According to Statistic Brain and several other sources, losing weight is the most popular and common New Year’s resolution – and probably also every other year. Shedding a few pounds, getting fit and staying in shape seems to be on top of everybody’s priority list. But as the resolution happens to […]
This year is coming to a close. In December, TEDxVienna was all about rewinding ourselves – because every end is also a new beginning. Since we already neglected the traditional New Year’s Resolutions as an outdated cliché, we’d like to present 5 easy steps that will help you to prepare for a new […]
Pablo Picasso once said that “we all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth – at least the truth that is given us to understand.” In our Talk of the Week, Mac Barnett unravels this mysterious quote to show us a place that is […]
What do our speakers do when they are not just about to hit a TEDxVienna-stage? Christoph Schmidt-Mårtensson, who gave an inspiring talk about participation in urban spaces at CityX in September, is founder and CEO of the Austrian award-winning new-media-company create.at. We met him to chat about his “daily business” […]
New year, new resolutions, a fresh start – time to improve and make things differently! That is a common way of thinking when next year approaches, yet most people fail to stick to their resolutions and rather become discouraged. However, by investigating your motivational forces, you can better prepare your […]
It is the perfect time of year to rewind and relax or in fact with the rush towards the holidays probably not just yet. But the time between Christmas and New Year, will give some downtime to sit back and relax. Most of us plan the future during this time, […]
“We say to girls ‘you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful, otherwise you will threaten the man’.” Words spoken by writer and author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Born and raised in her home country Nigeria, Adichie grew up like many other […]
The year is coming to an end and in the thoughtful Advent season we frequently begin to look back in the past and speculate about the future. If we take a step back from our personal lives and look at the big picture of humanity, then we wonder where society […]