While the images in the video and the music were wonderful in the video, the ambiguity of many of the affirmations created thoughts of analysis. This video has too many affirmations that seem to me to be more negative in effect than positive.

The connotation may be due to the word choices. Discipline isn’t something I think of as pleasant. I found myself thinking that it was misplaced in the sense that the video is intended to display. Therefore, I didn’t enjoy this video as much as I have others.

Key Points from this Inspirational Video:

• Character is something that is built
• Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments
• Discipline has rewards
• Success is disciplines practiced every day
• There isn’t a time limit on trying

Overall Rating (1-5): 3

Entertainment Rating (1-5): 3

I found the images and music wonderful, but the text lacking. The images are what kept me watching as I found beauty in them.

Instructional Rating (1-5): 1

Although the lesson the video is trying to convey is that each individual is responsible for their own success and happiness, I was turned off by the ambiguous statements that I found more negative than positive, especially “Don’t wish for things to be better, wish you were better.” To me, this says that I am not good enough yet and need to be better to reach minimum standards.

Sincere thanks and appreciation goes out to Elizabeth Giffin for this in-depth inspirational video review!