February 2012
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6 Rules for Success by Arnold Schwarzenegger
Inspirational and catchy video mashup created from Schwarzenegger’s speech. Enjoy.
January 2012
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No arms, no legs, no worries.
I’ve seen this video a long time ago, so when I came across it today I’ve already knew it was worth watching.
Invest a couple of minutes into watching these videos and they might inspire you, indeed.
December 2011
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Ryanair's CEO on Innovation
If you’ve had a tough day this is the video you need to see.
Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary had been invited to speak about innovation at conference held in Brussels. Hell, what a great speaker he is…
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Are we in control of our own decisions?
You think you’re an autonomous human being, right? Well, there’s a must-see TED video for you, then.
November 2011
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The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes
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95% is good enough
Finding the balance between “good enough” and “perfect” is always difficult. I’ve realised that I often strive for perfectionism, even when it makes no sense.
Two days ago I was assembling a new web server for a website of a mathematical competition. A friend of mine came along asking if he could help. Suddenly, we put the machine together in ~45 minutes. It’d...
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On Passion and Perseverance
I’ve just watched the Pirates of the Silicon Valley, again.
I remember watching the movie a few years ago. The main thing which resonated in my mind back then was the ‘black’ background of the whole industry - the practice of stealing ideas.
However, apart from pointing out that a business might be an ugly fight sometimes, there is another idea hidden there.
The motivation....
October 2011
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“JavaScript should be illegal as the other kinds of black magic are.”
– Me after spending ages debugging malfunctioning JavaScript code.
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On Death and Freedom in Creativity
I hadn’t wanted to write about Jobs’ death. However, I’ve changed my mind after I watched his commencement address to Stanford 2005 graduates. I suppose that this speech has been published in every article about his death, but in the unlikely case that you haven’t came across it already, I hope you find it inspiring.
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
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5$ and 2 hours. What would you do?
Stanford’s ecorner is a well-known source of great speeches on business, innovation and entrepreneurship. I came across the first one I had ever listened to and I still find it really inspiring.
Imagine you have 5$ and 2 hours. What would you do in order to make as much money as possible?
September 2011
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On Thinking Out of the Box
“An inspirational talk” doesn’t really describe the following video. Yossi Ghinsberg spoke at TEDxBratislava about his experiences from being lost in Amazon forests for weeks. He touched many interesting topics:
how society defines one’s personality
how competition and impression that “there is not enough of…” is not healthy
how one can enjoy life by...
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“Just about everyone has a place to live, a phone, a television, a car, and some...”
– Jim Rohn
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On Inspiration
Everybody needs a little help when it comes to motivation from time to time. I’ve put together a short list of great videos which always push me forward when I need it.
Do Your Stuff / Believe in Yourself videos
1. Keep moving forward
Great speech from Rocky Balboa together with scenes from Snatch make a perfect motivational piece.
2. I am a champion
Speech given by a coach before a...
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On Humanity
Here goes a tremendous speech given by the famous comedian Charlie Chaplin in his film The Great Dictator. It’s been more than 70 years since the film has been released, but the content of the speech is now relevant as never before.
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On Happiness
The more I think about it, the more I come to the conclusion that there is no connection between things that happen to you and the way you feel about them, whatsoever.
Life certainly gives you impulses, but it is your mind and your set of thoughts that generate feelings about particular circumstances.
However, the emotions you feel certainly influence the way you perceive things which happen to...
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On Warren Buffett
Today I had a chance to watch an inspiring documentary about the world’s greatest money maker, Warren Buffett. Until now, the only thing I knew about Buffett was that he’s really, really rich. I also recalled that he gave an enormous amount of money to Gates’ foundation and persuaded other billionaires to do the same.
The documentary is definitely worth watching. It emphasizes...
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to...”
– John Lennon
August 2011
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On mistaken expectations
A great TED talk (i’m addicted to them) about happiness, making a choice and expected value of our deeds. Dan is truly an inspiring speaker.
Another blogging platform?
Yeaah. After my wordpress powered self-hosted blog was banned from the 000webhost for no apparent reason, I started thinking of using a 3rd party platform.
I chose tumblr, because I’ve heard a bunch of good stuff about it, and because its name is similar to my own startup’s name - http://www.vocablr.com. (just kidding)
I’m finally getting the fact that it isn’t the form...