I went to the internet expo at the learning annex today in NYC. Internet ninja Dmitry Shapiro, creator of Veoh Networks (one of the largest online video services with over 28 million viewers) gave a very inspirational talk. He was down to earth with no sales gimmicks and provided motivation to a very crowded room. Here are some of the statements he made:
I'm not going to motivate you.
It's not all about money.
Do what you love.
Be connected.
Take advantage of life.
Teach what you love.
You're already motivated.
In an attempt to teach participants that the importance of being successful had more to do with believing in your dream and hard work than in a magic get rich scheme he stated, quite casually and off the cuff: I get through by thinking the universe is conspiring in my favor. So why not cut and paste this statement to your psyche! He talked about failure as a part of the game of life, an experience that everyone has. Failure should be looked at as nothing more than an experience rather than a defining moment. This brought to mind for me that a defining moment is how you respond to a failure or a disappointment. There's no reason to think that the difficult times in your life are your defining moments; Rather think that they are somehow related to the universe conspiring in your favor. IF you can do that - you will have a transformational moment for sure. Learn more about Dmitry Shapiro at his website: http://www.dmitryshapiro.com/blog/.
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great post
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I went to this expo as well. Thought it was great. Caught the last half of his seminar. Yes - very inspiring. Did you stay all day? I had to leave at noon unexpectedly due to a family emergency. I really wanted to go to the blogging seminar and Twitter one as well. Do you know if Learning Annex recorded any of these seminars to be available online?
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