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September 18, 2024
7 Free Motivational Talks by Author Leo Buscaglia
Leo Buscaglia was a University of Southern California professor who taught a popular course called Love 1A. The popularity of his course and of his book Love, led to a series of motivational talks that he delivered on public television in the 1980s and 1990s. Recently seven of these talks have become available through the PBS KVIE YouTube Channel. While his books are great, maybe the best way to experience Buscaglia is through his dynamic talks. Start watching one of the talks below, and you might just find yourself watching them all!
1. The Art of Being Fully Human
In this one-hour talk called “The Art of Being Fully Human”, Buscaglia provides advice on living life to the fullest. His speaking style is infectious as he tells many tales about his life and others who have embraced a the art of being fully human. Frustrated with academic teachings that teach us about everything except how to love and live life, Buscaglia created his own method of teaching to personally reach his students. The talk is full of many truths that connect us as humans and that can motivate us to being more human to ourselves and others.
Author and professor Leo Buscaglia gives his unique take on time management as he encourages his audience to act now on the things most important in life. He briefly breaks down the amount of time we do major activities in our lifetime such as working, eating, sleeping, watching TV, and even going to the bathroom. Through humorous anecdotes and quotes, Buscaglia invites us to take action on the important things in life and not waste it. He encourages us to take time for learning, for joy, for silence, for giving, and for love. He closes by asking, “If not now, when?” Enjoy this uplifting talk on the importance of time from Dr. Leo Buscaglia.
In this wonderful talk from Leo Buscaglia, he provides advice on all of the relationships in our lives. Starting with marriage and romantic relationships, he urges individuals to reach out and not build a wall around ourselves, waiting for the perfect person. Buscaglia outlines some of the key factors that lead to successful relationships. Expanding from our romantic relationships, he suggests ways to make deeper connections with everyone we know. An enormous advocate of hugging, Buscaglia points to the importance of physical contact for being fully alive. In a society full of loneliness, he passionately preaches that our connection and love for other people is one of the most important aspects of our lives.
In this talk from Leo Buscaglia, he shares the many ways we can express love in our lives. He tells stories of not just romantic love, but love for everyone and everything. From loving the elderly to loving food to loving nature, Buscaglia shares his passionate love for life. He is able to bring love to almost everything he does from waiting in airports to driving. He may change your perspective on loving what we otherwise might feel is mundane, bringing out the magic in our lives and ourselves. Tap into your own human potential by expanding your capacity to love!
5. A Love Class
This video differs from Leo Buscaglia’s other PBS specials in that he sits down and talks with a small group instead of delivering a talk before a large audience. The focus of the wide-ranging discussion is relationships. They talk about the challenges of starting relationships and keeping them growing. Buscaglia provides many insights to the points raised by the small group and you get a sense of what Buscaglia’s famous love class was all about.
At the age of 70, Leo Buscaglia delivered this talk on love throughout one’s lifetime. From the outset of the talk, he reminds us that love is a verb and you have to go out and get it! He tells tales of love from throughout his life from his first kiss to going to his homeland in Italy and the familial love he experienced there. Buscaglia talks about the high divorce rate in America and some of the reasons he thinks that exists. Throughout the talk he shares his love of connecting with all people from children to the elderly, and how he loves to bring a positive and joyous attitude to negative situations.
Get in the Christmas spirit with Leo Buscaglia as he shares many stories from Christmastime in this talk. From his Christmas playing Santa Claus to a Christmas he spent in the hospital, Buscaglia brings joy to all his holiday gatherings. He acknowledges while we get caught up in shopping for gifts, we often lose sight of the story of Christmas and the love Jesus shared for everyone. He also wants us to create wonderful Christmas memories that we can look back on later in life. And he encourages us to give ourselves the gift of a new birth each year at Christmas and to begin life anew no matter what our age.
Enjoy these wonderful talks from the Leo Buscaglia Collection available to watch for free on YouTube for the first time!
And if you want to hear more of Buscaglia, check out our LearnOutLoud Author Page devoted to him:
Leo Buscaglia Love Talks and Audio Books on LearnOutLoud.com