Sally Deng Work isn’t who we are, not even if we love our jobs — there’s more to us than that.  Work boundaries help safeguard our time, our energy and our purpose and how fulfilled we feel. Some work boundaries are functional and clear, while others are more intangible and flexible. For example, at some point we absolutely need to …

Avalon Nuovo This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. Have you ever tried to fix an ongoing lack of energy by getting more sleep — only to do so and still feel exhausted?  If that’s …

Unsplash We humans love a good reset — the chance to start fresh and ride the wave of motivation that comes with shedding the old and focusing on the new. And after the wild ride that was 2020, it feels like 2021 is calling for something different. This means going beyond the same-old resolutions, like drinking more water, doing squats and …

Stocksy Most of us love to joke about hangovers. For example:What’s the best thing for a hangover?Drinking heavily the night before. But what is happening in our bodies is more serious than that — it’s alcohol withdrawal. Yes, the symptoms are less extensive, unpleasant and life-threatening than those an alcoholic will go through. But however you dress it up, your …

Kati Szilágyi Years of planning and years of hard work aren’t enough to protect you from failure. That’s the difficult lesson learned by astronomer Erika Hamden, an astrophysics professor at the University of Arizona and a TED Fellow. She and a team of researchers spent 10 years building FIREBall, a telescope designed to hang from a giant balloon 130,000 feet …

Avalon Nuovo This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. People will tell you to find your purpose. They will tell you to find your passion. And I am honestly not sure about that. We are …

Pete Ryan For this year’s holiday book list, we asked TED speakers, educators and podcasters: “What books have inspired you?” We hope their recommendations will help you refresh and recharge. You can skim the entire list, or use the links here to jump around to the different categories, which are: Business; Biographies and memoirs; Children’s books; Cookbooks and design; Current …

Stocksy All the good ideas must be taken by now. Back when Dr. Seuss was writing, there were only tens of thousands of books for kids. Now, there are millions to choose from. The same is true for movie script ideas, summer camp special days, niches for surgeons, original landscaping ideas . . . It’s tempting to imagine that there’s …

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Avalon Nuovo This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. I have struggled with feelings of unworthiness for as long as I can remember. From the outside, my life looked pretty perfect when I was growing …