Life & People
- Ric Elias: 3 things I learned while my plane crashed.
Ric Elias, the CEO of Red Ventures, talked about what went through his mind when the plane he was in was crash-landing in the Hudson River and how he looked at his life differently afterwards.
- Nick Vujicic is a giant of a man.
Nicholas James Vujicic is a preacher, a motivational speaker and the Director of Life Without Limbs (http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/). He was born with no arms and legs but two small feet. He still managed to walk, swim and earn a double Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Financial Planning. He regularly gives speeches on subjects such as disability, hope, and finding meaning in life.
- Professor Philip Zimbardo on "The Secret Powers of Time". Dr. Philip Zimbardo is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University and past President of American Psychological Association. In this video he "conveys how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. Time influences who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world." For more information about him and his famous Stanford Prison Experiment, please visit his personal web site at http://www.zimbardo.com/.
- If I die, who will teach my daughters? Bruce Feiler, the author of Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses, talked about his experience with bone cancer, worry about his two young daughters, and idea of establishing a council of dads to represent him and help educate his daughters. For more information about council of dads, please visit councilofdads.com.
- Kevin Michael Connolly (Man Without Legs) Interview.
Kevin Connolly's book can be pre-ordered on Amazon.com. To order it, click here.
Also he has a very interesting video clip used to promote his book, to view it click here.
- A day in the life of New York City, in miniature.
- Make Me a Genius. From My Brilliant Brain series.
This video talks about how a dad experimented with his idea of making a genius and raised his ordinary daughter to become the first female chess Grandmaster, i.e. GM Susan Polgar.
