I'd like to share some inspiration this holiday season.
If you're at home having a relaxing Sunday you might want to
grab some mulled wine and watch the following online lectures.
There are SO many that I'd like to post, but I'll keep it to 4:
1. Creativity and Diversity
2. Feminism and Passion
3. Neuroanatomy and Spirituality
4. Valuable Life Lessons
How do you stage an international art show with work from 100 different artists? If you're Shea Hembrey, you invent all of the artists and artwork yourself -- from large-scale outdoor installations to tiny paintings drawn with a single-haired brush. Watch this funny, mind-bending talk to see the explosion of creativity and diversity of skills a single artist is capable of.
Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism
-- and, of course, passion -- in this talk.
Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
In 2007, Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, who was dying of pancreatic cancer, delivered a one-of-a-kind last lecture that made the world stop and pay attention. This moving talk will teach you how to really achieve your childhood dreams. Unmissable.
Here's a great point form summation for reference, or if you don't have time to watch the entire video:
- It is an easy time to dream when we are young (and happy) and we should never lose that spirit.
- Experience is what you get if you don’t get what you wanted.
- When people drive you hard, they care about you. They want you to be better.
- Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things.
- Good parents are instrumental for us to achieve our childhood dreams.
- The importance of people versus things (people come first, always!).
- Never ever underestimate the importance of having fun. Choose to have fun today, tomorrow, and every day thereafter.
- Work and play well with others: (1) tell the truth, (2) apologize (properly), (3) wait, and people will show their good sides.
- Tell the truth – integrity.
- A good apology has three parts. (a) I am sorry, (b) it was my fault, (c) how do I make it right. Most people neglect the third part and fail to demonstrate sincerity.
- Be patient. No one is pure evil.
- Show gratitude.
- Don’t complain, just work harder.
- If you lead your life the right way, if you live properly, the dreams will come to you.
XOXO, Andy
