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Outside the Box, Inside the Cubicle
There are certain kinds of creative, off beat ideas that are simply obvious when you hear them. Tara... posted on Sep 02 2010, 0 cmts
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A Transformative Moment
When we look back on our lives, sometimes the smallest gesture can have enormous effects. For George... posted on Sep 01 2010, 1 cmts
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Rappin' to Be the Change
How do you tell the story of one powerful man who moved a nation to independence, marched 241 miles ... posted on Aug 27 2010, 1 cmts
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A Forgotten Young Man
When one woman runs into a childhood neighbor, she falls to tears after learning the hardships that ... posted on Aug 20 2010, 0 cmts
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The Two-Rupee Miracle
On the dusty streets of Pushkar, India, a few men stop for a smoke. When an old woman asks for a rup... posted on Aug 17 2010, 9 cmts
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An Experiment in Generosity
Sally Anderson had 500 dollars to give away. How and where to give it? As she writes, "My husband su... posted on Aug 09 2010, 6 cmts
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Bike Cops Plant Seeds of Kindness
Usually an encounter with the police is not cause for celebration. But a few bicycle cops in Minneap... posted on Aug 08 2010, 0 cmts
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A Course in Miracles
Arriving in a new city, I broke my leg shortly after starting graduate school. Feeling lonely and ho... posted on Aug 05 2010, 0 cmts
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A Message in a Wallet
Many years ago, when I was working weekends to pay for extras my parents couldn't afford (school rin... posted on Jul 24 2010, 4 cmts
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The Ripple Effect of Kindness
Being kind is nice. But why do it on a daily basis? Why do something for a total stranger when there... posted on Jul 21 2010, 1 cmts
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Storytelling Unleashes its Power
"Everyone has a story to tell," says Stephanie Ursula Hodges, one half of PenTales, a New York City ... posted on Jul 19 2010, 1 cmts
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The Business of Giving
Billionaire Paul Allen has taken his friend Bill Gates up on his challenge to publicly pledge the ma... posted on Jul 18 2010, 2 cmts
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Kindness Goes Around, and Comes Around
It is so often true that "what goes around, comes around," and that life lessons often walk in throu... posted on Jul 10 2010, 2 cmts
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Soul Food: So All May Eat
In a world where a bite of fast food is cheaper than fresh fruits and vegetables, processed goods li... posted on Jul 03 2010, 1 cmts
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Sixth-Grade Philanthropists
On a bike trip across Europe and Asia, Mike Church came across Ujjwall Bhat, a Nepali man whose drea... posted on Jun 13 2010, 2 cmts
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More Wrinkles, More Smiles
Happiness increases with age, surveys say! A recent Gallup poll asked 340,000 people across the Unit... posted on Jun 10 2010, 6 cmts
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The Encore Generation
The idea that many workers reaching their mid and late 60s think they are too young to retire and - ... posted on Jun 05 2010, 3 cmts
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It Starts with a Seed
The seed of the idea, Satish Vijaykumar recalls, started as something tiny and simple: "One day I wa... posted on Jun 04 2010, 0 cmts
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The Kindness Habit
"Last winter I was going through a rough patch in my life. I had a bunch of terrible things going on... posted on May 30 2010, 2 cmts
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Deciding to Have Purpose
From the age of 6, Susan Lieu was a powerhouse, answering the phone and removing customers' nail pol... posted on May 28 2010, 6 cmts
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