More Than Just "Eco-friendly Drywall" - Motivation to Be More Eco-Conscious

This short eco-friendly TED Talk highlights major data and global trends that should be eye-openers for most Eco-conscious humans. Although the Talk goes on to explain the composition, advantages, and overall benefits of Kevin Surace's drywall and construction materials, the premise should be top of mind (and not just for the eco-friendly folks.)

Take a look at this short 3-minute TED Talk, and perhaps it will inspire you to start using more eco-friendly alternatives throughout the home. From investing in solar panels for electric energy to eco-friendly snack bags for sustainable lunching, the possibilities are endless.

Sell Your Crap. Pay Your Debt. Do What You Love. Top TED Talks

In this TED Talk, Adam Baker shares an incredible personal journey of how he redefined his sense of "freedom" and liberated himself from his current lifestyle of financial burdens.

For Adam and his family, discovering true freedom meant defying the 'status quo' of how typical Americans perceive success. He sold most of his possessions and restructured his life to minimize debt and start truly enjoying life.

During his compelling story, Adam mentions a powerful quote by Nigel Marsh:
"There are thousands and thousands of people out there leading lives of quiet, screaming desperation, where they work long, hard hours at jobs they hate to enable them to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don't like."

Are you one of these people living under the myth that things and possessions identify success?

Do something about it. Prioritize what makes you happy. It's your life, and you have the power to change it.

Dreaming and Doing | Top TED Talks

"If you can dream it, you can do it." - Walt Disney

This is the foundation for Saku Tuominen's TED Talk. He underscores a major problem with people today: many individuals claim that they cannot dream. And those who can dream, struggle to do.

Saku breaks-down people into three categories:

• Dreamer's - those who dream and inspire great ideas, but fail to action
• Doer's - those who take action, but leave their dreams aside
• Did's - those who dream and take action to do

Saku also makes a great reference to happiness. He relates to a common perception of how humans struggle with a losing battle of seeking happiness.

The answer lies in how we manage our perception of time, and what we do with that time. "It's all about the balance," Saku says. And the new "KISS" - "Keep it simple (but) smart."

According to Saku, to fulfill your meaning of life good (and find ultimate happiness,) you have to find balance in 'dream, do, and did.'

Passion Trumps Fear | Top TED Talks

The TEDxGoldenGatePark series is filled with encouraging and inspiring TED talks. In this particular talk, Larry Jacobson shares a captivating story of how he took a life-changing risk to achieve is greatest passion for life: sailing around the world.

Larry makes a thought-provoking statement that "more often then not, it's the good things we have in our life that get in the way of achieving great things."

Too often we become content with our lives. We lose sight of our true passions because life, as it stands, is good. And it's too easy make small excuses of why we can't fulfill our life's great passion.

We must never forget the honest passions of our life. Recognize your priorities. Let passion rule your day.