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Top 20 Commencement Speeches and Motivation Books
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items Commencement speeches are one of the great collegiate traditions — and the last lesson students get before entering the real world. Here are my favorites!
One day last June, during a steady rain on a chilly morning in New Hampshire, Roger Federer told a story about failure.
Over the course of two decades, he emerged as one of the greatest tennis players who ever lived. He played 1,526 singles matches in his career and won almost 80 percent. He hoisted 20 Grand Slam trophies, including Wimbledon a record eight times.
Over the course of two decades, he emerged as one of the greatest tennis players who ever lived. He played 1,526 singles matches in his career and won almost 80 percent. He hoisted 20 Grand Slam trophies, including Wimbledon a record eight times.
Roger Federer’s commencement speech wasn’t just a viral moment. It was masterful
Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. | Stanford University I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ...
The first story is about connecting the dots.
I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?
It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be ...
And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents’ savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn’t see the value in it. I...
It wasn’t all romantic. I didn’t have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends’ rooms, I returned Coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at t...
Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn’t have to take the nor...
None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But 10 years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typ...
Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.
'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says
Abrashoff’s compelling story of top-down change can apply to all areas of business for the increase in morale and enthusiasm. For those looking for a quick improvement on their leadership skills. When leaders listen and act upon suggestions, employee...
It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy ...
When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his body totally in sync with the ball, hitting nothing but net. Book explores his personality to reveal the fullest, most compelling story of the man who is Michael Jordan. Lazenby draws on his personal relationships with Jordan's coaches; countless interviews with Jordan's friends, teammates, and family members;...
Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby, Paperback
James Clear's book has been featured in the New York Times, Time, Entrepreneur, and on CBS This Morning, and is taught at universities around the world. His website, jamesclear.com, has millions of views each month and hundreds of thousands of people...
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Embracing an expansive range of occult teachings, this vast encyclopedia unveils the arcane myths and mysteries of thousands of years of human civilization. First published in 1928, Manly Palmer Hall’s magnum opus has been meticulously reproduced in ...
The Secret Teachings of All Ages: Reader's Edition
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant's personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game--a fitting legacy from the late Los Angeles Laker superstar.
In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant decided to share his vast knowledge and understanding of the game to take readers on an unprecedented journey to the core of the legendary "Mamba mentality." ...
In his own words, Bryant reveals his famously detailed approach and the steps he took to prepare mentally and physically to not just succeed at the game, but to excel.
In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant decided to share his vast knowledge and understanding of the game to take readers on an unprecedented journey to the core of the legendary "Mamba mentality." ...
In his own words, Bryant reveals his famously detailed approach and the steps he took to prepare mentally and physically to not just succeed at the game, but to excel.
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power comes the definitive new book on decoding the behavior of the people around you. This is the only authorized paperback edition in the US.
Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drive...
We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess, without which our other talents can only take us so far.
Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drive...
We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess, without which our other talents can only take us so far.
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene, Paperback
Founder of the enormously successful investment firm Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio (referred to as the “Steve Jobs of investing”) has written a New York Times Bestseller that details what he’s learned on his journey from ordinary middle-class kid...
Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble®
Short video, nicely explained
Principles For Success by Ray Dalio (In 30 Minutes)
This book explores how you can persist in difficult situations. You'll learn how to convince yourself to do hard things, find support in trying circumstances, and know when you're pushing yourself too hard.
This volume includes the work of:
Angela Duckworth Misty Copeland Shannon Huffman Polson Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
This volume includes the work of:
Angela Duckworth Misty Copeland Shannon Huffman Polson Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Grit (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)|Paperback - Barnes & Noble
Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master and demonstrate in a virtual or hybrid workplace. This specially priced, six-volume set includes the EI series books:
Virtual EI Leadership Presence Mindful Listening Focus Empathy Dealing with Difficult People.
Virtual EI Leadership Presence Mindful Listening Focus Empathy Dealing with Difficult People.
People Skills for a Virtual World Collection (6 Books) (HBR ...
What Self-Discipline Traits Separate SEAL Graduates From Dropouts? U.S. Navy SEAL training is the toughest in the world. It's so tough that over 80 percent of SEAL trainees quit.
To help get more SEAL trainees through the grueling training program, the U.S. Navy hired some of the world's top psychologists to identify the key traits of the toughest, most successful SEALs… and teach these powerful techniques to SEAL trainees....
And guess what?
In this book, you'll learn those exact techniques.
To help get more SEAL trainees through the grueling training program, the U.S. Navy hired some of the world's top psychologists to identify the key traits of the toughest, most successful SEALs… and teach these powerful techniques to SEAL trainees....
And guess what?
In this book, you'll learn those exact techniques.
How to Develop Mindset, Toughness & Discipline
The simple and astonishing truth about India and Indian people is that when you go there, and deal with them, your heart always guides you more wisely than your head. There’s nowhere else in the world where that’s quite so true.
This book is perfect ...
Shantaram: A Novel by Gregory David Roberts, Paperback
For if there is one law that we can be most certain of, it is the law that binds people of all faiths and no faith together. It’s no coincidence that it exists in Christianity and Judaism; in Islam and Hinduism; in Buddhism and humanism. It is, of ...
Obama, "Notre Dame Commencement Address," Speech Text
“Genuine peace must be the product of many nations, the sum of many acts. It must be dynamic, not static, changing to meet the challenge of each new generation. For peace is a process — a way of solving problems. With such a peace, there will still b...
Commencement Address at American University, Washington, D.C. ...
"You will fail at some point in your life. Accept it. You will lose. You will embarrass yourself. You will suck at something. There is no doubt about it. … Never be discouraged. Never hold back. Give everything you’ve got. And when you fall througho...
Penn's 2011 Commencement Address by Denzel Washington
The inspiring, life-changing bestseller updated for its 15th anniversary with a new foreword by the author
In 2009, Simon Sinek ignited a movement to help people find a greater sense of purpose at work and added a new word to the lexicon of business: WHY. People and companies now regularly talk about their WHY. Sinek’s videos have been seen by over a bi...
Sinek starts with a fundamental question: Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, wh...
In 2009, Simon Sinek ignited a movement to help people find a greater sense of purpose at work and added a new word to the lexicon of business: WHY. People and companies now regularly talk about their WHY. Sinek’s videos have been seen by over a bi...
Sinek starts with a fundamental question: Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, wh...
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
You'll learn the key principles of successful leadership such as vision, influence, responsibility and commitment. It highlights ways to set goals for yourself and your team while maintaining emotional balance during difficult times. Each law is back...
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will ...
The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others ...