This video is amazing. Please watch it.
I wish we had stuff like this in my country…
Care to venture a guess as to why such a video – both the content and the style – is so unlikely in the USA?
(This is an intentionally short post as I didn’t want to take away from the video’s “time.”)
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape. – Charles Dickens Everything we experience has the potential to be a learning and growing experience. It is up to…
I really like the show Hard Knocks (HK) on HBO. I enjoy watching (American) football on Sundays, but HK gives a level of access and insight that is very interesting. I take a number of lessons from my interests (I’ve learned a lot about life from the lyrics of Neil Peart and John Hiatt… )…
Fear comes from the future, and discouragement comes from the past. Both obsessions are linear mistakes. – Steve Chandler The mistake we make with time is that we think it’s a linear progression, with a now and two “thens” (past and future) and all the points in-between. It’s not that. It’s just not. There is…
Nurture your mind with great thoughts for you will never go any higher than you think.” – Benjamin Disraeli I often listen to developmental audio programs in the car and my current selection is (a re-listening of) Brian Tracy’s The Psychology of Achievement. One of the key take-ways is that our self-concept matters a great deal. In particular,…
I watched this story on ESPN (watch the video, go ahead… it’s amazing) and was moved. “Moved” really doesn’t cover it though. Matt’s story penetrated to my core and helped me ask myself what am I allowing to get in my way. When I was real with myself about the things that I let stop me,…
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. – Michael Altshuler Actually, there is no bad news. You’re in charge. You always have been, just sometimes you haven’t been at your best. But you can do better. You can always do better. You can create a flight plan for your…