September 2010
3 posts
Watch8 secrets of success.
TED talk by Richard st. John
WatchTreat life as an experiment!
Time Lessons →
Good stuff from one of Twitter heads, Biz Stone.
August 2010
2 posts
Skunkworks that doesn't stink →
I used to be a contractor for Apple, working on a secret project. Unfortunately, the computer we were building never saw the light of day. The project was so plagued by politics and ego that when the engineers requested technical oversight, our manager hired a psychologist instead. In August ...
May 2010
3 posts
Practising focused thoughts. →
How (and when) to Motivate yourself? →
Actually it doesn’t take much.
The science behing failed resolutions. →
Because Inspirations alone might not help!
March 2010
7 posts
Refresh to find a new inspiration. →
You only see something motivational there. And it only takes a page refresh to see a new inspirational quote.
Letter to young people by: Carlos Slim (3rd... →
Good inspiring write up from Carlos Slim.
When you give, do not expect to receive. “Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose,” says a Chinese proverb. Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.
Go read the whole thing.
F*ck karate kid →
You see that. The F-word is there. And it’s used a lot together with other F-like-words. But the inspiration this article can provide can not be refused just because it has F-word.
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How not to Burnout? →
I maybe wrong calling this inspiring. But it adds to life if you are a geek. Actually you’ll see some geeky additions from MIT to how not to burnout advice list.
STOP DENYING. Listen to the wisdom of your body. Begin to freely admit the stresses and pressures which have manifested physically, mentally, or emotionally. * MIT VIEW: Work until the physical pain forces you into...
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10 Life lessons from Albert Einstein. →
‘nuff said. Move on and get inspired.
January 2010
3 posts
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Self-educated People Who've Made a Difference →
An excessive list of people who were self educated and actually made a difference. The list includes many figures I consider as heroes. And many of the actually changed the world.
The idea is not to drop out from school or uni :D. But to make yourself believe in the potential a human has. If you are human, be happy :).
Work hard. Change the world!
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I have no talent →
Do you feel the same? And do you know you shouldn’t start to worry yet? Find why in full article.
The other day someone sent me an IM and thanked me for my open source contributions. They then said something about wishing they had my gem/code creation talents. I didn’t miss a beat and informed them that I have no talent
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The Cosmic perspective to help a bad feeling? →
It’s different and sounds a bit nerdy. But it miht work for you. Why not just try?
Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown, And things seem hard or tough, And people are stupid, obnoxious or daft, And you feel that you’ve had quite eno-o-o-o-o-ough…
Check out the Galaxy song and some story behind in the linked post. See if it fixes mood for you :)
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December 2009
2 posts
Make a mess, clean it up! →
If you think a mere game strategy can’t teach something great in your life, try reading this.
The idea is rad, but isn’t it the best thing of it?
Jeff Bezos Interview on Academy of Achievement →
Jeff Bezos, The brain behind Amazon.com, the e-commerce pioneer is talking about his life.
November 2009
9 posts
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40 Inspirational & motivational songs. →
Music is a magical thing that has the power to alter the states of our mind in different ways. So it’s a great way to inspire ourselves, the easy way.
Ellesse Chow of GoalSettingCollege blog puts together a pack of 40 inspirational song. It’s awesome to have such a list. But it’s even great to have a free playable playlist of all those songs. Thanx to @roshm you can just start...
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How we got started - Michael Dell →
We all love to hear the stories about great people. There’s a lot of things we can add to our lives from those remarkable stories. And it’s even better when those great people talk about themselves.
This link leads you to the story of Micheal Dell, One of worlds leading PC manufacturers.
We screwed up all kinds of things, but there was so much inherent value in what we were doing...
7 Powerful Ways to Get the Most Out of Any... →
Nicely put ideas that would help to shape your life.
In every situation, ask yourself “What do I want to get out of this?”
Walk away when you’re angry.
Respect everyone.
Slow down.
Read about these and 4 other facts absorb whatever you can that would help to change yourself for good.
I'm 20, Brilliant and Totally lost. →
Does that sound like story? And you want an answer. C’mon It’s not just for twenties. The article creatively disguised as a letter from someone mentally down and a really inspiring reply to that. Interesting read.
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Rising above failure [pdf] →
Rising above failure: How to turn adversity to your advantage, A good inspiring article about staying strong in a failure. I suggest to save the pdf and and even get this nice verse printed.
If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you like to win but think you can’t,
It’s almost certain you won’t.
Life’s battles don’t...
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It takes focus and passion to achieve. →
37Signals blog sheds some light on the story of bare naked (a granola company) early days.
We were the first car in the lot at the chain’s headquarters. After we climbed the stairs to the office, the receptionist told us the buyer was on vacation. We were deflated!
Click through the link to readd the article and get inspired.
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“If you are going through hell, Keep walking”
– Winston Churchill
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October 2009
9 posts
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Quite a different story here.
Yossi Ghinsberg...
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Worry Serves No Useful Purpose. →
A nice article based on a real life experience which tells you why worrying is not useful in anyway.
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WatchIn this Discovery channel documentary video you get to discover the story of some awesome hackers.
Steve Wozniack and Kevin Mitnick are also featured.
Only the geek/hacker type may find this inspiring though :)
“Never tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.”
– unknown
Tom Williams: Hired by Apple at 14. →
Tom Williams is a guy that has an amazing and really inspiring life story. Follow the link to where Derek Sivers nicely puts that story together. Great read.
I knew that if I wanted to get something done, I had to do it. Nobody else was going to do it for me. Nobody else was going to support me.
Here we go!
Inspiry is the place where you will find stuff stuff that inspires. Inspires you in someway. I will start with an article which actually was the seed of this idea. And I’ll keep posting when I find anything inspiring.
You too can collaborate and post inspirations you find via the Submit page :). Please feel free to share texts, links, videos, audios, pictures, quotes anything inspiring...