Top 20 TED Talks That Can Improve Your Life

TED talks have served to inspire, motivate and create action for many. Here are the top 20 TED talks that can serve to improve your life.

Author Mike Vardy
Category Communication
Photo credit: Aatik Tasneem
TED.com recently released their list of the 20 most-watched TED talks to date, and while they have quite a few of the ones listed that can serve to improve your life, there are several out there that are on the list at deserve some mention.

So, we've decided to unveil what we believe to be the top 20 TED talks that can improve your life. And while there is some crossover on both lists, we feel that there are some that just deserve a little bit more of your attention. Enjoy!

(Please note: some of these talks are NSFW.)

1. Jonathan Fields: Turning Fear into Fuel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkFRwhJEOos

2. Jason Fried: Why Work Doesn't Happen at Work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UmUgaJwEr0

3. Josh Klein: Hacking Work

https://youtu.be/H07pbDhBgXg

4. Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret to Better Work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLJsdqxnZb0

5. Arianna Huffington: How to Succeed? Get More Sleep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nncY-MA1Iu8&t=1s

6. Tim Ferriss: Smash Fear, Learn Anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPE2_iCCo0w

7. Richard St. John: Success is a Continuous Journey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgNx9Bgac1I

8. Nigel Marsh: How to Make Work-Life Balance Work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdpIKXLLYYM

9. Dan Pink: The Surprising Science of Motivation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y

10. Tony Robbins: Why We Do What We Do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwFOwyoH-3g

11. Drew Dudley: Everyday Leadership

https://youtu.be/uAy6EawKKME

12. Dave Morris: The Way of Improvisation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUO-pWJ0riQ

13. Chris Guillebeau: Fear and Permission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unxL5RRhNb0

14. Gary Vaynerchuk: Do What You Love

https://youtu.be/s0DmJbE8Xxk

(Editor's Note: this talk is featured on TED.com's "Best of the Web" section, but is from his Web 2.0 appearance.)

15. Brené Brown: The Power of Vulnerability

https://youtu.be/iCvmsMzlF7o

16. Simon Sinek: How Great Leaders Inspire Action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0HIF3SfI4

17. John Wooden: The Difference Between Winning and Succeeding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MM-psvqiG8

18. Sheena Iyengar: How to Make Choosing Easier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pq5jnM1C-A

19. Derek Sivers: Keep Your Goals to Yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHopJHSlVo4

20. Dan Buettner: How to Live to Be 100+

https://youtu.be/ff40YiMmVkU

Bonus talk: Did you know that I've done a TED talk myself? While mine definitely doesn't rank among those listed in this post, I thought I'd give you a chance to check it out as well. (After all, it does have to do with lifehacks.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuNyJQKnE4A