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🗣 Great Talks

Sometimes I’ll come across great talks that I believe everyone should listen to. These are speeches that I believe will add value into your life, just like they did in mine.

When I started to look for great talks, it took many years to build recommendations by YouTube after reading & watching much of the work done by the people below.

  • David Foster Wallace, “This is Water”
  • Randy Pausch, “Time Management”
  • Marty Lobdell, “Study Less Study Smart”
  • Matt Abrahams, “Think Fast, Talk Smart”
  • Patrick Winston, “How To Speak”
  • Larry McEnerney, “The Craft of Writing Effectively”
  • Steve Jobs, “2005 Stanford Commencement Address”
  • William H. McRaven, “2014 Commencement Address”
  • Richard Hamming, “You and Your Research”

💧 Water (Change)

Vision

Mindset

Sense

🌎 Earth (Substance)

Plan

System

State

Jon Douglas

The Four Elements

🔥 Fire (Power)

Fearlessness

Decisiveness

Language

💨 Wind (Freedom)

Connection

Purpose

Transformation