On Being Fierce

LOVE THIS AD. #VW

“Life is about the people you meet and the things you create with them. So go out and start creating.”

I love this. Love it. Sweet and wonderful. Created by the fine people at Holstee. #mustwatch

wnyc:

Cure for Mondays everything. —A.P.

If you do one thing for yourself today, watch this. @amyjomartin gives an inspiring talk at #TEDxRainer about how setting an intent can set the course for remarkable evolution of oneself, and by extension, the world.

Meet Education Generation: A remarkable program that connects innovative educational programs to donors and students. →

Why Some People Have All the Luck →

Great read from Harvard Business Review on how humility and a good attitude are driving factors of success.

The Pro Bono Thinking Society - free original thinking →

An interesting idea - a group trying to solve wicked problems for the greater good.

The Pro Bono Thinking Society is a newly formed Chicago-based organization comprised of young people from a variety of disciplines, including economics, programming, design, law, medicine, and engineering. We’re a small group that works well together and hopes to share our time and skills with the general public. We provide free original thinking and problem solving to individuals and organizations.

good:

Kids are awesome - two 17-year olds launch a lego into space on $400! 

Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad now have an awesome topic for their college essays. They launched a homemade balloon into space as one lucky lego got the ride of his life. The lego carried a Canadian flag and was attached to a video camera, collecting evidence of the journey. 

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(In my sleep I dreamed this poem)

Someone I loved once gave me
a box full of darkness.

It took me years to understand
that this, too, was a gift.

— “The Uses of Sorrow,” Mary Oliver (via clavicola)

(via hateshiploveship)

Pretty brilliant.

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