I Wanted To Change The World
By Unknown Monk, 1100 A.D.When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.
I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.
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The continuous reminder to look within for happiness, growth and meaning.
“ The new foundation for scaling a large org is providing authentic value that inspires your community (formerly known as customers) so much that they cannot help but become vested in your cause and become your ambassadors, your teachers, and your leaders. ”
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Read the full post entitled: Community and Camaraderie are the Foundations of 21st Century Business
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You might be innovative — but are you awesome? For most, the answer is: no. Game over: in the 21st century, if you’re merely innovative, prepare to be disrupted by awesomeness.
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If you don’t know how to be awesome, ask your customers, ask your children, ask your employees. go to bioneers.org. find out how to be better. your employees will love you for it.
”The Awesomeness Manifesto - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org (via davemorin) (via papilicious) (via hiten)
“ The first step, then, is for designers to begin to imagine themselves as leaders – of design firms, of communities, of cultural organizations, of corporations, of government, of society. Designers do not need to position themselves as second to anyone. Tall order? Remember, big changes are easier to make than small ones. You have a secret weapon: Why, in novels and movies, does the architect always get the girl? The psychologist doesn’t. It’s not because the architect knows how to fix electric plugs. It’s because architects have a special mystique. Throughout history architects are associated with greatness, with creativity and beauty and strength and the courage and drama of designing and building a great cathedral or thrilling skyscraper or a lush park or an exciting and beautiful city or a simple, elegant home. ”
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So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
But that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress that the world has ever known. We were born out of revolution against an empire. We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words — within our borders, and around the world. We are shaped by every culture, drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept: E pluribus unum — “Out of many, one.”
”Obama’s Cairo message to Muslim world. Transcript - Lynn Sweet (via rahmin)
My pal Buster (yep, real name) just released an amazing iPhone application for foodies. Locavore detects your current location and lets you know what local fruits and vegetables are in season. Not only that, it shows you where the closest greenmarkets are located and has recipes for each food from Epicurious. (Learn More)awesome.
Can’t wait till these guys get major funding.
“ Nothing will work, but everything might. Now is the time for experiments, lots and lots of experiments, each of which will seem as minor at launch as craigslist did, as Wikipedia did, as octavo volumes did ”
Clay Shirky, again (via betaworks)
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Good To Know of the Day: Which evil conglomerate owns your favorite mom-and-pop organic foods company.
Click here for High-res. More eye-opening food industry charts here.
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“What do you mean Cascadian Farms is owned by a conglomerate?!?!?!?! I’m going back to buying conventional food sprayed with DDT and Agent Orange. That’s the smart choice. Thanks, meaningless chart!”
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Good To Know of the Day: Which evil conglomerate owns your favorite mom-and-pop organic foods company.
Click here for High-res. More eye-opening food industry charts here.
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“What do you mean Cascadian Farms is owned by a conglomerate?!?!?!?! I’m going back to buying conventional food sprayed with DDT and Agent Orange. That’s the smart choice. Thanks, meaningless chart!”
Just goes to show how little we know about our food.
“ In the pursuit of knowledge, something is added every day. In the pursuit of enlightenment, something is dropped every day. -Lao Tzu ”
Twitter / Zappos.com CEO -Tony: “In the pursuit of knowled … (via rahmin)
“ Why does Wall St’s business as usual seem to be gaming the rules, gambling away other people’s money, and cooking the books to hide the losses? Because Wall St’s operating system has a single instruction: my job is to rip your face off. ”
The Finance 2.0 Manifesto - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org (via brooksjordan)
tedr says: steal your face right off your head
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