The Power of Introverts

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March 6, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace In our culture, snails are not considered valiant animals -- we are constantly exhorting people to "come out of their shells" -- but there's a lot to be said for taking your home with you wherever you go. - Susan Cain - The Power of Introverts "Do you enjoy having time to yourself, but always feel a little guilty about it? Then Susan Cain's "Quiet: The Power of Introverts" is for you. It's part book, part manifesto. We live in an era that values its extroverts -- the outgoing, the lovers of crowds -- but not the quiet types who change the world. In this engaging interview Cain discusses what it really means to be an introvert, the value of solitude in the creative process, and why we need to shift our cultural bias for gregariousness." This Scientific American article shares more. { read more } Be The Change "Silence is helpful, but you don't need it in order to find stillness." Brief snippets from Eckhart Tolle: { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News How We Can Change Our Minds Secrets to Longevity Five Practices for Cultivating Patience 7 Habits of Mindful Eating 8 Weeks to a Better Brain How a Wandering Mind Affects Your Mood Planning & Other Paths To Less Stress The Power of Touch DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 112,877 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Five Tips For Making Travel Meaningful

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March 5, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace The person susceptible to "wanderlust" is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation. - Pico Iyer - Five Tips For Making Travel Meaningful Few know more about the art of travel than acclaimed writers Paul Theroux and Pico Iyer, who have a combined six decades of experience chronicling their adventures around the world. These two world wanderers shared a list of the things they do to make travel meaningful and how they go about being a traveler rather than a tourist. Their first piece of advice? "Pick a destination that raises more questions than answers." Along with their list, this NPR piece also includes beautiful excerpts from the two authors' writing. { read more } Be The Change As you move about today and this week, consider how your travels offer up opportunities to transform. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Simple Philosophy of the World's Oldest Man 7 Must-Read Books on Education Why Money Is Like Beer 8 Things That Are Better Than Free Coelho's 1 Min Manual For Climbing Mountains Bill Clinton Starts a Vegan Revolution! Best Career Advice: Take Poetry Beauty in Subtlety DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 112,868 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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The Power of Metaphors

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March 4, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace An expert is a person who has few new ideas; a beginner is a person with many. - Albert Einstein - The Power of Metaphors "When Pablo Picasso, the Spanish artist, was a schoolboy, he was terrible at math because whenever the teacher had him write a number on the chalkboard, he saw something different. The number four looked like a nose to him and he kept doodling until he filled in the rest of the face. The number 1 looked like a tree, 9 looked like a person walking against the wind, and 8 resembled an angel. Everyone else in the classroom saw numbers on the chalkboard; Picasso perceived a variety of different images. The connection between perspective and creative thinking has to do with habituation and over-familiarization. Where creative thinking is concerned, that is the irony of the skill: the more adept you are at something, the less likely you are to look at it in a different way." In this article, author Michael Michalko explores the power of metaphors. { read more } Be The Change On the topic of 'Beginner's Mind,' this passage starts by proposing an interesting TV experiment: "I want you to watch TV with acute awareness, mindfulness, and precision ..." { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Top 5 Regrets of the Dying Four Ways to Respond in an Argument 9 Interviews with Creative Visionaries 25 Reasons to Embrace Criticism Five Practices for Cultivating Patience 7 Practices to Cultivate Compassion 8 Weeks to a Better Brain Life Without Worry DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 112,832 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Competing with Love

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March 3, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace When you start loving what you are learning, it will no longer look like work. Everything will fall in place after that. Just fall in love. - A. K. Raha - Competing with Love "I had a hard time with most of my subjects, especially math. One day, after looking at my grades, my father had a heart-to-heart chat with me. He said, 'The way to crack your subjects is to fall in love with them. When you start loving what you are learning, it will no longer look like work. Everything will fall in place after that. Just fall in love.' I was in sixth grade around then, and decided to take him seriously and literally said, 'I love you' to my math textbook. Then, something strange happened. I actually fell in love. I started enjoying the mystery behind each geometric question, soaking in it, and experiencing joy when I was able to solve it. Over the years, it got to a point where I would finish all the exercises in the textbook in a day." On the art of competing with love: { read more } Be The Change Learn. Love. Work. Learn to love work; love to learn work; work to learn love. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Four Ways to Respond in an Argument The Most Vital Lessons for Starting Over 25 Reasons to Embrace Criticism Five Practices for Cultivating Patience 7 Habits of Mindful Eating 8 Ways to Sleep Better The Science of Self-Control Planning & Other Paths To Less Stress DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 112,789 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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