies the link between economics and psychology, offering startling insights into modern life.

We have over muscles in our bodies that help bind us together, hold us up, and help us move. As the director of a year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living? Michael Norton. At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can indeed buy happiness -- when you don't spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and of course other people.

Barry Schwartz. Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied. David Steindl-Rast.