Part1: Samir and Bryce research people (Gandhi, Mandela, King, Lincoln etc.) to understand what it was about them that made them take the INITIATIVE to live their lives vs. die a little each day. We also study why there is a gap between doers and thinkers/dreamers and study how this plays out geographically, generationally etc. Then...
I like this idea, but I think we need to make sure that we pick a wide range of people to research. Everyone mentioned above had initiative due to the injustices in the world around them. What they did was amazing, no doubt, but I'd like to study those who had that initiative with no almost no external influences. What makes people seize the day when nothing is forcing them to?
I like this idea, but I think we need to make sure that we pick a wide range of people to research. Everyone mentioned above had initiative due to the injustices in the world around them. What they did was amazing, no doubt, but I'd like to study those who had that initiative with no almost no external influences. What makes people seize the day when nothing is forcing them to?
great input. i definitely think your spot on with this.
Part2: we both consciously make the decision to take our own leaps and document how things go. This can be the trip to Alaska, or the decision to quit jobs and write/consult/do freelance work.
Love it.
Love it.
Part3: We leave the reader with an inspiring story and some key tidbits of information on how to live and make their desires happen. We discuss: being ok with failure, taking risks, losing ego, focusing on the necessary. We can also include some stories of regular people here... and how their stories are like those of Gandhi. The end message is that anyone can decide to "be the change they want to see in the world." (ie TOMS SHOES, the st. bernard foundation) etc.
I'm wondering if we even want to include something like this. I want to make sure that people change through our example, and that in no way does it seem like we're preaching our ideas to anyone. My hope is that people change because they are inspired by what we do and how we live, not because we tell them to.
I'm wondering if we even want to include something like this. I want to make sure that people change through our example, and that in no way does it seem like we're preaching our ideas to anyone. My hope is that people change because they are inspired by what we do and how we live, not because we tell them to.
i definitely don't want to preach or feel like we are teaching something and agree with you that having the reader learn though our example and that of the people we bring to light in anecdotal stories is best.
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