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- Gaurav Gujral
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What is the most inspiring speech you have heard?
This speech was made by Charlie Chaplin in his movie 'The Great Dictator' and it has always inspired me since I first saw it. So my question to you all is this: What speech have you heard or a talk you have seen on TED that inspires you to be a good person or gives you a brighter outlook on life?
PS: A link to the speech/talk would be appreciated if possible.
Closing Statement from Gaurav Gujral
Thanks everyone for the great links, its been a blast looking at all these speeches and getting the chance to share some of the talks that inspire me has been great.
So once again, thanks :)
Sep 27 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M
The pale blue dot-Carl Segan
Just a reminder that earth is the only home we have for now..
Jacob Miller
Sep 27 2011: "The World As I See It" -Einstein
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Sep 28 2011: Jacob --
Agreed. Brilliant!
AndreaSep 26 2011: Randy Pausch, Last Lecture.
Sep 26 2011: It was an amazing lecture, he must have had a LOT of courage to be able to speak so freely about his condition. He is actually one of the main reasons I got into programming, it was a very sad day when he passed away :(Oct 13 2011: Recently saw this movie called Invictus (presumably named after the poem below by William Ernest Henley)
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
In the movie Morgan Freeman plays as Nelson Mandela. During his Incarceration he was so inspired by this poem that he wrote it on a piece of paper and kept it n his prison cell. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FozhZHuAcCs is the scene from the movie where it is recited.
Oct 14 2011: Guarav,
An excellent choice!
These words speak to Mandela's (and, of course, Henley's) clarity of understanding the shared experiences of personal and universal. Specifically: the dynamics all can -- and often do -- encounter at the ends of a continuum of human vulnerability and intrinsic human dignity and power. As crystallized in this sentence:
"Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed."
Note how it anchors and punctuates the first half of the poem while it sets the stage for second.
And, as it does invites the readers' to see something of themselves in the words. It goes on to build and catalyze the reader's awareness and acceptance of ones capacities to lead themselves, even when circumstance, chaos and stifling conditions seem to conspire against one's attainment of self- and soul strength.
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Oct 14 2011: This poem by William Ernest Henley is exceptional !!Thank you for the written form. Invictus is a great movie !!Oct 16 2011: I loved it too, Gaurav. I loved the whole message of that movie. Thanks for reminding me!
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Sep 30 2011: Hi Gaurav - I was going to say MLK's speech but since someone already did, I will offer a different one.
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The man who gave the following speech was not a famous man. " Every day strive to learn and be the best that you can be. Believe in yourself. Do the best you can do. Only do the things that help people -as many as you can- and every time you have to choose between showing that you are better than /smarter than or being kind, always choose to be kind." This speech to me from my father when I was six left the most indelible mark.
Now, thanks to you Gaurav, I got to watch Charlie Chaplin's speech for the first time in my life. And will watch again and again. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo). And I remember that my father was a huge fan of his.
I will watch everyone else's suggestions too. You inspired a good resource by asking this question.Thank you.
Oct 1 2011: Thanks for the speech Juliette, your dad sounds like a great guy :) I think that quote is something all people should aspire to live by.
And I'm glad I got more people to watch Charlie's speech. I still watch it almost everyday at least once, and probably will keep doing so until I have completely memorized it and taken it to heart. I'm glad more people are posting what inspires them. As Andrea mentioned below, with so many videos on the net it would take a LOT of time to sort through all of them for the truly inspiring ones. So with this conversation I thought I could see what inspires other people and if I could draw similar inspiration from those speeches as well :)Sep 30 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOE1HFEL8XA
This a Ted talk although I could only find it on youtube. The link is above and I hope that you like the video...
Debra Smith
Sep 30 2011: Ohhh! Yes, I do remember this talk and it is very valuable!Sep 30 2011: You betcha . . . I want a few of those colored circles in my sphere. I have great hope in algorithms and those that write them. Our new investigative journalists.Oct 1 2011: I remember this talk too, was quite an eye opener. I couldn't really decide whether it was a good thing that they were filtering out items that I wouldn't normally look at or whether I should be angry that it could be filtering out think I might have wanted to see but will never know about because it didn't come up in the links.Oct 2 2011: Really awesome, so glad i looked at it!
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Debra Smith
Sep 28 2011: This might not be exactly the 'most inspiring' but it is a candidate for most profoundly practical and hopeful. I got an email notification of this TEDx talk this morning. I fear that many will not see it because it is a TEDx rather than a TED so many might not realize that it is available. It has all the polish and impact of a TED talk.
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It is called Roses in the Concrete: It tells how to save kids in communities with high murder rates.
Sep 28 2011: Thanks, Debra! Really inspiring.Sep 28 2011: Thanks Debra! That was a brilliant find :)
Fred Goodwin
Sep 28 2011: Two came to mind imediately for me:The Sunscreen speech from Baz Lurhmans version Romeo and Juliet http://www.links2love.com/lyrics_baz_luhrman_sunscreen_speech.htm I still get shivers from it.And Al Pacinos pre game speech from Any Given Sunday.http://youtu.be/01g3B8ds0uMThat these are both from movies, is a little disconcerting for me as it isn't MLK or Churchill. But they still move me now after many years.And the Randy Pausch is something special.
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Sep 28 2011: That sunscreen speech was.. interesting.. It was quite random but so full of great advice. I would definitively recommend it to my friends and thanks for sharing it :)
Edit: Just watched the second vid. One word man: Wow.Oct 20 2011: The most inspiring one is the speech Steve Jobs gave back in 2005 at Stanford.
In addition, I really like Rocky Balboa's speech
Rakesh Kumar
Oct 20 2011: I became a regular visitor of TED.com ever since I saw Pranav Mistry's talk on 6th Sense. Other than that, I also like Jeff Bezos's speech about 'being kind and being clever/smart'. Sir Ken Robinson's talk about creativity in schools is also thought provoking and I enjoyed it to the hilt. Recently, I saw Bunker Roy's video on the Barefoot College...really inspiring act...!
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Steve Job's speech too is great and has given me a new perspective of understanding the present.
Oct 21 2011: I loved the talk on sixth sense :) so innovative
Amente Bullo
Oct 20 2011: Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005Oct 17 2011: Actually I've gotten familiar with ted recently, but in this short period I think the google computer engineer lecture that was about ' try to be a different person for 30 days' has been the most inspiring ted's speech.
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Oct 22 2011: Matt Cutts. Thanks for reminding. It was really inspiring
He also mentioned Morgan Spurlock. Did you read? Worth to read?
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Oct 17 2011: Hi Gaurav, Everyone, this is the speech presented in this question written out ( its in two segments);
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"I am sorry, I don't want to be an emperor, thats not my business, I don't want to rule or conquer anyone, I shall help everyone if possible, Jew, Gentile, black men, white. We all want to help one another, human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. The good Earth is rich. And can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way.
Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has given us want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness is hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness, and gentleness. Without these qualities life will be violent. And all will be lost. The airplane and the radio have brought us together. The very invention of these cries out for the goodness in men. Cries out for universal brotherhood. For the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world. Millions of despairing men, women and little children. Victims of a system that makes men torture. And imprison innocent people.
For those who can hear me, I say do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is nothing but the passing of greed. The bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass and dictators die. And the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. "Oct 15 2011: I better remind u of a movie, I think cud be very inspiring(though not a speech)" LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL"
it's one of my best( inspiring) movie.
It's a 'must-watch-movie'Oct 8 2011: actually the speech that inspires me most is not one speech but a collection of them
but otherwise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR5m1-5ksj0 by JFK is the best .
Oct 9 2011: WOW! I had never heard this! This is so needed today! WOW!Oct 7 2011: Currently the speech Steven Jobs gave to the 2005 graduating class at Stanford This is more then a speech this is a map to life. Amazing man so much wisdom
Oct 9 2011: This speech seems to be quite popular among people. Cheers :)
Aad Berkhout
Oct 7 2011: My contribution is the inaugural speech from Nelson Mandela
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grh03-NjHzc&feature=youtube_gdata_playerOct 4 2011: So many to choose from but I think I will go with Jimmy Valvano speaking at the ESPY Awards in 1993. Why? Because Coach Valvano was you, he was me, he was the guy you knew. He conveyed a simple concept and to quote Benjamin Zander, who has a TED Talk that might be my #2, "a possibility to live into". Coach V spoke about having a meaningful day, every day. To do that, everyone should do three things every day - you should laugh, you should think and should cry. If you do those three things every day, that's a heck of a day. I don't do it justice so here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuoVM9nm42E
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Oct 3 2011: Hi Guarav,
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I still have a lot of speeches to listen to....but here is one for your page from my search.
I think every human wishes there was someone who has returned from death to tell us all how to live right.
So here is one from TED which I find inspirational.
Sanket Gupta
Oct 2 2011: Steve Jobs speech in Stanford 2005.
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Oct 2 2011: I remember that! Hes a pretty inspirational guy, I wish him the best of luck with his health. Here is the link for those who haven't seen it:
CheersOct 2 2011: Isabel Allende Tells Tales of Passion
and The Time Is Now speech by Leo Buscaglia
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Oct 1 2011: Wow, I also definitively recommend this video to anyone who is feeling down about their lives. This man is truly an example to live by. I don't think I've seen anyone who can face so many hardships with a smile on their faces and then turn around and encourage people to also do the same. I don't believe I have any words for this.
Thank you so much for posting this mate :)Oct 2 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4HGQHgeFE&feature=related
better version, same ideaSep 30 2011: Here is another brave speech. This is an Afghani woman who is speaking to Taliban leaders (subtitled). Her name is Malalai Joya.
Oct 1 2011: Wow, talk about bravery. I don't see why she had to be removed from the assembly for simply speaking her mind. As long as this kind of thing still happens I don't believe free speech can truly exist.
Dave R
Sep 29 2011: This wasn't actually a speech, but a letter to our country, from one of our most prominent politicians, written two days before his passing. RIP Jack Layton http://news.sympatico.ca/SpecialReports/Jack-Layton/jack-layton-letterSep 27 2011: Gaurav,
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"I Have a Dream" by Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
It is a rhetorical masterpiece layered with metaphor, meaning and alliterated echos of spiritual and political phrases that connect Americans from many different viewpoints and vantage points.
I'm linking the second half of the speech, which I find most moving:. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=PQucZKToFXE
The most inspiriting parts for me ---
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
"And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
The speech was given on August 28, 1963.
And a little trivia:
In the video, you can experience Kings view from in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Beyond the masses of people the Washington Memorial stands tall. On August 22, 2011 the "Stone of Hope" statue of King was unveiled on the Mall (in advance of it's dedication on August 28). Stone of Hope is a phrase from the speech. The day after the statue was unveiled, an earthquake hit Washington D.C. cracking the Washington Memorial, which remains closed indefinitely.
Sep 27 2011: Its weird, I've heard so much about this speech and how its considered to be one of the best in the world that I myself started believing it yet never taking the time out to go and hear it. After watching the link you posted and then watching the full speech I can tell why people consider it to be one of the all time greatest speeches. Its truly an amazing speech and thanks for making me watch it :)
Sep 27 2011: Gaurav --
Love that I "made" you watch MLK's "I Have a Dream." :-).
Your response reminds me that sometimes it is best not to wait for someone to find something on their own. Hard for any of us to sort and filter all we are told to observe, view, digest, partake,etc. To isolate the truly powerful messages from the many that can fall short of life-critical.
So --
Many thanks for posting this opportunity to think, view and share. A wonderful way to connect all these important words and images. In a sense, we "re-express" them simply by sharing them, and as we do learn.
So important for us all to listen to and see voices like Kings, and understand how they relate to our realities. The more we hear, the more we'll believe in the larger truths they transmit across human history about our needs and potentials to engage everywhere we can in acts that construct, not destruct, our shared humanity and worlds.
AndreaSep 28 2011: Andrea
This was my favorite speech also, thanks for the link, there was a lot of information on it.
JamesSep 26 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGiI-MuTWf0
Two things that I think are worth seeing and I'm most grateful to my friends for bumping into them (no matter how hard it was to accept the thought).
Sep 27 2011: Silvia . . . this combination of clips was most good.
Sep 27 2011: Thanks Lynn. :) I always appreciate your feedback! The concept of death is a bit scary, though I admit, still worth exploring.Sep 28 2011: Loved how the movie clip ended.. spine chillingly awesome :)Sep 24 2011: Here is another child with great courage and an important message.
Sep 24 2011: Nice speech, very thought provoking. Got to admire the girl's courage standing in front of so many people and giving such a bold speech.Sep 26 2011: :) Such a great example!Sep 24 2011: Dear dear Gaurav, Tomorrow is my birthday and I have never been given a more inspiring gift than this. Thank you for bringing this speech by Charlie Chaplin to my attention. I have never seen it before and it captures the cry of my heart. I will be posting it on my blog and sharing it with friends. I still have time to formulate a birthday wish that this speech will come true in my lifetime! Thank you, Thank you!
Sep 24 2011: First things first.. Happy Birthday!!
Secondly, I'm glad you liked the speech so much. I posted it up so that other people would find the same inspiration that I did and pass it around. Coming from such and old film, not many people know about this speech and I'm trying to make more well known again.
All in all, I hope you have a great birthday and best of luck to you in the future :).
Sep 24 2011: You are doing a good thing. Thanks so much for your kind wishes!Sep 23 2011: Even though I am Canadian and not American, this one is pretty inspiring. This version is delivered not be the original speaker but by the generation who is benefiting from that speech.
http://youtu.be/e8_1NYYKixMOct 22 2011: i was really inspired by Jobs and his speech in Stanford. During listening from time to time i recognized my own thoughts but something was absolutely new. In fact, many expressions from this speech should be written somewhere to the book of wisdom (if it exists). I am so thankful to Steve for sharing
Oct 22 2011: Seems to me that Job's speech at Stanford is a top pick for a lot of people. Can't blame them really, its a great speech :)Oct 18 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yViM_LyPx6E&feature=related#t=46s
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Oct 17 2011: (Continued)
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Soldiers don't fight for slavery, fight for liberty. In the seventeenth chapter of St Lucas is written " the kingdom of God is within man, not one man, nor a group of men, but in all men, in you, you the people have the power. The power to create machines, the power to create happiness. You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful. To make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in the name of democracy let us use that power, let us all Unite. Let us all fight for a new world, a decent world, that will give men a chance to work, that will give you a future, and old age a security.
By the promise of these things brutes have risen to power but they lie, they do not fulfill their promise, they never will. Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people. Now let us fight to fulfill that promise, let us fight to free the world, to do away with national barriers. To do away with greed with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason. A world where science and progress will lead to all mens happiness.
Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let us all unite. " Charlie Chaplin
Oct 17 2011: Thanks for that! I should have thought of writing it out lol >.
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Oct 17 2011: My pleasure. You have done so much more by creating this page, it has been a great learning tool. I thought it be nice to have the written format for future readers ( including myself who will refer back to this page in the future again ;-)
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Oct 20 2011: Wow, I thought I was the only one who love that movie...It was his first Talkie as they use to say : D
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Line Follower program
Some reader (jeff) has posted a link to a Line Follower program for the NXT, written in NXT-G.
As it was published in a comment to a blog entry regarding a completely different topic, I thought it worthwhile to give this one its own homeland here, making it less likely to be missed by readers and easier for discussions.
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those two seconds at the begining of the program are a really good idea
- Jul 7, 2006, 1:13:00 AM
Great!! Better than the RIS 2.0's line follower program.
- Jul 7, 2006, 5:58:00 AM
- Rick Rhodes said...
Thanks much for posting the source code for this program.
Since books for NXT-G are non-existent (right now), the best way to learn code is to look at the examples of others.
- Jul 7, 2006, 8:17:00 AM
- jeff said...
After further testing and some code review, I have made few more changes. I think the line follower program is pretty much optimized as much as possible.
Much can be done to augment the line follower program. You can add more blocks to allow the robot to turn back and forth only a few times looking for the black line. Then have the robot move in a bigger search pattern looking for the line.
- Jul 7, 2006, 10:52:00 AM
You guys excuse me for posting this here, I did not found where else to post it.
Have any of you recently clicked in the mindstorms.lego.com page, the section that says "What is NXT?" in the "do!" text?
I did not know the AlphaRex could do those things!!!
- Jul 7, 2006, 3:09:00 PM
at the end it says:
''Build and program robots
that do almost what you want''
- Jul 7, 2006, 5:57:00 PM
sorry, ''that almost do what you want.''
- Jul 7, 2006, 8:34:00 PM
- Rick Rhodes said...
I tried your "line follower" program--it works great!
Even the presence of strong ambient light doesn't affect the light sensor (as long as it's calibrated).
- Jul 8, 2006, 7:56:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
I think it important to make clear that I am not related to the line follower program in any way - it's entirely Jeff's thing.
I've just extracted the link Jeff posted recently into its own blog entry.
- Jul 8, 2006, 7:02:00 PM
- Rick Rhodes said...
Point taken...thanks, Jeff!
- Jul 9, 2006, 2:35:00 AM
- jeff said...
As a continuation of state machine ideas, I've added a program for controlling the RoboArm T-54 from the Robo Center challanges. This program more fully illustrates the technique of state machines in software that controls machinery. The program is available at
- Jul 9, 2006, 2:11:00 PM
its a good line follower but i put a wait for center button push instead of a wait for 2 seconds.
- Feb 14, 2008, 2:04:00 AM
- KILE said...
I've just posted in my website the source code and videos from my LEGO line follower robot, maybe could be insteresting for someone:
- Oct 4, 2008, 12:21:00 AM
- Marc-Andre said...
ahh well it's been almost 5 years and now that link is non existent.. Jeff if you ever read this is your work still avail from another site these days?
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The essence of farsightedness in business is not simply envisioning a possible successful future—it's being able to articulate it in a way that's both compelling and inclusive.
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People also want to see that the leader's farsightedness is based on a deep sense of what's necessary, right, and good for the business and the team rather than what's simply expeditious, popular, or self-serving. We want to feel that our leaders' "far-sight" is focused on the greater good, that their vision promotes the group and not just their own selfish interests. A truly farsighted leader envisions a possible future that responds to and resonates with people's aspirations for their individual and collective success. When employees or potential employees hear about the good leader's vision, their visceral response is, "Yes, I want to go there too."
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This brings up a critical point about farsightedness: the leader must not only articulate her vision; she must live it. It can't be something she dusts off for quarterly staff meetings. People must witness the vision serving as the leader's compass. She must use it as a screen for strategy and action. True farsightedness in a leader is both practical and aspirational.
A clear and compelling vision can drive extraordinary business results. It provides a focus for people's decisions and actions, and it creates that feeling of "tribe" that most people find necessary and motivating.
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Clearly Steve Jobs was able (I encourage you to watch any of his company presentations on YouTube or at the apple.com Web site) to express his vision for the future in this way. In January 1984, when Jobs introduced the first Macintosh computer at Apple's annual shareholders' meeting, an attendee described the level of enthusiasm as "pandemonium." As the first commercially successful small computer with a graphical user interface, the Macintosh represented, and still represents, the realization of a vision that was both compelling and inclusive.
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You may be thinking, Okay, but how do I become more farsighted if that's not one of my strengths? Fortunately, my colleagues and I have gotten clearer over the years on the specific behaviors that make up each of these leadership attributes.
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Leaders who are farsighted:
1.See possible futures that are good for the enterprise
2.Articulate their vision in a compelling and inclusive way
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5.Invite others to participate in the vision
Related: Don't Be A Power Hog: How Sharing Information, Time, And Authority Makes You A Better Leader and Once Upon A Company: What Fairy Tales Can Teach You About Leadership.
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Excerpted from Leading So People Will Follow (Jossey-Bass; October 2012) by Erika Andersen. All rights reserved.
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I agree, great leaders pursue a vision that takes the organization somewhere and leads with passion and by example. Employees will follow this type of leader and engage with the organization to help it fulfill its purpose! Too many organizations lack this type of leadership and get stuck in the mundane of day-to-day activities. A true vision, articulated by an impassioned leader, is the best way to get unstuck and moving in a shared direction.
Great article!
We need leaders with vision, mentoring is the basis to make it happen, but to be able to be a great mentor, we need to be above all courageous and inspiring people. People who believe in others and who are willing to take it to the next level without being afraid of their position.
A trough leader his a great mentor and although people might be insecure or doubt their own abilities a mentor knows how to make them look within their lives and believe in them self's and truly reveal their potential.
A leader doesn't carry anyone, he orientates and he challenges people weaknesses so that people became aware of their own potential and work towards their goals with great determination, teaching others in doing the same.
His a on-going process and starts with each of us takes time but it's worth it.
Best response ever Samiei. The best leaders I have known were tough and driven to succeed. They empowered others to be their best and expected nothing less. Set high standards and people will tend to live up to them.
Vision statements and goals conjured up by committee are lost in translation and lose their focus. I have read many and found most inarticulate and unfocussed. The examples given, leaders of industry all, had a self developed vision and single minded focus that drove them and all others that followed. No committees, no group hugs, no feel good platitudes. Often politically insensitive and intolerant, few would survive in todays organizations. Unfortunately.
Jak zwykle teoria, która nie bardzo ma odzwierciedlenie w praktyce. Nie sądzę, aby dotyczyło to zjawisko przede wszystkim małych przedsiębiorstw oraz firemek. Górnolotność - nie jest on tożasama z tym artkułem.
Thanks you Erica. To move others and indeed to move the world beyond the comfort zone is critical now more than ever. We are at an inflection point in human history and it will be those who lead with courage and vision who will make all the difference in the world.
Bennis & Nanus said the same thing 15 years ago:
"If there is a spark of genius in
the leadership function at all, it must lie in this ability to assemble – out
of all the variety of images, signals, forecasts and alternatives – a clearly
articulated vision of the future that is at once simple, easily understood,
clearly desirable, and energizing."
Interesting article, makes me want to buy the book! In my own experience and research, leaders nowadays are torn between boldly stating their vision or waiting for one to percolate to the top in a collaborative milieu of dialogue and debate. Not an easy thing to achieve.
When one looks at history, certain facets of visionary leadership emerge. While we might want to brand it "hero" leadership, the fact is this style of leadership still exists and above all it works. Think Jobs, Branston, Welch et al. And yes, some of them are collaborative in their style, but not when it comes to their vision (the WHAT and WHY), only when it pertains to the means to achieve the vision (WHO, HOW and WHEN).
Superb, Erika. It is not often that a 'Commentator' on Leadership has the courage to say exactly what Leadership is; and to put it simply - if your not inspiring people, your not leading them.
Naturaly,this makes for uncomfortable reading for those who do not possess the inate character traits that inspire others. Most 'Commentators' describe Leaders as having the character traits they have; i.e. grey men, afraid of responsibility and seeking popularity and the avoidance of blame through 'inclusiveness' or 'empowerment' (i.e managers)
The essential ingredient is courage. We're not inspired by men who 'continually question their own motives' etc etc. If you want to find out what it takes to lead - go and lead; and believe me - once you've 'empowered soietal-members that can participate in the management processes' you soon find yourself being sidelined, then you'll lose oversight and influence, then you'll be ridiculed. Ask any modern polititian.
Thank you Erika. I wholeheartedly agree that visions must be compelling and inclusive, and that the leader must be seen to embody the vision in all she does. My only reservation is that the article seems to perpetuate the notion of the "hero" leader; one person who is solely responsible for creating and dispensing the vision throughout the enterprise. I believe there is certainly a place for this approach; however, I also believe inclusiveness can be extended to the shaping of a compelling and inclusive vision that is "necessary, right, and good for the business and the team." It is also true that people are more likely to support that which they help create.
We all need a vision. The challenge is some want a vision out of scarcity instead of human innovation and abundance.
Whilst I agree about the principles identified, one should be aware that they applied equally to both Joseph Stalin, Adolph Hitler and Pol Pot amongst other people that the world would be a better place without! Beware an over-simplified view of what is good for the followers. The most important trait of good leaders is to continually question their own motives.
Erika, well said. Thank you.
We need societal-visionaries to help humanity focus on long-term solutions for eliminating want and shortages in areas such as energy and resources constraints. The basis of all wealth is labor (intellectual, spiritual and physical). We need a vision of eliminating business cycles and replacing our outdated incentives and punishment mechanisms.We need a visionary that can revalue our currencies, replace our out modded political systems with empowered societal-members that can participate in the management processes....
Inclusive and compelling are the key words here. Communication on all levels is most important... but some can't do it in a fathomable way for everyone involved. The best leaders are those who can...
Truely a compelling article introduced me to think about how to vision and articulate such a vision in a way to make sense for thers to follow, but I think first of self conviction of my vision, that has to come from the inside out, and not only act based on external education where we learn what to do and not how to do. Thanks for an excellent topic.


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Esurio is a student refereed academic journal published by the Ontario Association of Food Banks (www.oafb.ca) in collaboration with Meal Exchange (www.mealexchange.com). Esurio publishes articles on issues of hunger, poverty and food security in Ontario through a youth lens. The journal features articles written and reviewed by graduate and undergraduate students and is published twice annually.
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Table of Contents
Welcome Remarks
|Welcome From The Premier
|Dalton McGuinty
|Welcome Message - Deb Matthews, Chair of Ontario's Cabinet Committee on Poverty Reduction
|Deb Matthews
Student Articles
|Struggles, strengths and solutions: Exploring food security with young Aboriginal moms
|Cyndy Ann. Baskin, Bonnie Guarisco, Ruth Koleszar-Green, Nadya Melanson, Cheryl Osawamick
|Energy Poverty as Ideological Poverty in Canada
|Kristen Meredith. Forbes Cairney
|Housing as a Human Right: Understanding the Need to Align Toronto's Legal Planning Framework with City Council's Vision to End Homelessness & the Affordable Housing Crisis
|Caroline Cormier
|The Orphaned Child: Homelessness as Social Policy in Ontario
|Greg Mann
|Causes and Consequences of an Unsustainable Food System
|Chryslyn Pais
|Community Responsibility For Social Welfare: A Beneficial or Negative Shift for Communities for Communities?
|Meaghan Ross
|Food reclamation as an approach to hunger and waste: A conceptual analysis of the charitable food sector in Toronto, Ontario
|Helen Thang
|Canadian Women and Children Hit Hard by the Impacts of Food Insecurity - Part One
|Leisha Zamecnik
Invited Submissions
|Welcome Message & Notes from Richard Florida
|Vass Bednar
|Energy Poverty is Poverty
|Deryk King
|Welcome Message - Judith Maxwell
|Judith Maxwell
|Why Food Banks?
|Geoffrey Lougheed
|A Response To: Why Food Banks?
|Robert White, Karyn Cooper
|A Vision for Esurio: Change the World with Words
|Adam Spence
|Welcome Message - Toronto Food Policy Council
|Wayne Roberts


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This tiny shop in downtown Medora stocks hundreds of zip-top bags filled with dozens of varieties of sweet and savory nuts.
You wouldn't be able to fit more than 10 or 12 people inside, but this little store packs a lot of flavor into its shelves. Handwritten labels identify the various kinds of nuts and the amazing toppings and flavors available. Of course, you'll find plain cashews, macadamias, hazelnuts and pistachios. But you'll also find chocolate-and-toffee coated cashews and wasabi peas. (Full disclosure: We don't know exactly what state the peas are in -- dried? Not? But they have a great kick, if you like spicy food.) Medora has plenty of places to buy souvenirs, and while cowboy stuff and teddy bears are fun, the nuts also should make their way into your luggage.


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|Ashley with her Caerphilly.
Ashley and her husband, Tim, are raising two young children while working as missionaries in Africa. They primarily work with teachers there, training them and providing them with supplies through their Container Project. You can read more about their work at their website.
|Ashley holding her daughter, Monica, while son Frederick fusses.
We met Ashley when she sent in a response to Janie Zencak's request for ideas about drying cheesecloth in a humid climate:
I finally started drying them in the sun with an electric fan blowing on them. If I don't have access to electricity, I dry the cloth as best as I can.
|Ashley and Frederick in Kanakantapa. Photo taken from the top of a 20' high ant hill.
How did you get started making cheese?
My husband, Timothy, and I (and our two littles Monica (3) and Frederick (1) ) are missionaries in Zambia. We developed a passion for cheese in the winelands of South Africa. When we decided to move our ministry north to the bush country of Africa, I realized this would mean giving up cheese- unacceptable!!
|Ashley's husband, Tim with Sudanese men.
As soon as we settled in Kabwe, Zambia I started making raw milk cream cheese. I think I got one good batch out of about 10. They turned red, black, purple, grew fur, grew maggots… it was so gross. So I girded my loins and tried the lactic cheese and bondon cream cheese. They turned out so well!
I thought I'd overcome all my problems, so I tried hard cheeses next. After THREE failed hard cheeses I was feeling extremely discouraged (first one tasted VERY sour and bitter and had funny holes, second one had funny holes and smelled like refuse, third one just plain exploded. Not even kidding).
|Ashley holding Frederick (who she says is pretty much attached at the hip) while pasteurizing milk for cream cheese.
|Curds draining in Ashley's single basin sink.
Problem was I didn't have a thermometer (the one I bought with the cheese supplies didn't work, probably got damaged on the trip to Africa). I got my mom to mail a candy thermometer from the States and I was back in business.
From there I was pretty successful. I've made feta quite a few times and it's very popular with our friends (who also have little access to cheese).
I make about 3 gallons worth of cream cheese every week (usually the lactic cheese recipe simply because I can't rely on extra cream that hasn't soured being readily available). Some of the cheese we share or trade, but a lot of it we just eat.
My husband has a whey allergy (how ironic, I know), so I can use pressed lactic cheese in place of milk in most recipes. Plus, I've found that when our electricity goes off, the cheese doesn't go off like the milk does! Yay for lasting food products!
|Caerphilly pressing in homemade Mukwa wood cheese press with an African made brick for a weight.
I still haven't conquered cheddar. I think part of my problem was not having a proper press. I bought a beginner one recently in the States so I think I'll give it a try very soon.
I made Caerphilly last week with a press my hubby built for me (works but doesn't press evenly). The cheese is a bit lopsided, but otherwise seems to be developing a gorgeous rind.
The recipe appealed to me because of the short aging time. I have no way of keeping the cheese out of the elements here. It's sort of cloistered in a corner by my fridge. If I can keep the bugs and fungus away from it for another week, I think I'll have a success.
How is making cheese different there from here?
|On their way to sell vegetables at the market
It's hard for me to say for sure how it's different, but a few things I've come to realize: in the States we take for granted sanitation codes and laws!!!!
The milk out here is really so nasty. After making scores of batches of just cream cheese, I can now tell by smell when the cheese is fully pasteurized or how close to soured fresh milk is. If it isn't pasteurized it just smells like sour manure!!
|Waiting in line to hold baby, Frederick AKA Mr. Popular
Another problem is the airborne fungus. It's incredible what GROWS out here. Leaving a cheese out to age at any time of the year makes for an interesting science project, but leave one out in the hot & humid months of November and December….
I have to wipe the cheese down with vinegar every few hours. Overnight it will grow lichen like fungus… that MOVES. It's crazy.
Because of the fungal issue I have to boil all my cheese cloth or wash it in bleach before I use it. During the very hot/dry months of the year I sometimes skip this for cream cheese, but never EVER for hard cheese. I lost my first few batches of cream cheese and whey ricotta to airborne fungus.
Now I hang my cheese cloth from a spoon inside a 16qt stock pot that I cover with a towel. So far that has worked like a charm. There are just to many bugs in the air here!
|Monica in Chipota getting a sunburn, but having a good time.
So basically, if a cheese needs be stored under 75ish degrees and over the fridge temperature of about 45, then I'm pretty much sunk. There is just no option.
I've told our friends if they have a fridge that doesn't stay very cold any more I WANT IT. But so far no one's fridge has broken.
Cockroaches are a problem out here. I keep my kitchen EXTREMELY clean and pretty much everything is stored in sealed containers, but every 4 months or so, I have to haul everything out and spray poison, bleach, and scrub. I hate bugs! Besides, I know it's a threat to my cheese.
I can, of course, order great materials in the States and have them shipped to my mom, who ships them to me, but it can take anywhere from 3-20 weeks to arrive depending on how the customs and mail officials are feeling at the time.
I can't risk cultures and rennet in the heat and other conditions (we had one package arrive once where the cardboard and half the contents were almost completely eaten up by termites!)
My solution so far has been to stock up on cheese supplies every time we go to the States and have anyone traveling this way bring me resupplies.
I also take really good care of my mesophilic mother culture. I lost one a few weeks ago to stupidity (new resolution: do not attempt cheesemaking project before consuming morning cup of coffee) and almost cried. Fortunately I had a back up packet of C1 in the freezer and made another one. If I lose this batch, I'm in trouble!! It has to last me at least a year.
|A water buffalo. In a few years they're hoping to get a bigger piece of land and then Ashley wants one (domesticated of course!).
My next step is to get control of my inner cheddar and then start with thermophilic cheeses. Someday I'd love to make mold ripened cheese, but until I have a CLEAN, temperature controlled place to store them, I'm not even going to bother.
When I first started cheese making, I looked on it as a semi-burden/hassle/necessary evil. Now it's close to a passion/obsession. My husband is very supportive. Aside from the fact that he loves cheese too, I think he's glad I found a hobby out here that isn't expensive (try buying imported scrapbooking supplies!) In the long run, I'm hoping to train African women to make basic cheeses. To make it sustainable for them, I need to find a rennet solution though. Obviously they won't be able to import from the US.
If anyone has any suggestions for homemade rennet I'd love to get the method. I understand there is a way to make it from goat intestine. Not something I have the stomach for (pardon the pun), but probably something the African women would be comfortable doing. I'm also looking for recipes that don't call for direct set cultures. It's too difficult for me to get them, and it isn't sustainable for me like a mother culture is.
For more info about Ashley and her family, check out their blog- Caution May Contain Nuts and their website- Keller Projects.


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Wendell Young has completed his fifth season at the helm of the Wolves hockey operations department. The team has compiled a .603 winning percentage (212-132-20-24) during his tenure as general manager, which includes capturing the regular-season West Division title in 2009-10 and the Midwest Division title in 2011-12 and 2013-14.
Young has been a member of the Wolves in numerous capacities --- including player, coach, and executive --- since the team's inaugural campaign in 1994. He served as assistant coach and executive director of team relations for six seasons before transitioning into the general manager role in August 2009.
The 50-year-old Young stands as the Wolves' all-time leader among goaltenders in games (322), wins (169), saves (8,467), minutes (17,912), and shutouts (16), and was a member of Chicago's 1998 and 2000 Turner Cup championship squads. His jersey number "1" was retired on Dec. 1, 2001 --- becoming the first Wolves player to receive the honor.
The Halifax, Nova Scotia, native, who was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in 2007, is the only man in hockey history to have won all four North American championships: the Stanley Cup, Turner Cup, Calder Cup, and Memorial Cup. He captured the Stanley Cup in 1991 and 1992 as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the 1988 Calder Cup with the Hershey Bears, the 1982 Memorial Cup with the Kitchener Rangers, and the 1998 and 2000 Turner Cups with the Wolves. He also was behind the bench as a coach for the Wolves 2008 Calder Cup victory.
Young played 18 seasons of professional hockey, including 10 in the National Hockey League. He compiled a 59-86-12 record in 187 games with the Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Penguins. He also served as goaltending coach for the Calgary Flames from 2001-03.
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A fun tip from the Twitter feed run by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory: The International Space Station will make a visible pass from 5:23 p.m. to 5:28 p.m. tonight, heading from southwest to northeast.
It's just a stellar "added bonus for those attending tonite's BCS game."
If you can stand to look away from the early action on the field, definitely glance toward the sky during those five minutes for some extra excitement.
How will you know what to look for? Here are some guidelines from the Hayden Planetarium in New York:
"Because of its size and configuration of highly reflective solar
panels, the space station is now, by far, the brightest man-made object
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"While the ISS looks like a moving star to the unaided eye, those who
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the body of the Space Station as a brilliant white, while the solar
panels appear a coppery red.
For evening passes, the ISS will usually start out rather dim and then
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Jul 7, 2011Smokin' Jerkey
For the upcoming National Writers Convention in Salt Lake City we fired up three of our 24 inch smokers and got to smokin! The day before we prepped 35 pounds of eye of round to make jerkey, let it sit overnight, and then filled racks full of thick meat strips.
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Well I was pointed to a blog & after going there I find she having a give away so you not only get to met a nice lady you have a chance of winning something so here is the link
Well worth taking a look at.
I am still waiting on my new machine it should be here either today or tomorrow not sure depends on the delivery company I know it would have been sent so I guess I just have to be patience & wait lol
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4 comments:
- Micki said...
I know that blog and it is a lovely one. It is nice of you to tell everyone about it. Have fun with your new machine! Your potholders are in the mail, and I hope that you like them.
- 2 June 2009 at 14:56
- jan said...
Gracious me, everyone is doing pot holders now. I have never seen so many of them. I wonder if you will get a sock swap, that could be fun for all you knitters.
lol Jan x
- 7 June 2009 at 00:46
- searchfamilies said...
Hi Micki
Yes seems we spreading the word lol
Hugs Janice
- 7 June 2009 at 11:58
- searchfamilies said...
Hi Jan
I am on a knitting group that does dishcloths/facecloths & there a few on there that do socks plus i am on sock groups not done a sock swap as such but did a swap which i got some sock yarn
Hugs Janice
- 7 June 2009 at 11:59
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