A kinder, gentler philosophy of success | Alain de Botton

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  • www.ted.com 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.
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  • @TissDiss
    @TissDiss 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2006

    I wish this dude was my best friend.

    • @aljasmialjasmi2510
      @aljasmialjasmi2510 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      and i wish if he is my husband :(

    • @luishiguera11
      @luishiguera11 7 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      he is everyone's best friend. whether you're sleeping, eating, walking around a park, getting married, at your child's graduation, Botton is also there. He will always be there.

    • @mojitofall5441
      @mojitofall5441 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lmao i lol'd

    • @TsarOfRuss
      @TsarOfRuss 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I be marry you

    • @CoachDeBora
      @CoachDeBora 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Your comment made me smile. Thanks

  • @gamolly
    @gamolly 8 ปีที่แล้ว +762

    "He is not a loser, although he has lost."

    • @hakusansaku8800
      @hakusansaku8800 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      "He is not a f***r, although he has f****d"

    • @akhil-ng5yj
      @akhil-ng5yj 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Haku Sansaku f****r

    • @davemckay4359
      @davemckay4359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is my favorite ideal.

    • @spinnetti
      @spinnetti 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just like in the Cold Play song...

  • @unwinsis
    @unwinsis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1079

    Q. "What do you do?"
    A. "Same as you. I work, I get paid, I drink."

    • @pravinda333
      @pravinda333 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Did Tyrion saw your comment?

    • @petitio_principii
      @petitio_principii 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      No offense, but that seems like the life description of an alcoholic. :-/

    • @adressepoubelle6488
      @adressepoubelle6488 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Brilliant

    • @adressepoubelle6488
      @adressepoubelle6488 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You must be so pure and so perfectly well balanced in your mind and spirit.

    • @soninChina
      @soninChina 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      unwinsis Funny...I have a class reunion coming up. I’m using that if it’s okay with you!!

  • @AsianPervasion
    @AsianPervasion 9 ปีที่แล้ว +920

    Alain de Brilliant.

    • @bennyton2560
      @bennyton2560 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Touche

    • @minsookim2255
      @minsookim2255 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      J. Lee ㄴ

    • @crazylittlepartytifs
      @crazylittlepartytifs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yasss 👌👌👌😂

    • @jooyoungwuk
      @jooyoungwuk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's a korean joke right? XD
      For those who don't speak korean, Botton sounds like a word meaning 'average' or 'so-so' in korean!

  • @xuanius
    @xuanius 7 ปีที่แล้ว +762

    His strength is in making people realize their faults (i.e. Exercising snobbery) without being angered, and in fact leaves us wanting to be kinder :)
    Great emotional intelligence here.

    • @MrSidney9
      @MrSidney9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Emotional intelligence is a contradiction in terms. It's simply intelligence- clear, logical thinking about how to best persuade Strategic persuasion. It's true though, that his audience is likely made of snobs

    • @soberanisfam1323
      @soberanisfam1323 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@MrSidney9no

  • @joycefungo1414
    @joycefungo1414 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1814

    Is he the voice of School of Life?

    • @shuhengazhang
      @shuhengazhang 8 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Yeah

    • @TrollinJoker
      @TrollinJoker 8 ปีที่แล้ว +236

      +Joyce Fungo Not only that, I believe he is also the brain behind SOL

    • @ihazthots
      @ihazthots 8 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      +Alex Ander , Indeed. He has also authored plenty of books on myriad subjects. The School of Life store has more information.

    • @JuanRuiz-ji6ug
      @JuanRuiz-ji6ug 8 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      He is The school of life, The book of life, etc.

    • @mmv3547
      @mmv3547 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Watching his videos, hearing him speak about life and such gives me life....

  • @Drtomterrific
    @Drtomterrific 4 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    I'm 59 now and I am happy to say, I determined at a young age I would never let anyone else determine my definition of success. I have been driven all my life by a need to understand consciousness, particularly my own of course, that is what has occupied my mind and I'm very happy with the results!
    I'm retired and living comfortably in the Great American Southwest and I'm looking forward to living the next 25 years with even more gusto than I did my first 59. So much JOY!

    • @MrJeanNunes
      @MrJeanNunes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      thats a terrific statement, terrifictom. i share your thoughts with a great deal of joy myself :D

    • @Drtomterrific
      @Drtomterrific 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I apologize to the first two of you, for offering no reply to your kind comments. So rare on the internet. But apparently TH-cam failed to notify me of your comments until Mr. Parallaxes just about few minutes ago.
      I appreciate each of your kind words.

    • @kallingil9320
      @kallingil9320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sau jau chacha ji.

    • @lamlalatoyabam9028
      @lamlalatoyabam9028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @Drtomterrific
      @Drtomterrific 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Anthony W Moore
      I am both complimented and disappointed your experience of Americans is so poor. I know there are many people, American and others, who think deep of life. I've met a few here and abroad. But the internet allows me to hear from so many others I would never know existed.
      Do you know this reference:
      "There are yet 7,000 who have not bent the knee to Baal."

  • @nucalabadze3850
    @nucalabadze3850 7 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    What he says about envy and school reunions is one of his greatest ideas.

    • @sinarb2884
      @sinarb2884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree, but it's not his own ideas perhaps, search for the video of him about the book democracy in america.

    • @v.dargain1678
      @v.dargain1678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Envy ! ha ha ha ha !

    • @jennyhughes4474
      @jennyhughes4474 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I went to two school reunions and never felt envy for those earning far more than me (or with husbands or families who did) because I knew I had chosen extra free time over money and that made me happy and I think I had far more fun!

    • @harrybalszak7526
      @harrybalszak7526 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jenny Hughes well said.

    • @ennediend2865
      @ennediend2865 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Harder for men though...
      My opinion.

  • @peichunlin392
    @peichunlin392 9 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    What a truly intelligent man.

  • @pinkmazohyst
    @pinkmazohyst 8 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    He could read the Sunday paper or a recipe book and I'd be fully attentive

  • @LickNRiff
    @LickNRiff 11 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    This should be watched by every conscious person in the western world.

    • @lovedaisy_0728
      @lovedaisy_0728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      And also the eastern world!

    • @aliceliu4548
      @aliceliu4548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      not only the western world. meanwhile, in China everyone worship money and social status, what a snobby world here now

    • @Grace4ever22
      @Grace4ever22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      TO BE WATCHED ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!!

    • @beezanteeum
      @beezanteeum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aliceliu4548
      It's even seeped onto Asian and every single collective cultures (Afro, Latin, Indigenous, etc.)

    • @poppymoon4122
      @poppymoon4122 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The whole world

  •  8 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    A kinder, gentler philosophy of success. Genius. More of this is needed in the world.

    • @narimafanficfan
      @narimafanficfan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Simon SENEK has similar views two, check it out if you're interested! much love!
      (happy new year!)

    • @Nka861
      @Nka861 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@narimafanficfan😊

  • @alexandrusuciu885
    @alexandrusuciu885 8 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    "let's make sure our ideas of success are truly our own" :) Yes!

    • @v.dargain1678
      @v.dargain1678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I totally agree . Sucess is not an end product of "the thrill of the chase" .

  • @edkensalexandre7043
    @edkensalexandre7043 9 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    This TEDtalk could not have come at a better moment.

    • @doza6472
      @doza6472 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And is still so relevant today!

    • @zozi_kozi951
      @zozi_kozi951 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi, how its going?

  • @inspira.
    @inspira. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I'm so happy that people like him exist in this world. Takes some load off your soul.

  • @CoDGoldenAge
    @CoDGoldenAge 7 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    I highly recommend his documentary "Status Anxiety" for anyone who liked this talk. It's about the same topic like in this video but in a 2 and a half hour version.

    • @tagaway6173
      @tagaway6173 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yours Truly does he work with "the school of life"? I wrote "status anxiety" and I cleaked on the school of life video, just to see what they say, before I watch the video u recommended.
      To my surprise,
      'TS of Life' whole video was this ted-talk, but shoter.
      But they did not credit Alan at all.
      Sad.

    • @mukamaslove1986
      @mukamaslove1986 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Alain de Botton owns School of Life so don't please dont be sad :)

    • @a4286j
      @a4286j 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mukama's Love - i knew ive heard that voice before

    • @aronk001
      @aronk001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      op already states “his documentary”

    • @juanfranciscosanda6780
      @juanfranciscosanda6780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thx for sharing

  • @Nanciefy
    @Nanciefy 11 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    "Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it."

    • @cowboylikeme854
      @cowboylikeme854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How are you

    • @cowboylikeme854
      @cowboylikeme854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Asking since it's been 8 years

    • @Nanciefy
      @Nanciefy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Hahah damn it’s been a while! I’m good - this quote couldn’t be more relevant 😂 I’ve given up a lot since then, changed my career 3 times, and I’m finally feeling like I’m on the track to embracing my true self! If I hadn’t done that, I would have never discovered my current passion. Letting go has been one of my most humbling yet empowering lessons :) take care!

    • @cowboylikeme854
      @cowboylikeme854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Nanciefy that's great to know! Congratulations!

    • @ahmadtharwat2670
      @ahmadtharwat2670 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Excellent reverse_engineering statement

  • @JuanRuiz-ji6ug
    @JuanRuiz-ji6ug 8 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    why isn't this ted Talk viewed in the millions?

    • @adamlee6435
      @adamlee6435 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      +Juan Ruiz Because there are too many talks on success, and too many ways to define success (money, family life, job satisfaction, emotional stability). Inflation of perceived intrinsic value in talks about success.

    • @TsarOfRuss
      @TsarOfRuss 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Because they delete Spiritual videos !! alot of people hate them ...
      they said they are only based on facts, but they accept psychotherapy speakers anyway

    • @soninChina
      @soninChina 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Juan Ruiz I just stumbled upon his videos. Now I binge watch!!

    • @tonytanou2810
      @tonytanou2810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Because most others are drinking the Kool-Aid. The phrase "drinking the Kool-Aid" refers to the 1978 Jonestown massacre, in which more than 900 people committed mass suicide by drinking a flavored drink mixed with Valium, chloral hydrate, cyanide, and Phenergan. "The phrase can be used ironically or humorously to refer to accepting an idea or changing a preference due to popularity, peer pressure, or persuasion.

    • @LynnBFriedman
      @LynnBFriedman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @juan ruiz Because he talks truthfully. His ideas demand introspection and growth. Hard to do ---

  • @francesca4192
    @francesca4192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    As a third year student at uni, this video helps me every time in dismantling constant social pressures I keep receiving from the current system.

  • @thepolyglotfarmer6085
    @thepolyglotfarmer6085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    One of the best talks I've ever listened to. The guy is a genius, on the one hand he speaks with such clarity and elegance and on the other he maintains a very good sense of humor!👌

  • @heideleho
    @heideleho 8 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I feel like everyone would be a little bit calmer, confident and more mindful if they watched Alain's Ted talk series.

    • @ihazthots
      @ihazthots 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +heideleho, or you could follow his exemplary TH-cam channel called The School of Life. Similar philosophical discussions, but short, animated and recurring.

  • @aichaf3070
    @aichaf3070 7 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    That crease across his shirt makes him ever so slightly more approachable. Love Alain de Botton.

    • @stephanietaylor7504
      @stephanietaylor7504 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Aicha F I can picture him buying the shirt in the airport on the flight over

    • @oi8542
      @oi8542 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aicha F really funny

    • @TheArtemis07
      @TheArtemis07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I was thinking the same thing. The crease in his shirt and his slight slouch. He should be standing tall with all his accomplishments, but the fact that he slouches means, to me, that he is unassuming and humble.

  • @yanzili2090
    @yanzili2090 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Dear Alain, thank you so much for this speech and for all the great speeches you have given, the books you have written, the kindness, the wisdom, the humor, the deep thinking and profound caring for people. We are so lucky to have you!

  • @Live.startup
    @Live.startup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This man represents that which is good about the internet. I love his crude straightforwardness! The School of Life, good to have you here!

    • @genehughes4022
      @genehughes4022 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There's nothing crude about what he is saying

  • @nwschultz01
    @nwschultz01 10 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Alain de Botton points out that meritocracy includes both the positive idea that each of us can climb to the top and the negative idea that those who are at the bottom deserve it. He goes on to suggest that we learn to read tragedy (Euripides, Sophocles, Shakespeare) because it is the art form that best combats the view that people have earned their poverty or unfortunate circumstances. He specifically mentions Hamlet, pointing out, "Hamlet loses, but you wouldn't call Hamlet a loser." Funny how meritocracy leads back to the middle age's concept of the great chain of being--everyone has a place in the hierarchy, and everyone belongs in the place he's in.

  • @ft1sesa
    @ft1sesa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Alain de Botton will be remembered for many years to come

  • @josefinay.785
    @josefinay.785 8 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Very inspiring talk, and a healthy dose of reality for all of us who have had it drummed into us to 'chase' success.

  • @Faarax96
    @Faarax96 9 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    The narrator of the school of life videos!

    • @susansreemala6595
      @susansreemala6595 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That was what I was wondering.

    • @amalbouakez8066
      @amalbouakez8066 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ozymandias he is the founder of school of life

  • @HybridHalfie
    @HybridHalfie 9 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    So for everyone who enjoyed this there is a whole documentary and book he made called "status anxiety"
    This Ted Talk was like a condensed summary of the whole book and 2 hour documentary. Highly recommend it if you liked this
    :)

  • @800542204
    @800542204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This feels so important right now with everything going on in the world. There is so much that is completely outside of the control of individuals.

  • @Phoenix_7568
    @Phoenix_7568 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm addicted to this guy's TED Talks.

    • @Tunawesmake
      @Tunawesmake 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you tried his The School of Life Chanel?

  • @lovedaisy_0728
    @lovedaisy_0728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He is also a kind, gentle person himself

  • @xiongluong
    @xiongluong 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Never gets old this talk.

    • @owenlee9474
      @owenlee9474 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right so you are.

  • @kubasniak
    @kubasniak 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Very clever man I must say. His knowledge is astonishing. One of the best TED talks.

  • @elnazpayani9436
    @elnazpayani9436 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dear Alain,
    Thanks for your existence! you are more than a genius!

  • @nevil3076
    @nevil3076 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    12 years down the road and this speech is becoming more important.

  • @binkybunsssss
    @binkybunsssss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I need more series of talks of Alain de Botton. My daily morning routine is listening to his talks on Pessimism, Romanticism, Emotional Education 🌼🌿

  • @harrybalszak7526
    @harrybalszak7526 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This guy doesn’t get the credit he deserves. He’s done more for public philosophical education than any individual in the last 100 years. Sure we have the medium of the internet but without Alain it would still lack accessibility on the forefront.

    • @Leotique
      @Leotique 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah especially with The School Of Life

  • @ahmadtharwat2670
    @ahmadtharwat2670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this type of content is way above the level of Just A TED Talk

  • @shre9
    @shre9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We are blessed to have Alain in our era. Such a legend

  • @swissyogaschool
    @swissyogaschool 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Such an intelligent, kind and clever man, so happy I've discovered his lectures

  • @anitawildman6248
    @anitawildman6248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was brilliant - I need to listen to it again. Everyone should listen to this.

  • @stenl6383
    @stenl6383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The distinction between TED and TEDx is so clear here.

  • @polymath7
    @polymath7 15 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "There are two tragedies in life.
    One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."
    This is more true than many would believe.
    Wilde is always right. Always.

  • @abundant224
    @abundant224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Watching it forgive second time. So much respect for this man

  • @afonsobrito6933
    @afonsobrito6933 8 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    2:58 I bet there's that one ferrari owner in the audience...

    • @ride9111
      @ride9111 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Afonso Brito V V.

    • @aminaz1778
      @aminaz1778 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's wrong with owning a Ferrari if it takes you from A to B?

  • @joyce7550
    @joyce7550 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He is my favorite modern philosopher now. Not too serious despite his serious chosen subjects. Recently, I am listening to Jordan Peterson and for my break, I go back to Alain de Button.

  • @pkcre
    @pkcre 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is simply one of the best talks I have watched - amazing stuff.

  • @amruthagirish1532
    @amruthagirish1532 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of the best TED talks ever!

  • @DJ-yj1vg
    @DJ-yj1vg ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a really profound and poignant speech. Many of these problems with society have magnified by social media allowing us to compare ourselves to every other stranger on the planet

  • @chamarasajith6395
    @chamarasajith6395 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this man is golden!This guy spoke out my mind

  • @ArchiduquesaMA
    @ArchiduquesaMA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Alain is brilliant. Huge admiration for him

  • @ahmadtharwat2670
    @ahmadtharwat2670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We need more of this man in our modern world

  • @worldsavy
    @worldsavy 15 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I can definitely relate to this. I feel like it is incredibly easy to live a comfortable life, but very few of us feel that simply living such a life is "successful". In America especially, I feel that being a mailman or working for the postal office or working for any government branches will yield good healthcare, comfortable salary, great job security, and just an overall relaxed working environment.
    But it is because of society's expectations that we all want to gamble for the millions.

  • @davidedmundson8402
    @davidedmundson8402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Probably the most consistently entertaining TED I've seen. Some pretty good ideas, too.

  • @everythingispolitics6526
    @everythingispolitics6526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this video for various reasons. One being the candidness and honesty in his explanations.

  • @SubhamoyChakraborti
    @SubhamoyChakraborti 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Stimulating talk on success, failure and the impossibility of setting up meritocracy in absolute sense.

  • @fron645
    @fron645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Alain never disappoints. Such a great guy.

  • @CaCHaFep
    @CaCHaFep 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His message is so insightful! Love this guy and the way he puts things in perspective!

  • @Thank-u-so-much-for-everything
    @Thank-u-so-much-for-everything 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Blind faith in others is not true love but trying to understand others is true form of love.
    Trying to understand others can't produce hate or fear except love and kindness in us.

  • @IlinaKuriashkina
    @IlinaKuriashkina 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    A wonderful and insightful talk. Well done, Alain!

  • @SistahNedra
    @SistahNedra 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a great way to start my first day back to school. I love his series; Philosophy: Guide to Happiness.

  • @bRp2712
    @bRp2712 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love love love this TED Talk. So much wisdom. Thank you.

  • @trickstercod
    @trickstercod 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've always applaud the piece of art this guy presents with stunning insight from his reading and research. Bravo!!!

  • @nancymohass4891
    @nancymohass4891 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm so amazed by his thoughts ! Wish he had a regular debate program on the media , so we all could participate !

  • @thisisntallowed9560
    @thisisntallowed9560 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wise man and amazing talk.
    I also believe that everyone's goal is to be happy, but we're told that a certain type of success will make us happy

  • @joaopedroduarte6622
    @joaopedroduarte6622 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant as always. Alain de Botton is one of the best contemporary writers.

  • @nicholaserickson4233
    @nicholaserickson4233 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great message, slowed it down to .75 and made it much more relaxing for me. He whizzed through that at times.

  • @sudhindrak
    @sudhindrak 10 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    That accent.. man. that accent is perhaps what God speaks in. That Brit accent is the most beautiful thing in this world after music.

    • @MrChandanc9
      @MrChandanc9 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ha ha !! these people don't speak they sing :)

    • @Jmndmb32
      @Jmndmb32 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      sudhindra srinivas His accent is also heavily influenced by the German language.

    • @nixances9894
      @nixances9894 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try british music

    • @bink865
      @bink865 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's a posh British accent. We don't all talk like that. He is a good egg

    • @htaylorja
      @htaylorja 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lolololol i really couldnt help myself with your delivery of how you wanted to express your awe of his accent. And its hilarious but i get you, however the funny thing is the Almighty accent may be a bit older than the English accent or dialect even though he understands all and can communicate all and reaches us deeper than a vocal range. Just a thought. Great delivery though.

  • @khyati7733
    @khyati7733 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you, thank you for this talk

  • @shoaibfaizan6899
    @shoaibfaizan6899 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you. This was the best TED talk I heard so far.

  • @megganwright1535
    @megganwright1535 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im not sure how I came across this video BUT i can definitely say that I am more the wiser after having watched it multiple times over. And I thank you Good Sir.

  • @asphotawasti7005
    @asphotawasti7005 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh my god! I love this TED talk. I saw this after 11 years, and I can relate to it 100%!

    • @windokeluanda
      @windokeluanda 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And you enjoy his books...

  • @bherusinghkitawat9933
    @bherusinghkitawat9933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Most underrated Ted talk of all time. I can't trust on my ears what I have just heard. This is what I wanted to hear from very long time.
    Thanks for sharing your thoughts about life 🙏

  • @aaronkeogh
    @aaronkeogh 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think that this is probably the best TED talk I have heard so far.
    I like this quite from Yvon Chouinard, (The founded or Patagonia), "You learn that what's important is how you got their, not what you've accomplished".

  • @codacreator6162
    @codacreator6162 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish more of the most influential people on this planet actually listened to Alain de Botton. Imagine how great the world could be.

  • @urbinamdm
    @urbinamdm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love it. Lighthearted and great insights, A rare message these days, and because of that, very timely indeed.

    • @v.dargain1678
      @v.dargain1678 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lighthearted and not authoritative . Nice

  • @Paseosinperro
    @Paseosinperro 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think the idea of success is insane in itself, specially the meaning it has nowdays

  • @yurojuan
    @yurojuan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He undestands life more than any other wealthy man out there. Now that is true wisdom, and the peace that comes with it is priceless.

  • @daominhvuong2568
    @daominhvuong2568 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this. Thank you, I spent a year dealing with this exact issue.

  • @yuhanhe2583
    @yuhanhe2583 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He is simply great

  • @TheNicolaGrace
    @TheNicolaGrace 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing discussion Alain:) I like your line where you stress that success is to be free from anxiety.

  • @andrewr311
    @andrewr311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I see many people including myself that have lived tragic lives. We tend to think everything is in our control and if we succeed it's all down to us but each day we all rely on millions of other people, to grow our food, to transport it, sell it, those who have planned our roads and cars and built them, those who obey the rules of the road around us etc etc.

  • @beldonhuang
    @beldonhuang ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is such a great talk by Alain, who is one of my favourite modern philosophers. The knowledge that is delivered here in the early 2000s still applies to us today. Just because someone is financially successful doesn't mean they are the best people to hang around with. Likewise, just because someone isn't financially successful (yet), doesn't mean they are not working hard to strive for what they wish to achieve. Essentially, just like Alain says, we shouldn't judge people merely based on their outlook.

  • @nabieladrian
    @nabieladrian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He really lives far beyond the time, ultimately great man

  • @Nonoyawns
    @Nonoyawns 14 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He is a fantastic speaker! His series of shows "Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness" were great as well! Alain de Bottom has potential as a great popularizer of philosophy.

  • @mysteriousgirl4
    @mysteriousgirl4 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was amazing to hear and so true. We live in that constant fear of failure because society teaches us that if we fail, then the failure is deserved. Enough to stress anyone out!

  • @lovedaisy_0728
    @lovedaisy_0728 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This man has said something that the whole world needs to hear.

  • @Amina088
    @Amina088 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Having listened to most of the recent videos of School of Life, I am surprised why I have just discovered this TED Talk. Although the content is nothing new to the current me, his calming voice makes his messages so kind and assuring. One day, I, too, want to become a splendid speaker like him. :)

  • @keysersoze4322
    @keysersoze4322 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Smashing talk old chap.

  • @hannanabila9417
    @hannanabila9417 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    huge fan of this man. I'm thankful for his existence

  • @tilleternity
    @tilleternity 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    so delighted and honored

  • @metroexokitt4416
    @metroexokitt4416 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I feel always im a "loser" so this was a great speech to me!

  • @user-ck7hi6wc8g
    @user-ck7hi6wc8g 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I'm writing highlights in Arabic.
    اهم النقاط التي استفدتها هنا
    فلسفة لطيفة عن النجاح.
    هناك علاقة بين المجتمعات التي تقنعك بأنك قادر على فعل اي شيء وبين تفشي ثقة النفس المتدنية بين أفرادها.
    قيمة الشخص الحقيقة لا يمكن ان تستشف من بطاقة أعماله فقط
    في الفشل، نحن لا نخشى فقدان المال او المهنة، احيانا نخشى حكم الآخرين علينا
    عندما فقدنا عبادة الخالق او الكون، واتجهنا لعبادة الخلق وأنفسنا. فقدنا المتنفس الذي يأخذنا من أنفسنا و من الخلق والتنافس والدراما المرتبطة بهم.
    انت لا تستطيع ان تكون ناجحا في كافة المجالات، هذا هراء. اي رؤية للنجاح يجب ان تعترف بمواطن خسارتها.
    تاكد من ان فكرة النجاح تنبع من ذاتك وليست مستقاة من خارجها، بأن يملى عليك ما يجب ان تفعل وتكون

    • @afshanhameed203
      @afshanhameed203 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and now it's somehow scary to some people!!

    • @salwayousef8212
      @salwayousef8212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks شكرا

    • @marwazein7283
      @marwazein7283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      شكرا لمجهودك فكرة جميلة ترجمة المحتوي للعربية.

    • @user-ck7hi6wc8g
      @user-ck7hi6wc8g 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@marwazein7283 العفو، شكرا للطفك

  • @isameier9633
    @isameier9633 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Alain de Botton. He's such a great enrichement for the society!

  • @earcandy
    @earcandy 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alain, you nailed it. THANKS for your speech.

  • @TheTheshreyasraj
    @TheTheshreyasraj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Alain, your talks are timeless ❤️

  • @AyaKoren717
    @AyaKoren717 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this person so much ❤️

  • @notjustxavier
    @notjustxavier 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best I've seen in quite a few time.

  • @manishkapgate881
    @manishkapgate881 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing insights into idea of success, great TED Talk.