Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything

http://www.ted.com The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness.

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[Kendawg McAwesome]

Holy fuck. Somebody mentioning Mises and praxeology. Feels good man.

[Sergio Marcelo]

This video is one of my favourites videos in You Tube. Rory's presentation is amazing. Love to watch it. I've watched it over 10 times. Every time I watch it I pick new things I hadn't pick before. I'm glad he mentioned Ludwig von Mises. I see everyone talking on Mises lately, Peter Thiel also talked about him. I'm happy about the attention the classical economists are getting. It is well deserved.

[Sebastien Chartrand]

He obviously didn't understand the point of the video. It's about perspective, he was just using unemployment to illustrate his point. Have sympathy for the guy, he's unemployed and frustrated

[ekutrip]

Such an amazing mind..

[Sean Lee]

The unemployed thai fuck shoukd just shut the hell up, you deserve to be unemployed, it just means u suck in economic viabilitt, maybe if u shut up, stop overreacting and pitying yourself but watch the whole video, you will learn something.

[Kawasaki Takashi]

Rory Sutherland7s presentation is really great.

This makes me better.

[Senor T]

Well said.



[Daijobustory]

I happened to be an unemployed son in Thailand and none of my family members seems to quite perceived it as an accomplishment. I never felt so insulted at this magnitude by any of the TED talk or anywhere else on the internet that I couldn't bear to continue to watch this any further. Please be a little more sensitive, you have no a slightest idea how it feels to be unemployed.

[Sarah Forgie]

amazing



[ScottThought]

Check my video response for my own re-framing thoughts