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Building Character
Actionable, science-based advice on how to build strengths of heart, mind, and will
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Overview
Character refers to ways of thinking, acting, and feeling that benefit others as well as ourselves. Character is plural — encompassing strengths of heart, mind, and will. Like social and emotional learning, the elements that make up character can be taught, learned and practiced, and we’re here to help. Explore this page to strengthen your kindness, grit, decision making, curiosity, emotional intelligence and more - brought to you by TED-Ed and Character Lab.
Kindness
Want to be happy? Be grateful - David Steindl-Rast
lesson duration 14:31
3,237,765 views
Why some people are more altruistic than others - Abigail Marsh
lesson duration 12:22
334,985 views
The gratitude experiment
lesson duration 04:44
934,069 views
We are built to be kind
lesson duration 04:37
383,170 views
How to be kinder to ourselves
lesson duration 04:50
532,476 views
Feeling grateful for the small things
lesson duration 02:55
196,883 views
What is “normal” and what is “different”? - Yana Buhrer Tavanier
lesson duration 05:08
747,894 views
3 tips to boost your confidence - TED-Ed
lesson duration 04:17
8,953,911 views
On positive psychology - Martin Seligman
lesson duration 23:46
131,340 views
The amazing effects of gratitude
lesson duration 03:14
339,774 views
Grit
What is imposter syndrome and how can you combat it? - Elizabeth Cox
lesson duration 04:19
3,990,514 views
Try something new for 30 days - Matt Cutts
lesson duration 03:28
1,613,651 views
Teach girls bravery, not perfection - Reshma Saujani
lesson duration 12:40
1,200,607 views
3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do - Stacey Abrams
lesson duration 12:39
1,420,169 views
How to stay calm under pressure - Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen
lesson duration 04:29
6,121,082 views
The surprising habits of original thinkers - Adam Grant
lesson duration 15:25
9,736,018 views
Grit: the power of passion and perseverance - Angela Lee Duckworth
lesson duration 06:13
11,448,330 views
How to practice effectively...for just about anything - Annie Bosler and Don Greene
lesson duration 04:49
12,610,187 views
How to gain control of your free time - Laura Vanderkam
lesson duration 11:55
7,753,498 views
How to build your confidence— and spark it in others - Brittany Packnett
lesson duration 13:31
1,374,131 views
Decision making
344,899 views
How to make a decision
lesson duration 06:23
893,566 views
Would you sacrifice one person to save five? - Eleanor Nelsen
lesson duration 04:56
4,827,599 views
Why it’s so hard to make healthy decisions - David Asch
lesson duration 16:54
386,947 views
The psychology behind irrational decisions - Sara Garofalo
lesson duration 04:39
2,145,927 views
How to let go of being a "good" person — and become a better person - Dolly Chugh
lesson duration 11:49
649,396 views
Feel first, think second: is our brain really cut out for the modern world?
lesson duration 07:11
311,607 views
Why incompetent people think they're amazing - David Dunning
lesson duration 05:08
10,969,525 views
How to change your behavior for the better - Dan Ariely
lesson duration 15:14
534,029 views
You can only save one— who do you choose? - Doug MacKay
lesson duration 04:26
1,746,958 views
Detention or Eco Club: Choosing your future - Juan Martinez
lesson duration 06:39
39,845 views
2,914,108 views
Curiosity
The neuroscience of imagination - Andrey Vyshedskiy
lesson duration 04:49
788,990 views
4 lessons in creativity - Julie Burstein
lesson duration 17:21
412,817 views
This tool will help improve your critical thinking - Erick Wilberding
lesson duration 05:20
4,418,524 views
How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas - Manoush Zomorodi
lesson duration 16:14
607,878 views
The power of creative constraints - Brandon Rodriguez
lesson duration 05:10
536,998 views
Skepticism: Why critical thinking makes you smarter
lesson duration 14:47
1,808,866 views
How do you know you exist? - James Zucker
lesson duration 03:03
2,456,752 views
How books can open your mind - Lisa Bu
lesson duration 06:17
3,031,211 views
Can robots be creative? - Gil Weinberg
lesson duration 05:27
465,633 views
Be humble — and other lessons from the philosophy of water - Raymond Tang
lesson duration 09:43
436,032 views
Emotional intelligence
Should you trust your first impression? - Peter Mende-Siedlecki
lesson duration 04:39
3,003,426 views
How do you teach empathy? - Jonathan Juravich
lesson duration 10:36
90,665 views
Why we need to "feel" — and not just think
lesson duration 03:36
242,300 views
How to disagree productively and find common ground - Julia Dhar
lesson duration 14:57
306,149 views
Who am I? A philosophical inquiry - Amy Adkins
lesson duration 04:59
3,226,472 views
Helping others makes us happier— but it matters how we do it - Elizabeth Dunn
lesson duration 14:30
266,905 views
Why do we love? A philosophical inquiry - Skye C. Cleary
lesson duration 05:45
6,470,817 views
How technology can fight extremism and online harassment - Yasmin Green
lesson duration 13:41
73,183 views
Empathy is not endorsement - Dylan Marron
lesson duration 10:53
292,546 views
How compassion could save your strained relationships - Betty Hart
lesson duration 11:08
83,335 views
657,148 views
642,216 views
172,741 views
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