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Entries Tagged as 'Inspirational'

Friendships, Rockabilly and a ‘Wonderful Ice Cream Suit’

February 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Hello Monks. Rick here again. It’s been awhile since I that first article of mine and I wanted to come back and see what other bits of wisdom or life observations I can impart on all of you. I’ve attempting to write about friendships and how it related to the classic movie, ‘The […]

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Tags: Friendships · Inspirational · Observation · Personal Stories · Radio · Relationships

Clip of the Week: Where the Hell is Matt?

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Imagine quitting your job to travel the world. Matt Harding had this dance he’d do when he would pick up his friend for lunch. One day his friend said he should videotape himself dancing in front of popular places. This idea stuck with Matt who later quit his job to travel the […]

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Tags: Clip of the Week · Inspirational

Clip of the Week: Starbucks Customer Pays it Forward

December 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Greensburg, Pennslyvania Starbucks. A woman pulls up to Starbucks drive thru and pays for her drink. Then she decides to buy a drink for the car behind her. He decides to do the same. A chain reaction occurred. It lasted two hours and consisted of more than a hundred cars.
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Tags: Clip of the Week · Inspirational

What Most Idiots Don’t Know about Fear of Failure

December 13th, 2007 · 3 Comments

“I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain” […]

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Tags: Inspirational · Personal Stories · Success

The Rocky Story Told By Tony Robbins

December 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Sly Stallone makes up todays clip of the week. An amazing story of how he made Rocky a huge success.
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Personally I would have went for the first offer. I think anyone would be crazy not to. But, I hope […]

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Tags: Clip of the Week · Inspirational

Clip of the Week: FreeRice.com Feed the Hungry

November 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Every once in a while someone comes up with a innovative idea. Here is our inspirational clip of the week promoting a way to feed the hungry while getting smarter. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Clip of the Week: Kiwi!

November 16th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Ok, For whatever reason this clip really inspires me. It is also one of the winning videos from last Years YouTube.com Videos of the year. The clip is of a Kiwi, a bird who cannot fly, who comes up with a way through massive effort to create the illusion of flight. And […]

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Tags: Clip of the Week · Humor · Inspirational

Clip of the Week: I Can See Clearly Now

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

Hey everyone, we made it to another Friday. Here is the inspirational Clip of the day. The video ‘I Can See Clearly Now” with scenes from the movie “Cool Runnings”. For those of you who do not know, The movie is based on the true story of the First Jamaican bobsled team […]

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Tags: Clip of the Week · Inspirational

Clip of the Week: Free Hug Campaign

November 2nd, 2007 · 12 Comments

Well I’m keeping Fridays for inspirational clips. The power of human touch has been said to have healing properties. And sometimes to keep ourselves going a hug is all we need.
For those who haven’t heard or seen anything about Juan Mann the Free Hugs campaign. Here is the awe inspiring […]

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Tags: Clip of the Week · Inspirational

Field of Goals

November 1st, 2007 · 4 Comments

There’s a whole lot of literature out there regarding following your dreams. Which seems like a really nice concept. I like the idea. But, how does someone know it’s realistic or even attainable?
Seeing shows like “American Idol” you see that for the vast majority of the singers they have no chance of attaining their dream. […]

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Tags: Books · Inspirational · Self-Improvement · Success