Amazing Video On The Power of Knowledge
OK, so TED.com is one of my favorite websites. There is an incredible amount of data out in the world, but it’s useless without being able to create relationships between them. Watch this video and CAREFULLY note what Henri Rosling says at minute 13:00 about “moving faster when you are healthy first, rather than being wealthy first.” When you see it you’ll know what I mean.
Ping Pong Like You've Never Seen It
What Is Your Truth?
Recently I was struggling with my business. It wasn’t a question of money, irate clients, back-logged product, or a server crash. It wasn’t angry contractors, bossy managers, or accounts payables not paid.
It was about what I was saying.
These times we live in gives us endless possibilities to “say” what we want. We have email, SMS, voice mail, faxes, cell phones, satellite phones, landlines, video conferencing, old fashioned snail mail, and, oh yeah, talking face to face.
There’s no shortage of ways to communicate.
But all those technologies are rendered useless when you don’t know what it is you want to say. Read more
The Astonishing Revelation I Learned From Grade 2ers Today (And Why They Need You)
Today I was invited to come speak at an elementary school here in Las Vegas in honor of Nevada’s Reading Week. I spoke to a group of 15 grade two kids. I had one of the deepest revelations about where we are today as a society, a country, a people.
I started with a handstand and a flip and the took out my selected book. I read the book called “The Man Who Walked Between The Towers”, bu Mordicai Gerstein. It’s about the daring adventure of a tightrope walker named Philippe Petit who crossed the Twin Towers of New York in 1974 on a thin cable. He managed to evade security, police, doubters and pulled off one of the most amazing stunts of the 20th century.
There is a documentary about him called “Man On A Wire”, watch it if you can.
The children’s book I read was about the man who crossed the towers. It’s an entertaining read, and I thought it was the right book to read since I’m an acrobat. When it came to discussion time though, I learned something that I will never forget.
We didn’t talk about the tightrope walker…
We didn’t talk about how he managed to string up a cable across the buildings…
We didn’t talk about his life as a performer, circus artist, or adventurist.
Instead we talked about the Twin Towers, the tragic fall of the buildings, the absurdity of the violent act, and the people we lost that day.