Top 5 Most Inspirational Videos on YouTube

Editor’s note: I will be away from my computer for a little bit, so I’m posting this quickie, but I hope you enjoy it! I know it will probably be criticized for a lack of depth, but please forgive me as I take a break for a day. I’ll try to do something more in-depth tomorrow!

Sometimes we all can use a little inspiration. I thought I’d share some of my favorite inspirational videos with you, hoping that it’ll help pick you up today.

Play these as needed. Warning: you might be inspired to greatness, so use with caution.

1. Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Watched by over 6 million viewers, this video of a Carnegie Mellon professor who is dying of pancreatic cancer contains more inspiration and wisdom than almost anything else you can watch online. Watch it!

The Five Things You Need to Know About Finding the Work You Love

“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers … If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” - Steve Jobs in a Stanford commencement speech

One of the keys to happiness — as well as productivity and effectiveness at work — is finding work you love, that you’re passionate about. Work you want to do, instead of just have to do.

If you really want to do it, it barely seems like work at all.

Ask the Readers: What Are Your Top 3 Life Goals?

We’ve talked before (a while back) about thinking about and setting life goals:

• Think about your life goals
• A Simple Guide to Setting and Achieving Your Life Goals
• How to Stick to Your Goals When Life Disrupts ‘Em

But I’d like to hear from all of you — what are your top life goals, what are your dreams, what is your mission in life?

If you haven’t given this much thought, or haven’t thought about it in awhile, there’s no better time than the present!

So here’s today’s reader question:

What are your top 3 life goals?

Let us know in the comments!

Ask the Readers: How Can You Take More Personal Responsibility?

I was watching Season 6 of Celebrity Fit Factor today (I don’t watch much TV but kinda got caught up in this show) and as I was watching some of the antics by actor Dustin Diamond (better known as “Screech” on Saved By the Bell), I was struck over and over again by how little personal responsibility the guy takes for his situation.

I’d like to start a discussion about personal responsibility, because I think it’s a critical factor in whether you are living the life you want, or if you blame others for being in the situation you’re in.

Autopilot Achievement: How to Turn Your Goals Into Habits

“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.” - Charles C. Noble

It’s such a simple concept, yet it’s something we don’t always do. It’s not exceedingly difficult to do, and yet I think it’s something that would make a world of difference in anyone’s life.

Break your goals into habits, and focus on putting those habits into autopilot.