If you have ever been on the website, PostSecret.com, you know just how liberating knowing a secret can be. And from PostSecret founder Frank Warren's TED Talk, I have learned how liberating sharing a secret can be. Since starting PostSecret, a blog just like this one, Warren has received over 500,000 secrets from people all around the globe. Half a million secrets.
Warren's TED Talk doesn't have a strong opinion or controversial message, or even a tough topic at all. The point he is trying to get across is that everyone has a secret. Everyone's secret looks different. Perhaps it's something that they want to say to somebody but can't find the words. Or maybe something they did in their past that they wish could be erased. A simple "I hate my boss" pops up every once in a while as well. What Warren is trying to say is that secrets are not bad things. They are not anything to be ashamed or afraid of, and sometimes, it feels really good to let them go.
Warren's timing between secrets is really quite good, and he has obviously spent a lot of time practicing his speech, yet it still looks natural. He chooses a wide variety of moving and funny secrets, yet they seem to flow together effortlessly. Here are a couple secrets that I have read that really spoke to me:
"Everyone who knew me before 9/11 believes I'm dead."
"I hate loving families... Because I don't have one."
"I give decaf to customers who are rude to me." (Written on the back of a folded-up Starbucks cup)
"I sabotage all my relationships so that I can be a better musician."
"You don't know this, but if you hadn't stayed up until 4:45am with me in the dorm bathroom that night... I would have killed myself. Thank you."
"I've had four new cell phones since my father died three years ago, and I still add his number to every contact list."
"I forgive you."
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/frank_warren_half_a_million_secrets.html
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