Video, Book & Quote Of The Week

I would love to share with you every week an inspirational book, quote and a youtube video.

Video: Do Schools Kill Creativity? by Ken Robinson.

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating a system of education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

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Book: Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese.

Dr. Verghese is an American Physician, author and Vice Chair of Education at Stanford University Medical School. My best friend told me about the book as she read it, and I feel like I read it, too. Amazing!

Quote: Writer Jorge Luis Borges on transforming every experience into a resource:

"A writer — and, I believe, generally all persons — must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art."

Source: Twenty-Four Conversations with Borges: Including a Selection of Poems

Book, Quote & Video Of The Week

I would love to share with you every week an inspirational book, quote and a Youtube video.

Book: Brave Thinking by Mary Morrissey.

This is an amazing woman I am training with. Her Youtube videos are wonderful and inspirational. She is inspirational, and I think you will love her new book.

Quote: James Clear. "The list of mistakes you can never recover from is very short.

But you likely realize your life will not be destroyed if your book doesn’t sell or if a potential date turns you down or if your startup goes bust. It’s not the failed outcome that paralyzes us. It’s the possibility of looking stupid, feeling humiliated, or dealing with embarrassment that prevents us from getting started at all.

The first step to being courageous is being willing to look foolish."

"There will never be a perfect time to do something that stretches you.

That’s true whether you are starting a business, having a child, changing careers, or wrestling with any number of challenges. That’s not a license to be reckless and never think things through, but at some point you have to embrace the uncertainty because it is the only path forward.

If you were ready for it, it wouldn't be growth."

Video: Celebrate what's right with the world! by Dewitt Jones

Are you discouraged by what's happening in the world today? THEN WATCH THIS! In minutes, you'll rediscover the wonders and possibilities that surround us everyday just waiting to be noticed and celebrated. Find out for yourself why former National Geographic photographer Dewitt Jones is considered by thousands to be one of the most inspiring speakers on the planet.

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What Are You Doing With Your Life? The Tail End

Phillip Dettmer is a 37 year old man from Munich, Germany. I adore his book Immune, which makes studying immunology fun and simply amazing. Although someone who had no interest in school, and dropped out at 15, he met a teacher introduced him to thinking about difficult subjects with stories. Phillip is an not on online superstar with a Youtube channel, Kurzgesagt “In A Nutshell” in English, that has a. 1.5 billion viewership. His love is doing great videos on a huge variety of subjects. His unique approach to life and learning made his cancer diagnosis at age 32, “genuinely one of the most interesting experiences of my life. It was super-interesting”. So, please watch this video on how to completely focus on just how precious our weeks of life are and how best to spend them.

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