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The Coolfidence Arsenal

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The surprising habits of original thinkers

How do creative people come up with great ideas? "The greatest originals are the ones who fail the most, because they're the ones who try the most," Grant says. "You need a lot of bad ideas in order to get a few good ones."

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A futuristic vision of the age of holograms

Thousands of years from now, we'll look back at the first century of computing as a fascinating but very peculiar time -- the only time in history where humans were reduced to live in 2D space, interacting with technology as if we were machines; a singular, 100-year period in the vastness of time where humans communicated, were entertained and managed their lives from behind a screen.

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Body language, the power is in the palm of your hands

When you meet people for the very first time the first 4 minutes of meeting a new person you decide pretty much 80% of our attitude about them.

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The clues to a great story

Storytelling is joke telling. It's knowing your punchline, your ending, knowing that everything you're saying, from the first sentence to the last, is leading to a singular goal, and ideally confirming some truth that deepens our understandings of who we are as human beings. We all love stories. We're born for them. Stories affirm who we are.

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Humor at work

Just because something is efficient it does not mean that it is effective. Just because something saves time it does not mean that it actually gets results.

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Think your email's private? Think again

Today, the average person has an astounding amount of personal information online, and we add to this online information every single time we post on Facebook, each time we search on Google, and each time we send an email.

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How to make a profit while making a difference

I believe big institutions have unique potential to create change, and I believe that we as individuals have unique power to influence the direction that those institutions take.

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Optical illusions show how we see

So this is pretty amazing, isn't it? Because nearly every living system has evolved the ability to detect light in one way or another. So for us, seeing color is one of the simplest things the brain does. And yet, even at this most fundamental level, context is everything.

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The single biggest reason why startups succeed

If the startup organization is so great, why do so many fail? That's what I wanted to find out. I wanted to find out what actually matters most for startup success.

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To create for the ages, let's combine art and engineering

I followed the path of most kids who are genetically programmed to make their parents crazy. I had no interest in becoming an artist, certainly not a painter. What I did love was electronics and machines -- taking them apart, building new ones, and making them work.

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Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality

Some of you have tried to lick the outside of your own elbow. But extroverts amongst you are probably those who have not only tried, but they have successfully licked the elbow of the person sitting next to them.

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Before I die I want to ...

There are a lot of ways the people around us can help improve our lives.

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10 ways to have a better conversation

All right, I want to see a show of hands: how many of you have unfriended someone on Facebook because they said something offensive about politics or religion, childcare, food?

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The danger of a single story

Now, I loved those American and British books I read. They stirred my imagination. They opened up new worlds for me. But the unintended consequence was that I did not know that people like me could exist in literature.

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How a driverless car sees the road

So in 1885, Karl Benz invented the automobile. Later that year, he took it out for the first public test drive, and - true story - crashed into a wall. For the last 130 years, we've been working around that least reliable part of the car, the driver.

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Teach teachers how to create magic

Right now there is an aspiring teacher who is working on a 60-page paper based on some age-old education theory developed by some dead education professor wondering to herself what this task that she’s engaging in has to do with what she wants to do with her life, which is be an educator, change lives, and spark magic

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The rise of the new global super-rich

So here's the most important economic fact of our time. We are living in an age of surging income inequality, particularly between those at the very top and everyone else. This shift is the most striking in the U.S. and in the U.K., but it's a global phenomenon.

Icebreaker

Switchblade Bottle Opener

Switchblade Bottle Opener

Taking time to relax can help get work teams or friends to bond. Make sure that you’re prepared for serious downtime with this unexpectedly cool tool. Share a beer and a conversation, but keep things tidy and get tongues wagging at the same time.

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Eye Object

Teamwork is often the best kind of work, especially when you get to surprise people in the process. For this you’ll need an undercover assistant to work alongside you and show off your mind-reading skills in a simple, effective way.

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Frog in the Throat

Frog in the Throat

We all have moments when we can’t quite get the right words out of our mouths. Is it because you have a frog in your throat? Who knew that a frog was actually a great way to get people talking? Try it out when the moment’s right. And consider carrying a spare, because everyone’s going to want one.

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