How To Be Better

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Self-help advice is filled with quick fixes on "living your best life." But there are no shortcuts. This hour, TED speakers search for meaningful ways to reduce stress, gain confidence, and connect. Guests include conflict mediator Priya Parker, activist Brittany Packnett, cognitive scientist Sabine Doebel, health psychologist Kelly McGonigal, and author Nilofer Merchant.

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0:00.0	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:07.0	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:10.0	Ted.
0:11.0	Ted.
0:12.0	Technology.
0:13.0	Entertainment. Design.
0:14.0	Is that really what's 10 for us?
0:15.0	I've never known the delivered at Ted Conferences around the world.
0:18.0	It's the gift of the human imagination.
0:19.0	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:22.0	The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond.
0:26.0	Those talks, those ideas, adapted for radio.
0:31.0	From NPR.
0:33.0	I'm Kairaas.
0:40.0	So, when you're inviting family or friends or co-workers over for dinner,
0:46.0	the rules of etiquette say you should steer clear of three subjects.
0:51.0	Sex, politics, and religion.
0:55.0	The rule of the norm, you know, never talk about sex, politics, or religion at the dinner table,
1:01.0	comes from a very good intention.
1:04.0	This is Priya Parker.
1:05.0	Some of the earliest charters of the Freemasons have rules about basically not talking about difference
1:11.0	to what they call to quote unquote preserve harmony.
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