An Australian nurse, Bronnie Ware, has recently published a book called “The Top Five Regrets of the Dying”. She outlines her experiences with patients who have been told that they have less than 12 weeks to live. Some of the things they say are surprising. Some are obvious. But whatever they are, you should take note. The top five regrets are as follows: 1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life
Dennis Crowley is a co-founder of Foursquare. If you don’t know what that is, Google it – it’s one of the hottest technology companies on the planet right now. Dennis sold his first company, Dodgeball, to Google in 2005. He’s also been named one of Fortune Magazine’s “40 under 40″ rising stars. I met Dennis at the LeWeb conference in Paris, and asked him to do a quick video to share the thing he wishes he’d learned when he was
Fabrice Grinda is the type of insanely inspiring person that you don’t come across very often. He graduated from Princeton, then worked at McKinsey & Co., and since then has sold a company for $80million and actively invested in more than fifty others. Fabrice wrote a post on his blog back in 2008 titled “Graduating from College: Starting your own business or joining an established company?”. It’s probably a more relevant topic now than it ever has been, and I
Throughout reading Seth Godin’s book The Dip, I was a shocked, as his thesis goes against the values we are brought up with. We are taught that quitting is something we must not do, ever. It’s like giving in.
Seth Godin says that quitting is a good thing, and no one will ever become the best at anything unless they are good at quitting
David Huebner is currently the Ambassador of the USA to New Zealand and Samoa. Prior to this, he was a highly regarded lawyer. He gained a higher education degree from Yale Law School.
Here Mr. Huebner shares the lesson to “be yourself”. It’s something we hear often, but something that more people should pay attention to. He makes an incredibly compelling case
My success is measured in terms of the effect I have upon others. Every spirit I uplift and each bit of human potential I unleash serves as validation of my success. What matters in life is impact, not riches. Too often success is defined in economic terms – particularly in the United States. Why do we think of success so narrowly when we all know that money can’t buy happiness
Surely the large majority of you will have heard of Steve Jobs – he’s the CEO and one of the co-founders of Apple, which is arguably one of the most successful companies to have ever been created. In 2005, Jobs gave a speech at Stanford University. In it, he shares a lot of his personal experiences, and explains how they have helped him shape his thinking. I have never heard a speech more inspiring, that truly made me think about my life and where it’s going. Here I’m going to outline a few of the key quotes in his speech, and briefly discuss each
Is university worth it?
That’s probably one of the biggest questions any of us will have to make in the next few years. For some of us, the answer may already seem obvious – “Of course it is!”. But why is it obvious? Is it because it will help you do what you want to do in life? Or is it obvious because your parents have told you so
In her second video for TDTYTIS, Adele tells us that we don’t necessarily have to follow in our parents footsteps. As long as we take into account our parents’ advice, we can follow our dreams, she says
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