Birdman & The Shining Fire Hydrant

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April 5, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun. - John Lennon - Birdman & The Shining Fire Hydrant At first thought, prison might seem like an unusual place to go mining for wisdom. But Insight-Out might make you think differently. Insight-Out refers to a special program at California state prison San Quentin. It is a program that guides inmates on a healing process so they are able to come back out transformed and ready to serve others. One man, known simply as Birdman, offers a small story from his own journey that transformed an unjust punishment into a priceless gift. Read on and be touched by his wisdom -- from the inside out. { read more } Be The Change Try to take pride and find joy in what you do on a daily basis, whether it be at work, at home, or in the relationships you hold dear. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News How to Change When Change Is Hard 15 Serious Games Aiming to Change the World Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? The College Course That's Changing Lives Building A Regret Free Life On Navigating Stuckness 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People Resilience: The Opposite of Depression DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 144,628 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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The Power of 1% Shifts: Or How One Coach Beat the Odds

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April 4, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment; full effort is full victory. - M.K. Gandhi - The Power of 1% Shifts: Or How One Coach Beat the Odds Imagine a scenario where you set your goal to win the Tour de France in five years time--and instead, you do it in three, and win it twice in a row. Not only that, your team goes on to win 70 percent of the Gold medals at the Olympics in the very same year you break your record for the Tour de France. Sound like a dream? This is what happened for the British cyclists on Team Sky when instead of focusing on large-scale impressive improvements in the time set aside for training, they set their sights on the immense power released in small, "1 percent" improvements, or "shifts," in their daily life, or what their coach refers to as the "aggregation of marginal gains." What they found was that the seemingly small decisions we make at every moment have a powerful effect over time-- and this aggregated effect can act as the key to achieving our highest goals. { read more } Be The Change Experiment in increasing your practice of generosity by one percent today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News There's More to Life Than Being Happy The College Course That's Changing Lives The Science of Love Relationships Are More Important than Ambition 10 Life-Changing Perspectives On Anger On Navigating Stuckness Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 144,524 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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We Are Connected In Mysterious Ways

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April 3, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. - Karl Augustus Menninger - We Are Connected In Mysterious Ways "In some mysterious way I am you and you are I. Certainly, I don't feel that I've understood this as deeply as it may be possible to understand it. But there is some way in which I have to be able to listen to you if I want to move in the direction of the kind of life that's possible for us here. There is nothing sentimental about that. There is something mysterious, I would say." In this powerful dialogue, Richard Whittaker, founding editor of an unusual art journal and a man known to many as "the Michael Jordan of conversations," shares reflections and insights from his journey with author Jacob Needleman. { read more } Be The Change Next time you notice you're not listening to someone who is talking to you, try to let go of your distractions and to honestly listen. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? The Beautiful Fragility of Language The Science of Love The Difference Between Listening & Hearing Building A Regret Free Life 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 144,421 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Vancouver's Duck Lady

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April 2, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way. - Mary Anne Radmacher - Vancouver's Duck Lady Take a walk in downtown Vancouver on a sunny day and you might just run into Laura-Kay Prophet and Bobbi the Duck. Or, more precisely, Bobbi V. Laura-Kay got her first duck, Harvey, in 1980, but it was the first Bobbi, that spurred her to start Duck $oup, a private charity that Laura-Kay funds from her pension and occasional part-time work. Bobbi I started laying one or two eggs a day, so Laura-Kay boiled them and gave them away to the hungry on the streets of Vancouver. But she didn't want to just give eggs, so she added other food and created a fun "lottery" by hiding sums of money in cookies. Why does she do this? "It always makes you feel good to make somebody else feel good... The idea was to create self-esteem for them, but it's also creating self-esteem for me." { read more } Be The Change Make someone's day a little brighter today with a small act of kindness. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World The One Thing They Carried With Them 15 Serious Games Aiming to Change the World The College Course That's Changing Lives A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple Relationships Are More Important than Ambition 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 144,383 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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