Overcoming Obstacles & Finding Inspiration

Read/view one of the following texts/videos and complete the Overcoming Obstacles Reflection Form or Finding Inspiration Reflection Form when finished.

*If you find yourself uncomfortable with the topic you chose due to the content and/or subject matter, simply choose another one

1. Walt Disney: Overcoming Poverty
2. Louis Zamperini: Overcoming PTSD
3. Abraham Lincoln: Overcoming Chronic Depression
4. Winston Churchill: Overcoming Learning Obstacles
5. Stephen Hawking: Overcoming ALS
6. Franklin D. Roosevelt: Overcoming Polio
7. Helen Keller: Overcoming Deaf and Blindness
8. Oprah Winfrey: Overcoming Childhood Abuse
9. Benjamin Franklin: Overcoming Poverty
10. Sixteen People who Overcame Huge Obstacles
11. ABC Video Link: True Stories of Overcoming Obstacles
12. TED Talk: My Escape from North Korea (Hyeonseo Lee)
13. TED Talk “To This Day: For the Bullied and Beautiful” (Shane Coyczan)
14. TED Talk “‘The World Needs All Kinds of Minds” (Temple Grandin)
15. TED Talk: “Never, Ever Give Up” (Diana Nyad)
16. TED Talk: Looking Past Limits (Caroline Casey)
17. TED Talk: Living Beyond Limits (Amy Purdy)
18. TED Talk: Be Passionate, Be Courageous, Be Your Best (Gabby Giffords)
19. TED Talk: A Broken Body Isn’t a Broken Person (Janine Shepherd)
20. TED Talk: My Mind Shifting Everest Swim (Lewis Pugh)
21. TED Talk: Changing My Legs and my Mindset (Aimee Mullins)
22. TED Talk: Sports Psychology- Inside the Mind of Champion Athletes
23. TED Talk: Why Did I Ski to the North Pole (Ben Saunders)
24. TED Talk: The Difference Between Winning and Succeeding (John Wooden)
25. TED Talk: Are Athletes Really Getting Faster, Better, Stronger?
26. TED Talk: Why Bother Leaving the House (Ben Saunders)
27. TED Talk: From Death Row to Law Graduate (Peter Ouko)
28. TED Talk: How to Live Before you Die (Steve Jobs)
29. TED Talk: What Matters More than your Talents (Jeff Bezos)
30. TED Talk: Why We Do What We Do (Tony Robbins)
31. TED Talk: Your Elusive, Creative Genius (Elizabeth Gilbert)
32. TED Talk: How to Make Stress Your Friend (Kelly McGonigal)
33. TED Talk: GRIT- The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Angela Duckworth)
34. TED Talk: 8 Secrets of Success (Richard St. John)
35. TED Talk: What Makes a Good Life? (Robert Waldinger)
36. TED Talk: How Great Leaders Inspire Action (Simon Sinek)
37. TED Talk: How to Speak so People Want to Listen (Julian Treasure)
38. TED Talk: The Power of Introverts (Susan Cain)
39. TED Talk: How to Stay Calm When you Know You’ll Be Stressed (Daniel Levitin)
40. TED Talk: A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit (Judson Brewer)
41. TED Talk: The Power of Believing that You Can Improve (Carol Dweck)
42. TED Talk: Want to be Happy? Be Grateful (David Steindel-Rast)
43. TED Talk: How to Overcome Bias? Walk Boldly Toward Them (Verna Myers)
44. TED Talk: How to Become a Memory Master (Idriz Merovci)
45. The Wisdom of a Third Grade Drop Out (Rick Rigsby)
46. TED Talk: Everyday Leadership (Drew Dudley)
47. TED Talk: How to Fix a Broken Heart (Guy Winch)
48. TED Talk: Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong (Johann Hari)
49. TED Talk: The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers (Adam Grant)
50. TED Talk: The Puzzle of Motivation: Autonomy, Mastery, & Purpose (Dan Pink)
51. Eric Thomas: Motivation Addicts