Category Archives: makes me smile
Help Box of Crayons Celebrate 10 Years!
July 4th is Box of Crayons’ 10th birthday. We’re going to celebrate and there will be presents for all (and prizes for some). As you might know, our guiding values are to: Provoke Impact. We’re doing this to change things … Continue reading
Why you need to look up in the night sky
Because we are made of star dust. As Neil deGrasse Tyson explain in this short video, it’s the most astounding thing about our universe.
Three new (and unexpected) tools to fight malaria
Cheese, dogs and pills. Bart Knols at TedxMaastricht. (not up for rubbing cheese on your feet? You could always buy a copy of End Malaria instead…)
Wednesday’s World Malaria Day. Take a minute & save a life
30,000 thousand nets so far You’ll know that in September I published End Malaria, a collection of useful, provocative, challenging and generally awesome essays on how to do more Great Work. The list of contributors is amazing, from Tom Peters to Brene Brown, … Continue reading
1000 Awesome Things – the Top 10 countdown!
You’ll likely have stumbled over Neil Pasricha’s funky, quirky and delightful website 1000awesomethings.com in the last year or three. It’s spawned a number of best-selling books as he’s taking us through his top 1000 awesome things. He’s down to #8 … Continue reading
What OK Go Can Teach Us About Being a Change Agent
There’s something insanely satisfying and beautiful about putting together a complex process and watching it all unfold they way it should. It takes courage, inspiration, commitment and vision… many of the qualities you find in change agents. The latest genius … Continue reading
What are your key words for 2012?
You may have seen in yesterday’s post on the three questions that matter a reference to Chris Brogan’s theme words of the year. (He’s just announced his 2012 words here.) I really like this as an alternative to the much-maligned … Continue reading
How It Gets Better
I hope you’ve seen some of the “it gets better” videos, created for LGBT youth by LGBT adults and others who’ve survived that terrifically difficult process of discovering and accepting your sexuality all while putting up with the insults and … Continue reading
