How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas

Watch and share today’s TED Talk. View it in your browser.

August 15, 2017 Today's TED Talk How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas 16:13 minutes · TED2017 Do you sometimes have your most creative ideas while folding laundry, washing dishes or doing nothing in particular? It's because when your body goes on autopilot, your brain gets busy forming new neural connections that connect ideas and solve problems. Learn to love being bored as Manoush Zomorodi explains the connection between spacing out and creativity. Watch now »   Playlist of the Day Where do ideas come from? How does the metaphorical lightbulb go off? Is it a flash of genius? The power of crowds? These heady talks explore the nature of ideas themselves: Where they come from, how they evolve, and how each of us can nurture them. Watch » 9 talks · Total run time 2:18:49 NEW ON IDEAS.TED.COM How our projects shape our personalities -- and how we can use them to remake who we are Many of us believe there are two driving forces behind the person known as "you": nature and nurture. But according to personality and motivational psychologist Brian R. Little, there's a third: projects. Read more »   Download the TED app

You are receiving this email because you've subscribed to our mailing list. You might also like our weekly emails, compiling all the week’s TED Talks in one handy mailing. Copyright © 2017 TED, All rights reserved. You're receiving the TED Talks daily email because you subscribed to it on TED.com. (Was this forwarded by a friend? You can sign up here: http://www.ted.com/newsletter ) Our mailing address is: TED 330 Hudson Street 11th Floor New York, NY 10013 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list   update subscription preferences   view email in browser