Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – Man of Peace In a Time of War
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.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life and Achievements
January 15th, 2012Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a Baptist minister and social activist who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968. Inspired by advocates of nonviolence such as Mahatma Gandhi, King sought equality for African Americans, the economically disadvantaged and victims of injustice through peaceful protest. He was the driving force behind watershed events such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington, which helped bring about such landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and is remembered each year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a U.S. federal holiday since 1986. More here
Helping Students Motivate Themselves
January 10th, 2012Daniel Pink on “the surprising science of motivation,” a TED talk that is one of many resources Larry Ferlazzo, a teacher and author, uses in this post.
Today, in lieu of a lesson plan, The Learning Network, New York Times – Education, has invited Larry Ferlazzo, a teacher and author, to write a guest post that brings together a number of recent Times and Learning Network pieces about motivation — and shows practical ways teachers can use them to help students learn to exert self-control, gain self-confidence and motivate themselves to learn and achieve. Read full post here
The 21 Golden Rules of Entrepreneurship
January 4th, 2012Entrepreneurship is nothing if not challenging and exciting. In this video Jason Nazar, the CEO and co-founder of Docstoc, lays out the 21 golden rules that aspiring entrepreneurs need to follow if they wish to overcome the inevitable hardships that new ventures bring. The presentation was given to a group of students studying entrepreneurship at Jason’s alma-mater, the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Rather than simply listing cliché business lessons, Jason shares personal stories explaining how he arrived at each of the 21 rules and how you can use them in your own life. He doesn’t try to mask the challenges associated with entrepreneurship, but he does demystify the process of starting with nothing and ending up with a successful company. More importantly, he explains how you develop the attitude necessary to become a successful entrepreneur.
Determination Can Overcome Everything!
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
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
How great leaders inspire action?
December 26th, 2011Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers — and as a counterpoint Tivo, which (until a recent court victory that tripled its stock price) appeared to be struggling.
Read Simon Sinek’s book
12 Dozen Places To Educate Yourself Online For Free
December 26th, 2011All education is self-education. Period. It doesn’t matter if you’re sitting in a college classroom or a coffee shop. We don’t learn anything we don’t want to learn.
Those people who take the time and initiative to pursue knowledge on their own are the only ones who earn a real education in this world. Take a look at any widely acclaimed scholar, entrepreneur or historical figure you can think of. Formal education or not, you’ll find that he or she is a product of continuous self-education.
If you’re interested in learning something new, this article written by Marc and Angel at Hack Life is for you. Broken down by subject and/or category, here are several top-notch self-education resources that Marc and Angel at Hack Life have bookmarked online over the past few years.
Here are some excerpts:
Science and Health
Business and Money
History and World Culture
Law
Computer Science and Engineering
Mathematics
English and Communications
Foreign and Sign Languages
Multiple Subjects and Miscellaneous
Free Books and Reading Recommendations
Educational Mainstream Broadcast Media
Online Archives
Directories of Open Education
Read complete post at Marc and Angel at Hack Life
The 7 Keynote MBA: How to Save 2 Years and $100,000
December 26th, 2011Jonathan has collected seven of the best-ever videos about small business, small business marketing, work, and life, and put them into a single post.
Jonathan calls them “seven extraordinary moments with seven great visionaries.” I agree.
Guy Kawasaki’s “10 things” list crushes a bunch of start-up myths, shows you where to spend your time, money and energy when starting and growing a business. Here
Malcolm Gladwell draws a stunning lesson about business, observation, problem-solving and refusing to be bound by the assumptions of others…from spaghetti sauce. Here
Gary Vaynerchuck shares what it really takes to “make it,” beyond money, goals, plans and whiz-bang technology. Here
Annie Leonard reveals the mindblowing and often horrifyingly inadvertent impact what you create has on the world, the people and the environment around you. Here
Jim Valvano, legendary former NC basketball coach shares how to keep perspective in trying and, for him, life-threatening, times (you’ll want a few tissues for this one, but don’t you dare skip it). Here
Seth Godin challenges you to rise to the call to lead, to tap the growing opportunity to organize others and rally them around a powerful cause. Here
Tony Hsieh reveals the driving importance of a company’s culture as the critical factor in lasting growth and success for any business. Here
Source : Jonathan Fields
4 tips to be resilient
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