Inspiration is “the stimulation of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity” (answers.corporation).
Favourite TED Talks
- Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
- Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life. Jane talks about four types of Resilience: Physical – Mental – Emotional – Social.
- Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
- Richard St. John’s 8 secrets of success
- Tali Sharot: The optimism bias
- Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?
- Brené Brown: The power of Vulnerability
- Janine Shepherd: A broken body isn’t a broken person
- Ric Elias: 3 things I learned while my plane crashed
- Benjamin Zander on music and passion
- Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo
- Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend
- Susan Cain: The power of introverts
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story
- Career advice you probably didn’t get
- Guy Winch: Why we all need to practice emotional first aid
Favourite YouTube Videos
- RSA: What Motivates Us – Dan Pink
- The Power of Words – Seth Gardner
- Science Of Persuasion – influence at work
- Dove Real Beauty
- Dove Choose Beautiful – Women all over the world
- Nilofer Merchant: Got a meeting? Take a walk
- The Top 10 Bad Business Handshakes
- Socialnomics 2015 by Erik Qualman
- The Time You Have (In Jelly Beans)
- Emotional Capitalists – The New Leaders
Inspirational Quotes
“The future depends on what you do in the present.” (Mahatma Gandhi)
“Life is 10% of what happens to us and 90% of how we react to it.” (Charles Swindoll)
“Success comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values and how they best perform.” (Peter F Drucker)
“A person’s worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.” (Jean De La Bruyer)
“There are three types of people in the world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened.” (Anonymous)
“Success on the outside begins on the inside.” (Anonymous)
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high and fail, but that we aim too low and succeed.” (Michelangelo)
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” (Lao-Tzu)
“If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got” (Anthony Robbins)
“If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.” (Seneca)