http://nirvanacable.com random inspiration Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:29:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en May 2, 2011 Urban Word of the Day "Olly olly oxen free is a phrase used in children's games, which is generally used to indicate that people who are hiding (in a game of hide and seek, for example) can safely come out into the ... http://nirvanacable.com/archives/96 I've trained Kenyan youth to hold Crucial Inquiries. A Maasai community in Kenya invited us to address them at one of their monthly gatherings. During the conversation, when one of the men said he was too poor to send his daughter to school, we led an inquiry into ... http://nirvanacable.com/archives/95 Every Entrepreneur Needs to Embrace Team Conflict Sunday, August 28, 2011Posted by MartinZwilling at 6:30 AM Many entrepreneurs are not prepared for conflict, or actively avoid it. Their vision, passion, and focus are ... http://nirvanacable.com/archives/93 Hi Nirvana,   I hope that you have been doing good for the last 31 weeks we have not been in communication.Am  doing really GREAT. I wish to share with you the achievements, deliverables, miracles and personal goals I have achieved and accomplished. Welcome! On December last year I spend sometime in ... http://nirvanacable.com/archives/85 The New World versus the Old World: Are You Being Left Behind? The second or third question in virtually any introduction is, “So, what do you do?” What’s your answer to that question? For most people it has something to do with their career, job title, or the company ... http://nirvanacable.com/archives/84 http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set is a set of 50 tools/ technologies for building post-scarcity, resilient communities. This innovation truly puts the tools of development into the hands of communities anywhere. Exciting innovation! The founder, Marcin Jakubowski, is now a TED Fellow and received much support at TED2011. Follow here: http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/ http://nirvanacable.com/archives/83 Chris Guillebeau regularly serves up inspired blogging in his Art of Non-Conformity: Unconventional Strategies for Life, Work and Travel website. From today's entry: Second, learn to accept that not everyone has the same logic as you. You might assume that logic is universal, since it is supposedly based ... http://nirvanacable.com/archives/81 Foreign aid won't help Haiti change its course Jonah Goldberg Commentary Idaho Statesman January 16, 2011 Ninety-five percent of the debris from the Haitian earthquake one year ago hasn't been moved. In other words, billions of dollars later, with none other that Bill Clinton serving as the foreman for a massive international cleanup and reconstruction ... http://nirvanacable.com/archives/80 The following is a Tweet from today's TEDxChange hosted by Melinda Gates. The speaker, Mechai Viravaidya, gave one of the most inspiring talks about large-scale behavior change: @ideasforafrica #TEDxChange - "Poor people are business people without business training & access to credit." Mechai Viravaidya http://nirvanacable.com/archives/79 Written by Paul Sloane How to Create or Destroy a Culture for Creative Thinking and Innovation Business managers have much more power than they realize. They can patiently create a climate of creativity or they can crush it in a series of subtle comments and responses. Their ... http://nirvanacable.com/archives/76