Arnold Schwarzenegger’s inspirational speech about his 6 secrets to success.

1. Trust yourself
2. Break the rules
3. Don’t be afraid to fail
4. Don’t listen to the naysayer
5. Work your butt off!
6. Giving back

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Global media mogul and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey shared nuggets of wisdom every Spelman graduate must know during her commencement address to the class of 2012 on Sunday, May 20. The Mississippi native, who received an honorary degree from Spelman College in 1993, was also recognized with the National Community Service Award.

“You must have some vision for your life. Even if you don’t know the plan, you have to have a direction in which you choose to go. What I learned is that that’s a great metaphor for life. You want to be in the driver’s seat of your own life because if you are not, life will drive you.”

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Simon Sinek presents a simple but powerful model for how leaders inspire action, starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers — and as a counterpoint Tivo, which (until a recent court victory that tripled its stock price) appeared to be struggling.

“A good leader shares information, even if they don’t know the whole story. Without any information, people create their own, which causes fear and paranoia.” — Simon Sinek

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This short film presents David Attenborough’s unique and beautiful take on natural history highlights on BBC One.

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They’re really saying I love you.

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They’ll learn much more than I’ll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.

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The world as Steve Jobs saw it:

When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and you’re life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family, have fun, save a little money.

That’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.

Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.

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Video by Dan Berglund. Frame by frame animation made with ink on glass. The video illustrates the song What a Wonderful World. Recorded by Louis Armstrong 1968.

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

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An old man search for happiness in old photos… two worlds divided by the inability to dream…

Written and Directed by Theo Putzu
Photography Theo Putzu
Editing Theo Putzu
Sound Design Martin Ortega Granella
Soundtrack Miguel Marin

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In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men — many of them illiterate — to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists and doctors in their own villages. It’s called the Barefoot College, and its founder, Bunker Roy, explains how it works.

“Strengthen the rural areas and you will find less people migrating to urban areas. You give them opportunity, self respect & self confidence, they will never go to an urban slum.” – Bunker Roy

More at: www.ted.com

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