Posts Tagged ‘Choices’
I Choose Not To Be A Common Man
Saturday, October 1st, 2011It’s my choice to be uncommon if I can
I’ll seek opportunity not security
I do not wish to be a kept citizen humbles
And dulled by having the state look after me
I want to take the calculated risk to dream
And to build, to fail and to succeed
I’ll refuse to live from hand to mouth
I’ll prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence
The thrill of fulfillment to the calm of utopia
I will never cower before any master
Nor bend to any friend
It is my heritage to stand erect, proud
And unafraid, to think and act for myself
And face the world boldly and say
This I have done by the help of God.
-Theodore Roosevelt
What is Yours?
What matters more than your talents?
Saturday, July 24th, 2010In this Princeton University graduation address, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos makes the case that our character is reflected not in the gifts we’re endowed with at birth, but by the choices we make over the course of a lifetime. Watch this talk below:
