Steve Goodier Wisdom: Faith at Work

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about faith. Enjoy!

It’s one thing to goof. But it’s another thing to do it in front of a stadium full of people! In their book Oops (The Rutledge Press, 1981), authors Richard Smith and Edward Decter tell of such slip-ups. One occurred during a soccer match between two Brazilian teams. (To protect the player involved, I won’t name the teams.) The first goal was scored within three seconds after kickoff. What made the score particularly hard for the team’s fans to take was the fact that it was made while their goalie was still on one knee with head bowed in prayer.

There is certainly a time for prayer, but this poor man learned the hard way that there is also a time for action. In fact, both are necessary in a well-lived life.  As Gandhi once said, “I have so much to accomplish today, I will have to meditate two hours instead of one.” Read more

Bing and Bowie: a Holiday Classic (Christmas music)

A classic moment in television history when famed crooner, Bing Crosby, and rockstar David (Ziggy Stardust) Bowie collaborate on a magical duet of The Little Drummer Boy and Peace on Earth. This was apparently Bing’s last Christmas special, recorded in September of 1977. Bing passed away the next month.

Steve Goodier Wisdom: And It Came To Pass

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about worry. Enjoy!

As I stared out the rear window of the bus, I thought, ‘What if I die? This may be my last night ever!’

My son suggested we take an all-night bus through the Peruvian Andes down to the coast. I was prepared to be driven over high mountain passes and on winding roads. We live in the Rocky Mountains of western United States. But I was not prepared for roads so narrow that the bus had to stop and let on-coming traffic around; or the high speed at which the bus rounded hairpin curves; or roads that were unpaved for long stretches, no guardrails and almost vertical slopes just inches from our speeding wheels. Nor was I prepared to ride in something that passed anything slower than the speed of sound — even around blind mountain curves.

I thought that perhaps I could sleep during the trip, but the excitement and anxiety of what reminded me of an amusement park ride kept my heart skipping beats and my eyes wide open. I thought, ‘What if I die?’ and began to count all the possible ways this bus could slide off the mountainside, not the least of which was the fact that the driver was working a 12-hour shift. What if he became sleepy? My mind was just too filled with “what ifs…” to find rest. I needed an antidote to worry. Read more

The First Time I Saw My Dad Cry (inspirational video)

From the Goalcast YouTube channel: Brian Drury shares a heartwarming tale about the day his father thanked him for simply caring

Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality (inspirational video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: What makes you, you? Psychologists like to talk about our traits, or defined characteristics that make us who we are. But Brian Little is more interested in moments when we transcend those traits — sometimes because our culture demands it of us, and sometimes because we demand it of ourselves. Join Little as he dissects the surprising differences between introverts and extroverts and explains why your personality may be more malleable than you think.
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Steve Goodier Wisdom: A Life That Counts

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about living a meaningful life. Enjoy!

They said he died!

One morning in 1888, Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, the man who had spent his life amassing a fortune from the manufacture and sale of weapons of destruction, awoke to read his own obituary. Of course, it was a mistake. Alfred’s brother had died, and the reporter inadvertently wrote Alfred’s obituary.

For the first time, Alfred Nobel saw himself as the world saw him - “the dynamite king,” the great industrialist who had made an immense fortune from explosives. This, as far as the general public was concerned, was the entire purpose of his life. None of his true intentions surfaced. Nothing was said about his work to break down the barriers that separated persons and ideas. He was, quite simply, a merchant of death, and for that alone would he be remembered. Read more

How to let go of being a good person — and become a better person (inspirational video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: What if your attachment to being a “good” person is holding you back from actually becoming a better person? In this accessible talk, social psychologist Dolly Chugh explains the puzzling psychology of ethical behavior — like why it’s hard to spot your biases and acknowledge mistakes — and shows how the path to becoming better starts with owning your mistakes. “In every other part of our lives, we give ourselves room to grow — except in this one, where it matters most,” Chugh says.
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How to Change the Way You See Yourself (inspirational video)

From the Goalcast.com YouTube channel: Rock Thomas delivers a powerful, personal story on how to resist the labels forced on you in order to redefine yourself. Read more about Rock Thomas’ secret to creating lasting change in his book, “The Power of Your Identity.”

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Enjoying What You Do!

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about creativity and imagination. Enjoy!

Plato said that work should be play.  Some airline employees have taken his injunction seriously.  After landing, one flight attendant announced, “Thank you for flying Delta Business Express.  We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride.”

As a plane touched down and was slowing to a stop at Washington National, a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: “Whoa, big fella. WHOA!” Read more

Share this Christmas video and help a needy child! (inspirational video)

You might be aware that 10 Million Clicks For Peace co-founder, Rick Beneteau, founded the Internet Toy Drive back in 2001 as a corporate sponsor of the U.S. Marine’s Toys for Tots charity which raised a lot of money for toys for families in need for a decade (NFL quarterback Drew Bledsoe was his sponsor for all 10 years). This year, he wants to loan Toys for Tots a brand new video (Rick co-wrote and produced the song, Children Are the Very Heart of Christmas, in 1988) for their campaign which is now in full swing. You’ll see at the end that it asks viewers to donate to Toys for Tots. Please SHARE this Christmas video with everybody you know and let’s help a lot of children in need!

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