You & Your Genius
By now it seems everyone knows of TED. If not, you’ve really been missing out.
TED is an annual conference that brings together speakers from the Technology, Entertainment and Design fields. Speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, J.J. Abrams and many others. Most of the lectures are under 20 minutes, and I have never watched one and later felt I wasted my time; unlike many things on television or YouTube.
This past week was the 2009 edition of the event, and some of the videos are already being posted for those of us who can’t fork over the $6,000 registration fee to attend.
One of those released videos is that of Elizabeth Gilbert’s lecture on genius. Gilbert is the author of the best-selling book “Eat, Pray, Love.”
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