The Power and Benefit of Circles

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November 12, 2011 a project of CharityFocus We dance round in a ring and suppose, But the Secret sits in the middle and knows. - Robert Frost - The Power and Benefit of Circles One of the oldest, most widespread, and effective tools for creating personal and social change is the Circle. This organizational form is used for an array of purposes and appears under different names in a variety of contexts and cultures in countries around the world. In the United States, millions of people form self-organized literature circles, otherwise known as book clubs. In Japan, hundreds of companies like Toyota and Honda invite employees to join quality circles, a kind of self-managed work team. And in India, NGOs and banks regularly create lending circles to deliver financial services to the poor and to encourage community development. This article delves into the beneficial power of circles and how to leverage them. { read more } Be The Change Take a moment to reflect on the circles you are a part of in your own life and their impact on you. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Decision-Making Flaw in Powerful People Ways to Connect More Deeply Leadership Lessons from Everyday Life Not Enough Time? Try Doing Nothing DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 110,164 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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5 Great Books on the Science of Being Wrong

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November 11, 2011 a project of CharityFocus The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal. - Seth Godin - 5 Great Books on the Science of Being Wrong "The intricate mechanisms of the human mind are endlessly fascinating. We've previously explored various facets of how the mind works -- from how we decide, to what makes us happy, to why music affects us so deeply -- and today we're turning to when it doesn't: Here are five fantastic reads on why we err, what it means to be wrong, and how to make cognitive lemonade out of wrongness's lemons." Cultural curator Maria Popova shares further. { read more } Be The Change Make a conscious effort to be willing to be wrong. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Most Vital Lessons for Starting Over Four Ways to Respond in an Argument How We Can Change Our Minds How to Transform Negative Emotions DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 110,125 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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8 Approaches to Simplicity

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November 10, 2011 a project of CharityFocus I wouldn't give a nickel for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity. - Albert Einstein - 8 Approaches to Simplicity Uncluttered, Ecological, Family, Compassionate, Soulful, Business, Civic, Frugal. According to Duane Elgin, author of the classic 'Voluntary Simplicity,' these eight words constitute distinct aspects of simplicity. "As these eight approaches illustrate, the growing culture of simplicity contains a flourishing garden of expressions whose great diversity -- and intertwined unity -- are creating a resilient and hardy ecology of learning about how to live more sustainable and meaningful lives. As with other ecosystems, it is the diversity of expressions that fosters flexibility, adaptability and resilience. Because there are so many pathways into the garden of simplicity, this self-organizing movement has enormous potential to grow." { read more } Be The Change Try out one or more of Duane Elgin's approaches to simplicity today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Most Vital Lessons for Starting Over A Change of Heart Changes Everything The Mathematics of Being Nice Squeeze Out Your Creative Juices DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 110,100 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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3 Lessons From A Collapsed Lung

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November 9, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. - Arthur Golden - 3 Lessons From A Collapsed Lung "At the start of my junior year at USC, my left lung spontaneously collapsed unexpectedly. After being admitted to the ER, I spent four days at the Good Samaritan Hospital with a uncomfortable chest tube jutting out of my body. This was my first, real, and personal encounter of the true fragility of life: the fact that I could possess perfect health one day then instantly have to cling on for dear life the next - without any warning whatsoever. I recovered quickly, and I did my best to learn the lessons from this challenging but extremely revealing experience. Lessons like: being grateful for good health, keeping a powerfully positive attitude, and living life fully each day. So, just five weeks later, with no tubes to hold me back, I made a huge turnaround by seizing my dream of walking-on to the USC football team." Social entrepreneur Bronson Chang shares an inspiring personal story. { read more } Be The Change Approach the next adversity you face, no matter how minor it is, with gratitude, positivity, and fulfillment. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Inspirational Graduation Speech by Autistic Student A 15-Year-Old's Bucket List Goes Viral Change Your Life with a Thank-You Note Pilot Holds Plane for a Dying Child DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 110,070 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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Discovering My Own Values

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November 8, 2011 a project of CharityFocus You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself. - Alan Alda - Discovering My Own Values "For most of my life, I believe I inherited my values from my context. Working at Facebook, efficiency and leverage became important to me, along with openness, connectedness, impact. These were the things that kept me up at night. What should've kept me up was my dad's cancer. He'd been diagnosed sometime while I was in college, but I'd mostly pretended he hadn't because that was easier. I assumed he'd just get better. But then one day, during my Facebook years, he got worse. X-years-to-live type of thing. I was tempted to push the news aside again and go back to helping democratize the world's information (also known as processing my email) when something inside me flipped, snapped, woke up, sang out. I saw suddenly that I was living on autopilot." Leah Perlman, co-author of Facebook for Dummies, shares a heartfelt deep-dive about uncovering her own values. { read more } Be The Change What are your own values -- explore the question with a friend. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Most Vital Lessons for Starting Over How a Wandering Mind Affects Your Mood Planning & Other Paths To Less Stress Why Gratitude Is Good DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 110,025 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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