I reached out to the Peak-Careers Community for TedTalks that inspire, assist or support, or educate us in our work. Some of these are great for our clients and some might be best for career coaches. What I’ve seen, they are great for both.
As always, if you have some favorites, please share them.
Taking Care of Ourselves First.
I realize this isn’t career specific, but I often share with my clients the Ted Talk from KC Davis, because there are times when we just cannot even take care of ourselves anymore. Best, Jessica Edwards
Finding Fulfillment
This Talk is from Alicia Ramsdell’s TEDx Talk in York Beach Maine and a framework for people to find fulfillment in their lives (professionally and otherwise). Everyone deserves that 🙂. Alicia took my FCD class a few years ago and her business has grown so fast with the great work she does.
Dealing with Rejection
Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days — from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to requesting a “burger refill” at a restaurant — Jiang desensitized himself to the pain and shame that rejection often brings and, in the process, discovered that simply asking for what you want can open up possibilities where you expect to find dead ends.
Motivating the next generation.
This talk was given at a Michigan TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. It is about motivating the next generation.
John U. Bacon energizes his audience with the story of the Ann Arbor Huron High School hockey team. This came recommended from a high school classmate I haven’t seen in 50 years. Ann Arbor Huron was one of our hockey rivals in the 70’s and my home town Trenton is mentioned numerous times throughout.
Understanding the next generation.
Here is a link to one I share often with clients in their 20’s. Jon Daniel (recent participant in my FCD class.
Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, doesn’t mean you can’t start planning now. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twentysomethings can re-claim adulthood in the defining decade of their lives.
Tiny Habits
What if someone told you to floss only one tooth everyday? Or start the new year, not with grand resolutions, but with a simple challenge.. like ONE pushup a day? BJ Fogg shows us that the key to lasting change does not lie in planning big, monumental changes, but in thinking really, really small. Chosen by Fortune Magazine as one of “10 New Gurus You Should Know”, Fogg directs the Persuasive Tech Lab at Stanford University.
Finding Joy.
Cherry blossoms and rainbows, bubbles and googly eyes: Why do some things seem to create such universal joy? In this captivating talk, Ingrid Fetell Lee reveals the surprisingly tangible roots of joy and shows how we all can find — and create — more of it in the world around us.
Self Defining Our Lives.
She talks about intersectionality and how it is at those intersections we find the freedom to create and the opportunity to self-define. Her talk also speaks to the importance of nurturing women, and in her case Black women, who are interested in STEM careers. Moira (Peak-Careers Communication Specialist).
Thank you to everyone who shared their favorite Ted Talks. I appreciate you.
Jim Peacock is the Principal at Peak-Careers Consulting and writes a weekly email for career practitioners. Peak-Careers offers discussion-based online seminars for career practitioners focused on meeting continuing education needs for CCSP, GCDF and BCC certified professionals as well as workshops for career practitioners and individual career coaching.
He is the author of A Field Guide for Career Practitioners: Helping Your Clients Create Their Next Move and The Adventure of Finding Me in New Zealand. He is also the recipient of the 2020 Kenneth C. Hoyt Award from the National Career Development Association and the Mid-Atlantic Career Counseling Association’s Professional Contribution’s Award in 2020.
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