Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ Category
Inspirational Michael Jordan to the Max 2000
Saturday, January 21st, 2012Source: woxelOr
Michael Jordan to the Max is an American documentary released in IMAX in 2000. The film is about the life and career of basketball player Michael Jordan, focusing mainly on him during the 1998 NBA Playoffs. It is narrated by Laurence Fishburne.
The film includes appearances by numerous celebrities and professional athletes including Phil Jackson, Doug Collins, Bob Costas, Bill Murray, Ken Griffey, Jr., Steve Kerr, Spike Lee, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Ahmad Rashad, and Pat Riley.
A Great Motivation from the Basketball Great Air Jordan! A Must Watch!
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – Man of Peace In a Time of War
Sunday, January 15th, 2012A rare and candid TV interview with Martin Luther King, Jr. – unseen in 40 years – is the centerpiece of this timely tribute, featuring exclusive interviews with such notables as Jesse Jackson and Colin Powell that provide fresh insight into the life and personality of the late civil rights leader.
Determination Can Overcome Everything!
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012Back home in Zimbabwe, Energy Maburutse‘s disability was blamed on witchcraft. But now this determined young man is living his version of the American dream — attending college and enjoying independence.
Check out this extremely inspiring video story here and here
Happy New Year – Live Your Dreams
Friday, December 30th, 2011Hello Friends,
I wanted to take some time to wish you a very happy new year.
I hope your New Year’s Eve is full of love and good cheer. May this coming year be filled with all that means the most to you.
I would like to bless you with this powerful quote.
Source : Les Brown – Live your Dreams
“If you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it, to work day and night for it, to give up your time, your peace and your
sleep for it … if all that you dream and scheme is about it, and life seems useless and worthless without it … if you gladly sweat for it and fret for it and plan for it and lose all your
terror of the opposition for it … if you simply go after that thing you want with all of your capacity, strength and sagacity, faith, hope and confidence and stern pertinacity … if neither
cold, poverty, famine, nor gout, sickness nor pain, of body and brain, can keep you away from thing that you want … if dogged and grim you beseech and beset it, with the help of God, you WILL
get it!” Written by author Berton Braley
I look forward to helping you seek, discover and experience what inspires you.
Cheers,
Jean-Marc Dedeyne
4 tips to be resilient
Monday, December 26th, 2011“The truth is, everything that has happened in my life… that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the better.”
Warren Buffett (1930- )
American businessman and philanthropist
resilience: noun: an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change (from Merriam-Webster)
We all fail from time-to-time (our doing, someone else’s doing, something else’s doing, a combination of each). It’s life.
To be resilient…
Focus on results. Embrace the fact that results are what we’re all really after. Effort and attempts are great first steps, but we need to act with commitment to delivering (just like we want people to do for us).
Make lessons of failures. Minimize the tendency to make a mistake anything more than a lesson on how not to do something. We need to learn from our experiences and accept them as tuition for future success. And yes… Our mistakes might put us in a bind at times and have some uncomfortable consequences but again, that’s real life.
Continue on. Smarter.
Reinforce. Support each other (and ourselves) by continually reminding and encouraging one another to deliver on the first three points.
What do you think? Let’s practice!
Source: Just Sell
To Want to Be Successful, is Not Enough
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011There is no prize out there. The only prize is this one [points to heart], and what you feel and what you want to accomplish. If you can, as you start out, these what could be lean years or fat years, I feel that I very often watch a lot of young people sort of meander around without any idea about why they’re doing. To want and to be ambitious and to want to be successful, is not enough—that’s just desire.
To know what you want, to understand why you’re doing it, to dedicate every breathe in your body to achieve. If you feel you have something to give, if you feel that your particular talent is worth developing or is worth caring for, then there is nothing you can’t achieve. You’re going to grow up with your colleagues. You’re going to watch them have success and watch them have failure and you’re going to watch how they deal with it.
By Kevin Spacey
No One is Too Young to Change the World!
Friday, November 25th, 2011Born in an underserved part of downtown Chicago, Natalie and her five siblings had to survive on her mother’s humble teacher salary, moving from city to city to find work. No stranger to adversity, Natalie was determined to make something great out of her life.
At 17, Natalie saw the documentary Invisible Children: The Rough Cut, a film exposing Africa’s longest running war. Compelled by this story, she applied to be a volunteer or “roadie” for Invisible Children, using her voice to help end this war.
She quickly stood out among the other interns, and was quickly given responsibility to help lead Invisible Children’s largest project to date; an event in 100 cities worldwide called “The Rescue.” Through her determination, tens of thousands of people came out to the event, sleeping in the streets for up to six days in order to raise the profile of this war.
Her efforts paid off when Oprah Winfrey invited Invisible Children, and Natalie, onto her show to add her voice to the numbers. The event was then highlighted on Larry King Live, CNN, and countless other news outlets. Natalie has natural charisma, astounding leadership qualities, and is now working in Los Angeles as a film editor, to continue to share stories of injustices.
Give to the Max Day
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011There are more than 6,500 homeless individuals living on the streets of Washington, DC on any given night. Of those, more than 2,000 are considered chronically homeless–meaning they are living with a physical or mental disability and have been homeless for at least one year, or multiple times over the past few years. These individuals often live with severe mental illness, chronic substance abuse and/or severe health problems. Their quality of life is diminished and their life expectancy is cut short. They are struggling to survive.
These are the men and women Miriam’s Kitchen serves.
God Saved My Life
Sunday, November 13th, 2011I wanted to take some to share this personal note with you.
This morning, when I woke up, I thanked God for having saved my life.
It all happened last year. On November 13, 2010, a car struck me while I was crossing the street on a crosswalk. I had several injuries, which include my left arm broken in half and several ligaments torn in my left keen.
With the help of some people I have been working hard to get back to normal and become a better person. I am truly grateful what they have done for me.
I am not a 100%, but I refuse to complain.
As Maya Angelou said, “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
I believe that I am still standing on this planet to accomplish a mission.
I was called to help people discover, see and experience what inspires them so that they all can live out their dreams.
I am not hoping that you would comment or click “like” about this note.
Instead, I would like to inspire all of us, including myself, to add the following to our new resolutions:
- Volunteer your time this holiday season to help the people in need.
- Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Mother Teresa.
- Be genuinely interested in others.
- Be more genuine.
- Help and inspire others.
- Be more generous.
- Be nice to people.
- Meet and Talk to people. (When they are gone, it will be too late.)
- Learn how to forgive.
- Don’t be afraid!
- Learn about other cultures.
- Don’t live in fear of what people will say or do.
- Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. Mother Theresa
- Think differently and creatively.
- Ask yourself the right questions.
- Be a creative problem solver.
- Stop complaining and do something.
- Be grateful.
- Learn how to focus and be more specific.
- Research your “Why” or purpose and go after the things that inspire you. Do what you love.
I am wishing you to have a blessed and happy holiday season.
Merci,
Jean-Marc
