Who’s here in 2023 ? It’s been 10 years I listened to this the first time and here I am thinking about how this man, born blind would look you in the face and tell you there’s no excuse for failure !
@anuoluwapofalope874 жыл бұрын
Who is watching this 2020. This man is a motivation to a lot of people. Thank you
@Oponu-Ayirada4 жыл бұрын
anuoluwapo falope me
@dandanny5474 жыл бұрын
Me
@BukolaRY_TV3 жыл бұрын
First time seeing this 🙌
@hannaholadokun93423 жыл бұрын
I'm watching it in 2021😅
@anneokpi31203 жыл бұрын
2021, and it's as fresh as ever!
@topsyfash11 жыл бұрын
Oh my God! "YOU HAVE TO BE BLIND, IN ORDER TO BE FOCUSED. FOCUS IS BLINDNESS ITSELF... YOU HAVE TO BE VLIND TO SOME THINGS IN YOUR LIFE (in order to achieve your life goals)"... "... AND THAT WAS WHEN IT HIT ME.. SIGHT, SOMETIMES, IS A DISTRACTION".."WE TREAT THE AFRICAN CONTINENT AS A DISABLED CHILD... WE EXPECT FAILURE, EVEN WHEN WE REALLY CANNOT AFFORD TO"... Cobhams is a remarkable philosopher and a great gift to humanity.
@renaudlemieux15 жыл бұрын
You have to be blind to be focused wtf are you out if your mind. No need to be blind to be focused wtf its even the contrary
@ayokunmiolusa8 ай бұрын
Who's watching this in 2024?
@olubukolaakinyemi77673 ай бұрын
June 2024
@miracleajakaiye932028 күн бұрын
I am
@emmanuelalariobi781012 күн бұрын
Watching in September 22 2024
@DavidHaastrup11 жыл бұрын
Some very interesting points-: (1. Do not excuse failure, on no account, for no reason (2. Trust, even when you have no reason to (3.Sight sometimes is a distraction... so be "blind" to be focused... Thank you Cobhams... This generation is blessed to have you. Shalom!
@singnplaypeace Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for marshalling the points that stood out for me.
@oghoiluakpore26110 жыл бұрын
"we treat Africa like a disables child...excusing her failures", NEVER EXCUSE FAILURE FOR ANY REASON OR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. COBHAMS, YOU INSPIRE ME!
@Cre_Bills7 жыл бұрын
Sight sometimes is a distraction😂😂😂👏👏👏👏👏 Focus is "blindness" in sense
@dabaolowodun80142 жыл бұрын
Wow! Just wow! This talk is 8 years old and still hits home. Truth is ageless.
@ephanimhonitie60249 ай бұрын
The truth doesn't fade. I watched this in 4/01/2024
@AbujaYummyMummy8 жыл бұрын
this was by far one of my best TED talks
@enohorakatugba17292 жыл бұрын
Watching this in 2021 and I couldn’t agree more
@kieranwilson109210 жыл бұрын
the guy who disliked this was blind and missed the like button.
@BukolaPereira7 жыл бұрын
LOL..... You are funny!!
@zat00766 жыл бұрын
Kieran Wilson agreed
@ajokpaniovojonathan23226 жыл бұрын
Am sure I would have click more like on ur comment if the clicks increments...
@Rex4sure64255 жыл бұрын
rather he/she was blind and unfocused...missed the point completely
@davidadausuel45374 жыл бұрын
I must say, that the ( guy ) that pushed the negative button must have had a reasonable reason for their actions. Therefore for you to respond the way you have is very unfair. Walk a mile in their shoes 👞 before you make such a judgement assessment of someone you don’t know indeed.
@senagovina89099 жыл бұрын
This man is truly a Gift to the world. God bless and increase you Chobham.
@judyives18322 жыл бұрын
Nonsense! Do you not understand as blind people, how many times we hear” god gave you blindness as a gift to the world”. To teach others how lucky they are to not be us? That “god” gave us blindness on purpose because we are strong. “God never gives you more than you can handle”. I hear that one several times per week. These are the platitudes of people who think “I’m happy not to be you!” You think I am broken. But I believe I’m lucky. I was sighted for awhile and experienced that. I could read sighted and then I used audio books and finally learned Braille. Who has the fullest experience of reading? Over and over people will say audio books aren’t reading. I say until you’ve learned to read with all your senses and in different languages, you haven’t really experienced the full immersion of reading. I’ve gone for walks in the woods and beside my river as a sighted person and enjoyed nature so much. Then I began to walk by sound. Every change in the rivers depth and speed produces a different pitched sound. The gurgles, booms and splashes, there are hundreds of sounds that are completely identifiable as coming from a certain section of the river. I began to walk as easily by sound as by sight. And enjoyed recognizing bird and peeper songs and that became a fuller experience. Now I walk the river paths bare foot. I take each step and recognize the feel of the changes of ground under my feet. I walk barefoot as soon as the snow goes until it comes back again. AND I walk with my guide dog and the young dog I’m training to be my next guide. We are a team. So fine tuned to each other that it’s almost like dancing. The boys walk off leash but often in safe areas but we are so connected that a leash is unnessecary and the touch of my hand on the harness handle is it’s own form of communication. I can feel my dogs positions before I ever would notice by sight. This goes spectacularly wrong sometimes! Lol! As it can do for anyone with a thoughtless step and a trip over a tree root. A moments in attention by a dog still learning his game. But we have so much joy. Any embarrassment is far less important than our connection. I started to use scent as well. The slow wide river parts where the frogs and algae grows smells much much different from the hot scorched smell of the gravel parts of the path. The raspberry and wild mint areas smell so fresh and delicious. The ramps/wild onions along the side of the trail, smell so strongly yet I used to not even notice Every thing I did sighted, I have learned to do blind. (Except for driving a car) My favourite things to do are gardening, training dogs, drawing and reading and these are far richer being blind. I’ve leaned to slow down and be organized so that I don’t lose my tools or my purse. This took time as I’m messy. I lost my purse one time for a week and my room a vacuum disappeared for months when it got stuck under a sofa and I couldn’t find it. But I learned to train my young dog to find anything with my scent on it and since he was just 12 weeks old, he has been happily retrieving my dropped gloves (the only item I can not seem to learn to put in safe places) as if it’s the greatest game in the world! No one chooses to go blind. But all the people who tell us it’s the worst thing in the world and that we are now just burdens on the medical system, our families and the world and then come up with the only thing they think we can do, to be a lump that others “pity” and learn to be more kind, is completely and terribly wrong. There is a movie where a father learns his child is going blind and he gives up everything to take her to see the mountains before her sight goes. As if that will be the end of her life. Many of the comments were about pity for the girl and her father as if the child were going to die and many even said they would commit suicide rather than be blind. This is how people think of us. This hurts so badly that most people think my life is worthless just because my eyes no longer function. But I’m still here. I still love my life because I’ve learned how to do that. I fall a lit, I make mistakes like bumping into posts and walls if I forget my cane or am without my guide dog.
@martinnartey37544 жыл бұрын
This is my motivation in 2020 and beyond. Lessons I learnt :- 1. Do not excuse failure for any reason on any account 2. Trust even when you have no reason to 3. Sight sometimes is a distraction. Be blind to be focused
@Optimistkeys2 жыл бұрын
Correct
@flowersbloom10011 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Trust never expires. One of my fave talks from the day of inspiring TEDxEuston speakers.
@felixobi282511 жыл бұрын
I was right there at the conference and have not forgotten the import of his talk...YOU HAVE TO BE BLIND TO REMAIN FOCUSED TO ACHIEVE YOUR LIFE GOALS!
@ChikweIhekweazu11 жыл бұрын
Can't get enough of this talk! Deep and profound, yet delivered with humor and humility with a strong message that will stand the test of time.
@adetolaeko51653 жыл бұрын
whoa!! this lecture is still inspiring in 2021
@omowunmikuku92215 жыл бұрын
hummm...... BE BLIND TO BE FOCUS.... food for thought . THANK YOU COBHAMS i'm greatly inspired..pls who is watching in 2019...
@okhah6 жыл бұрын
This is what you get when a genius is full of so much wisdom. 👏
@abbyoluboyo8473 жыл бұрын
Sight could be a distraction. Focus is blindness in itself. Thank you 🙏 💜❤️💜❤️
@kyraocity11 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best TEDx talks I've seen in a long time!! From a TEDFellow.
@herbeesworldofbeauty76772 жыл бұрын
There is more to what a man sees than meet the eyes. Being blind to distractions, keep trusting even when there is no reason to and not excusing failure. Thanks a great deal 🤝@cobhams
@EmmanOzoemena11 жыл бұрын
Cobhams is a bundle of talents. A great gift to humanity. God bless you brother!
@iryn19033 жыл бұрын
Just discovered this guy through my precious aunt(Patricia Egbuson)'s funeral!! Wonderful perspective Cobhams!
@critmail8 жыл бұрын
I love Ted talks, what a phenomenal way to get inspiring people and ideas out on the open table!
@hans594 жыл бұрын
Just watched this 2020 and I do not regret it! Cobhams is my daily motivation!! God bless you
@gideonaniechi6 жыл бұрын
Sight sometimes is a distraction... I love you man!
@kasalifathia464319 күн бұрын
I've always admired this man and this talk gave me more reasons to.
@inimfoninyang44402 жыл бұрын
Cobhams Asuquo!! Abasiudiong Sir. Such an inspiration. One of the greatest speeches i've ever heard.
@damikuteyi4 жыл бұрын
He decided to just trust...this is one of the best talks i've listened to
@ImeUdo-ObongMesoEx11 жыл бұрын
THIS IS a Nigerian "story" for MY generation of overcoming SETBACKS to achieve success...I bless God FOR Cobhban:s life
@Chukzarro11 жыл бұрын
Thank you Cobhams for such an inspirational talk ...and for defining in bold, the true meaning of challenging conventional wisdom.
@mohzyzmosugu87059 жыл бұрын
This was a revealing story that I relate to. The Idea of sight as a distraction(shopping scenario) really got me thinking
@BeWorded7 жыл бұрын
Cobhams is the Helen Keller of this Era. You are a source of encouragement to many persons who are enmeshed in their state of disillusionment!
@linkoglobalventureslimited87835 жыл бұрын
Excellent speech from a man we all called blind man... So what my excuse and your excuse for failure if a man that is blind can now show us that there is able in disability... Here him and I quote he said sight a distraction to goals... Two u must learn how to trust so much lesson in just on sermon... God guide us in our various field of ENDEAVOURS.... I summit... Bless up Cobham's
@diggiada11 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic talk! "You have to be blind to be focused" that will stay with me forever
@xxmamaxxable9 жыл бұрын
SICK!!! Loved every bit of it! And that last lesson about being blind to be focused, really hit home! Thank you Cobhams!
@isaacige6 жыл бұрын
But who are those disliking this type of information.
@adelekedavidadekunle564611 жыл бұрын
Brother, you did just great! You drove it home again!
@madukaaustin99319 жыл бұрын
There is no excuse for failure. Thanks Cobhams
@anneokpi31203 жыл бұрын
This is one of my best Ted talks...second only to those of Chimanda! So enlightening!
@Amarachiijoy2 жыл бұрын
No doubt!
@anita60557 жыл бұрын
Wow!! I'm glad I watched this,Precious gems dropped by Cobhams.."Be Blind to be Focused"
@timileyinafolabi28422 жыл бұрын
Omg..The world needs to see this
@abrokenlife11 жыл бұрын
I am completely TRANSFORMED from the inside. This is the message I have waited for all my life!
@okeperfecta2316 жыл бұрын
Sir you are a blessing to this generation
@akinoladabiri52853 жыл бұрын
This was an excellent video to watch at this time. What an amazing speech
@RAB__TV2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Cobhams. I have been watching this video for the third time
@1XclusiveFBA5 жыл бұрын
the link to the African continent in the conclusion was brilliant, it had me clapping in my head all through. Exceptional human, exceptional speaker, for a person who doesn't like conferences.
@davidobinga84603 жыл бұрын
You're such a blessing sir cobhams
@ahmedkarage96336 жыл бұрын
Truer words have never been spoken on Tedx.
@beckiemua5 жыл бұрын
I pray God heals you in the mighty name of Jesus!🙏🏾Please Lord Do it for him
@voriskinlaw97757 жыл бұрын
Thiz Dude "Cobhams"...So Much Power and Life's Wisdom picked up along the Way...2 a point,I can both empathize & sympathize(partial blindness @ birth & 16yrs old/eye operation)..."U Have To B Blind To B Focused"(I'm getting ready to hear what he 🎼🎵🎶🎧🎤🎷🎸🔊🎹🎺🎻💿sounds like)....that will stick the rest of my life with me!!!
@kennethekoyata12673 жыл бұрын
This is the best video I've seen on KZbin. Ain't joking.
@uchedumbi8 жыл бұрын
What a message Cobhams.Thanks a million and God Bless you.
@jaykudjo4 жыл бұрын
gush watching this video makes me wanna turn back the hands of time and be so grateful for what had blessed me with?
@BukolaPereira7 жыл бұрын
Oh my my!! What a great talk. Thanks and may the Lord grant you more wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.
@OlaTunBossun Жыл бұрын
This remains gold 🥇🪙
@chuksbruno52689 жыл бұрын
it was so inspiring, i could feel the raw passion as he spoke...nice one bro
@kellyamouzou72784 жыл бұрын
Divine. Thank You Sir
@joshuaadeleke228811 жыл бұрын
Be blind to be focused! My eyes can be a distraction... so trueeeee...thk u cobhams for delivering in grand style.
@renaudlemieux15 жыл бұрын
Be blind if you think yoy will be more focused im sure you gonna love it
@ijeononogbu809711 жыл бұрын
Powerful powerful message......' Do not excuse failure for any reason on any account '
@umeobichisom11 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, he has said it all as it pertains blindness-physical, spiritual, emotional or social (ethical) and I agree totally...God bless you exceedingly TEDx and Cobhams
@ShainjoDepuun-kg7ws7 ай бұрын
I am glad to be lucky to watch this
@dejilope8 жыл бұрын
Indeed...we need to be blind to be focused. Thank you, you have always been an inspiration to me.
@renaudlemieux15 жыл бұрын
We need to be blind to be focused ?
@funtoayenakin57534 жыл бұрын
Not physical blindness. Blind to distractions.
@sommadinaozim1434 жыл бұрын
Cobhams you did me proud.
@anthonyajibolaomoruyi80546 жыл бұрын
A real life experiences. What a great inspiration.
@jerryjoe81234 жыл бұрын
You're a testament Sir 💕
@emmanuelmwamba55823 жыл бұрын
wow this is so inspiring. just got me focus on my purpose
@libertyokechukwu79292 жыл бұрын
this man is a king...crown him!!
@JenniferEhidiamen11 жыл бұрын
Inspiring!! Excuse no failure! Trust! Be blind to distractions!! Yes boss!!
@oreoluwaayanleye20482 жыл бұрын
Who's watching this in 2022? The gift of blindness - so inspiring
@ralphpapino40658 жыл бұрын
inspirational! No excuses , determination,hard work and grace will definitely put you high .
@preciousfires50886 жыл бұрын
this is mind blowing, I am indeed inspired.... tnx Cobham's
@shobowalelukmandavid94768 жыл бұрын
wow....I was inspired greatly.
@zenicemails8 жыл бұрын
"you have to be blind in other to be focused." blind to distractions that take us away from our goals. "Not to excuse failure" Turn a blind eye to insurmountable challenge s. Trust even when you have no reason
@mmusa64866 жыл бұрын
Ya definitely you have to be blind to failures
@ifeanyioffor47133 жыл бұрын
Cobhams is a blessing to humanity
@vinnyzworld10 жыл бұрын
You are an Inspiration. God bless you.
@abundantslife3 жыл бұрын
2021 still watching....cobhams is a motivation
@iamstrange. Жыл бұрын
God bless you, Cobhams.
@PatrickAnigbo11 жыл бұрын
Great guy! Inspirational talk. A great Africa Day in London.
@TheNyakaat5 жыл бұрын
God bless you sir. You are a hero and a role model to me!!!
@sosolyricsworld4 жыл бұрын
Watching in 2020. And this is so inspiring
@odayura75968 жыл бұрын
i am indeed inspired! GOD Bless you.
@Doctor_Boy-0111 жыл бұрын
Excuse is a gentle way of telling lie. Great inspirational @ Cobhams . . .
@anyax7011 жыл бұрын
Powerful. This has stayed with me
@ihebunandujerry40584 жыл бұрын
I am inspired by this talk
@oguziechimakenneth72779 жыл бұрын
i was inspired especially towards my dreams. thank you Cobhams Asquo
@analystsenior51704 ай бұрын
The title tells it all 🙏🏾
@alamujuliana44143 жыл бұрын
Wow wow.....I am so inspired to be better
@sharonkaburuk95768 жыл бұрын
Wow wow wow.. Inspiring
@odesolaoluwaseun71754 жыл бұрын
This got me the best Ted talk ever
@adegokejoshua83397 жыл бұрын
this is wonderful... I really learnt a lot from this. thanks tedx
@ewomaogheneilaya29002 жыл бұрын
Wow. This is loaded
@chukwuakugreen18042 жыл бұрын
9ja's Stevie wonder! God bless and keep u sir.
@olalekanabayomi92363 жыл бұрын
Thank you cobams.. God bless you.
@EvansThePriest11 жыл бұрын
Do not excuse failure on no account, for no reason. Trust even when you have no reason to. Be blind to be focused.
@enoobongudo6754 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Such an inspiration.
@rosekenneth86759 жыл бұрын
Oh! my God this dude is wonderfully and beautiful made..you remind me of barracks life, Army barracks wow am so happy now to come out from that experience.
@Olehenry9 жыл бұрын
Thank you Rose kenneth for sharing! I wanted too, to invite BJ Beasley to this talk and your comment which bring such value. BJ: from the bottom of my heart.