Feb 18, 2012

Hey, have you got 13 minutes?

My husband shared this TED Talk with me the other day.  I had just lost my fiftieth pound and before the morning was over, I was already talking about how I'll lose the next 25 pounds.  I had my moment of celebration, which I shared here on the blog, and immediately pushed my weight-loss goal farther out.  Jack reminded me that if happiness lies on the other side of "success", then I'll never get there.  It will always be out of reach.  Jack encouraged me to "Be happy now, and success will come."  Then he showed me this video:


5 comments:

christine said...

How funny! Ijust shared this one with my brother the other day, who is on a journey of a very different kind! I absolutely loved it.

Hope you have a really wonderful Sunday with your family!

Betsy said...

Oh this is so good! It gives the scientific and practical reasoning (with humor) underneath the "appreciative inquiry" approach in organizations. So helpful! It's going in my resource 'bag' (links)! THANKX.

Joyce said...

Loved this! Posted it on my blog for all as well. Made me chuckle..lots. :)

Connie said...

You have a really smart husband! How great to have such a support system at home. And, thanks for sharing this wonderful talk.

Redfizz said...

Wow! This is wonderful! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I hope you don't mind, but I am going to post this on my blog, too.



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