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Putting One Foot In Front of the Other

Whether you think you can ... or you think you can't ... you're right.
        ~ Henry Ford

 

Slack-Lining is kind of like tight-rope walking (except the line isn't as taut ... so it moves and bounces around).  The image to the right is of me trying it less than six inches off the ground.

It was harder than you might guess ... Perhaps fear of falling contributed to the heart racing and muscle tension that went along with it.

Josh Beaudoin (the guy trying to steady me) claims that slack-lining is not an adrenaline sport.  It is about being composed in the moment.  It is about finding the confidence to face your fear and the power to manage your emotions.

Listen to some wisdom as you watch an awesome video by Josh. It was shot in Rock Canyon near Provo, UT. 

 

 

Imagine the experience of being up there ... and what we do down here doesn’t seem risky.

To see something else a little crazy.  Check out this link about Fire-Walking.

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A Bad Lip Reading of the NFL

Playoff time is usually serious for the NFL.  This is not.

It is kind of the opposite of one of those old Kung Fu movies where the dubbed words you hear aren't synched with the mouth movement. 

Here it looks like they are saying what you hear ... it's just that someone changed the words.  You could call it "So THAT'S what they were saying ..."

 

 

 via YouTube

JibJab's 2012 Year in Review Video

Oh well ... crazy how fast time flies.  Hopefully 2012 was good for you. 

Here is JibJab's take on what happened.   

 

 

 via: JibJab

 Long Live 2013.

 

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JibJab Lets You Star In Your Own Gangnam Style Video

Gangnam Style has about a billion views, recently surpassing Justin Bieber to become the number one most-viewed YouTube video of all time. 

So, of course, JibJab got in the game. They’ve launched a Gangnam Style video that you can personalize with your face (or a friend’s face). Here's what it looks like.

 

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

 

Hope you are having a happy and fun holiday season.

Adam Sandler's Hanukkah Song Video

It that time of year again.  Wow, how time flies.

To my Jewish friends, Happy Chanukah.

As a gift to all of you, here is "The Chanukah Song," performed by comedian Adam Sandler on Saturday Night Live.  It became an instant classic, since he first performed it in 1994.

Here is the video.

 

 

 

Here is the Wikipedia post about the Chanukah Song.

He has updated it since then.  Here is Sandler's Version 2.

And, here is Sandler's Version 3.  Hope you enjoy them ... and best wishes for a happy holiday season.

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Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

Squeak, I am your father.  Disney just bought LucasFilms for $4 Billion.

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals. (Harvard Business Review)
• Jeff Bezos: Smart People Change Their Minds. (TechCrunch)
• A Real-Time CyberAttack Map. Scary. (Honeynet)
• Getting At Least 7 Hours Sleep a Night As Important As Exercise In Losing Weight. (360)
• Apple to Samsung: Sorry We Called Your iPad Copy a Copy. Yet transforms court-ordered apology into a rival-skewering piece of advertising. (Allthingsd)

 

Trading Links:

• Ohio Has 50-50 Chance of Deciding Election. (FiveThirtyEight)
• Best and Worst Presidents For GDP Growth. (BusinessInsider)
• Central Banks' New Economic Indicator Might Be Google. Interesting. (Businessweek)
• Why Windows 8 Sales Will Be Slow. (CNN Money)
• New Innovations in HFT. It takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. (HFTReview)

How Many Times Have You Heard "Gangnam Style"?

There is no escaping "Gangnam Style," the meteoric dance craze performed by South Korean rapper Psy.

 

 

 

OK, it has a catchy tune and fun dance moves ... but how do you explain the incredible global response to "Gangnam Style," a song that's almost entirely in Korean?

 

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Have You Seen the Hula Hoop Video From Burning Man Yet?

Someone put a camera on a Hula Hoop and decided to call it a Hula Cam. 

They let a bunch of people at the Burning Man event try it ... 

  

Basically, a bunch of women at Burning Man are shown hula hooping from the hoop’s point of view.

Needless to say the video went viral.

It is a little bit "trippy" ... but somehow strangely interesting.

 

The Spoof of the iPhone 5 Video is Hilarious

I was watching some of our team chat about the new iPhone 5.  They shared the link for the video and said things like "Wow, dude ... I want one so bad!"

Here is a link to Apple's official iPhone 5 promotional video.

 

 

There is also a spoof of the video.  It is very funny ... worth watching for a laugh and some perspective on how "big" the Apple brand promise has become.

 

 

 

In many ways, the spoof made me want the phone even more.

As a side-note, wouldn't it be great to design a product that was spoof-worthy?

 

As you think about what a spoof of your product or service would be, perhaps the bit of "truth" in the humor points at the real competitive advantage ... or at least towards the roadmap that leads towards creating one?

 

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Gotye's "Somebodies" YouTube Orchestra Remix - Open Sourced Artistry

Imagine being a performing artist who has a song what's on the top of the charts. Now imagine how much time and effort you put in to getting that song "just perfect." The perfect phrasing; when to breathe just a little bit deeper in order to hit that note; the gestures and dance steps to make it even that much more special ...

Now imagine the other side of artistry ... The fact that it's "perfect" means that it's no longer challenging. How do you convey something special if it's no longer special to you?

It's just as true for business person is it is for a performing artist; there's always something new  -- and there is always a possibility of something more.

Below is a music video put together by the artist called Gotye. You probably know him from his “Somebody That I Used To Know” video, which has now been played more than 300 million times.

 

 

The version below isn't the music video that made him famous.  Instead, he put this video together solely from clips that he found on the Internet of people either imitating, innovating, or parodying his original work of art.

Watch Gotye's "Somebodies" ... In some ways, it may be better than the original.

 

 

 

What a great reminder that you can always find "just a little bit more" if you're committed to searching for it hard enough.

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