Perspective. It’s everything.  Like this illuminating video from the Global Poverty Project.
I want to be an aid worker
February 3rd, 2011Culture (& other cultural perspectives) is not a crime
February 1st, 2011
It’s not a crime to:
- wonder if
- wonder how
- look at things through another perspective
- try on a new pair of lenses
- try to understand another culture or another worldview (knowing you’ll be viewing it from the perspective of your own)
The impossible just may be possible from the other side. (author unknown)
When blackberries were a fruit – a funny perspective from the BBC
January 27th, 2011
It’s all a matter of perspective, when…
- a blackberry was a type of fruit
- frozen meant what happens when you put something in the freezer
- juice was something you drank
- orange was a fruit (orange being a telecommunications company for you non UK folk)
- a mouse was a small, furry creature
- the trash was somewhere you put your garbage
- launch meant to throw
- windows meant something you looked through to outside
- apple was a kind of a fruit
- a boot was something you wore on your foot
P.S. a dongle, for you non U.K. folk is a memory stick
I originally saw this video on The Browser; writing worth reading.
My go then stop kid & what I learned from his homemade milkshake
January 25th, 2011
I have two kids. One is an extreme Stop Life Lens™ and 1 is an extreme Go Life Lens™.  Funny how such different kids came out of the same uterus.
Click here for what I learned from my Stop Lens kid. Today’s post is about what I recently learned from my Go Lens kid.
My Go Go Go Lens kid is all about jumping in with his whole body, without restraint, without pause. He’s a pro at trying things, embracing new opportunities.
He’s a do’er.
While it can be tough to get him to pause at times there’s nothing he won’t try … with enthusiasm and grace.
Yesterday he had some friends over and he made milkshakes for all. I don’t know about you but my recipe for a milkshake goes something like this:
- blend ice cream + milk + 1 or 2 flavours (e.g. chocolate sauce or strawberries) = yummy concoction.
Nope, not his. Here’s his recipe, straight from the horse’s mouth:
- blend ice cream + syrup + cream + avocados (we’re just getting started) + soda water + banana + apple + milk + hot chocolate mix + a little hot sauce = yummy concoction à la my Go Lens kid.
Did it taste good to me? Doesn’t matter.
He sets a great example, one that all Go Life Lensesâ„¢ do, about trying things, without fear of mistakes or reprisals.
Sounds like a recipe for ramped up creativity to me, something we and most organizations can all use.