perhaps because I realized I might not
have much time I renewed my efforts to
tackle the big question in cosmology in
the early 60s I have been very lucky
that my disability had not been a
serious handicap my face to life unable
to properly communicate almost finishing
my look and perhaps it in my career
seemed to me over he’s an English
physicist author and professor at the
University of Cambridge he has a rare
form of ALS that has gradually paralyzed
him over the past few decades he hasn’t
let that stop him though and is become a
best-selling author and one of the
greatest scientists of our generation
he’s Stephen Hawking and he was my take
on his top ten rules and since that rule
number one is my personal favorite I
make sure to stick around to the end for
a special bonus clip also what Stephen
is talking if you set something that
really resonates with you please leave
it in the comments below and put quotes
around it so other people can be
inspired as well enjoy
[Music]
the decline in my health was a stark
reminder that time was against me yet
despite the pressures on my family I was
determined to realize a lifelong
ambition by writing a poplar book about
how the universe had begun I wanted a
book to be read by millions of people
around the world like a best-selling
Airport novel I did not think it would
work I did not think it would work
because basically if you look at all the
other books in airports there are none
like that however I felt sure that the
mass market would want to know about how
the universe began by 1984 I had
completed the first chapter I signed up
with Peter and set to work completing
the first draft of my book I try to
simplify the physics as best I could and
by the end I was pleased and felt it was
in pretty good shape
but Peter wasn’t convinced I was pretty
disappointed yeah I thought this is
going to be really difficult lightning
that each strike but not in the way that
Peter and I were hoping that summer I
had taken a break from rewriting to
travel to Switzerland on holiday but
while I was there I laud a chest
infection that developed into pneumonia
and quickly became very serious
[Music]
I was put into a drug-induced coma and
onto a life-support machine the doctor
thought I was so far gone they offered
to change the turn off the machine but
she refused finally she insisted that I
was flown back to Cambridge the weeks of
intensive care were the darkest of my
life I felt I had always thought my
illness so hard that I was not prepared
to give in so easily slowly the drugs
began to work on the infection past but
the surgeons had to perform a
tracheotomy to allow me to breathe which
made a small incision in my windpipe and
connected me to a ventilator
via the hole in my throat as a result I
was now robbed of the ability to talk
I faced a life unable to properly
communicate almost finishing my book and
perhaps even my career seemed to be over
I had enough movement in my right hand
to be able to click in a computer system
and write the words I wanted finally I
was free to communicate again I was
eager make up the last time that my
illness had forced upon me I had a stack
of notes from Peter Gilardi suggesting
changes and clarifications to my book
but I needed practical help with the
rewrite at my end
someone who could act as a go-between
after months of work the rewrite was
complete none of us really knew whether
the book would me like and would sell as
we all hoped for all we could do now was
give it a title a brief history of time
send it off to the printer and wait
to everyone’s surprise the book sold
coffee after coffee and very quickly
book shops were selling out when it is
the bestseller list you obviously
surprised it was a pleasant surprise and
it said it was a surprise I didn’t get
you find anybody maybe I’m wrong for say
oh yes we knew all along this was going
to be a a major hit I have no
expectation that we’ll be the number one
best-selling book in the world I mean
not just here but Germany Slovenia
France Italy everywhere in the world
there was the hope that someone had
found the mystery of life and from then
other was just erased to keep the book
in print and marching towards a million
copies sold it was very gratifying
you know in the three eight years I’ve
been in this business I don’t think I’ve
ever had a book the state as a top of
the bestsellers not long I was amazed at
to how well it did I think it worked he
inspired people he gave people some
overall sense of the birth of the
universe and it made this subject become
a subject of conversation among people
in all walks of life seven Stephen
Hawking’s book complete history of time
and unlikely but successful publishing
phenomena brief history of fire we’re
told about 8 million o’clock a popular
book about this theory is already
topping Lee American bestsellers Lee a
hugely successful exclusively time by
Stephen Hawking
a brief history of time stayed in the
bestseller list for over four years and
entered into the Guinness Book of
Records for doing so today over 10
million copies have been sold worldwide
[Music]
over the next few years a lot of fuss
was made about my book I became famous
nationally and around the world as it
was translated into 40 different
languages if what is disabled one should
concentrate on the things one can do but
not regret the things well add to given
how hard it is for you to communicate
you mentioned in the film how sometimes
when people attacking your thoughts
drift off into things like how the
universe began do you think in some ways
your disabilities have made you a better
scientist I must admit I to tend to
drift after thinking about physics or
black holes when I get left behind in
the conversation in fact my disability
has been a help in a way that has freed
me from teaching or sitting on boring
committees but it gives me more time to
think and do research theoretical
physics is one of the few fields in
which being disabled is no handicap it’s
all in the mind calling in love and
getting engaged was a motivation that I
needed
if I were to get married I had to get a
job and to get a job I had to finish my
PhD I therefore started working hard for
the first time in my life to my surprise
I found I liked it perhaps because I
realized I might not have much time I
renewed my efforts that echoes a big
question in cosmology in the early
sixties that the universe has a
beginning or not
having lived on this wonderful planet
for over 71 years I feel my proudest
achievement has been to inspire people
to think about the cosmos and our place
in it since I believe there is no
afterlife I think it’s important I
realize we only have a very short time
alive and should make the best of it all
my life I have sought to understand the
universe and find answer to these
questions I have been very lucky that my
disability have not been a serious
handicap indeed it had probably given me
more time than most people to pursue a
quest for knowledge as a small boy I
used to take things apart I wanted to
find out how they work that is still
what I want but I’ve moved on to bigger
things like the universe the rule of
discovering something no one knew before
is like nothing else I know
I want to share my excitement with
everyone my main challenge has been
roots Eric’s disease or ALS I have had
it since I was 21 but it has not
prevented me from exploring the universe
with my mind or having three wonderful
children
I have lived over two-thirds of my life
with the threat of death hanging over me
because every new date would be my last
I have developed a desire to make the
most of each and every minute although
I’m 71 now I still go to work everyday
and glabrous University – if anything
you’ve been connected mine has been
vital to my survival as has been
creating a sense of humor you clearly
have a very good sense of humor many
will ruin the Oh appearance in the
Simpsons
rocky the world’s smartest man I am
probably better known for my appearances
on The Simpsons is a Big Bang Theory
then I am for my scientific discoveries
I’ve made a cameo appearance on Star
Trek my favorite size I show you up
looking Blodgett again Albert
I find humor enough you Thoth are a
great help in a lecture on the mysteries
of the universe ever since the dawn of
civilization people have craved for an
understanding of the underlying order of
the world there also be something very
special about the boundary conditions of
the using earth and what can be more
special than that there is no boundaries
there should be no boundaries of human
endeavor
but their Olympic games are all about
transforming our perception of the world
we are all different there is no such
thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill
human being but we share the same human
spirit
however difficult life may seem there is
always something you can do sexy and I
feel a sense of achievement that I have
managed to make these contributions
despite having ALS
I have not allowed my disability to stop
me doing most things
my motto is there are no boundaries
thank you
[Applause]
thank you guys so much for watching I
made this video because Perry Jeff
Prakash asked me to so there’s a famous
entrepreneur that you are going to
profile next leave in the comments below
and I’ll see what I can do
I’m also curious to figure out what did
Stephen says that has the biggest and
most profound impact on you what are you
going to immediately apply to your life
or to your business leave it in the
comments I’m going to join in the
discussion finally want to give a quick
shout out to all the tux thank you so
much for hosting me on your YouTube
channel and your podcast to talk about
my book dear one word it was a blast I
really appreciate it and thank you for
all the love that you are showing
entrepreneurs when you look at a title
it’s so mouths and still like so
straight for that you have to just be
just ok I get it he’s going to talk
about just a long word so thank you guys
again for watching I believe in you I
hope you continue to believe in yourself
and whatever your one word is much love
I’ll see you soon
the most important pieces of a site that
I’ve passed unto my children 1 remember
to look at the Stars and not down at
your feet to ever give up work word
gives you meaning and purpose and life
is empty without it it’s beautiful at
night 3 if you are lucky enough to find
love remember it is rare and so throw it
away
have much time I renewed my efforts to
tackle the big question in cosmology in
the early 60s I have been very lucky
that my disability had not been a
serious handicap my face to life unable
to properly communicate almost finishing
my look and perhaps it in my career
seemed to me over he’s an English
physicist author and professor at the
University of Cambridge he has a rare
form of ALS that has gradually paralyzed
him over the past few decades he hasn’t
let that stop him though and is become a
best-selling author and one of the
greatest scientists of our generation
he’s Stephen Hawking and he was my take
on his top ten rules and since that rule
number one is my personal favorite I
make sure to stick around to the end for
a special bonus clip also what Stephen
is talking if you set something that
really resonates with you please leave
it in the comments below and put quotes
around it so other people can be
inspired as well enjoy
[Music]
the decline in my health was a stark
reminder that time was against me yet
despite the pressures on my family I was
determined to realize a lifelong
ambition by writing a poplar book about
how the universe had begun I wanted a
book to be read by millions of people
around the world like a best-selling
Airport novel I did not think it would
work I did not think it would work
because basically if you look at all the
other books in airports there are none
like that however I felt sure that the
mass market would want to know about how
the universe began by 1984 I had
completed the first chapter I signed up
with Peter and set to work completing
the first draft of my book I try to
simplify the physics as best I could and
by the end I was pleased and felt it was
in pretty good shape
but Peter wasn’t convinced I was pretty
disappointed yeah I thought this is
going to be really difficult lightning
that each strike but not in the way that
Peter and I were hoping that summer I
had taken a break from rewriting to
travel to Switzerland on holiday but
while I was there I laud a chest
infection that developed into pneumonia
and quickly became very serious
[Music]
I was put into a drug-induced coma and
onto a life-support machine the doctor
thought I was so far gone they offered
to change the turn off the machine but
she refused finally she insisted that I
was flown back to Cambridge the weeks of
intensive care were the darkest of my
life I felt I had always thought my
illness so hard that I was not prepared
to give in so easily slowly the drugs
began to work on the infection past but
the surgeons had to perform a
tracheotomy to allow me to breathe which
made a small incision in my windpipe and
connected me to a ventilator
via the hole in my throat as a result I
was now robbed of the ability to talk
I faced a life unable to properly
communicate almost finishing my book and
perhaps even my career seemed to be over
I had enough movement in my right hand
to be able to click in a computer system
and write the words I wanted finally I
was free to communicate again I was
eager make up the last time that my
illness had forced upon me I had a stack
of notes from Peter Gilardi suggesting
changes and clarifications to my book
but I needed practical help with the
rewrite at my end
someone who could act as a go-between
after months of work the rewrite was
complete none of us really knew whether
the book would me like and would sell as
we all hoped for all we could do now was
give it a title a brief history of time
send it off to the printer and wait
to everyone’s surprise the book sold
coffee after coffee and very quickly
book shops were selling out when it is
the bestseller list you obviously
surprised it was a pleasant surprise and
it said it was a surprise I didn’t get
you find anybody maybe I’m wrong for say
oh yes we knew all along this was going
to be a a major hit I have no
expectation that we’ll be the number one
best-selling book in the world I mean
not just here but Germany Slovenia
France Italy everywhere in the world
there was the hope that someone had
found the mystery of life and from then
other was just erased to keep the book
in print and marching towards a million
copies sold it was very gratifying
you know in the three eight years I’ve
been in this business I don’t think I’ve
ever had a book the state as a top of
the bestsellers not long I was amazed at
to how well it did I think it worked he
inspired people he gave people some
overall sense of the birth of the
universe and it made this subject become
a subject of conversation among people
in all walks of life seven Stephen
Hawking’s book complete history of time
and unlikely but successful publishing
phenomena brief history of fire we’re
told about 8 million o’clock a popular
book about this theory is already
topping Lee American bestsellers Lee a
hugely successful exclusively time by
Stephen Hawking
a brief history of time stayed in the
bestseller list for over four years and
entered into the Guinness Book of
Records for doing so today over 10
million copies have been sold worldwide
[Music]
over the next few years a lot of fuss
was made about my book I became famous
nationally and around the world as it
was translated into 40 different
languages if what is disabled one should
concentrate on the things one can do but
not regret the things well add to given
how hard it is for you to communicate
you mentioned in the film how sometimes
when people attacking your thoughts
drift off into things like how the
universe began do you think in some ways
your disabilities have made you a better
scientist I must admit I to tend to
drift after thinking about physics or
black holes when I get left behind in
the conversation in fact my disability
has been a help in a way that has freed
me from teaching or sitting on boring
committees but it gives me more time to
think and do research theoretical
physics is one of the few fields in
which being disabled is no handicap it’s
all in the mind calling in love and
getting engaged was a motivation that I
needed
if I were to get married I had to get a
job and to get a job I had to finish my
PhD I therefore started working hard for
the first time in my life to my surprise
I found I liked it perhaps because I
realized I might not have much time I
renewed my efforts that echoes a big
question in cosmology in the early
sixties that the universe has a
beginning or not
having lived on this wonderful planet
for over 71 years I feel my proudest
achievement has been to inspire people
to think about the cosmos and our place
in it since I believe there is no
afterlife I think it’s important I
realize we only have a very short time
alive and should make the best of it all
my life I have sought to understand the
universe and find answer to these
questions I have been very lucky that my
disability have not been a serious
handicap indeed it had probably given me
more time than most people to pursue a
quest for knowledge as a small boy I
used to take things apart I wanted to
find out how they work that is still
what I want but I’ve moved on to bigger
things like the universe the rule of
discovering something no one knew before
is like nothing else I know
I want to share my excitement with
everyone my main challenge has been
roots Eric’s disease or ALS I have had
it since I was 21 but it has not
prevented me from exploring the universe
with my mind or having three wonderful
children
I have lived over two-thirds of my life
with the threat of death hanging over me
because every new date would be my last
I have developed a desire to make the
most of each and every minute although
I’m 71 now I still go to work everyday
and glabrous University – if anything
you’ve been connected mine has been
vital to my survival as has been
creating a sense of humor you clearly
have a very good sense of humor many
will ruin the Oh appearance in the
Simpsons
rocky the world’s smartest man I am
probably better known for my appearances
on The Simpsons is a Big Bang Theory
then I am for my scientific discoveries
I’ve made a cameo appearance on Star
Trek my favorite size I show you up
looking Blodgett again Albert
I find humor enough you Thoth are a
great help in a lecture on the mysteries
of the universe ever since the dawn of
civilization people have craved for an
understanding of the underlying order of
the world there also be something very
special about the boundary conditions of
the using earth and what can be more
special than that there is no boundaries
there should be no boundaries of human
endeavor
but their Olympic games are all about
transforming our perception of the world
we are all different there is no such
thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill
human being but we share the same human
spirit
however difficult life may seem there is
always something you can do sexy and I
feel a sense of achievement that I have
managed to make these contributions
despite having ALS
I have not allowed my disability to stop
me doing most things
my motto is there are no boundaries
thank you
[Applause]
thank you guys so much for watching I
made this video because Perry Jeff
Prakash asked me to so there’s a famous
entrepreneur that you are going to
profile next leave in the comments below
and I’ll see what I can do
I’m also curious to figure out what did
Stephen says that has the biggest and
most profound impact on you what are you
going to immediately apply to your life
or to your business leave it in the
comments I’m going to join in the
discussion finally want to give a quick
shout out to all the tux thank you so
much for hosting me on your YouTube
channel and your podcast to talk about
my book dear one word it was a blast I
really appreciate it and thank you for
all the love that you are showing
entrepreneurs when you look at a title
it’s so mouths and still like so
straight for that you have to just be
just ok I get it he’s going to talk
about just a long word so thank you guys
again for watching I believe in you I
hope you continue to believe in yourself
and whatever your one word is much love
I’ll see you soon
the most important pieces of a site that
I’ve passed unto my children 1 remember
to look at the Stars and not down at
your feet to ever give up work word
gives you meaning and purpose and life
is empty without it it’s beautiful at
night 3 if you are lucky enough to find
love remember it is rare and so throw it
away
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