“For ordinary people with extraordinary dreams.”
This video turned up in my Facebook stream and I love it. Age is just a number, you can do more than you imagine.
You can watch the video below or at YouTube Awesome motorcycle advertisement from Taiwan!.
This is a video with an important message – real life contacts matter.
Watch the video below or at YouTube Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?
Seth Godin is brilliant!
The work of a professional isn’t to recreate thrills. It’s to show up and do the work. To continue the journey you set out on a while ago. To make the change you seek to make in the universe. Thrilling is fine. Mattering is more important.
Read his post: The thrill is gone
This TED-talk turned up in my Facebook stream today. It’s a great presentation about what really makes a good life. The video is well worth an investment of 13 minutes.
Watch it and consider what YOU might want to change and improve in your own life.
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you’re mistaken. As the director of 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.
Watch the video below or at TED: Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
Wait But Why is a great blog with lots of interesting posts, many of the very long. The Tail End is fairly short and to the point. I usually dislike the angle “Time is running out so…” but this post is very well done with a brilliant use of graphics.
It’s a reminder that we need to prioritize what we do. Being busy isn’t what matters, the question is what’s keeping you busy. Two of his three ending points are generic (comments are mine):
Priorities matter. (in everything)
Quality time matters. (in relationships as well as in everything else)
The text for priorities (in relationships of any kind) is this:
Your remaining face time with any person depends largely on where that person falls on your list of life priorities. Make sure this list is set by you — not by unconscious inertia.
Instead of spreading yourself thin, decide who really matters in your life and spend more face time with them.
The word attraction ends with action. That’s a hint to what’s needed to achieve what you want.
Step one is to define what you want. Be precise and phrase it positively.
Whether you use The Secret, The Law of Attraction, Cosmic ordering, positive thinking or SMART goals is up to you. Pick a concept that works for you, you can even pick and mix.
The next step is action. Sitting on your butt waiting yields no result. It’s up to you to do your part of the work. Action is required in order to achieve what you want.
Keep in mind that you might have to adjust your plans.
Plans are nothing; planning is everything. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
What do you want to attract/achieve?
What do you have to do in order to get it?
When will you start?
Chopsticks and writing are both about attitude.
I have a book project, That elusive book of mine. Every other week my writing partner and I have lunch in an Asian restaurant. When we started with our lunch sessions I used fork and knife. Last Friday I used chopsticks, not like a pro but good enough to manage with them. She of course got curious about the change.
The story behind it is that a month ago I should go out and have sushi with my youngest son and his girlfriend. They teased me in advance and told me that sushi is supposed to be eaten with chopsticks. I used to cheat and use either fingers or fork and knife. That time I decided it was time for a change and to their surprise (and my own) I did eat my sushi with chopsticks.
I have problems getting started with my writing. My writing partner´s question was quite obvious. “Why don’t you get the same attitude about writing as you now have about chopsticks. Just do it!” I still owe her an answer to that. It’s all in my mind, I need to clear out some obstacles I have created myself.
Do you have anything you say “I can not” to that can be changed to “I can”?
Angela Lee Duckworth holds a short (6 minutes) presentation about what’s required for success. A high IQ isn’t enough, it takes stamina and grit. She ends up with mentioning the inetresting topic of the growth mindset.
Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of success.
Watch the video below or at Ted Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit
This video is a great reminder of the value of actually being present. That’s always important, even outside festive seasons.
Electronic distractions have found their way at every meal time which hinders quality time and bonding among family members and friends. This festive season, ‘Unplug’ and disconnect to reconnect with your loved ones!
Watch it below or on YouTube at Unplug and Disconnect to Connect!
After a really bad accident Janine couldn’t walk so she decided she should learn to fly. It’s an amazing and impressive story.
Cross-country skier Janine Shepherd hoped for an Olympic medal — until she was hit by a truck during a training bike ride. She shares a powerful story about the human potential for recovery. Her message: you are not your body, and giving up old dreams can allow new ones to soar. Doctors didn’t expect her to recover. But she not only learned to walk again — she learned to fly.
You can watch her presentation below or on YouTube A broken body isn’t a broken person.
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