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FOLLOW YOUR PASSION.
We’ve been telling our kids this for decades now, and there’s some powerful truth behind it.
But it’s a limited view of the world.
If we have everyone just seeking personal fulfillment, there’s no guarantee that we’ll actually have a stable and functioning society. Yet we hold up this great American ideal that we’re all independent, self-sufficient, and self-fulfilling.
MUSICIANS STRUGGLE FOR VISIBILITY. It’s a common issue, even though we have more access to media than in the history of mankind.
But that’s the problem. There’s SO much talent, and SO many media channels, and everyone is SO over-stimulated with information.
We still have limited attention to give to the things in our lives.
RYAN WALLACE OPENED A GREAT PUB here in Fort Collins three years ago. William Oliver’s Publick House has great food, wonderful drinks … It’s a place that you enjoy taking friends.
But there’s a lot more to the story.
I found out that they instituted a no-tipping policy last September, so I was eager to find out why he made the decision and what the results have been. After all, very few restaurants have the courage to make this magnitude of change.
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HRIST IS RISEN! Let us rejoice!
Why’s that important?
Because we’re talking about something much, much bigger than one person’s life. This is about the course of humanity.
To bring all of us into God’s presence, for all eternity.
BRENÉ BROWN IS AN AMAZING storyteller, researcher, and expert in social sciences.
I hope you’ve had a chance to see some of Brené’s amazing TED Talks in the area of vulnerability. They’re insightful and powerful.
I’ve been making the connection between this topic and the clients I’m working with. Because starting and leading a mission-driven business takes courage.
ARE YOU DOING SOMETHING AMAZING in your business?
I’m seeing a powerful trend in 2015 and 2016 of companies which are out to change the world. Or at least their corner of the world.
It’s almost as if people are waking up to the fact that there’s more to life than money. Not that money’s bad, but that it doesn’t actually change the world for the better until you apply it to making something better.
ROSANN WINN is a small business owner. And a performer. And a teacher. And a mother and wife.
It’s hard to know which of those to put first.
I’ve known Rosann for a number of years – we first connected when she sang for our yearly church picnic. I was impressed not only with her artistic ability, but also her generous nature and gracious support.
But that’s a tiny part of the picture.
WE SEEM TO MEASURE EVERYTHING in terms of money.
And that’s useful, for sure. It gives us an easy way to compare value, to exchange value, and to measure things.
Too easy.
We have to be conscious that money is not the value itself.
LATELY I’VE BEEN WORKING with an increasing number of business owners who are out to change the world — in great ways!
For instance, I spoke with the head of a local medical clinic who is tackling the rapidly escalating costs head-on. They’re using a different model that relies much less on insurance companies, helping to give patients the tools they need to keep themselves healthy.
I can point to the rapid growth in what had been called “alternative medicine” but in fact is now quite mainstream. Chiropractors, acupuncturists, herbalists and naturopaths abound.
KENT GARVIN STARTED his company in 1995 with a conviction to build a different kind of business.
What he’s grown is amazing in more ways than you’d expect.
At the moment it’s actually three businesses:
The Values-Based Business 