Sunday Sermon

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I saw Sir Ken Robinson talk about this in person a couple of years ago and it was one of the best talks I’ve ever been to. Sir Ken believes that everyone is born with tremendous capacities, yet somehow we often lose touch with what we’re capable of and spend much of our time far away from the place where our talent meets our personal passion:

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Ken Robinson on Passion from The School of Life on Vimeo.

“For most of us the problem isn’t that we aim too high and fail – it’s just the opposite – we aim too low and succeed”. Do yourself a favour today and take the time to watch it. Yes, it’s 50 minutes. But it’s 50 minutes well spent.

Part of the excellent series of Sunday Sermons from The School Of Life

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Original Post: http://neilperkin.typepad.com/only_dead_fish/2011/06/sunday-sermon.html

Neil Perkin
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  • Founder of Only Dead Fish, a digital and media consultancy that specialises in digital content strategy, digital commercial strategy and use of social technologies. 
  • Over 20 years media owner experience, was latterly the Director of Marketing, Strategy and Digital for IPC Media, the largest UK consumer publisher, having run award-winning strategy, planning and consumer insight functions 
  • Has won more industry awards than just about anyone in UK media, including a Campaign Award, two Media Week Awards and an Association of Online Publishers award.
  • Writer, commentator and a regular keynote speaker on content strategy, emerging media, digital commercial strategy and social technologies, a contributing author to “The Age of Conversation”, a collaborative book published by the top global marketing bloggers
  • Has been active in the social media space for a number of years, his blog, ‘Only Dead Fish’, is one of the most popular and authoritative media and marketing blogs in the UK, as ranked by Advertising Age.

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