Edward Klink

Friday, July 25, 2008

I wrote about him in January in a story called A No-Regrets Lesson From a Man at Death's Door.

The subject was Randy Pausch...the Carnegie-Mellon professor diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at age 47. With a red-hot computer science career, a wonderful wife, and three small kids Randy had a lot to lose. But he defied his impending demise with an inspirational spit in fate's eye. He wasn't about to go quietly. He chronicled his battle on his cancer update page and became a sensation with his "Last Lecture" which became a bestselling book.

He died today, but if you haven't already seen it, check out the video below, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams." Randy achieved them, and shows how. Have you?

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Right now I'm compiling stories of people who made a small change and got a big result. Forty years ago Bob Beamon smashed the previous Olympic world record in the long jump by an astounding two feet, by making a last minute change to his approach. Here's a clip of that fascinating moment.

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

If you owe the bank a $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank a $100 million that's the bank's problem. --J. Paul Getty

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Monday, June 09, 2008

"We're all born with the desire to find treasure, some people just follow that dream. Some don't."

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Friday, May 30, 2008

Here's what I've been reading.

The Man-Eaters of Tsavo J.H. Patterson
Classic true tale of African jungle adventure.

From These Ashes by Fredric Brown
Fantastic short stories by the O. Henry of sci-fi.

The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino
Great little motivational read.

Thunderball by Ian Fleming
My favorite Bond book.

We Are Smarter Than Me by Barry Libert, Jon Spector
Current thinking on the power of tapping into communities.

What are you reading?

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Back from my brother's wedding on Cape Cod. Beautiful day. Had a fantastic time with family and friends.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Wayne Dyer said, "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. "
This fellow has a good video clip on how to put this into practice.

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Monday, May 19, 2008

I can say that if you liked the other Indiana Jones movies, you will like this one, and that if you did not, there is no talking to you. --Roger Ebert

I'll be grabbing a ticket, for sure.

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