Best Personal Development Videos

~ Creativity and Career ~

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John Cleese on the Origin of Creativity
This talk from the 2009 Creativity World Forum in Germany is part critique of the modern world's hustle-and-bustle, part handbook for creating the right conditions for creativity. I agree with his view that to access intuition (including creative ideas) we need to shut the analytical left-brain, wordy mind off for a while and just be open to what comes, as images and feelings. Like great ideas come during a walk in the country, or walking around the block alone in the early hours, or upon waking. But the left brain does have a role too; for example, being open to external ideas and stimuli to help build upon and develop the original intuitive idea, and planning the steps toward manifesting the vision.

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. Why don't we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it's because we've been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies - far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity - are ignored or even stigmatized. Robinson champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.

Write Now
Looking for a new technique to help you find peace of mind and clear negative emotions? This video, provided by Mind-Body-Soul TV, explains how many have found this this solace in the act of writing.

Where do good ideas come from?
This is an excellent video in which Stephen Johnson demonstrates some of the stages that we go through when getting creative ideas...

Goal-Free Living Video
Stephen M. Shapiro recently gave a speech at the Creative Problem Solving Institute - this clip is one of his funniest stories.

Infinity Miles Per Gallon: Art Haines and the Solar Car
Want a solar car? Mechanical designer Art Haines, of Maine, built one from scratch with the help of high school students. If they can do it, why can't Detroit?

Simply Unmotivated Success
David Stoddard, the "Unmotivated Motivational Writer" tells the reality about goals.

The 'Semmelweis Effect'
The Semmelweis Effect is the tendency of scientists to reject new evidence that contradicts an established paradigm. It is named after Ignaz Semmelweis who, in 1847, discovered that the death rates of mothers having children could be significantly reduced if doctors disinfected their hands before delivering babies. His peers viciously criticized his findings because they could not understand the reason they worked. Semmelweis ultimately suffered a serious mental breakdown and was committed to an insane asylum where he died in 1865 at the age of only 47. This video tells a tragic story which is still happening in other areas today.

The Philosophy of Career Success
The fastest route to the management fast track.

Howard Rheingold: Way-new collaboration
Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group.

Spirit Dreaming
An enlightened Artist leaves Spiritual Sculptures in the Australian Rainforest as a signature of brotherhood and respect.

The World
Nick's project on "how he sees the world" for a film class.

David Lynch: Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain
The inside story on transcending the brain, with film director David Lynch; John Hagelin, Ph.D., the quantum physicist featured in "What the bleep do we know?"; and Fred Travis, Ph.D., Director, Center for Brain, Consciousness and Cognition.

Steve Jobs talks about Microsoft
An old favourite of mine: a younger Steve Jobs speaks about Microsoft. Watch out for his classic delivery of the line, "for the most part." Enjoy!

Think Different
From Picasso to Dylan, this 1990's promotional film from Apple Computer gives glowing recognition to all those who have marched to their own drum and in doing so, left the world a different place. We can each do the same.