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Kimmie Weeks on Ending Poverty In Africa

Kimmie Weeks on WikipediaKimmie Weeks speaks about how to end poverty in Africa. I really enjoyed the video clip of one of his inspirational talks originally posted here. You should also checkout his own video clip archive on Youtube. For every Charles Taylor there has to be a Kimmie Weeks. I am re-post this video on because I want to help South Africans identify with and cultivate more inspirational leaders. You may have read the call for more inspirational Read More →

George Carlin RIP: Counterculture’s pioneer comedian

George Carlin RIP 2008I'm not entirely sure who first introduced me to George Carlin because I have found so many people quote him or praise his honesty, his intelligence and his exceptionally funny way of stating the obvious. He is the last of the 3 godfather's of stand-up comedy to pass away. And he will be sorely missed. My favourite routines include the 10 commandments and religion is bullshit. Anyway here's a write-up from the New York Times, republished in The Read More →

Bobby Fischer, chess legend and badboy RIP

Most you have likely never heard of Bobby Fischer. Well lets recap why he's an hero of mine... Bobby Fischer American chess legendBobby Fischer is the 1st and only American to win the World Chess Champion. He has been described as having a higher IQ than Albert Einstein and even comparisons with other geniuses like Beethoven. Recognised a child prodigy he becoming the youngest American champion and Grandmaster. However, its the 1972 world title match in Reykjav?k, Iceland against Boris Spassky, for which he is always remembered. This was at Read More →

Tony Robbins interview on Larry King Live

A great interview with Anthony Robbins on Larry King Live from December 2006. They discussed why new year resolutions often don't work out. And went into depth about some basics around human motivation and effecting change in your life. I really like how Tony links his theories on change back to physiological and biological changes. When I used to workout at the gym I had little change. And now I know it's because my diet was the same. So not much changed in my body. I may have improved my cardio but not much else. They also discussed in detail Read More →

The Warren Buffet Way by Robert Hagestrom

ISBN 0471743674 Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2nd edition, 2005.

Warren Buffet is the greatest investor alive today. His track record speaks for itself and this book goes some small way towards explaining the inner workings of this investment genius. A few years ago I passed on buying Buffettology because I thought I wasn't ready for it and now found this book from my best friend Vergal Walton (checkout his new Jack Higgins website coming Read More →

50 Most Important People on the Web 2007

Larry Page GooglePC World has just releases a new list of 50 Most Important People on the Web. The people featured in this list have each made a significant contribution to development of the Internet. Notably missing is Bill Gates and that's likely because of him announing his retirement. It is worth studying these people in greater detail because they are some of the best new Read More →

Would you rather be Steve Jobs or Bill Gates?

Steve Jobs & Bill GatesI would rather be Steve Jobs because he's so much cooler, so much happier, so much more inspiring. He's Harvard University commencement address I wrote about here, is one of the deepest messages I've ever read and the way that Jobs described his life into three concicse lessons is powerfull and potent. One some websites about the Meyers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator, ENTP (mine), Steve Jobs is listed as a famous example of this. In the blog where I read this the famous Apple "Think Read More →

Steve Jobs speech: Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish is the commencement address by Steve Jobs at Harvard University in June 2005. It's one of the most inspirational speeches I've every come across and I believe it will go down in history along side Martin Luther King's "I have a dream." For those who you who want to get a small insight into the life of one of the greatest entrepreneurs ever to come out of Silicon Valley, this is a must read. You can read the full text of the speech "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" by Steve Jobs here or just watch Read More →