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Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation. Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's of awesome. Dan Gilbert asks, Why are we happy? Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work. Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action.

Larry Smith: Why you will fail to have a great career. The 10 Best TED Talks of 2011. Watching videos online is usually considered fun, but generally a waste of time. Not so with TED videos, which are uniformly interesting, educational, inspiring, and enjoyable. If you haven't spent much time (or any) checking out TED videos, you should – and to help with that, I've compiled what seem to be the very best 10 TED videos of 2011.

It was a grueling task, combing through the cream of the crop on the TED site, but somebody had to do it. Some of the talks may have been filmed prior to 2011 but all of the talks here were posted in 2011. Unless you were lucky enough to attend the TED event in question, it's still new to you. How I Became 100 Artists You don't need to be an artist to appreciate Shea Hembrey's "How I became 100 artists," but if you are it's even more amazing.

A Modern Take on Piano, Violin, Cello If music is more your thing, then the "Modern Take on Piano, Violin, Cello" entry from the Ahn Trio is a must-watch (and listen). 3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed. Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education. Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From mistakes. Chris Anderson: How web video powers global innovation. Derek Sivers: How to start a movement.