There is a big difference between getting a lot of attention, and getting a lot of people to take action. This is exactly the heart of the issue in starting a movement. To gain influence, we have to give something first.
How do we end racism?
What would you do if you were given the responsibility of finding a solution to this longstanding, now systemic problem?
That was the exact task given to a group of 30 young leaders in Winnipeg: figure out how to eradicate racism.
Even though she is gone, her legacy continues to touch countless lives. And while the work being done to alleviate suffering and poverty is incredibly important, I believe she would really want us to honour her by putting love into action right where we are in simple ways.
I am certain that what he shared with us will not only continue to guide me as a speaker, but provide an anchor and reference point in raising our family and teaching our kids for the generations to come.
You know that whole quote: “be the change you want to see in the world” that we attribute to Gandhi all the time?
Well, he didn’t actually say it.
Now this actually is good advice, and even though he didn’t actually say it the way we attribute it to him, I believe he’d support the idea. Here’s what he really said, though…
Meet Joseph Ranseth
Speaker, Author, Transformationist. I help people change their lives & organizations using the same blueprint Gandhi & Dr. King used to change the world.