Learning to Love Uncertainty and Failure

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June 25, 2011 a project of CharityFocus All models are false but some are useful. - George E. P. Box - Learning to Love Uncertainty and Failure Edge Magazine called for eminent scientists, philosophers, and artists to submit responses to the question, "What scientific concept would improve everybody's toolkit?" The results have recently been published online. A common basis among the responses was that many people currently misunderstand the scientific process, undervalue the need for scientific doubt, and fail to recognize the role of failure. As remedies, the world's biggest brains suggest better understanding the limits of what science can tell us, being comfortable with uncertainty, and knowing the worth of failure as valuable tools that would improve our lives. { read more } Be The Change What are some open questions that excite you? For inspiration, a short passage by celebrated poet Rainer Maria Rilke on "Living our Questions:" { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Longevity in Relationships: 10 Tips Six Keys to Excellence The Myth of Multi-Tasking Habits May Be Good for You DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,501 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Why Is Humility So Underrated?

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June 24, 2011 a project of CharityFocus A universal characteristic of genius is humility. - David Hawkins - Why Is Humility So Underrated? Generally we don't equate genius with being humble. If anything, we expect the opposite, and are pleasantly surprised when we find a counterexample. But this presumption is actually relatively modern. Ancient Romans believed that a genius was actually an invisible, divine entity who would assist a person in a creative work. In effect, this view positions a person as an instrument of their work, as opposed to the supreme creator of it; built-in to this perspective was a way of fostering humility within the gift of extraordinary capability. Viral Mehta, long-time visionary of DailyGood, shares an insightful article on humility. { read more } Be The Change Practice humility by listening deeply to a point of view you disagree with. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 9 Ways to be Happy in the Next 30 Minutes The Most Vital Lessons for Starting Over Life Without Worry Our Mentors Are Where We Are DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,510 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Sometimes It Just Takes a Penny

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June 23, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Great acts are made up of small deeds. - Lao Tzu - Sometimes It Just Takes a Penny In this real-life kindness story, a man inspires generosity in a homeless woman after being approached by her for money. Having just heard good news in a friend's life, he offers to buy food for her and shares his inspiration with the homeless lady: "Something nice happened to my friend recently, after a lot of struggles. When you came in, I thought that I should keep that chain of goodness going and do something for someone else. My act is small compared to my friend's joy, but still, the love continues. You know what I mean? We have to keep the chain of love going." After he buys her some food, the homeless lady consciously picks out a coin from her change, and drops a penny in the tip-jar! "You kept the chain of love going," he states. "Yes, I did," she affirms. { read more } Be The Change Look for an everyday moment to turn into an opportunity to serve in a small way. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The World's Happiest People 5 Classic Commencement Speeches Bell Curve of Empathy Over Ten Thousand People Attend His Funeral DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,499 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Soap That Saves Lives

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June 22, 2011 a project of CharityFocus It's not good enough for us to complain about what other people aren't doing for us. It's important that we all band together, think of an idea and pursue it. - Derreck Kayongo - Soap That Saves Lives Perhaps he noticed because his father was a soapmaker in Uganda. When Derreck Kayongo learned how much soap was thrown away by hoteliers in the US, and that 2 million children die each year due to a lack of santitation, he decided to do something about it. He started Global Soap Project. Volunteers across the U.S. collect the hotel soaps and ship them to the group's warehouse in Atlanta. On Saturdays, Atlanta volunteers assemble there to clean, reprocess and package the bars. Then, they work with partner organizations to ship and distribute the soap directly to people who need it -- for free. Thanks to this CNN Hero, more than 100,000 bars have been gifted to communities in nine countries. { read more } Submitted by: Fran Korten Be The Change Tell a local hotel about the Global Soap Project. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 15-Year-Old's Bucket List Goes Viral 25 Visionaries Changing Your World Leap of Faith Thinking Outside the Human Mind DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,530 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Measuring the Wisdom of a Crowd

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June 21, 2011 a project of CharityFocus No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. - H. E. Luccock - Measuring the Wisdom of a Crowd The "intelligence" of a group can be measured, according to a new study, and it has little to do with the brain power of its individual members. What makes a team more intelligent has more to do with the group's interactions. More equal participation and greater social awareness on the part of its members are the key factors in predicting a group's intelligence. "It really calls into question our notion of what intelligence is," said study lead author Anita Williams Woolley of Carnegie Mellon. "It's been thought about as something that resides in one person." Instead, three key social factors were correlated with group intelligence: how good the group was at distributing turn-taking, how socially sensitive the group members were, and how many women were on each team. { read more } Be The Change In your next meeting, explore appropriate ways of eliciting the group's wisdom. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Students Debut Life-Saving Infant Warmer New Way to Watch your Blood Pressure Six New Planets: Mini-Neptunes Found Around Sunlike Star If Santa Claus Was An Engineer... DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 106,545 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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