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== A Young Girl with a Big Heart and an Old Man with a Lot of Flowers == | |||
When I was very young (about ten or eleven years old), I heard that our neighbor, a retired physician, had lost his wife after a long illness. He was such a dear soul, and he had the most spectacular gardens in his backyard. The whole neighborhood could see his glorious flowers from the street. The backyard was a profusion of daisies and roses, snapdragons and lilies, hyacinths and columbines. I used to think there wasnt a flower in the world that he didnt grow. | |||
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== The Art of Motivating Employees == | |||
Could a simple five-minute interaction with another person dramatically increase your weekly productivity?In some employment environments, the answer is yes, according to Wharton management professor Adam Grant. Grant has devoted significant chunks of his professional career to examining what motivates workers in settings that range from call centers and mail-order pharmacies to swimming pool lifeguard squads. | |||
[[http://goodvillenews.com/The-Art-of-Motivating-Employees-oTveQ5.html The Art of Motivating Employees]] | |||
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== Celebrity Chef Chris Nirschel Cooks for the Homeless == | |||
Cause Celeb highlights a celebritys work on behalf of a specific cause. This week, Chris Nirschel shares with us, via email interview, his work with The Food Bank for New York City.After 28 years, The Food Bank for New York has become the citys major hunger relief organization and one of the largest food banks in the country. | |||
[[http://goodvillenews.com/Celebrity-Chef-Chris-Nirschel-Cooks-for-the-Homeless-3xkuIL.html Celebrity Chef Chris Nirschel Cooks for the Homeless]] | |||
[[http://goodvillenews.com/wk.html GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]] | |||
== The Relationship Between Gifts & Community == | |||
Wherever I go and ask people what is missing from their lives, the most common answer (if they are not impoverished or seriously ill) is "community." What happened to community, and why dont we have it any more? There are many reasons the layout of suburbia, the disappearance of public space, the automobile and the television, the high mobility of people and jobs and, if you trace the "whys" a few levels down, they all implicate the money system. | |||
[[http://goodvillenews.com/The-Relationship-Between-Gifts-Community-zbK8gw.html The Relationship Between Gifts & Community]] | |||
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== How to Think Like an Ecosystem == | |||
Gradually its dawned on me: We humans are creatures of the mind. We perceive the world according to our core, often unacknowledged, assumptions. They determine, literally, what we can see and what we cannot. Nothing so wrong with that, perhapsexcept that, in this crucial do-or-die moment, were stuck with a mental map that is life-destroying. | |||
[[http://goodvillenews.com/How-to-Think-Like-an-Ecosystem-YZEJSQ.html How to Think Like an Ecosystem]] | |||
[[http://goodvillenews.com/wk.html GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]] | |||
Revision as of 15:03, 30 July 2012
A Young Girl with a Big Heart and an Old Man with a Lot of Flowers
When I was very young (about ten or eleven years old), I heard that our neighbor, a retired physician, had lost his wife after a long illness. He was such a dear soul, and he had the most spectacular gardens in his backyard. The whole neighborhood could see his glorious flowers from the street. The backyard was a profusion of daisies and roses, snapdragons and lilies, hyacinths and columbines. I used to think there wasnt a flower in the world that he didnt grow.
[A Young Girl with a Big Heart and an Old Man with a Lot of Flowers]
[GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]
The Art of Motivating Employees
Could a simple five-minute interaction with another person dramatically increase your weekly productivity?In some employment environments, the answer is yes, according to Wharton management professor Adam Grant. Grant has devoted significant chunks of his professional career to examining what motivates workers in settings that range from call centers and mail-order pharmacies to swimming pool lifeguard squads.
[The Art of Motivating Employees]
[GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]
Celebrity Chef Chris Nirschel Cooks for the Homeless
Cause Celeb highlights a celebritys work on behalf of a specific cause. This week, Chris Nirschel shares with us, via email interview, his work with The Food Bank for New York City.After 28 years, The Food Bank for New York has become the citys major hunger relief organization and one of the largest food banks in the country.
[Celebrity Chef Chris Nirschel Cooks for the Homeless]
[GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]
The Relationship Between Gifts & Community
Wherever I go and ask people what is missing from their lives, the most common answer (if they are not impoverished or seriously ill) is "community." What happened to community, and why dont we have it any more? There are many reasons the layout of suburbia, the disappearance of public space, the automobile and the television, the high mobility of people and jobs and, if you trace the "whys" a few levels down, they all implicate the money system.
[The Relationship Between Gifts & Community]
[GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]
How to Think Like an Ecosystem
Gradually its dawned on me: We humans are creatures of the mind. We perceive the world according to our core, often unacknowledged, assumptions. They determine, literally, what we can see and what we cannot. Nothing so wrong with that, perhapsexcept that, in this crucial do-or-die moment, were stuck with a mental map that is life-destroying.
[How to Think Like an Ecosystem]
[GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]
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