I believe they all contain a strong self-improvement
and self help message.
Watching The Pale Blue Dot YouTube video humbles
us all.
Randy Pausch's Last Lecture brings a tear to our eye.
The
World's Strongest Dad inspires all Dads - inspires us all, really.
And
Baz Luhrman's "Wear Sunscreen" will always inspire me.
How
about you?
What's your favourite inspirational video here? Do
let us know!
As for me, I've listed these YouTube videos in my order
of preference.
I hope you enjoy...
Inspirational
Videos on YouTube
What Randy Pausch has to say...
1. Inspirational
Speech by Dr. Randy Pausch: The
Last Lecture(full version)
Dr Randy Pausch is dying of cancer.
(He died in July 2008, actually.) And this video is an ten-minute excerpt of his
famous 'Last Lecture' that he gave at Carnegie Hall. It is both heart-warming,
inspiring and a little sad...
I found these words by Randy the most inspiring "The
brick walls that are in our way are there for a reason. They're not there to keep
us out. They're there to give us a way to show how much we want it..."
(Find more inspirational quotes here!)
Inspirational
videos - what Carl Sagan's 'Pale Blue Dot' has to say...
2. Carl Sagan's
'Pale Blue Dot' utube video
Carl Sagan was was an American astronomer,
astrochemist, author, and highly successful popularizer of astronomy. It's his
voice (and thoughts) you can hear on this video. Carl lets us look at the world,
as a pale blue dot, via his involvement with the Voyager space mission.
Everything
that happens here on earth really, really is insignificant. And there are loads
of famous movie clips too. And that's why I think Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot
video is truly inspirational. Okay, I'll shut up...
What the world's strongest Dad has
to say...
3. The World's Strongest Dad video
At first glance,
this is an odd video - you wonder what's going on. But when you realise that a)
this man is doing triathlons whilst carrying his disabled son and b) he
only does these events because his son gets so much joy out of them - in fact
his son said that he doesn't feel disabled, when they run - then, then you become
truly inspired by what human beings are capable of.
(And the Dad, Dick
Hoyt, was a self-confessed 'porker' before he started training for the triathlons.
And now, what a physique...)
Inspirational videos - what
Matt has to say...
4. 'Where the hell is Matt?' video
Hmm,
I challenge you to watch Matt doing his silly dance all over the world and not
feel inspired and amazed at how rich and diverse this planet and its people are...
Matt, do your thang!...
What Baz Luhrman has to say...
5.
Baz Luhrman's 'Wear Sunscreen' video
This is not so much an inspiring
video as an inspiring 'poem' with a video as background. If you've never heard
Baz Luhrman wax lyrical then just listen closely to his words of wisdom, and if
you have, listen again... :-)
Take it away, Baz!...
What these inspirational quotes
have to say...
6. Inspirational quotes video
Some people are
inspired by watching a video of inspirational quotes. I was particularly inspired
by watching these quotes and listening to John Lennon's Imagine song at the same
time...
Inspirational videos
- what Chet Armstrong has to say...
7. Chet Armstrong's Self Help video
And,
just in case you think I take all of this self-help malarkey
a bit too seriously, here's Chet Armstrong on Self Help. Not necessarily
inspirational, but funny nevertheless :-) ...
