Juraj Masár

6 Rules for Success by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:33:07 +0100

Inspirational and catchy video mashup created from Schwarzenegger’s speech. Enjoy.

No arms, no legs, no worries.

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:29:42 +0100

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.

Ryanair's CEO on Innovation

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:42:38 +0100

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…

Are we in control of our own decisions?

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:36:00 +0100

You think you’re an autonomous human being, right? Well, there’s a must-see TED video for you, then.

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Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:22:27 +0100

The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:13:32 +0100

95% is good enough

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:00:09 +0100

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 take me hours, if I were doing it all by myself.

I doubt that the friend had more experience with assembling computers than I had, he just didn’t feel the need for doing everything super-carefully.

This is my point. If it’s possible to achieve 95% of the perfect result in just a fraction of the time required for perfectness, I think it’s worth it.

Of course, this cannot be applied in every case - finding the balance is always difficult. 95%, however, seem to be “good enough” in most cases.

On Passion and Perseverance

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:03:40 +0100

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. If the passion of Gates and Jobs building the industry was in reality half of its representation in the movie, it was enormous. The same applies to the Zuckerberg’s cinematic alter ego. Indeed, their passion, their belief that they were changing the world might be only an unhealthy influence of Hollywood production. But I don’t think so.

I think that being ‘manic’ matters. You’ve got to believe that your time is well-spent. You’ve got to feel that your work has its purpose.

You’ve got to trust yourself. If you don’t, nobody else will.

"JavaScript should be illegal as the other kinds of black magic are."

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:50:00 +0200

“JavaScript should be illegal as the other kinds of black magic are.”

- Me after spending ages debugging malfunctioning JavaScript code.

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Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:23:50 +0200

On Death and Freedom in Creativity

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:26:02 +0200

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.

5$ and 2 hours. What would you do?

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:36:28 +0200

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?

Entrepreneurs can change the world.

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:12:14 +0200

Entrepreneurs can change the world.

On Thinking Out of the Box

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:50:09 +0200

“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 taking responsibility for everything
how our true power is only revealed when we give it to others

…and how being happy is the most important thing, ever.

"Just about everyone has a place to live, a phone, a television, a car, and some source of income. We..."

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:35:01 +0200

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Just about everyone has a place to live, a phone, a television, a car, and some source of income. We have clothes to wear and food to eat. With our basic needs taken care of, we drift into a dangerous place called “the comfort zone.” We lack either the sense of overwhelming desperation or the incredible force of inspiration to drive us into the marketplace. We might often wish for more. We might frequently want more.

But we have neither a burning need nor a burning desire to do what it takes to have more. The most dangerous aspect of the comfort zone is that it seems to affect our hearing. The more comfortable we are, the more oblivious we become to the sound of the ticking clock. Because there always seems to be so much time ahead of us, we unwittingly squander the present moment. We use it for entertaining ourselves rather than for preparing ourselves.

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- Jim Rohn

On Inspiration

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:57:32 +0200

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 match. Coach’s speaking skills are extraordinary, indeed.

3. Failure is the pillar of success

In media we often see only people’s success stories. We don’t see that even successful people failed before their success came along.

Execute Your Business Now

1. Gary Vaynerchuk on Building Personal Brand

Intensive speech given by Gary at Web 2.0 Expo NY conference in ‘08. He appeals that you should do something you believe in. Even if you’re not interested in starting your business at all, the video is worth watching, since Gary is a truly amazing speaker.

2. Entrepreneur Golden Era

Again a video by Gary, this time from his show Next Wave. In the second part (2:10) he describes why it has never been a better time to start a business.

Energy boost

Sometimes all one needs is to pump up their energy levels. There goes an energetic video from apple store flash mob.

You gotta turn the world to your dance floor.

On Humanity

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:45:00 +0200

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.

On Happiness

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:20:07 +0200

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 you. It’s a kind of vicious circle.

I suppose that a one way of living a happy life is bearing this in mind all the time. No matter what kind of crap happens to you, you should try to handle your feelings and thoughts about it. You should understand that feeling good, feeling happy, is the most important thing. Ever.

On Warren Buffett

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:20:00 +0200

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 many interesting habits Buffett developed over time.

Buffett’s characteristic I found most interesting is that he apparently has a high level of self-confidence. Ok, “high” doesn’t sound explicit enough.

He just doesn’t care about what others think.

…and that’s my take away from this documentary: if everything seems great to you, just don’t give a crap about what others say, and do your thing.

The World’s Greatest Money Maker: Warren Buffett - Part 1 of 6

"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to..."

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:02:04 +0200

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

- John Lennon