David Blaine Ted Talk - How He Held His Breath for 17 minutes

This video meant a lot to me. David talks about what it took to achieve his personal goals I noire and how he did it. With a lot of practice and a lot of patience, David achieved the ultimate goal of his- holding his breath underwater for 17 minutes. If you ask me, that is a pretty amazing achievement. This meant a lot to me because I value hard work and determination to get to ones goals in life. David set some of his own goals and achieved them only through superb hard work and complete dedication. David's speaking techniques also kept me listening to the whole entire video. His actual stories were what kept me listening. I thought it helpful how he also brought his failures into the story too and not just how he succeeded so fast and well. The whole talk was more of a long story that had a good plot and a good ending. David's dedication is going to help me peruse my goals more too. For example, tonight I am pushing the limits by catching up on all of my school work even though it us 11:30. It was actually that video that is the only thing keeping me going right now. David's presentation style was also very engaging. David occasionally showed clips or pictures of him in the tanks up on the screen. This was helpful because it gave the audience a back up to his talking and also saved him from not having to describe everything. (a picture is worth a thousand words). I would say that this video is a very motivational step forward for people achieving their goals in life. Overall, I loved this video and I loved learning about david's journey to get to his goal.