Google Calls for Ideas to Change the World
Project 10^100 (pronounced Project 10 to the 100th) is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible. Google is announcing this project as part of its tenth birthday celebration. To participate users can send exciting ideas for ways to improve people’s lives and Google will give $10 million to turn up to five of the best ideas into reality. Submission dead line is on October 20th, 2008. Watch the video Google created and let the neurons fire up for the humanity.
Obama Sets another record.
Obama’s convention speech set a record number of view ship in American politics. Now Obama’s campaign set a new record for presidential fund raising in a single month, by collecting $66 million from donors in August. Adding more than 500,000 new donors during the month, his campaign said it has now received contributions from more than 2.5 million people. Sen. John McCain, the Republican candidate, raised $47 million in August, more than double his previous best fund raising month. Will he set another record on November election?
Gandhi’s 10 Principles to Change the World.
In Positivity blog Henrik Edberg compiled Gandhi’s top ten fundamentals to change the world. Gandhi was the pioneer of Satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence. He lived simply, organizing an ashram that was self-sufficient in its needs. Gandhi was given the prefix “Mahatma” which means Great Soul by his admirers. On January 30, 1948, Gandhi was shot and killed while having his nightly public walk on the grounds of the Birla Bhavan (Birla House) in New Delhi. The assassin, Nathuram Godse, was a Hindu radical with links to the extremist Hindu Mahasabha, who held Gandhi responsible for weakening India by insisting upon a payment to Pakistan.
1. Change yourself.
2. You are in control.
3. Forgive and let it go.
4. Without action you aren’t going anywhere.
5. Take care of this moment.
6. Everyone is human.
7. Persist.
8. See the good in people and help them.
9. Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self.
10. Continue to grow and evolve.
CEOs Battle to Keep Up With the Pace of Change
A new study of chief executives by IBM,reveals that ability to manage change is widening the gap between winners and losers in the global economy. The IBM Global CEO Study, based on face-to-face interviews with 1,130 CEOs from 40 countries across 32 industries, is designed to capture insights on how the challenges CEOs face today will impact the future of business. The study revealed that fundamental shifts in expectations from more demanding customers and the increased purchasing power in emerging markets are driving major changes in the business models of organizations worldwide.
