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Entries for the ‘Inspiration’ Category

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 [...]

Happy Fourth of July!

This is a very cool video of the Declaration of Independence done Hollywood style… I also wanted to share with you this great email I got from Glenn Beck today… Hello America, Here it is, another Fourth of July. Traditionally, this is a day to gather with friends, maybe fire up the barbeque and play [...]

What Ever Happened to HARD WORK?

This is a great article by Success Magazine publisher, Darren Hardy! I have been thinking about this topic for a while. Thank you Darren for writing about this! Darren Hardy helps clear up some of the very dangerous illusions our current culture has created about what it takes to be successful. There is a common [...]

Happy Memorial Day!

Memorial Day is much more than a three-day weekend that marks the beginning of summer. To many people, especially the nation’s thousands of combat veterans, this day, which has a history stretching back all the way to the Civil War, is an important reminder of those who died in the service of their country. I [...]

Ron Heagy Never Gives Up!

Last month I was at a business event and had the privilege of hearing Ron Heagy speak. He really moved and inspired me! What an amazing man Ron Heagy is! Get inspired and Never Give Up! Ron broke his neck the day before his 18th birthday in a surfing accident. He is now a quadriplegic, [...]

Smile and Move

Sometimes in this world people are self-serving, self-centered and lazy. We need to be reminded of our attitudes and being generous towards others. We need to be reminded that life just isnt about us, it is about giving. It is better to give than to receive. Living with honor and respecting others is what we [...]