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Posts Tagged ‘TED Talks’
Sometimes All You Have To Do Is Believe
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
John Wooden…..The Little Chap That Follows Me
Thursday, January 6th, 2011
As a basketball sister, I endured many hours of sports talk from my brother and his teammates, and have come to realize over the years how vital sports can be to instilling fundamental morals and values into younger generations. I’ve heard the name John Wooden many times before, but never really understood the impact he had on the game of basketball and why he inspired so many of his players and the sports community around the world. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Mr. Wooden let me give you a quick highlight reel on his life’s work and what has made him so inspirational to the world of basketball.
Wooden also known as the “Wizard of Westwood” was most revered for his tenure ship as UCLA’s head coach for over 25 years. Wooden was famous for winning 10 championships in 12 years, and coaching such basketball legends as Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Most impressive about his coaching style is that he promoted fundamental life skills, like being on-time, presenting yourself appropriately in public, and pushing yourself to reach individual capabilities. He promoted team work, and emphasized the value of the process versus the product. Wooden never had to ”Bobby Knight” his players into doing well, he lead by example and shaped his players into great role models.
Below is a poem that Mr. Wooden wrote that exemplifies the importance he placed on inspiring others, and the responsibiliy that athletes have to help shape the lives of the generations that looked up to them. A coach, a poet, a husband and a hero to many, legendary in thought and inspirational forever!
If you want to hear more inspirational words from the Wizard of Westwood you can also check out his TedTalk. Below is his poem The Little Chap That Follows Me, and above is his Pyramid to Success. Take a minute to check them both out, you might just be inspired!
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The Little Chap That Follows Me
A careful man I must always be;
A little fellow follows me.
I know I dare not go astray
For fear he’ll go the self same way.
I cannot once escape his eyes,
Whate’er he sees me do, he tries.
Like me he says he’s going to be;
The little chap who follows me.
He thinks that I am good and fine,
Believes in every word of mine.
The base in me he must not see;
The little chap who follows me.
I must be careful as I go
Through summer’s sun and winter’s snow,
Because I’m building for the years to be;
This little chap who follows me
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Poverty, Money and LOVE!
Thursday, November 4th, 2010While at my friend’s house this evening we were catching up on our TED talks, and came across my new found hero Jessica Jackley. Jessica for those of you who don’t know her is the creator of the KIVA project. We posted about Kiva a couple months back explaining the empowerment of the micro-loan system that Jessica facilitates. Kiva, just to recap, was created for entrepeneurs living in poverty in developing countries.
Jessica’s story is rich with personal accounts, and is a great documentation of her journey and the success of Kiva. She kept this model and extended it to the world by using Kiva as a platform to tell the stories of the poor and ambitious. She emphasizes how important storytelling is to the well-being of the human race and society as a whole.
As humans we are hard wired to feel empathy, compassion and to want to help those in need. In society today we are so bombarded by the volume of help that the world needs. It’s often overwhelming and leaves us with feelings of guilt, sorrow and sadness. Thus, we become desensitized by all of these negative feelings that we turn off our ability to extend empathy and compassion to others in need. My theory is that we need to provide those who are helping with positive reinforcement. It’s important to help others but it is equaly important to appreciate those who are helping as well! With this constant positive circle of action, I believe we could be on the right path to a world where happiness is a sustainable feeling!
Please take aminute to listen to Jessica Jackley’s story of taking chances, empowering herself and others through a little money, a lot of work and an abundance of Love!
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Kill Them With LOVE!
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of TED videos here at thinkGood. so we were quite excited when TEDxToronto recently posted a few of their Ted Talks. The first video I watched at random was a winner, and I can only imagine the rest will be too. With no further ado, please take in Boonaa Mohammed; notable spoken word artist, writer and performer. His Ted Talk humorously explores kindness, love, prejudice, religion, and positivity with a twist of hip hop.
“Why would you hate when love just costs less?” – Boonaa Mohammed
The Golden Rule
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Among intellects, community leaders, and even children, religion can often be a sensitive topic to discuss. It provides us with a sense of direction, it provides morals, ethics and boundaries, but it can also breed its own monsters.
If you are ever stuck for conversation and want to learn a little bit more about the people in your life, try discussing your own viewpoints on the different religions you have participated in whether personally or vicariously through others. In my family for example I was baptized Catholic, my mom is Anglican, my dad Muslim and my step-mom and younger brother are Hindu. What this has done, is not divided my family but made me appreciate the variety of religions in the world. Whether we are devoted to our doctrines, agnostic, or atheist, no one set of beliefs is better than the other and the root of any person’s intentions should always be to exercise compassion for himself and others in their life. What are your feelings on religion and compassion? What is the future of religion in your eyes?
Here is a clip from a TED Talk by Karen Armstrong who examines the unified theme found throughout all of the major religions including Islam, Christianity and Judaism; the base of all religious belief known as The Golden Rule, “Do unto other as you would have done unto you”. We must extend our compassion not only to our family, friends, or secular group but to humanity as a whole!
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