Posts Tagged ‘make a difference’
Why We Work With Those Who Work With Youth
Working with youth is about touching the future and making a difference in someone else’s life when the impact of your work is magnified by the recipient themselves. Youth are like sponges, soaking up as much as possible so they can figure out how to navigate the world. People who work with youth experience the…
Read MoreLeaving a Legacy–Why Is It Important?
When you are young one of the last things you are thinking about is leaving a legacy. Your focus is on the here and now—the living you are trying to make and the lifestyle you are eager to create. What if there was a way to also create a legacy that you probably wouldn’t even…
Read MoreThe Importance of a Lot from a Little
There is an old adage that states, “Many hands make hard work light.” This thought is absolutely correct. It is very difficult to do things alone, to ensure that change occurs, to make sure that every t” is crossed and every “i” is dotted. But when we work together, the load is easier to carry…
Read MoreMany Hands Make Hard Work Light
What do hands, synergy and recycling have in common? How do these three distinct things connect? When I was young, my mother used to tell my sister and me, “many hands make hard work light.” We knew that those weren’t her words originally, I’m not sure how, but we got the message. She expected us…
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Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was an American cultural anthropologist who was often a featured writer and speaker in the 1960s and 1970s. She worked to explain the human condition and why people do what they do. One of her most famous quotes, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world;…
Read MoreYou Can Make A Difference
Are there any sweeter words to hear than, “I couldn’t have done it without you?” At the end of every campaign season and throughout the Hollywood awards season, we hear the powerful and the famous say those words. But it isn’t just those who hear those words from the powerful and famous who want to…
Read MoreMaking A Difference
What does “Making A Difference” really mean? Is it something you can “do on purpose” or is it “serendipitous”, or a combination of both I want to share my experience that perhaps answers those questions. When I was a sixth grade teacher each year in January and February all of the 6th grade students came…
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