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Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts

Saturday, February 23, 2019

The new science of inspiration and the efficacy of pep talks. BY Nick Tasler FROM Psychology Today

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Tony Robbins asks why we do what we do

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Have a Purpose in Life? You Might Live Longer By Kathleen Doheny FROM BusinessWeek

"If you have a purpose in life -- lofty or not -- you'll live longer, a new study shows.

It doesn't seem to matter much what the purpose is, or whether the purpose involves a goal that's ambitious or modest."

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams FROM Carnegie Mellon University

"Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, 'Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,' Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/randyslecture. "

Saturday, June 23, 2007

The Stockdale Paradox

James StockdaleThis paradox is named after Admiral Jim Stockdale who was the highest ranking US military officer imprisoned in Vietnam. He was held in the Hanoi Hilton and repeatedly tortured over eight years. The "paradox" lies in the way that he managed to survive where others perished.

"I never lost faith in the end of the story. I never doubted not only that I would get out, but also that I would prevail in the end and turn the experience into the defining event of my life, which, in retrospect, I would not trade."

Asked: "Who didn't make it out?"

"The optimists. They were the ones who said we're going to be out by Christmas. And, Christmas would come and Christmas would go. Then they'd say, We're going to be out by Easter. And Easter would come, and Easter would go. And then Thanksgiving, and then it would be Christmas again. Then they died of a broken heart.

"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end - which you can never afford to lose - with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."

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