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We Are Nothing (and That Is Beautiful): Alok Vaid-Menon at TEDxMiddlebury

By Alok Vaid-Menon — 2013

Alok Vaid-Menon discusses the relationship between success and the status quo in this TEDxMiddlebury talk. They draw upon experiences at Stanford and beyond and perform spoken word poetry.

18:00 min

01:22:58

Being Your Own Best Friend: Cultivating a Healthy Sense of Self

Venerable Thubten Chodron gives a talk to a full-house audience at North Idaho College on developing a true sense of self-confidence based on living in line with our personal values.

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Thubten Chodron
2014
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David Brooks: Should You Live for Your Résumé ... or Your Eulogy?

Within each of us are two selves, suggests David Brooks in this meditative short talk: the self who craves success, who builds a résumé, and the self who seeks connection, community, love—the values that make for a great eulogy. Can we balance these two selves? Perhaps, once we know them both.

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2014
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Don’t Be “Distracted by Their Darkness” | Marcus Aurelius on Success

What can Marcus Aurelius teach us about being successful?

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Marcus Aurelius
2020
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