Rachel’s favorite TED talk is “3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed” by Ric Elias

What if you didn’t have to go through a life-threatening plane crash to change your life or your business? Think about it. Why does it often take a crisis for us to change? What if we learned – and I mean the ‘putting what I learned into action’ type of learning – from someone else’s adversity?

This is why I love Ric Elias’ talk, 3 Things I learned While My Plane Crashed. Through Ric’s speech, we get to learn the lessons that often come from facing death without actually facing it. Here’s what Ric teaches us:

• Life changes in an instant. Don’t wait to reach out to the people you love, to enjoy new experiences or to make amends. Live now – with purpose and urgency.
• Eliminate negative energy from your life. Stop wasting time on things that don’t matter with people who do matter. Choose happiness over ego.

• Above all else, be a good ______. For Ric, it was dad. For you, it could be that or a good mother, friend, son, daughter, brother, sister or businessperson. Whatever it is, be the best at it you can be….now.

Rachel Franco can be found at http://www.raf-communications.com