15 Inspiring TED Talks Every Freshman Must Watch

You've selected your classes and shopped for your dorm room. You've bought some new clothes and packed your favorite things. The new semester is around the corner and you're as ready as you'll ever be. Unless, that is, you want to get a tiny bit ahead. The TED speaker series features "ideas worth spreading." Did we miss one that inspires you for the new school year? 1. In need of a motivational pick-me-up? 2. According to Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert, sometimes our notions of what will make us happy and what will make us miserable are way off. 3. There's a strong chance you'll have your fair share of group projects this semester. 4. Between dance team, ultimate frisbee club, volunteering and—oh, right—lectures, your life's crazy factor is about to go way up. 5. We humans have an excellent ability to make excuses for ourselves. 6. Does a cup of tea and a good book sound like a perfect Friday night? 7. College is the perfect time to try something new. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

The language of lying - Noah Zandan Detection deception experts such as Pamela Meyer, in her popular book Liespotting argue that there are behavior cues everyday people can use to spot lying. Hear Pam discuss her book and ideas at this NPR link on the TED Radio Hour and listen to: Can You Spot A Liar? Scroll down at this site and check out the related story links. But a host of reputable scientists, like John Fuerdy of the University of Toronto, question the efficacy of lie detectors: "Studies have long shown that polygraphs are remarkably unreliable, particularly for screening job applicants. But all hope is not lost, new scientific research has given us the power to measure the brain like never before. Psychologist Dr. Watch an interview with Dr.

Proof That Failure Is the Key to Success I teach strategy and entrepreneurship at Babson College. Its undergraduate entrepreneurship program has topped the U.S. News & World Report survey every year in the last 20. Babson asked me to create a new course: Foundations of Entrepreneurial Management. And if a student asked me the most important thing the she had to know by the end of the semester, I’d tell her that to achieve start-up success; you must fail over and over again until you learn what you need to succeed. Failure: The Cold, Hard Truth Before getting into the details of why this is so important, consider these statistics. The logic behind this is that I have spoken with many VCs who talk with about 1,000 entrepreneurs for every one or two that they fund. Since April 2011 when I started researching my book, Hungry Start-up Strategy, I have interviewed at least 200 start-up CEOs. Case Study: PayPal The first is PayPal. One of Confinity’s features was the ability to make payments online. Case Study: Collaborate.com

Are Extroverts the Best Leaders? Maybe Not I was surprised as anyone back in 1990 when I landed my first real job. Full healthcare benefits, a retirement plan, and much more! An actual salary to pay the bills and even buy myself a commuter car! I was soon to become the manager of a shoe store in Oakdale, Minnesota. Unfortunately, my first week on the job was a total bust. Because I focused so much on the register--making sure someone was always there, that we were processing transactions correctly--I forgot to check in with my employees. Somehow, despite my introverted personality, I lasted about two years. What's the Stuff of Leadership? In the business world, the best leaders are those who charge ahead, right? But what if that's not really true at all? Recently, I took a Myers-Briggs test at an event that offered some new perspective on this topic. If you know anything about the Myers-Briggs test, this will resonate with you. The event was sponsored by Ford and the goal was to find out which car matches your personality.

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