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Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!!! Enjoy this time with your friends and family. Have fun and be safe! Don’t ever forget WHY we celebrate Independence Day! This sentence has been called “one of the best-known sentences in the English language”… “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are [...]

Happy Memorial Day

I wanted to take a minute to send a thank you to all of the men and women who serve in the Armed Forces of the United States for their sacrifice. I honor those who have served in the past and given so much so we can have so much. Becoming a US Marine was [...]

Happy Veterans Day!

This Veteran’s Day, we honor those who have so bravely served this country. America is founded on the principle of freedom, justice, and liberty for all. Our nation’s soldiers serve every day to protect our country and its ideals. On Veteran’s Day, take a sacred moment to remember the those who sacrifice their lives every [...]

Happy Birthday Marines!

On November 10, 1775 the Marine Corps was born! I served from 1998-2002, most of which was at Camp Pendelton. Birthday Message from the Commandant and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps… Here is just a taste of what Marine Corps boot camp is like… FROM THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI [...]

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

Chances are, you have already heard of Randy Paush, but I wanted to share his world famous speech anyway just incase someone out there has not. This is so awesome and can truly inspire anyone that watches it! Randy Pausch’s “The Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” has been viewed over 10 million times on [...]

“No Excuses” video from Nike

Inspirational Nike commercial with US basketball player Matt Scott…

Top Inspirational Videos of Michael Jordan

These 3 Michael Jordan commercials are awesome! It will take less than 3 minutes to watch these videos and I know they will inspire you! Michael Jordan on Failure: “I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the [...]

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech

Steve Jobs delivering his commencement speech to the graduates of Stanford University in 2005. He talks about getting fired from Apple in 1985, life, death, and that dropping out of college was one of the best decisions he ever made…

Music and Life

This short 2 minute video is by philosopher Alan Watts. He makes a great point about why we are supposed to sing or dance while music is being played… Live in the moment and enjoy the journey of your life!

If you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived.

Abraham Lincoln, Lucille Ball, and Michael Jordan are success stories that first began with failure… Sometimes we look at people who have achieved a great deal of success and we wrongly think that everything must come easy for them. This powerful video illustration takes us inside some the greatest failures of all time so we [...]