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Amanda Gorman, Activist and National Youth Poet Laureate | Amanpour and Company

By Amanda Gorman — 2021

Alicia Menendez sits down with Amanda Gorman, who at twenty-one years old is already a published author, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, and founder of an initiative in her hometown of Los Angeles that promotes literacy.

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The Psychology of Conformity

This video, building on the ideas of Ernest Becker, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Emerson, examines why we are so susceptible to conformity and looks at why nonconformity, or the cultivation of one’s uniqueness, is such an important ingredient in a life well-lived.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
2017
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Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Psychology of Self-Reliance

In this video, drawing from Ralph Waldo Emerson's classic essay, we examine what it means to be self-reliant.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
2018
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The Art of Trusting One's Self - the Philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson's combination of eastern and western philosophies provided a uniquely eclectic perspective for his time. Today, his ideas may seem to permeate the common place, which is only a testament to the influence his work had on the world at large.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
2020
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Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson | Animated Book Summary

I animated my summary of Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson. On top of my personal story of growing up pretty much on my own I share how to achieve Self-Reliance and how I set specific, measurable, achievable, relevant & time-bound (SMART) goals for myself.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
2016
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Self-Reliance