‘How do I become successful?’ is an age-old question that almost every business owner has asked themselves at some point in time. Whether you’re just starting out or are looking to grow your company to new heights, these TED Talks on achieving success will inspire you to push yourself to your limits.
Start with why – Simon Sinek
Here Simon Sinek, author and strategic consultant, discusses the principal behind every successful person and business in his most famous TED Talk. It focuses on a simple but powerful model for how leaders inspire action, starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?”
Programming your mind for success – Carrie Green
In this TED Talk Carrie Green, founder of the Female Entrepreneur Association, shares her entrepreneurial story and talks about how to program your mind for success. By doing this, you can stick to your resolutions and overcome obstacles by having a game plan for your future. She also tracks the difference between entrepreneurs and ‘wantrepreneurs’, explaining why mind-set might just be more important than business plans.
Success, failure and the drive to keep creating – Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert was once an “unpublished diner waitress,” devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ she found herself identifying strongly with her former self. In this TED Talk, Elizabeth reflects on why success can be as confusing as failure, and offers a simple way to carry on pursuing your dream, regardless of the outcome.
The key to success? Grit – Angela Lee Duckworth
Leaving a successful job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a position teaching math in a New York public school. Through teaching, she realised that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. In this TED Talk she explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of success.
The single biggest reason why start–ups succeed – Bill Gross
Bill Gross has founded a lot of start-ups, and incubated many others. In order to find out more about why some companies succeeded while others failed, Bill gathered data from hundreds of companies and ranked each company on five key factors. In this informative TED Talk, he discusses the one factor that he found stands out from the others.
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