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Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.
– Les Brown –
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A School for the Homeless In Las Vegas
Principal Sherrie Gahn knew she had a problem that a traditional public school could not fix. Inside Whitney Elementary School in East Las Vegas, nearly 85 percent of the children are homeless. That’s 518 kids out of 610. “When I saw the children eating ketchup for lunch, and wanting to take it home,” she says, “it just crushed me,” says Gahn. So she came up with a plan involving the kids, their parents and the community. “I told the parents that I would give them whatever they need,” Gahn says. “All I need them to do is give me their children and let me teach them. In turn I will give you food and clothes and we will take them to the eye doctor. I will pay your rent, pay your utilities, but keep your child here.” { read more }
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Consider volunteering with a school or mentoring students in your community. |
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Video of the Week
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Jun 17, 2011 |
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Hope is an Action
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| The story began in 2006 when Nyla Rodgers suffered the sudden loss of her mother to cancer. As an only child raised by a single mom, it was like losing her entire family all at once. A few months later she happened to be in Kenya working for the UN and decided to look up a young man her mother had sponsored there named Benard Olando. She met Benard in Kisumu and, along with him, hundreds of women whose parents had died of AIDS whom her mom had also helped. They welcomed her in an unexpected and overwhelmingly moving celebration. Nyla describes that it was that day that her work found her … and Mama Hope was born. |
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Each of you is perfect the way you are … and you can use a little improvement.
– Shunryu Suzuki –
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25 Reasons to Embrace Criticism
Criticism isn’t always easy to receive — and yet, it can be transformed into an opportunity for personal growth, emotional development, time efficiency, improved relationships, and self-confidence. This article shares 25 reasons to embrace criticism: “I realize criticism doesn’t always come gently from someone legitimately trying to help. A lot of the feedback we receive is unsolicited and doesn’t come from teachers — or maybe all of it does. We can’t control what other people will say to us, whether they’ll approve or form opinions and share them. But we can control how we internalize it, respond to it, and learn from it, and when we release it and move on. If you’ve been having a hard time dealing with criticism lately, it may help to remember the following:” { read more }
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This week, keep yourself open to criticism — and turn it into an opportunity to grow. |
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If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
– Mother Teresa –
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Social Media for Social Change
Kecia Cruz’s son had been sleeping on a cold linoleum floor since returning to live with his mother nearly two weeks ago. Cruz has served time in prison and her son is a recovering drug addict. Cruz sees her child’s return as a second chance. She didn’t want him sleeping on the floor, but she didn’t know where to turn. Her neighbor had an answer: Beremedy — an organization that utilizes social media such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs to streamline the donation of food, clothing and furniture to people in need. The name is a short way to say “you be the remedy for someone in need. Within 15 minutes of posting Cruz’s need, a hairstylist with a spare mattress responded. In the spirit of generosity Beremedy connects the dots this way multiple times a day — every single day. { read more }
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Find a way to connect to needs in your own neighborhood. |
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When you enter the moment with heightened awareness, what you need to do becomes obvious. You discover that you already have the answers.
– Patricia Ryan Madson –
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The Neuroscience of Improv
How does an act of imagination happen? How does the mind create on command? Recent experiments have attempted to figure out the mystery behind this kind of creativity, from John Coltrane letting loose on a saxophone to Jackson Pollock dripping paint on a canvas. These are works made entirely in the moment – their beauty is spontaneous. Researchers have found that before a single note was played, jazz improv pianists exhibited a “deactivation” of the DLPFC, a brain area associated with planned actions and self-control. They were inhibiting their inhibitions, which allowed them to create without worrying about what they were creating. There was also a spike in the medial prefrontal cortex, an area often linked with self-expression. This article delves further into how creativity springs from a choreographed set of mental events. { read more }
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There are times to plan, and times to substitute attention for preparation. A Stanford Theater Professor on knowing when to improvise: { more } |
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Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy — they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices.
– Jeff Bezos –
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5 Classic Commencement Speeches
It’s graduation season, so commencement addresses by actors, politicians, writers, musicians and other luminaries are sweeping the world of higher education, sharing advice ranging from the humorous to the profound. Even for those of us that aren’t students, it becomes an opportunity to reflect on the most compelling, provocative and deeply inspirational speeches of years past. This article highlights five favorites — including offerings from J.K. Rowling, Steve Jobs, and Meryl Streep — that delve into the benefits of failure, what calligraphy has to do with Apple’s success, and the nature of gifts vs. choices. { read more }
Be The Change
Consider what your own “words to live by” would be, and take steps to be in increased alignment with them. |
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In every community there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart there is the power to do it.
– Marianne Williamson –
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A 15-Year-Old’s Bucket List Goes Viral
Alice Pyne, 15, has been battling a deadly form of cancer for the last four years that is now spreading throughout her body. Last week at her mother’s suggestion the teenager started a blog for friends and family, titled “Alice’s Bucket List” and included her life wishes (high on the list were swimming with sharks and having everybody sign up as bone marrow donors). No one anticipated the tidal wave of support that followed. Thanks to the internet, in less than a week hundreds of thousands all over the world, including Britain’s Prime Minister, had rallied to help Alice check off as many of her bucket list items as possible. { read more }
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Write Alice a note of support and well-wishes. { more } |
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| Jun 12, 2011 |
| “Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.” — Kahlil Gibran |
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 “I work at a school and today I went in extra early to decorate the caretaker’s little office. I decorated it with balloons, banners and streamers and left a chocolate orange on his table, for his 50th birthday. He gets to school early each morning, and when he arrives today, I hope this little surprise will make him smile.” — damsel182
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| “Sometimes I feel that life hasn’t been kind to me but recently I realized that I haven’t done too much for the world either. So instead of waiting for when happiness will come to me, I wanna spread it to others so I can make someone happy. When I know I have made a positive difference for someone, even if it’s a small one, I will be happy.” — janjiyer |
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Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one’s courage.
– Anais Nin –
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How One Teenager Used Her Life Savings
After finishing high school in New Jersey, Maggie Doyne took a gap year during which she did service projects and cultural programs in South Asia. In India, she met a teenage refugee who had escaped Nepal seven years earlier. Maggie felt moved to accompany the girl back to Nepal in search of her family. In the process, she was deeply touched by the orphans she met in the villages. “It was really this rude awakening,” Maggie said. “I thought, it only takes $5 admission and $5 for a uniform to put her into school. Why can’t I do that?” So Maggie had her parents wire her all $5000 of her life savings, using it to build an orphanage and then a school for children in that remote area. She continues to run it at the ripe age of 24. { read more }
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Follow your inner voice and take a small but courageous step today. |
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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
– Isaac Newton –
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Four Myths About Mentoring
When people think of mentoring, they often think of an older executive counseling a young upstart. The senior leader advises the junior employee on his career, how to navigate the world of work, and what she needs to do to get ahead. But mentoring has changed a lot in the last few decades. The traditional mentor-mentee relationship is not necessarily a thing of the past, but it’s no longer the standard. Now, there are many ways to get the information and guidance you need. This article from the Harvard Business Review expands on four myths of mentoring, including: “You have to find one perfect mentor,” “Mentoring is a formal long-term relationship,” and “Mentoring is for junior people.” { read more }
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Have you benefited from an inspiring mentorship? Share your experiences with other readers here. { more } |
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