10 TED Talks To Watch After Graduating College

By Madison White on February 29, 2016

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Of the many wonderful things on the Internet, TED Talks are well regarded as educational, enlightening and inspiring. As a recent college graduate, life can seem chaotic and disheartening. These TED Talks will uplift and push you to move forward in life.

Here are 10 TED talks to watch after graduating college.

1. Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius

Elizabeth Gilbert — Your elusive creative genius

Whether or not you pursued a creative degree, finding your (creative) genius is something everybody faces. In any case of writer’s block or work block in general, finding your stride can be difficult.

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat, Pray, Love,” lets us know that we don’t have to be geniuses all the time. Waves of inspiration will come and go and sometimes the pressure you put on yourself to perform excellently all the time, is exactly the thing prohibiting your progress.

2. Jacob Barnett: Forget what you know

Jacob Barnett — Forget what you know

Jacob Barnett, child extraordinaire, may make you feel totally inadequate as a young adult. Fear not, you aren’t inadequate. In fact, you’re completely adept.

You’ve gone off and learned extensively about your field, but Jacob helps us remember that sometimes what you already know isn’t the path to figuring out what you don’t. Sometimes you have to step away from your educational past to figure out the future.

3. Larry Smith: Why you will fail to have a great career

Larry Smith — Why you will fail to have a great career

Larry Smith, an economist, reminds you that your passion is out there even despite your excuses. The excuse of luck, genius, and money long reign supreme over mediocre jobs. To have that great career, you might have to work hard, but Smith will help you remember that passion.

4. Scott Dinsmore: How to find and do work you love

Scott Dinsmore — How to find and do work you love

Scott Dinsmore doesn’t want you to build your resume. He wants you to live your life and he wants you to love it. Graduating college is the perfect platform to find what you love and chase it. Opportunity is there and Dinsmore’s talk will inspire you to take it.

5. Adam Leipzig: How to know your life purpose in 5 minutes

Adam Leipzig — How to know your life purpose in five minutes

If you’ve already found your life purpose, that’s awesome. But if you’re like the many of us who haven’t, this talk is for you. To find your life purpose, you only need five steps. Finding your life purpose is easy enough if you know how to do it. Leipzig makes it easy.

6. Dr. Ivan Joseph: The skill of self confidence

Dr. Ivan Joseph — The skill of self confidence

Graduating college means stepping into the real world. Which means stepping into a ton of workforce competition. What sets you apart from the rest? It’s simple. Self confidence.

Dr. Ivan Joseph, a former soccer coach, tells us why and how this skill can change your life and help you accomplish any task. And that is one of the best things you can have.

7. Nick Vujicic: Overcoming hopelessness

Nick Vujicic — Overcoming hopelessness

Nick Vujicic is a unique person with a unique background. Inspirational to many, his voice on overcoming hopelessness is a loud one. Transitioning into the job market can be tricky and down-heartening, but this TED Talk can help you take those obstacles and transform them into opportunities.

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8. Mel Robbins: How to stop screwing yourself over

Mel Robbins — How to stop screwing yourself over

Feeling stuck isn’t just a thing you feel. Almost a third of Americans have similar feelings. Mel Robbins, a woman of many talents, tells us how to be selfish for a second and figure out what we want. She wants to know what you want. And then she’ll tell you how to get it if you know how to stop screwing yourself over.

9. Carrie Green: Programming your mind for success

Carrie Green — Programming your mind for success

Carrie Green, a business owner and founder, knows that success doesn’t happen by chance or by luck, but by training your mind to be successful. Instilling successful habits into yourself may be some work, but will reap endless rewards. She knows that your actions begin with a process in your brain. This process can be honed and can create massive changes in your life.

10. Sam Berns: My philosophy for a happy life

Sam Berns — My philosophy for a happy life

A very popular TED Talk, Sam Berns knows his life is difficult, but he manages to stay happy. How? By recognizing difficulties and moving past them, setting small goals and taking pleasure in achieving them. His incredible story about wanting to play snare drum in the marching band, reminds us how simple life can be. Goals don’t have to be large or prestigious to be rewarding. Sam Berns’s talk will remind you of life’s simple pleasures.

Taking control of your life doesn’t have to be complicated and these TED Talks can help you see that. Inspiration doesn’t come easy, but these talks might just be the cure.

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