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Today’s Inspirational Moment – Turning talent into a job
by Marshall Brain | April 27, 2011
On Reddit, a person named Joaquin Baldwin posted an animated short. In his words, “This one got over 100 awards in festivals and got me the Disney job.” In the thread he mentions: “This one took me 10 months from boards to final, I did it with Maya for all the 3D stuff, Photoshop for [...]
Today’s Inspirational Moment – Zach Anner interviews Oprah
by Marshall Brain | February 23, 2011
Great answers and great questions between Zach Anner and Oprah Winfrey: See also: – Funny… and Inspirational – Funny… or inspirational… or both [[[Jump to previous - Zach Wahls – A stunning rebuttal of same-sex marriage bans by a 19-year-old college student]]] If you would like to follow Brainstuff on Twitter or Facebook, here are [...]
Today’s Inspirational Moment – Basketball and Skiing
by Marshall Brain | February 1, 2011
It’s inspirational to watch these videos, simply because of the skill involved: An amazing last-second shot: An amazing half-pipe run: It made me wonder – what is the most popular YouTube video of Shaun White? This is it, entitled, “Shaun White 11 years old”: If you would like to follow Brainstuff on Twitter or Facebook, [...]
The video certainly helps to put things in perspective…
A 16-year-old in Britain has cracked the code of Internet advertising to make a ton of money, apparently outmaneuvering big players like Google to find a very profitable niche…
Really, the fact that I am able to write this and you are able to read it means that we are both very fortunate indeed….
The promotion is called “Oprah’s Search for the next TV star”. This video has become an Internet phenomenon over the weekend…
You have to give Doogie Horner credit for holding it together – in fact rising above the occasion – under extreme duress…
Imagine if everyone had the opportunity to do something that they could be this passionate about, and this successful with…
In the same kind of way that the post on Queen Elizabeth II is inspirational, Betty White is inspirational simply by having been able to accomplish so much in her career. Keep in mind that Betty White was born in in 1922: See also this clip: Betty White hosts ‘Saturday Night Live’ Her career started [...]
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