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- Dan Gilbert gave his first TED Talk in February 2004; The surprising science of happiness was one of the first we ever published, in September 2006.
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Apr 11, 2014 · Dan Gilbert gave his first TED Talk in February 2004; The surprising science of happiness was one of the first we ever published, in September 2006. Here, the Harvard psychologist reminisces about the impact of TED, shares some suggestions of useful further reading — and owns up to some mistakes.
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Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what...
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Dan Gilbert, author of "Stumbling on Happiness," challenges the idea that we'll be miserable if we don't get what we want. Our "psychological immune system" lets us feel truly happy even when things don't go as planned.
Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong — a premise he supports with intriguing research, and explains in his accessible and unexpectedly funny book, Stumbling on Happiness.
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Dan Gilbert has great enthusiasm for his subject. You hear it in his voice; you see it in the way he moves and gestures. That enthusiasm draws you in and keeps you interested in the subject. As John Wesley said, “Catch fire with enthusiasm and people will come from miles around to watch you burn.”
Gilbert shows that humour has its place even in a scientific or technical presentation. It lightens the mood, keeps the energy high and improves the attention and engagement of the audience. A few examples: 1. “When you have 21 minutes to speak, two million years seems like a really long time. But evolutionarily, two million years is nothing.” (0:1...
A metaphoris a rhetorical device that compares two things (that are often not alike) by stating that one is the other. At 1:06 Gilbert uses a flight simulator as an excellent metaphor to explain the pre-frontal cortex (our “experience simulator”). Metaphors are simple but powerful ways to explain something new to your audience. You link your idea t...
Dan Gilbert uses concrete examples to explain his points. I particularly appreciated the detailed way in which he described the experiment with the Monet paintings (9:34), the experiment with the photography course (15:30) and the stories of the three men from the newspapers (Jim Wright, Moreese Bickham and Harry Langerman). Being concreteby, among...
At 9:15, Gilbert makes a reference to the talk by Buddhist Monk Matthieu Ricardwho also spoke at the same event. It is a very subtle thing, but it shows good presence of mind on the part of Gilbert. If you speak at an event and can reference a previous speaker, it’s a nice callback for the audience and shows that you are paying attention to others,...
Mar 24, 2016 · Here is the full text and summary of psychologist Dan Gilbert’s talk titled “The Surprising Science of Happiness” at TED Talk conference. [Content same as the Why are we happy?
Feb 8, 2017 · In this TED Talk, psychologist Dan Gilbert breaks down happiness into its two most basic components—the happiness we stumble upon and the happiness we create—to reveal a shocking truth....
Dan Gilbert gave his first TED Talk in February 2004; The surprising science of happiness was one of the first we ever published, in September 2006. Here, the Harvard psychologist reminisces about the impact of TED, shares some suggestions of useful further reading — and owns up to some mistakes.
