{"id":351,"date":"2008-02-21T06:09:25","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T10:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/bill-strickland-inspiring-americans-to-dream-competition\/"},"modified":"2013-09-25T08:15:16","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T16:15:16","slug":"bill-strickland-inspiring-americans-to-dream-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/bill-strickland-inspiring-americans-to-dream-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Strickland: Inspiring Americans to Dream (&#038; Competition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><!--cut and paste--><object id=\"VE_Player\" width=\"432\" height=\"285\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&amp;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/BILLSTRICKLAND-2002_high.flv&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&amp;forcePlay=false&amp;logo=&amp;allowFullscreen=true\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/loader.swf\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&amp;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/BILLSTRICKLAND-2002_high.flv&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&amp;forcePlay=false&amp;logo=&amp;allowFullscreen=true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><embed id=\"VE_Player\" width=\"432\" height=\"285\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/loader.swf\" FlashVars=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&amp;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/BILLSTRICKLAND-2002_high.flv&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&amp;forcePlay=false&amp;logo=&amp;allowFullscreen=true\" quality=\"high\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" scale=\"noscale\" wmode=\"window\" flashvars=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&amp;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/BILLSTRICKLAND-2002_high.flv&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&amp;forcePlay=false&amp;logo=&amp;allowFullscreen=true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" align=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Bill Strickland is an amazing man. However, instead of me telling you why, I would like to invite you to watch the above video from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">TED<\/a> in which Bill shares his astonishing tale of redemption through arts, music and unlikely partnerships (with subtle accompaniment by longtime friend Herbie Hancock).<\/p>\n<h2>Competition<\/h2>\n<p>Bill Strickland has recently released a book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Make-Impossible-Possible-Crusade-Extraordinary\/dp\/0385520549\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1203575508&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Make the Impossible Possible<\/a>. I have read the book, and loved it, so I am very excited to have 15 copies of it to give away. All you have to do to be in the running to win a copy is to leave a comment below. Share your thoughts about the video, or tell us one thing you once believed to be impossible that you have since discovered is possible.<\/p>\n<h2>Find Out More<\/h2>\n<p>If you would like to learn more about Bill Strickland, see also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bill-strickland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">BillStrickland.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchesterbidwell.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester Bidwell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/view\/id\/184\" target=\"_blank\">TED Speakers: Bill Strickland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Strickland is an amazing man. However, instead of me telling you why, I would like to invite you to watch the above video from TED in which Bill shares his astonishing tale of redemption through arts, music and unlikely partnerships (with subtle accompaniment by longtime friend Herbie Hancock). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/bill-strickland-inspiring-americans-to-dream-competition\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12163,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[12,6],"tags":[2703,61,2669,2702],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bill Strickland: Inspiring Americans to Dream (&amp; Competition) - Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Competition Bill Strickland has recently released a book, Make the Impossible Possible. 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