2012 | Smile Through It Archives

Weekend Inspiration EpVI: Save the Shoes

Volunteer firefighter Mark Bezos gives a fantastic TED talk that teaches us all how easy it is to make a memorable difference to someone.

Filed in: Blogging, Video
/ Tagged as: inspiration, mark bezos, TED, TED Talks, weekend inspiration
/ Written by: Admin

Embrace Randon, Be Spontaneous, Grasp Life

The marvels of spontaneity and randomness have become lost over the years. I want to get them back. Because they’re awesome.

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/ Tagged as: life, motivation, positive, random, sensible, spontaneity, spontaneous
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Step Off The Platform: a lesson on battling fear

I got scared. I failed. I vowed to keep fighting my fears to keep challenging and pushing myself to achieve things. It’s that simple.

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/ Tagged as: challenges, failure, fear, go ape, learning, lesson, scared, success, tarzan swing
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Weekend Inspiration EpV: How Bad Do You Want It?

What defines inspiration? Is everyone inspired by the same things? Try this week’s post on for size and add your comments.

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/ Tagged as: film, how bad do you want it, inspiration, video, youtube
/ Written by: Admin

Weekend Inspiration EpIV: The Power of Kids

It’s amazing what we can learn from kids openness to embrace the moment. The most moving 5mins of video you will watch this weekend.

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/ Tagged as: boy, children, inspiration, kids, motivation, positivity, video, youtube
/ Written by: Admin

How do you keep up in an ever-faster world?

Reading a piece on Lifehacker this morning makes me wonder what we – as an analogue human species – have to do to keep up with the constant, unimaginable acceleration of life around us, from cars to computers, broadband to data transfer. How do we keep pace?