Live is spooky isn’t it? Not long after writing the post entitled ‘Never, never, never give up’ I was sent a link by a friend to a talk on TED. I’m not sure how many links I get sent per week, but it’s a lot and I probably only ever get round to watching about half of them.
Speakers at TED are only allowed to talk for a maximum of 20 minutes and as such all the talks there are punchy and to the point. They are also almost always brilliant as TED only invites the most engaging and interesting speakers. People that have valuable stories, information and insights to share and people that are more often than not living the Rich and Happy life.
I don’t even know if the person that sent it me had my post in mind because I was blind-copied in and don’t know how many people she was e-mailing, but either way it doesn’t really matter as the timing was perfect.
The talk I’m referring to is from ultra-rower, Roz Savage and is about 18 minutes long. Actually, a more accurate summary would be it’s 18 minutes short, because quite honestly I could have watched for another hour or more. By the way if you’re reading this via e-mail you may need to click through to the site to watch.
I implore you to read it. Ok, maybe imploring is taking things a bit too far, but I am pretty sure you’ll love it and it will probably make any obstacles you are currently encountering in life seem like small potatoes.
I know I felt very humbled and a bit of a whining wuss after hearing Roz describe her accomplishments. It’s something I’m going to think of every time I hit a road block in our quest to give away 1,000,000 copies of How To Be Rich and Happy from now on.
Below Roz’s speech, is a very short YouTube clip I made in response. It’s only about 3 and a half minutes long and not quite as impressive as Roz’s speech! It also includes the ‘f’ bomb, so please don’t watch if that will offend you.
At around about 55 seconds something happened in my video that had my crying with laughter. See if you can see what it. I’ll give a free ebook version of How To Be Rich and Happy to the first person to leave a comment telling me correctly what I was laughing at.
Hmm, is it because your 9 foot long Doberman got interested in what you were saying at that moment (you wouldn’t believe this)?
@ Naomi – Yep! I just howled because she looked at me just as I said “You wouldn’t believe this” as though she were thinking “What wouldn’t I believe”
I know you already have the book, but if you have a friend that you think would enjoy the e-book, let me know and I’ll e-mail it to them as a gift from you.
Woo hoo! I thought that’s what it was, but then wondered if I missed something bigger, hee hee.
I do have a friend in mind who might like a copy of the e-book. I’ll send you a note by email.
Thanks!!!