“When I have my interview with my God, our conversation will focus on the individuals whose self-esteem I was able to strengthen, whose faith I was able to reinforce, and whose discomfort I was able to assuage—a doer of good, regardless of what assignment I had. These are the metrics of that matter in measuring my life. This realization, which occurred nearly fifteen years ago, guided me every day to seek opportunities to help people in ways tailored to their individual circumstances. My happiness and my sense of worth has been immeasurably improved as a result.” PeopleWayYearsHas BeensSelfMatterHelpingAbleOpportunityIndividualResultsFocusSelf EsteemCircumstancesConversationYears AgoEsteemRealizationInterviewsFifteenDiscomfortAssignmentsMeasuringDoersFifteen YearsMetricsTailored Author:Clayton Christensen
“I guess 35 years ago, I thought we had more of a democracy than we actually do. Majority support doesn't help unless the majority is active and votes - but the opposition minority votes a much greater proportion, so we often lose by a narrow margin.” YearsHelpingLosesSupportDemocracyGreaterYears AgoVoteMajorityActiveProportionOppositionMinoritiesMargins Author:Gloria Steinem
“I want some help on this. I'm being very honest, i want some ideas, as somebody who was arrested 50 years ago fighting for Civil Rights trying to desegregate schools in Chicago, who spent his whole life fighting against racism, I want your ideas. What do you think we can do? What can we do?” ThinkingWantLifeTryingYearsIdeasWholeHelpingSchoolFightingCan DoRightsHonestRacismYears AgoWhole LifeCivil RightsChicagoI Want YouArrestedAgainst Racism Author:Bernie Sanders
“...one of the most inventive forms of creative capitalism involves someone we all know very well. A few years ago, I was sitting in a bar here in Davos with Bono. Late at night, after a few drinks, he was on fire, talking about how we could get a percentage of each purchase from civic-minded companies to help change the world. He kept calling people, waking them up, and handing me the phone to show me the interest.” PeopleKnowsWorldYearsWellsHelpingShowsFormNightInterestBusinessCompanyTalkingCreativeFireDrinkCallingLateSittingCapitalismYears AgoPhonesBarsChanging The WorldWakingShow MePercentagesCivicsDavosCivic Minded Author:Bill Gates
“My grandmother told me that every good thing I do helps some human being in the world. I believed her 50 years ago and still do.” WorldYearsHumansStillsHelpingHuman BeingsYears AgoGood ThingsVery GoodGrandmotherMy Grandmother Author:Maya Angelou
“Sustainability requires that we demand enduring quality. Steve Strong has a slide presentation pointing out that much of Oxford was built 800 years ago. What are we building today that will be here 800 years from now? If something like that emerged from this recession, it would help justify the hardship so many people are currently experiencing.” PeopleIfsYearsHelpingTodayStrongQualityBuildingDemandBuiltYears AgoEndureJustifyHardshipSustainabilityPointingSlidesPresentationRecessionsOxford Author:Denis Hayes
“Many years ago, I started a foundation [Wayuu Taya Foundation] to help improve the life of Latin American indigenous people, providing them with food, medical attention, education, and also focusing on sustainability.” PeopleYearsHelpingAttentionYears AgoFoundationMedicalLatinSustainabilityProvidingIndigenousLatin AmericaIndigenous PeopleLatin American Author:Patricia Velasquez
“Look at Obama - he is now [2015] trying to help us environmentally but he should have done it eight years ago. He's trying to salvage his legacy and trying to do something good but we needed for him to show leadership from day one.” ShouldTryingYearsLooksDoneHelpingShowsNeededYears AgoShould HaveEightLegacySalvage Author:Patti Smith
“A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food.” NeedsYearsChildrenDoneHelpingKidsPoorDrawsAreasYears AgoSticksFishesExtremesFranceChickensItemsGood FoodDrumsticks Author:Joel Robuchon
“Help" is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn't matter how you pray--with your head bowed in silence, or crying out in grief, or dancing. Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors. Years ago I wrote an essay that began, "Some people think that God is in the details, but I have come to believe that God is in the bathroom.” PeopleThinkingYearsBelieveMatterHelpingChurchPrayerGriefSilenceCarCryPrayingMountainYears AgoDancingDetailsShowersEssaysBathroomGarageDance Floor Book:Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith Source: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
“Like the Sweetness of Gardenias Mother, you died 15 years ago. pain, a rapier, cut until, finally, there was just peace like the sweetness of gardenias in the crystal vase on your yellow kitchen table. so fragrant. your voice lingers in my ear reminding, scolding, guiding a pleasant mantra of tenderness, magic words that move my palms, your palms. together we are molding, helping, creating. in the mirror I see your eyes, your beautiful brown circles looking back, so radiant. "don't forget me," you whispered the day you died. I won't.” YearsHelpingEyePainTogetherBeautifulMovingMotherPeaceVoiceForgetCuttingMagicCreatingYears AgoEarsDiedMirrorsTablesMotherhoodCirclesKitchenPleasantBrownYellowTendernessLooking BackSweetnessPalmsCrystalsMantrasRemindingRadiantVasesKitchen TableForget MeYour BeautifulMoldingMagic WordsScoldingDon't Forget Me Author:Wallace Stevens
“In business, you're trying to make a buck. God was good to me and blessed me. I made some money and started this foundation years ago, and it has grown in size. With the foundation it's a lot different, because the bottom line isn't how you can make more money or get a better return, it's helping the projects that you feel strongly about move forward.” FeelsTryingYearsMadeDifferentHelpingMovingLinesMoneyBusinessReturnProjectsYears AgoBlessedFoundationBottomSizeMoving ForwardMore MoneyPhilanthropyBottom LineBucks Author:Lee Iacocca
“I tell [medical students] that they are the luckiest persons on earth to be in medical school, and to forget all this worry about H.M.O.'s and keep your eye on helping the patient. It's the best time ever to be a doctor because you can heal and treat conditions that were untreatable even a couple of years ago.” YearsPersonsHelpingEyeSchoolEarthScienceForgetWorryConditionsStudentsCoupleYears AgoDoctorsTreatsLuckPatientMedicalHealBest TimesMedical School Author:Joseph Murray