Top Ten Career Based TED Talks

Jeremy Tiffin • June 16, 2016

We’ve all watched TED talks before, experts in their given fields talking about topics that are both informative and hopefully inspiring.


In no particular order, we’ve compiled our list of the best career based TED talks that we could find.


1. Shawn Achor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXy__kBVq1M


2. Larry Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKHTawgyKWQ


3. Cal Newport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIMu1PGbG-0


4. Zain Asher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT2XlI8oeh0


5. Tim Clark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJsuWB3LQ_o


6. Barbara Corcoran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU1DI8HsYAg


7. Ruth Chang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GQZuzIdeQQ


8. Ashley Stahl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMiSf7LpFQE


9. Yves Morieux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MD4Ymjyc2I


10. Susan Colantuono: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFQLvbVJVMg

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