I would like to share with you a TED talk from more than 5 years ago, whose chat (see comments under the video) has been activated again due to the present validity of its content. Bill Gates seems to have been a visionary.
I advise you to watch it with English subtitles, there are subtitles in 37 different languges though.
What do you think about Simone or about her talk?
She's a robotics enthusiast and runs a YouTube channel of more that one million subscribers.
Feel free to leave your comments below ;))
Definitely one of my favourite poems! Full of wisdom!
You've probably heard of this writer because he's the author of the very well-known book "The Jungle Book". He was born in Bombay and he won the Nobel Prize of literature in 1907.
Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Two lines of the poem are written on the entrance wall of the British tennis tournament Wimbledon. Can you guess which two lines they are?
The poem was read in a promotional video for the Wimbledon 2008 final by Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal.
In the first video below you can read and listen to the poem by a very attractive voice. And the second one is Federer and Nadal's video. I hope you like them!
I have also copied below a beautiful Spanish translation of the poem for you to enjoy it fully.
Tell me what you think about it.What's your favourite line?
IF.....
IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
"SI"
Si puedes conservar la cabeza cuando a tu alrededor
todos la pierden y te echan la culpa;
si puedes confiar en tí mismo cuando los demás dudan de tí,
pero al mismo tiempo tienes en cuenta su duda;
si puedes esperar y no cansarte de la espera,
o siendo engañado por los que te rodean, no pagar con mentiras,
o siendo odiado no dar cabida al odio,
y no obstante no parecer demasiado bueno, ni hablar con demasiada sabiduria...
Si puedes soñar y no dejar que los sueños te dominen;
si puedes pensar y no hacer de los pensamientos tu objetivo;
si puedes encontrarte con el triunfo y el fracaso (desastre)
y tratar a estos dos impostores de la misma manera;
si puedes soportar el escuchar la verdad que has dicho:
tergiversada por bribones para hacer una trampa para los necios,
o contemplar destrozadas las cosas a las que habías dedicado tu vida
y agacharte y reconstruirlas con las herramientas desgastadas...
Si puedes hacer un hato con todos tus triunfos
y arriesgarlo todo de una vez a una sola carta,
y perder, y comenzar de nuevo por el principio
y no dejar de escapar nunca una palabra sobre tu pérdida;
y si puedes obligar a tu corazón, a tus nervios y a tus músculos
a servirte en tu camino mucho después de que hayan perdido su fuerza,
excepto La Voluntad que les dice "!Continuad!".
Si puedes hablar con la multitud y perseverar en la virtud
o caminar entre Reyes y no cambiar tu manera de ser;
si ni los enemigos ni los buenos amigos pueden dañarte,
si todos los hombres cuentan contigo pero ninguno demasiado;
si puedes emplear el inexorable minuto
recorriendo una distancia que valga los sesenta segundos
Antes de ser el hombre más rico de China, Jack Ma fue rechazado en 30 trabajos distintos. Estos son sus consejos para los más jóvenes (y no tan jóvenes):
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How much do you know about intellectual disabilities? Matthew Williams believes that sport has the power to change lives. Thank you Josep Maria Vigata for recommending this inspiring and corageous TED talk to us. Enjoy, happy listening!
According to the researchers at UCLA, are the following statements TRUE of FALSE?
1-If you feel physical pain, a part of
your brain hurts.
2-According to Darwin, compassion is
really old in the nervous system.
3-Compassion, the feeling of caring
for someone in need, activates the vagus nerve, the longest bundle of nerves in the human nervous
system.
4-Upper class individuals have a lot
of compassion that's produced by lots of wealth.
5-Lower class individuals give more.
6-16 percent of what we do is really
about maximizing an individual's personal gratification and desire
7-The brain really cares about other
people.
What the difference between empathy and sympathy? Match the
words to the definitions.
Empathy
It is about finding a
silver lining
Sympathy
It is about making an
emotional connection with someone
According
to this other three-minute video what is the best thing to say when someone shares something
with you which is very difficult? .....................................................................................
Here is a speech that Di Caprio delivered a few weeks ago, demanding some action against climate change.
Do you agree with what he says? Please feel free to leave your comments below.
Hi everyone!
I want to share this video with you. It's a speech made by Joanne Rowling most known as J.K.Rowling author of the Harry Potter saga. This commencement speech talks about the benefits of failure. The video has two parts and both have subtitles in Spanish. She has a sweet British accent that makes her speech be even more fascinating. Hope you like it, guys. Wish we could have J.K. Rowling giving a speech on our future graduation!
