Feb
01
2007

Speech by Brian Dyson, CEO Coca Cola

If anyone knows the original source of this, please let me know so I can link to it.

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends and spirit … and you’re keeping all of these in the air.

You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls – family, health, friends and spirit – are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or evenshattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for Balance in your life.

How?

Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.

Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.

Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless.

Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.

Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.

Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be pave.

Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find time. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings!

Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.

Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.

Don’t use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savoured each step of the way…

–Brian G. Dyson

President and CEO, Coca-Cola Enterprises during his speech at the Georgia Tech 172nd Commencement Address Sept. 6, 1996

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14 Comments »

  • edcarsky

    i like it!!! it’s really true!!!

    Comment | February 10, 2010
  • Danajaya

    Above speech is realy good for our lifes

    Comment | February 18, 2010
  • I like the Idea of Setting your Goals not what other people think is Important, We are all told by the Guru’s that we must do this or that but the most Important thing in Achieving a Goal is that we have to know what is best ourselves and not be told by others that only this works.

    Comment | March 13, 2010
  • shehan

    The Speech Helps to Our Lifes

    Comment | March 23, 2010
  • George Thomas

    A good message.

    Comment | March 24, 2010
  • krishna

    Above speech is really practical, for current life people has to understand above points mentioned by CEO of Coca-Cola

    Comment | March 25, 2010
  • jenny

    this is now my mantra

    Comment | April 25, 2010
  • Mahomilo

    The delivery is great and practical.It touches the core of mankind which is the spirit.When the spirit is at peace man will realise the worth of living this life.

    Comment | May 3, 2010
  • CHANDRASHEKHAR

    For middle class and middle age Indians this is the way of life.

    Comment | May 9, 2010
  • These are best words. If we can give them a chance our lives will turn for the better.

    Comment | May 17, 2010
  • tebogo molefe

    people read those words daily but do they realy understand their meaning? when god molded the world into what it is nw he said man shall control all thats on it but in this life time everything has been reversed, the world controls us

    Comment | May 28, 2010
  • Abd Elhady

    If everyone could feel the meanings of this wondeful speech.
    ALL OF US will be happy as long as we leave.

    Comment | June 13, 2010
  • Nadeem

    Just Close your eyes & think for a while ,

    Its true – true – true —

    But……….

    Comment | July 15, 2010
  • Excellent speech , its fantastic and each an every words of the speech has got a broad valuable meaning .

    i am a looser that i cannt meet and listen other speech from the person like him.

    i really admire him.

    santnau dash
    Manager Human Resource
    BISWA
    ORISSA
    INDIA

    Comment | July 25, 2010

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