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5 YouTube Clips to Beat Recession Blues
Some days, the last thing I need is an “inspirational” tale of a blind, deaf quadriplegic who wrote his Ph.D. dissertation one letter at a time by wiggling his ears. But Sunday night, in a funk of worry about my finances, my future, the economy, and Iran, I ditched my work and instead made a dent in the sofa. I let myself get weepy over the story of Chris Gardner, a single father with ambition and fortitude who went broke and came out on top in the movie The Pursuit of Happyness.
Whether you tend towards sap or cynic (I do both), feel-good stories can help you beat the blues. I tracked down five classic YouTube clips, for a quick pick-me-up. Um, no—that’s just dust in my eye.
This version of Jason McElwain’s first basketball game has gotten more than 400,000 views. I only account for half of those.
Randy Pausch’s last lecture. Watch it again.
This video leads off with Richard Holcombe, a legally blind guy who is competing in an Ironman triathlon. “They’re either going to carry me off the course, or I’m going to pass the finish line,” he says. That’s tear-jerker peanuts compared to Dick and Ricky Hoyt.
Steve Jobs, who gave Stanford’s commencement speech in 2005, didn’t graduate from college.
Stand By Me around the world. Okay, no triumph of the human spirit, but it still gets me.
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