Live Your Life as a Hero

Some great quotes in this video, if any of it resonates with you, I recommend looking into some of the people quoted. I have read some of the books and listened to their shows and interviews.

Find the list of references on the next page

This list is taken from the video about page from the author.

A short film edited by Cody McKibben. For more videos, ideas, and inspiration, please join me and other Thrilling Heroes at
http://thrillingheroics.com/more

This is all about what THRILLING HEROICS means, about how precious your life is, and how we should strive to live like heroes. In the words of Joe Rogan, “be the hero of your own movie”.

This inspirational video is dedicated to Chris Cravens and Kareem Khan, two heroes who will always be remembered for their courage, loyalty and big hearts.

Music:

Starcadian- Pompey Pirate

Hans Zimmer- Time (Karanda Remix)

M83- Outro

Beethoven’s Symphony 7, Allegretto, mvt 2

Buy Starcadian’s marvelous album Sunset Blood here:

http://starcadian.bandcamp.com/

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Alan Watts “Money, Guilt, and The Machine”:

http://youtu.be/ssDY74nLuLg

→ listen to more incredible Watts lectures here:

http://thrl.in/alanwatts

Tim Ferriss on technology and information addiction:

http://youtu.be/wX3eJRwJqlc

→ get his book The 4 Hour Workweek:
http://thrl.in/4hww

Rolf Potts on time as wealth and travel as a metaphor for life:

http://youtu.be/MFrhIdwpWx0

→ get Rolf’s inspiring book Vagabonding:
http://thrl.in/vagabonding

Joe Rogan on cubicle life:

http://thrl.in/tspodcast

→ listen to the Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) podcast here:
http://thrl.in/jre

Duncan Trussell on depression & resistance:

http://youtu.be/Zf0-tsvyrnM

http://youtu.be/eqAMv5MvjGs

Ashton Kutcher on creating your life:

http://youtu.be/FNXwKGZHmDc

Steve Jobs’ 2005 Standford University commencement address:

http://youtu.be/UF8uR6Z6KLc

Les Brown on courage

watch his greatest speech ever here:
http://youtu.be/oHTobpj60JI

Will Smith on believing in yourself:

http://youtu.be/Ucv8O75erpg

Terrence McKenna – life is an opportunity:

http://youtu.be/ck_SsOflkDI

→ learn more about McKenna here:
http://thrl.in/mckenna

Graham Hancock – 4 billion years in the making:

http://youtu.be/G6Hqm01QzNY

→ find out more about Graham & his latest book “War God”:

http://thrl.in/wargod

Randy Pausch’ Carnegie Mellon commencement speech:

http://youtu.be/RcYv5x6gZTA

→ see his “Last Lecture” here:
http://thrl.in/lastlecture

Maynard James Keenan (of Tool) reads a poem by Chief Tecumseh – live without fear and die like a hero:
http://youtu.be/8Pib3EYT9yc

→ more on this poem here:
http://thrl.in/tecumseh

I do not claim ownership of all footage or music presented in this video. All copyrighted materials contained herein belong to their respective copyright holders & they are used here in the public interest of open access for educational and archiving purposes under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, to fulfill the intention of copyright law to stimulate creativity for the enrichment of the general public.

Many thanks to all the thinkers and artists mentioned above, and countless others who inspired this video. I highly encourage you to share this message and to seek out the original source materials for further learning.

Some video was shot during my travels over the last 6 years in Thailand, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Coachella…and other footage depicts New York, San Francisco, Barcelona, Tokyo, Rome, Krabi, Bangkok, Paris, London, Bali, Medellin, Colorado, Bali, Chiang Mai, Angkor Wat, Utah, Lake Tahoe, Phuket, Oregon, Koh Phi Phi, Koh Phangan…

This video also includes clips from the films Fight Club, The Beach, The Matrix, Office Space and The Tree of Life, as well as beautiful videography from:

Pedro Torres
http://youtu.be/vFD4uinqY50

BBC Planet Earth series
http://youtu.be/6v2L2UGZJAM

Tom Lowe
http://timescapes.org

3rd Eye Enlightenment
http://youtu.be/q9ni9m2L_uI

Justin Majeczky
http://vimeo.com/66370282

Jrbazil
http://vimeo.com/66554966

Gary Turk
http://youtu.be/Z7dLU6fk9QY

Brian Camusat
http://vimeo.com/61561546

Shiraz Higgins
http://youtu.be/d1q4QCJ5QH4

Andrew Zenn
http://youtu.be/qFdoQOTKit4

InfinityList
http://youtu.be/eBTp7wskAoo

Sebastien St-Martin
http://youtu.be/Gks2zH4ahWE