How’s this for emotional: BuddyMedia‘s founder, Mike Lazerow, takes a poignant retrospective of his life in this moving video. Often we stereotype high-level executives and CEOs as money hungry and greedy, but when you look at their life circumstances—like Lazerow’s near-death experiences—you can see what helped shape their drive and determination to succeed.

In response, many submitted videos that are just as haunting, like the one below. Watch…and get moving.