What Kind of World Do You Want?
Big ideas and proven strategies to create the future you desire ... with Jim Lord
Rather than hold the world as dismal and oppressive, we can allow promising stories to crowd out the others. One narrative that I find exhilarating is the story of how powerful we have become because so many of us are freer than ever before. Click to continue »
Civic life is almost always problem-focused. Whether the talk is of potholes or poverty, it’s almost always about the community’s deficits. And political campaigns are notoriously negative, with candidates eager to attack and blame their opponents. What might civic life look like if a different kind of dialogue were taking place? Click to continue »
When circumstances seem daunting, where can you look for resources and vitality? Here’s what I learned from street children in Africa. Click to continue »
As promised, here’s some of the back-story about how folks in North Central Washington are reclaiming the civic stage — and countering what Rufus Woods called “the social, political and economic malaise that infects our country.” One of the instigators of this positive revolution, Nancy Warner, told me how they got themselves organized — without a lot of hoopla — at the local coffee house. Click to continue »
Rufus Woods, editor and publisher of The Wenatchee World, recently wrote in his newspaper about an auspicious day in his community. But first, Rufus was on a rant. Click to continue »
How students from Jonesboro and Columbine showed, in an especially poignant way, what can happen when we interrupt the discourse of despair and draw attention to life and hope. Click to continue »
Here’s what Jastus Suchi in Kenya has been up to since he participated in the 2009 Quest workshop and Leadership Program. His project is aimed at alleviating poverty by releasing the energy and potential in the community. Click to continue »
In the pages of What Kind of World Do You Want? you’ll find proven ways to enliven civic life, ignite confidence, and inspire people to act.
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Jim challenges people ... to invest themselves in their true ambitions, to not be deterred by objections, others’ or their own. It may sound “airy fairy,” but it is the most demanding discipline I have encountered.
Eric Weir
Decatur, Georgia
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