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Christopher Gardner &
“The Pursuit of Happyness”

[ INSPIRATIONAL MOVIES To Learn From ]   The “Pursuit of Happyness” movie trailer (2006) The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama film based on Chris Gardner’s nearly one-year struggle with homelessness. Directed by Gabriele Muccino, the film features Will Smith as Gardner, an on-and-off-homeless salesman. Smith’s son Jaden Smith co-stars, making his film debut as Gardner’s son, Christopher Jr. and Thandie […]

Make Someone Happy

  “If you have the power to make someone happy, DO IT. The world needs more of that”

Say Yes!

“Say Yes”                “Find a way to say yes to things. Say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends, say yes to learn something new. Yes is how you get your first job, and your next job, and your spouse, and even your […]

The Dalai Lama

[ PROFILES – ICONS ] an ongoing series on inspiring leaders   “The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.” The Position: The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or “Yellow Hat” school of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Tsongkhapa(1357–1419). The name is a combination of the Mongolic word dalai meaning “ocean” and the Tibetan word བླ་མ་ (bla-ma) meaning “guru, teacher, mentor”. The Dalai Lama is traditionally […]

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
– Douglas Adams

“Don’t Panic.”  Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.Together this dynamic […]

Magic happens OUTSIDE your Comfort Zone

     

The Blank Slate
– Steven Pinker

“Disgust is intuitive microbiology” In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker, one of the world’s leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political coloring. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits-a doctrine held by many […]

Life has a way of testing a persons will
– Paulo Coelho

Life has a way of testing a persons will, Either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once ~ Paulo Coelho

Execution
– Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan

“Execution may very well be the best business book of the year, and one of the most useful to have come around in a long time. This smart and pithy book focuses on a simple though vexing challenge: How can the leaders of an organization exhort their people to deliver on the most important goals?….It’s rare to […]

I’m Going to Succeed because I’m Crazy!

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