Need a Little Motivation?
February 12th, 2012 by 
napai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEHQ9tzjpYA&feature=related
As I was replying to your comments for last week’s blog, I started to think about those of you who have NOT responded yet and those of you who forgot your January goals. I remembered seeing some really great motivational speech videos so I selected one for all of you to view.
We are ALL guilty of coming up with excuses why we didn’t do this or that, fulfill our kuleana, put effort into our work, and the list goes on. I think that watching this video called “No Excuses” will make us work hard to achieve our goals, whether they be school goals or personal goals.
Please watch this video. You’ll have to copy the url to watch it. Then, respond with a minimum of three to five great sentences telling me what you thought of the video..
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25 Comments »
February 14th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
I couldn’t open the video because it says to download it on Youtube. The video says that an error occurred.
February 21st, 2012 at 3:48 pm
See if anything happens when you copy and paste the URL. Otherwise type the URL in. One of those should work. =)
February 22nd, 2012 at 4:21 pm
The video still doesn’t work.
February 22nd, 2012 at 5:50 pm
Wow, that basketball player was just full of weird excuses and I was just speechless when it ended. He actually made me think… What’s the use of making up excuses if it is not true. Why can’t I just do it, what was standing in the way of me getting it done? This really motivated me and I might keep thinking of this video when I do homework or classwork. What is really so hard about doing work and if you think about homework, you have a lot of time at home and sometimes even if you have “plans” after school, you still have about 50 minutes for homework.
February 22nd, 2012 at 5:54 pm
Just Do It! Why can’t you? What stopped you? If the person making up the excuses can’t answer these questions, why bother making excuses?
February 22nd, 2012 at 6:21 pm
I’m really looking fordward to watching this video, but no matter what I try to do, this pops up:
“The video you have requested is not available.
If you have recently uploaded this video, you may need to wait a few minutes for the video to process.
Sorry about that.”
I’m not too sure what to do…
February 22nd, 2012 at 6:25 pm
Hi Ho’onani – Please ask Saesha to tell you how she accessed the video and respond to it after you view it. Miss you ….
February 22nd, 2012 at 6:29 pm
HI Saesha – It looks like you are the only one that has been successful in viewing the video. I emailed Mrs. Koehler to ask you to share what you did in order to access the video.
You are so pololei about stopping the excuses. After I viewed the video, I had similar thoughts that you did. Even adults make excuses why they can’t do this or that. Just like you and Nike said, Just Do It!!
February 23rd, 2012 at 5:38 pm
Hi!!! I am very sad that the video didn’t work on our computer. I tryed to copy and paste but it went to an error message. I will ask Saesha to give me a sumary of the video. I am hoping the video will work soon…
February 23rd, 2012 at 9:02 pm
That was kind of strange. (Not the video but the basketball player making up those excuses.) We choose to make those excuses, it isn’t somebody else’s problem. If we make those excuses, it will just hurt us all in the long-run. It may also effect the people around us. We should do our responsibilities!
February 23rd, 2012 at 10:13 pm
After I saw this video, I was kinda annoyed because this basketball player was making all of these excuses. I was annoyed until I saw him at the end.
February 23rd, 2012 at 10:58 pm
I cannot watch the video it keeps on saying
The video you requested is not available.
If you have recently uploaded this video, you may need to wait a few minutes for the video to process.
sorry about that
February 28th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
That was a good video and a good message. The guy really makes you think “man this guy must be running around all day ” But really he just a normal guy with all this stuff that he lays off. Then he goes away and you realize hey that guys in a wheel chair. It just. Lea me away seeing how good a player he was and what he did in that video. The video really got
me up and thinking what i could do to achieve my goal. In fact I started studying for our spelling test but then remembered the blog. I’ve gotten all the words down but just hope I ace the test. Miss you Mrs. Pai.
February 28th, 2012 at 6:21 pm
I don’t want to!!!! Everyone has excuses and i have a lot that i use almost daily! common…. my favorite T.V. show is on and i don’t want to get sweaty…really!! I’m happy i don’t use those excuses! Everyday when somethings seem hard i try to remember that when i try hard i almost always get a good outcome! I also when i give my 100% i learn more and get better at something! I hope one day that basketball player will change HIS attitude!! and hopefully mine changes to!!!
February 29th, 2012 at 9:58 pm
HI Mahina,
I hope you tried again ’cause Saesha and others were able to view it. I will be coming in tomorrow. Hope to see you guys. Miss you =(
February 29th, 2012 at 10:00 pm
Yes, I agree with you. Whatever is our kuleana needs to get done. It is easy to make excuses or blame others but it’s not pono.
February 29th, 2012 at 10:01 pm
I don’t think you “got it.” The point was to stop making excuses why you didn’t do your work or didn’t do well on a project. It’s all up to you and you alone.
February 29th, 2012 at 10:02 pm
I hope you tried over – have Saesha show you how.
February 29th, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Hi Eve,
You got the message, Eve. You I don’t worry about. You are very dependable and I rarely got anything but great work from you. =)
February 29th, 2012 at 10:06 pm
Hi Kaori,
At one time or another, we’ve all made excuses. However, most people don’t continuously make up excuses. they figure it out and start doing it. Just like Nike says, “Just Do It.”
March 1st, 2012 at 7:07 pm
I was able to watch the video…:)I think that making excuses isn’t the right thing to do. If you keep making excuses you won’t get anywhere in life.That basketball player was full of excuses.You should just do it
March 2nd, 2012 at 7:22 am
Wow! This video made me speechless! The basketball player just had excuses. He had some that weren’t even true. Why waste time making excuses just do it. You can get way farther in life without excuses. Now it will make me see what I’m capable of!✌
March 2nd, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Sometimes videos like this one are needed to give us a nudge to do the right thing. I’m glad that it made you think about your own situation. Bravo!!
March 2nd, 2012 at 9:02 pm
I bet you can think of kids in our class who make excuses a lot. Even adults make excuses – they are counter-productive and don’t make anyone feel good at all. Like Nike says, Just Do It!
March 2nd, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Ask Saesha to help you.