Visiting Henderson House
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Osprey Lodge Assisted Living Residents Caught in the Act of Giving
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The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. ~ Victor Hugo |
Guiding Principles
(A nugget from How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action)
In a survey of thousands of adults from countries all over the world, including the United States, were asked to rate the importance of the following value lists:
List #1
- Wealth (money, material possessions)
- Power (dominance, control over others)
- Pleasure (enjoying life)
- Winning (doing better than others)
List #2
- Helpfulness (working for the well-being of others)
- Responsibility (being dependable)
- Social Justice (caring for the disadvantaged)
- Compassion (responding to the needs of others)
In all seventy countries represented, the majority of people endorsed values in List #2, and rated giving as their single most important value. They also reported caring more about giving than about power, achievement, excitement, freedom, tradition, conformity, security, and pleasure. In fact, they are the single most important guiding principle in the majority of the world's cultures, including the United States.
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Tom Hofmeister
Bold Innovations
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Things that make you go hmmm...
"Imagine that you have total power, and you decide to share it with nine other people. How much do you have left? One tenth of what you began with."
"Imagine you have a sum of money, and you decide to share it with nine other people. How much do you have left? One tenth of what you began with."
"Now suppose you have a certain amount of love or friendship or influence or ideals and you decide to share those with nine other people, and you do share them, do you have more or less than you began with? You probably have ten times as much."
~ Dr. Jonathan Sacks
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