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TED Radio Hour: Kindness

How many people helped make your morning coffee? AJ Jacobs set out to thank them all, from the fa...
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13.28 24 Jan 2019


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TED Radio Hour: Kindness

TED Radio Hour: Kindness

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13.28 24 Jan 2019


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How many people helped make your morning coffee? AJ Jacobs set out to thank them all, from the farmer to the barista and everyone in between -- and discovered the list was much longer than he thought.

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After a career-ending baseball injury, Mike Robbins had to learn how to appreciate his time on the mound. He's found that making the effort to appreciate others has a real impact on their well-being.

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What would happen if we actually asked others to praise and appreciate us for the work we do? Laura Trice examines the importance of building our sense of self-worth by asking for what we need.

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It's free to be kind, yet managers often ignore the value of appreciation. Christine Porath argues that workers and companies experience real costs when there is incivility in the workplace.

 

After being elected to the Danish parliament, �zlem Cekic -- a Muslim immigrant to Denmark -- began receiving hate mail. To counter it, she did the unexpected: she met her harrassers face to face

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