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Do One Nice Thing; and make the world better one Monday at a time.

May 1, 2009
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Sorry, Charles Dickens. It’s certainly not the best of times, but it’s also not the worst of times. Despite everything going on in the world now, you can make it better. Yes, you can, and you don’t have to spend a lot of money or time to do it. Here’s how I found out. During [...]

Uniquely Yours

May 1, 2009
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My friend Vinod Savanth is an animal lover with a heart as big as Texas. He treats his three dogs well and is a responsible pet owner. He has a long commute, as many of us do. And on that commute, he frequently sees dogs and cats injured by cars. Traffic is so heavy where [...]

charity:water

March 30, 2009
dirty water

Right now, 1.1 billion people on the planet don’t have access to safe, clean drinking water. That’s one in six of us. Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Many people in the developing world, [...]

Personal Changes; Drip by Drip

March 29, 2009
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So you want to do something life changing but just don’t know where to start….. Break down an element of behavior that will be necessary to make the change into the smallest repeatable part. Then do just that tiny little thing every day. For example, losing weight requires eating less and moving more. So, taking [...]

Career Renegade: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love By Jonathan Fields

March 1, 2009
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Career Renegade: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love By Jonathan Fields (Broadway Books, 2009) Starving artist? Sheepwalker? Frustrated Yes-man? Stuck? Think again. If you need direction about how to move into the leadership position by learning how to kick-start a new and prosperous career, fellow dripper Jonathan Fields’ new book, Career Renegade: [...]

Helping the homeless; they don’t need more blankets

February 28, 2009
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I recently read a blog which said, “The homeless need us, hand out more blankets.” It made me fairly angry. The homeless do need you. But not like this. I was homeless for 18 months. What the homeless need is NOT more blankets and mittens. The homeless need to be identified as either working or non-working [...]

Giving thanks by inviting more folks to the table

November 6, 2008
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Oh, the siren song of the Thanksgiving table, sagging with the weight of wonderful foods, wobbly with wine, a gathering place for family and friends. The song’s refrain always returns to the food, its tantalizing aromas, the profusion of colors and textures, the sheer volume of consumables. It’s a pretty picture. Consider another picture. What [...]