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22 Ways to Become Spectacularly Inspirational

By Robin Sharma, author of the #1 bestseller “The Leader Who Had No Title”

1. Do important work vs. merely offering opinions.
 
2. Lift people up vs. tear others down.

3. Use the words of leadership vs. the language of victimhood.

4. Don’t worry about getting the credit for getting things done.

5. Become part of the solution rather than part of the problem.

6. Take your health to a level called superfit.

7. Commit to mastery of your craft instead of accepting mediocrity in your work.

8. Associate with people whose lives you want to be living.

9. Study for an hour a day. Double your learning and you’ll triple your success.

10. Run your own race. “No one can possibly achieve real and lasting success by being a conformist,” wrote billionaire J. Paul Getty

11. Do something small yet scary every single day.

12. Lead Without a Title.

13. Focus on people’s strengths vs. obsessing around their weaknesses.

14. Remember that potential unused turns into pain. So dedicate yourself to expressing your best.

15. Smile more.

16. Listen more.

17. Read the autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

18. Reflect on the words of Eleanor Roosevelt who said: “Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.”

19. Persist longer than the critics suggest you should.

20. Say “please” and “thank you”.

21. Love your loved ones.

22. Do work that matters.

OSCAR Nominations

Actor in a Leading Role: Javier Bardem, Buitiful Jeff Bridges, True Grit Jesse Eisenberg , Social Network Colin Firth King’s Speech James Franco, 127 Hours

Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale, The Fighter John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone Jeremy Renner, The Town Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right Geoffrey Rush, the King’s Speech

Actress in a Leading Role: Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right Nicole Kidman, Rabbit HOle Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone Natlaie Portman, Black Swan Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Actress in a Supporting Role: Amy Adams, The Fighter Helena Bonham Carter, King’s Speech Melissa Leo, The Fighter Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingrdom

Directing: Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan David O Russel, Fighter Tom Hooper, King;s Speech David Fincher, Social Network Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit

Best Picture: Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The King’s Speech 127 Hours The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter’s Bone

Bucket List Entry no 5

Having just recently watched a tv travel show that explored the 7 wonders of the world, I decided this would be an entry worth putting on my bucket list. Not just one entry but 7 in one. Then after more investigation I stumbled upon the wikipedia article on the 7 wonders. Yes there is 7 wonders, but there is 7 wonders of the ancient world, medieval,natural, modern world etc. Now what? Problem is when I reach 65 most of these wont exists any more?? So that does make it easier, one place comes to mind is the polar caps.. with our current amount of rain and flooding the southern hemisphere is experiencing and snow storms in the northern hemisphere, I sit and wonder is this not all coming from the poles? I decided as well not to research any prices and tick off the list of wonder one by one as I manage to see them. Only one ticked off sofar and thats Hagia Sophia… and Victoria Falls is not that far from South Africa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonders_of_the_World

Bucket List Entry no 3

Watch all of the Top 250 movies on the IMDB highest rated movies. Which is not that ambitous but could be a time consuming task on its own. And to take into account this list change every year, with 2010 adding 5 movies as new entries. Inception, Toy Story 3 to name just a few. And some of the movies would be so difficult to find, either on DVD or Blu-ray. I maybe have watched around 80 of the 250 already. And yes I have watched even a Black and White Marilyn Monroe movie “Some Like it Hot”. So now to dust of other golden oldies and watch those movies in new eyes.
Check out the Top 250 at IMDB.
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

Bucklet List Entry no 1

So I decided to make a bucket list, the first thing is taking into account that this I need to do before or after I have retired. The first option was taking a trip from Cape to Cairo on a train. On the most luxurious train in the world - ROVOS rail. Going thru the itinerary I was amazed with all the stops the hotels, food and luxury. If you ever need to unwind this is it. Then I realised this trip Cape to Cairo will take 34 Days, then the price hit me like a train… pardon the pun. R350k per person sharing. Thats R10k per night. Excluding flights back from Cairo. Thats a price of a BMW 3 series, or make it two of them if you take a partner with. hmmm options, Lotto, rob a bank? definitely something to put on the list. Maybe if I put it out there to the universe I will win that either elusive Lotto. And starting to live “the lifestyle of the rich and famous” said with that corny 80’s presenter accent. This was good find, hellish expensive, 34 days into Africa. Definitely an adventure of a lifetime. So if you ever want to drool over the pictures and imagine this african exploration, go to www.rovos.com.