Derek Sivers (Ted Talk 2)

I watched a ted talk by Derek Sivers. After watching this ted talk, I can take several things away from it. One of those things being that you are more self motivated rather than peer motivated. When you motivate yourself, you are working for yourself rather than working for the applause of approval from others. It is more meaningful, personal, and exciting when you motivate yourself. Derek Sivers used several techniques while speaking. He talked very slow to make it easier to understand. This was a good idea because it allowed me, the viewer, to follow along without questioning his thoughts and thinking process. Siver also had some good style in which he added to his talk. He stayed still most of the time, while using his hands as gestures to demonstrate his thoughts. Another style he had was that he used a lot of visual examples and pictures. The caught my attention, as well as throughly explaining it better. I think after watching this video, the most important thing to realize is that each person has different motivation techniques. This is important because proves that although Sivers believes people are better self motivators, that they can also be the opposite. This connects to me personally because I am self-motivaed. If I tell someone my goals, I am a lot less likely to actually persue them, which is what Sivers is mainly saying. It connects to education because it shows teachers and students that they may or may not be motivated by the other one. To the world, this shows that people sometimes need to be kept to themselves. If someone is not jumping out at you to tell you their goals, then let them be and do not pester them. This ted talk was short, however it was really inspiring and it made me think about these things.