Critical Steps To Integrating Life & Work

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December 23, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Not only is it possible to create a greater sense of harmony among the different parts of your life while achieving greatness, it is necessary. - Stuart Friedman - Critical Steps To Integrating Life & Work Often times we can feel overwhelmed by what we see as competing values: how can I be a good family member, a loving spouse, a supportive friend, pursue my hobbies and interests and maintain my career? For many of us integrating all of these elements into a fulfilling and rewarding personal life and career is difficult. Stewart D. Friedman's book, "Leading the Life You Want", gives insight on how to create harmony between these components. This piece from Knowledge@Wharton shares more. { read more } Be The Change Think about a person who you feel brings together all the parts of their life in a way that makes them successful. Identify three traits they have or values they embody that makes them successful and figure out how you can better integrate these characteristics into your own life. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love The One Thing They Carried With Them On Navigating Stuckness 10 Creative Rituals To Learn From Building A Regret Free Life 16 Habits of Exuberant Human Beings Power of Place: Photos From Around the World 7 Ways To Change Negative Beliefs About Yourself DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 151,649 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Unpacking a Gift from 21 Years Ago

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December 22, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond. - Gwendolyn Brooks - Unpacking a Gift from 21 Years Ago While cleaning out her dresser, a woman stumbles across a beautiful handwoven purse that was gifted to her by a special teacher more than two decades ago. A question from her husband leads her to reflect for the first time on what prompted that teacher's thoughtful gesture. What followed was a beautiful insight on the ways in which our lives are supported by the kindness of countless people. Read Guri Mehta's reflections on 'being raised by a village', and watch the infectious music video that encapsulates the spirit of her words. { read more } Be The Change Is there a special gift you've received whose value you have yet to fully discover? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News How To Be Yourself Rethinking the Bucket List How 365 Thank You Notes Changed My Life Wearing The Be Love Sign The Nature of Ambition A Manifesto for Living Slomo: The Neurologist Turned Slow Motion Skater My Friend, My Companion: Lessons From Mia DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 151,630 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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How One Doctor And His Menagerie Transformed A Nursing Home

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December 21, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Where there's life, there's hope. - Marcus Tullius Cicero - How One Doctor And His Menagerie Transformed A Nursing Home When Bill Thomas became medical director of a nursing home he decided to attack what he termed the Three Plagues of nursing home existence -- boredom, loneliness and helplessness -- by bringing in some life. Cats, dogs, birds and green plants in every room, and visiting children after school, triggered unexpected transformations. Some medication doses were lowered, residents were invigorated in body and spirit, and a few patients were even able to return to independent homes. This excerpt from "Being Mortal", Atul Gawande's powerful new book on end-of-life care shares the extraordinary story of Bill Thomas' work. { read more } Be The Change What does life mean to you? Bring a taste of life to an elderly friend or acquaintance this week by accompanying them in some way for a short time. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love The One Thing They Carried With Them The College Course That's Changing Lives 16 Habits of Exuberant Human Beings What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn Ladder to the Pleiades 7 Ways To Change Negative Beliefs About Yourself Ten Things Creative People Know DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 151,631 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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A 19-Year-Old Artist's Book Of Untranslatable Words

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December 20, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich - A 19-Year-Old Artist's Book Of Untranslatable Words When you start with a heartfelt offering, you never know where life may take you next. Read on for the tale of Ella Sanders, whose creative illustrations about untranslatable words grew from a blog post into a published book now out from Random House. You'll also get a sampling of some marvelous, untranslatable words from around the world. Like Mangata -- Swedish for "the road-like reflection of the moon in water." { read more } Be The Change What's getting lost in translation in your life? See if there's another way you express yourself today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The College Course That's Changing Lives The Beautiful Fragility of Language The Science of Love On Navigating Stuckness Building A Regret Free Life What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn Power of Place: Photos From Around the World Ladder to the Pleiades DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 151,611 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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