How one act of kindness a day can change your life | Mark Kelly | TEDxTallaght

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Mark Kelly’s podcast What I Know Now introduces listeners to inspirational stories of leadership and personal development. Set up in 2016, guests discuss the good and bad of their journey to now and challenges interviewees to outline what they would tell their 18-year-old self if they could have a coffee with them today. Featuring polar explorers, elite runners, New York Times bestselling authors and motivational speakers it aims to put leadership coaching in easy reach of everyone.
Building on his background in recruitment Kelly believes that finding your path in life needs an openness to learn and the help to get there. He wants to inspire people to achieve their life goals through the stories of those who are further along the road. He is a director of an award-winning recruitment company and has won several international awards on a personal basis, including being chosen from 27,000 entrants as the No 1 Recruiter Award at the 2012 Recruiter Awards.
With an academic background in Business and a Masters in Strategic Management Planning from the Smurfit Business School he regularly hosts meet ups in Ireland and the UK.
In this talk, he will explain how after meeting 5,000 people within recruitment and his podcast guests he has discovered just how powerfully random acts of kindness can impact on happiness, productivity and positive transformations in society. Mark Kelly’s podcast What I Know Now introduces listeners to inspirational stories of leadership and personal development. Set up in 2016, guests discuss the good and bad of their journey to now and challenges interviewees to outline what they would tell their 18-year-old self if they could have a coffee with them today. Featuring polar explorers, elite runners, New York Times bestselling authors and motivational speakers it aims to put leadership coaching in easy reach of everyone.

Building on his background in recruitment Kelly believes that finding your path in life needs an openness to learn and the help to get there. He wants to inspire people to achieve their life goals through the stories of those who are further along the road. He is a director of an award-winning recruitment company and has won several international awards on a personal basis, including being chosen from 27,000 entrants as the No 1 Recruiter Award at the 2012 Recruiter Awards.

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All Comments (21)
  • @katiebrian78
    I’m late to the party but I want to give this a million likes. I had an experience like this in high school. 30 years later I still get high thinking of the smiles on the peoples faces and the joy and gratitude emanating from their hearts. It has inspired many many more acts of service, all selfish because I loooove how good it makes me feel. I’m excited just thinking about the positive ripples that may have resulted from any of them. And if there were no positive ripples, it doesn’t matter because I’m still reaping the benefits of my “selfish” acts, and that causes its own ripples. 😆
  • @yellowyosh470
    Kindness is so beautiful 💛 I feel most happy when I am the giver or receiver or observer of kindness. It really does make the world a beautiful and brighter place for all of us.
  • @eddiekilbourne421
    Mark, I just want to say that this is so inspiring. Keep up the good work. So proud of you.
  • @sanasarkar9043
    Awesome... the most selfish things to do in life that can give us immense happiness.
  • @lorenerazo3671
    1 corinthians 13:2 I may have the gift of prophecy. I may understand all the secret things of God and have all knowledge, and I may have faith so great I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I do not have love, then I am nothing.
  • @Larry21924
    I'm intrigued by the richness of this material. A book with comparable insights significantly broadened my outlook. "Kindness Unveiled: A Journey to a Happier Life" by why i live a happy life
  • @humanityisdoomed
    Okay I will say thankyou to my friend that will maybe. Fill my quota for 100 years
  • @monamohamed-to1wl
    Great, seems like an Islamic man, Islam encourages his followers to do so.
  • @HCSAgirl99
    i thought these things were basic decency not kindness...
  • @rooaloo1
    I do sincerely hope what you’re saying is true regarding kindness. EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW...... ACKNOWLEDGE JOHN SWEENEY. Look up John Sweeney, why kindness matters. Only annoying as this guy is trying to make it sounds like he’s the start of Suspended Coffees.