Emmanuel Kelly Steals the Show
Check out this unbelievable video of Emmanuel Kelly stealing the show on the X Factor. The only thing more compelling than his performance is his story.
Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Adeena Schlussel
Amit Stavinsky on being a RIA
Check out this well executed video with Daniel’s brother-in-law, Amit Stavinsky, on being a RIA:
What truly motivates maximum performance? You’ll be surprised.
It is not money. In fact, financial incentives can achieve sub-par results when challenging people to perform cognitive tasks. As this video explains, the pursuit of purpose, autonomy, and mastery are far greater drivers to propel performance.
TIME’s Must Read Booklist
TIME Entertainment just released a list of “The 10 Greatest Books of All Time,” but not without a disclaimer explaining why creating this kind of list is nearly impossible!
Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, by Adeena Schlussel
Inspiration at the Piano
Check out this inspirational story about an armless pianist who’s perseverance enabled him to find innovative ways to achieve his goals.
Tell It Your Way
This summer, the renowned director/producer Ridley Scott launched a global filmmaker competition called “Tell It Your Way” which followed its Cannes Lions award-winning short-film project “Parallel Lines.” The entrants were given freedom of expression and could take up any theme they wanted; still there were two strict rules—there had to be the exact six-line dialogue as it was in the Parallel Lines films, plus the entries could last no longer than three minutes.
Here’s the prize-winning entry:
Imagining the Origins and Purposes of Imagination
Timothy Williamson shares compelling thoughts on the power and source of imagination…. Very much worth reading.
How sleep deprivation can catch up with you
A recent article in the New York Times is titled with an interesting question: How little sleep can you get away with? The article traces various experiments that have tried to answer this question, and while there is no conclusive answer, some facts are clear. At a certain point, sleep deprivation begins to harm our performance during our waking hours, which effectively means that we are trading hours when we could be sleeping, for hours when we are poorly and sleepily doing our jobs. Additionally, relying on weekends to catch up on sleep does not allow our bodies to recover in the way that we may think it does.
Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, redacted by Adeena Schlussel
An interesting book about resilient communities
Meg Wheatley and Deborah Frieze just came out with a book that is sure to be inspiring. Titled, Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now,” the book conveys stories of the people that the women met from their work at The Berkana Institute. It hopes to mobilize people worldwide towards strengthening their communities.
One Tweet Reunites Homeless Father and his Daughter
CNN reported an amazing story about a father who was reunited with his long lost daughter via Twitter. Daniel Morales obtained a phone and began tweeting via the “Unheard in New York” project that was initiated by a group of interns hoping to give a voice to the homeless. This story shows that those spearheading the project did not only accomplish their amazing goal, but that they created a salient example of how social media can be used for immense good.
“Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, redacted by Adeena Schlussel.”
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