At a typical TEDx meeting it’s common to watch videos of the best TED talks. We’re doing that just now at TEDxAmsterdam. Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work. Watch with us:
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Posted By Ernst-Jan Pfauth on Nov 20, 2009
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