The daily practice that could rewire your brain | Timm Chiusano
TED Talks Daily
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🗓️ 27 November 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Timm Chiusano was having one of the worst days of his career when he found himself inexplicably fascinated by a mundane part of the world on his walk home. That moment sparked a life-changing realization: he was addicted to appreciation, and it was actually his superpower. He shares a disarmingly simple practice that will make you happier, more present and better equipped to navigate your most challenging days.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm your host, Elise Hugh. |
| 0:13.7 | Do you believe that one simple mindset can change the entire way you see the world? |
| 0:18.5 | Emotional intelligence coach Tim Chusano does. |
| 0:21.9 | In this talk, he shares how a random glance at a manhole cover during one of the darkest |
| 0:26.3 | periods in his life led to a powerful revelation. |
| 0:30.9 | He has since inspired millions to slow down, find joy in the ordinary, and as he says, |
| 0:36.7 | get addicted to appreciation. |
| 0:43.4 | Hi, my name is Tim. I'm addicted to appreciation. I know that sounds really strange, |
| 0:53.2 | but if I do my job over the next eight |
| 0:55.2 | minutes or so, you're not going to look at anything the same way ever again. And because of a |
| 1:01.2 | manhole cover that I saw back on a terrible day in 2018, it was quite literally one of the |
| 1:08.3 | top three worst days of my entire career. |
| 1:11.1 | One of those comically miserable days in corporate America. |
| 1:14.5 | I was managing a team of 270 people. |
| 1:17.3 | Everybody seemed to have a melt-on on the same exact day at the same exact time. |
| 1:22.0 | Eight hours of unnecessarily contentious meetings. |
| 1:25.1 | I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. |
| 1:27.0 | And there were pending |
| 1:27.7 | layoffs coming that spring. I was one of the few people in the company that knew that they were |
| 1:31.1 | coming to. So the dread and the overwhelm was just hanging over me. I get off the subway late |
| 1:39.0 | again for dinner. And of course I check my phone immediately and there's an email for my boss |
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