"Sustaining Happiness Through Mindful Living" | Barry Margerum | TEDxSantaClaraUniversity
Your brain is a powerful tool, but is wired for you to survive and at times subconsciously operates at cross purposes with what you might consider to be the best behavior. This presents a problem in the world where digital devices have led to increasingly high levels of stress in our lives. Being “Mindful” insures that you properly reflect on the situation before acting and behave in a way that would be most beneficial. Being present, in an open and accepting way, with the right mindset, to what you are experiencing, prepares you for this optimal behavior.
Barry Margerum has more than twenty-five years of C-level management, strategy, and marketing experience in the electronics and communications industries and is a recognized pioneer in bringing mindfulness programs into the corporate workplace. Barry brought Google’s Search Inside Yourself program to Plantronics Inc. in 2012, where he was serving as the Chief Strategy Officer. He subsequently became certified to teach the SIY curriculum and has taught mindfulness classes to executives and knowledge workers around the world. He consults with F1000 to develop compassionate leaders and corporate-wide mindfulness work practices to achieve higher levels of engagement, increased well-being and optimal performance. Margerum holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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Contentment breeds happiness. Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to let another person or event control your emotions. excellent Tedtalk
Liked the story of boy and horse.. God has a plan for us so be in the present n keep going. That's the best thing we can do.. thank you sir for motivating...
I've watched so many of these, his is the best. I really appreciate his message. Highly recommend it
The one concept which hit me the most was when he stated that comparing your own experiences with others might decreases the quality of your experiences, past or present. Therefore have some self awareness not to compare for it is ever harder not to compare today when social media is all around us. Instead of comparing we should try to celebrate their awesome experiences with them by being genuinely expressing excitement, gladness, or any positive emotion that we can feel from their experiences. Statement like "wow that's awesome, I'm really exited for you" or "knowing that you are having a good time makes me really happy" are the words that can evoke genuine happiness within us from other's experiences.
Thank you for this wonderful presentation Brilliant information explaining how powerful mindfulness meditation is for your mental well-being.
I think the key to success in mindfulness is to learn how to concentrate better. I think the idea of meditation turns a lot of people off to mindfulness because they feel they'll have a hard time learning how to meditate. Concentrate on the present moment is the key.
Awesome talk! It sumarizes a lot of stuff I've been studying about lately. Thanks Barry. That was brilliant!
This is so great talk. I love hearing your message. It inspires us. Thanks.
Absolutely mind blowing speech. Simple and unique 👌
thank you this is awsome info
Don't compare and be thankful that the way we are built
Really good Thank you very much.
Great exposition on Mindfulness.
really helpful and simple explanation 😊
Good presentation of some common sense ideas that sometimes get lost along the way...
Wow just fantastic 😊
This is the first time I've heard an intelligible clarification ... I don't have to sit like a pretzel, the mind-wandering issue is factored into the process, and the use of the 'relaxation-response' is a well-known path to constructive self-hypnosis ... or at least, deep relaxation! Amazingly, I've come to the same understandings on my own, putting into practice sporadically but increasingly ... only took 5 1/2 decades! :D Makes me feel better about the advice I've given other people!
It's like this guy is reading my mind. Everything he says its what's going on in my mind
@ginoasci2876
3 жыл бұрын
it’s one year after you posted your comment, are you living in the now? did this Tedtalk take?
I have always struggled to keep my focus while trying to meditate and have searched for the rational for the utility of the process. This video answered that question for me. I now understand that the importance of being in the present and how I can practice that through meditation. Thanks Barry for this simple yet powerful insight which I will apply in my life.
@formula1340
3 жыл бұрын
Another tip for those who struggle is to count the pause after the exhale from 1 to 10. It greatly helps me when i was starting. Just whenever after you exhale there is a mini pause of your breathing then count to 1, then the next after exhale count to 2, then so on until you get 10 breaths and begin again to 1. The funny thing is, sometimes i continue after 10 and says 11 but then i will caught my mind wondering so i’ ll orient my mind again to 1.
@coltenkelso5764
Жыл бұрын
Because the ego is constantly unsatisfied. It always wants more and is focused on ways it can get it. The ego cannot accept the present moment as it is. That's where mindfulness comes in. You let those thoughts and feelings come and go and live mindfully in the present moment. Focus on making the here and now the best experience possible.
One of the best talks I have seen. Great job.
I so appreciate you sharing!
Great presentation! Good messages to take away.
Great lectures thank you very much everyone for sharing knowledge that beneficial please post more it's important
@ginoasci2876
3 жыл бұрын
are you living in the now?
Dakujem Vam....
This talk was incredible. Thank you.
The example he gave about the boy and the horse is from a Chinese idiom story.
"Its tuff being a humanbeing" haha truest and best way to put it
Cool speech
Jus for today stay in the moment .prac mindful living .and my. Grandaughter s healing is my priority Today
Enjoy the present and BE yourself. (:
Brilliant.
Hey, Is there any else who, like me, fixates on pleasant memories from the past?
Such an enlightening piece! For those who want more, there's a book with comparable insights. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze
awesome
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somtimes truth goes up...but only sometimes….ERF is FLAT...
I learned all of this in est and have been a happy person ever since.
One can’t sustain any state. That’s also ok!
That’s a tao de Jim story.
Meditation is all the rave right now, but is Meditation all it's stacked up to be? I understand and agree wholeheartedly that the utilization of the frontal cortex can and does shut the negative thinking of the limbic zone up through having faith in our sane minds rather than the insanity of our limbic minds, and it does guide us in achieving the things we want in life. But how does Mindfulness aid us in the pursuit of happiness? I am trying to understand how the two fit. Given the two pursuits, I'd rather spend my time in Visualizing a Renewed, Updated Self-Image of Me than watching my breath. Seems like a red herring, that's all. I'm not one to do a thing, because I'm told; I need to be persuaded..... But yes, I like you, and thank you for this opportunity to speak.
@TheBruceKeller
6 жыл бұрын
I think it's mainly about putting that buffer in there between you and your thoughts so that you aren't consumed by them. For a lot of people, being able to recognize useless thoughts and triage them out is a good way to be happier.
@kellysmyth2337
6 жыл бұрын
I think its more about contentment not happiness
@nanadelamer6277
6 жыл бұрын
this seems to me so old school ,and you r right , i ve concluded that for ex being in the now is not good ..in fact one should take an x ammount n time (past present future) and see how the energy moves and see the xonsequence of his actions IN TIME the bein in the now is a momentary thing i d call FEEL YOUR BODY and thats all it is,but you dont do it with your mind (or w/o it) you just enhance the feeling ..your heart first o all ,latryou may develop a body feeling the body feeling
@nanadelamer6277
6 жыл бұрын
there is only one premise for hapyness and that is to not do the things you dont like (and do the things you like)the Self wants to express itSelf and thats all there is to it what i ve realised abt meditation is that everything i knew was wrong or misunderstood Even if the teacher/yoghi expresses his experience with the right words you are not in the position to get it bcoz is experiential ,noone can explain how an apple tastes...and they are not leading you to the apple(especially in d west) ..they tell you how it tastes..well is hard to imagine the taste of something Thats precisely why there are so many different methods to the path. What i mean is that calming the mind is not something you do but the result of something you do is that the mind calms That result is faster/deeper achieved with other ways..say extreme sports , engaging in life fully , loving someone very much ,etc meditation can be a small step forward though and i m gratefull for that
@love8arts
6 жыл бұрын
The thing that you develop with meditation, but not necessarily with conscious creation, is neutrality. Neutrality, or equanimity is a super power when it comes to being able to see and know the truth, to heal and to become more balanced. It's not about shutting something out. Its about seeing and accepting.
Gerrit W Gong
I'm early. First Comment.
why is always a saber tooth tiger. And what's with the lack of volume,
@jodumire9584
5 жыл бұрын
yes , whats up with the saber tooth tiger obsession? :) funny!
@SLefd
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the warning. I dont want to listen to the talk now, because of that, lol.
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Too many shoulds, 'we've gotta' and generally directive phases in this man's dialogue. A good talk but he's not accepting of the listeners presence so his information comes over in an authoritarian manner.
@daithiocinnsealach3173
5 жыл бұрын
Do you have an unresolved issue with an authority figure in your life?
I don't get it really And i tried to read the power of now A lot of it seemed like nonsense Have you ever met someone who lived there lives in the present moment? Seems they wouldn't get anywhere without a powerful reflection on the past and planning for the future
1 minute was too long.
As soon as you attempt to Control your meditation..you have ruined the whole effect.
Trump makes all our lives VUCA. Nothing is more sure than change, but I find that my feeling of lack of control in the face of a disturbed person who can wreck our lives brings out the reactivity in me and I turn to Twitter myself hoping to convince the president to pull himself together. I was seldom like this before.
@utualan
4 жыл бұрын
Deranged Dems and Resistance = Neurosis. What happened to acceptance and love? Trump is doing his sincere best for America - and it's working despite lack of gratitude.
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No not really dude.
Disappointing talk, no new ideas.