A video from Ted.com (Ideas Worth Spreading)

Oct 26, 2008 06:02

I have a passionate love affair with good ideas. I started Stranger Things partially because I found a podcast called "Escape Pod", and it seemed absolutely thick with good ideas, and I knew I wanted to do something like that.

Once a year, in Monterey, CA, 1000 notable people are brought together. From fields as wide-ranging as politics, art, design, philosophy, and technology, they are given 18 minutes to speak about their ideas. On TED.com, they release these 18-minute videos for you to watch.

The 18 minutes turns out to be just long enough to blow your mind. It's like snack-size Enlightenment.

I could go on but I'd rather let you discover it for yourself.

But I'd like to share with you a discovery I made. I'd heard of Tony Robbins in the past, and, while I'd never actually seen him or read his work, I pretty much figured I had him categorized as a flashy self-help guru. Full of BS, a Susan Powter of the soul, that kind of thing. But when I saw his video on TED.com, I thought I'd give him a chance to hang himself.

I was knocked out. As it turns out, Tony Robbins isn't Tony Robbins for nothing.

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