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Motivational Video

Stephen Wiltshire may be autistic, but that doesn’t mean he can’t do the seemingly-impossible:

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Ira Glass shares examples from his career where, even a decade after starting his career, he still sucked. It takes a long time to stop sucking, so you better start today!

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(H/T Adam Seever’s Wantrepreneur)

 

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Matthew Belinkie put together this amazing two-minute montage of clips from many of the most inspirational movie speeches. Be sure to read the full (but brief) transcript.

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Pat Hawks is creating a weekly inspirational short to accompany his progress through the book Every Monday Matters. Watching this is a great way to start your week.

Here’s the inaugural Monday post. I’m looking forward to following along!

 

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A hilarious, historical look at 4am from slam poet Rives.

Click here to watch (Watch out: the video starts playing immediately.)

 

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This presentation by Paul Otellini at CES 2008 is incredibly impressive and sure to get your widgets cranking. The possibilities stemming from this technology are endless!

 

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I sometimes skip over the artistic performances at TED, but I’m so glad I gave this one a chance:

Click here to watch Anna’s TED Talk.

 

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For a thought-provoking look at the current state of our education system, check out Ken Robinson’s Ted Talk speech.

 

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A whole lot:

<a href=”http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/view/id/32″ target=”_blank”>Click here to watch Vik Muniz</a> show you what <i>he</i> can do with these materials, and more…

 

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Did you know tech columnist David Pogue used to be a Broadway accompanist?

Listen to his rendition of “I Write the Code” and others in this highly amusing TED Talk.

 

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