You Must Watch This Video: Happiness Revealed

If there is one thing you do this week, please take ten minutes to watch the following video. It is very powerful, very inspiring, very beautiful. After you watch it, I ask you take a few minutes to reflect on what you see. If you find it appropriate, leave your comments below.

How LeBron James Broke The Golden Rule of Sports

Here’s another one by social analyst Jay Smooth. In this video he describes how LeBron James shed light on how sports fans subconsciously look to athletes and celebrities to escape from the realities of life.

Steven Johnson: Where Good Ideas Come From

Steven Johnson explores the idea that good ideas come from shared, communal spaces. Coffee shops, round tables, and open offices may be among the best places for ideas to develop. Thank you Shawn Cohen for passing this on to me.

Quote: Opposing Viewpoints

Those who do not know their opponent’s arguments do not completely understand thier own.
-Unattributed

Opposing viewpoints provide us the opportunity to see things from a different perspective. They can open our eyes to ways of thinking completely foreign to our own and are necessary in order to grow. I get more satisfaction from a conversation when a person doesn’t completely agree with me than one when they do. If I never wanted to hear a dissenting opinion, I would record, play, and repeat myself saying, “uh huh, yeah, true.” However, hearing these different views provides me insights to their value systems and logic, and provides a much richer conversation. Don’t be afraid of opposing viewpoints—encourage and welcome them as opportunities to expand and grow.