Get MAD!

Inbox coincidence? Twice in one day? Articles on Making A Difference in the world. Leadership starting within instead of waiting to be led? Well, its enough of a nudge for me to post the links to these 2 articles about Making A Difference.

Hey, WAKE UP.

You don’t have to make a BIG difference. You just have to choose to make a difference. A small step in the right direction is still a step in the right direction. But the big steps in your mind in the right direction are NOT steps in the right direction. They are just thoughts.

So…read on for some ways you can choose become a MADMAN (Making A Difference Man) or a MADWOMAN (Making A Difference Woman).

Next time someone says “You’re mad!” You can say, “Damn right, I am!! I make a difference. And that is what MAD is!”

Your next step:

How to make a difference in the world by The Change Blog

Many people believe that they don’t have what it takes to make a difference to the world. They believe only people like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, and the likes, are capable of making a difference.

The truth is, every one of us is put in this world to contribute and make a difference to the world in our own unique way. It need not be anything out of the world. It just needs to be something you do with the intention of ‘doing good’.

The following is a guide as to how small people like us can make a difference to the world…

Personal to Planetary Transformation

A World That Works for Everyone by Monica Sharma, M.D. Director, Leadership and Capacity Development, at the United Nations, OHRLLS.

The next 50 years will show whether the world as a whole can come together as one, resolving the many seemingly intractable problems we now face. Or will we continue to muddle through, from crisis to crisis, never solving the problems of humankind in a definitive and sustained way? Yesterday, we were engaged in resolving a crisis:  HIV/AIDS. Today, we are focusing on global warming. Tomorrow, we may focus on nuclear waste. What remains constant in this changing world is the power of human wisdom.Never before in history have both opportunity and need been so great. Never before has ‘grow or die’ been more apparent. And never before have the means existed to effect planetary transformation. Indeed, this is the time to pioneer results-oriented designs that can then be applied across the urgent and significant issues of our time. This is the time for mindsets that foster the culture of peace. This is the time for a world that works for everyone…

Alright I can hear you ~ yeah, yeah ~ but what’s she gonna do?

O.K. here’s my commitment (gulp)

I’m am going to organise a team at work to do the Get the World Moving Walk to improve morale and raise money for a worthy cause. Then I will take it to the next level: Sydney to the Gong Bike Ride.

I am committed to starting a Local Compassionate Listening Circle – drop in to be heard or to offer a good hearing. I will find a way to keep it simple so it can grow with ease.

 

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