Nate Garvis is the founder of Naked Civics, and former senior public affairs officer at Target. His TED talk Change Our Culture, Change Our World explores the idea that ”we must create the culture of the world we wish to live in“. Wouldn’t it be great if all products, luxury and everyday, integrated elements of the common good? Nate Garvis believes that we can create common good through habit, and I couldn’t agree more. Follow him on twitter here and watch his TED talk below.
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Zeitgeist 2011
Thursday, December 15th, 2011As 2011 winds down, we’d love to hear what your favourite memory has been thus far! What did you think of 2011 and how would you describe the zeitgeist of this year?
Tweet tweet tweet and away we go.
Here’s a video recap of some of this year’s memorable moments!
We hope it was a Good. one for you!
Zeit·geist [tsahyt-gahyst]
noun German.
the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time.
30 Things To Stop Doing To Yourself
Thursday, December 15th, 2011A few nights ago @questlove tweeted a link to an article from a great blog called Marc and Angel Hack Life.
The blog features original content relating to a couple’s aspirations, opinions on life, and self-improvement. The posts are refreshingly insightful and helpful. Here are a few highlights from the post:
- Stop spending time with the wrong people. – Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you. If someone wants you in their life, they’ll make room for you. You shouldn’t have to fight for a spot. Never, ever insist yourself to someone who continuously overlooks your worth. And remember, it’s not the people that stand by your side when you’re at your best, but the ones who stand beside you when you’re at your worst that are your true friends.
- Stop putting your own needs on the back burner. – The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too. Yes, help others; but help yourself too. If there was ever a moment to follow your passion and do something that matters to you, that moment is now.
- Stop trying to hold onto the past. – You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading your last one.
- Stop trying to buy happiness. – Many of the things we desire are expensive. But the truth is, the things that really satisfy us are totally free – love, laughter and working on our passions.
- Stop exclusively looking to others for happiness. – If you’re not happy with who you are on the inside, you won’t be happy in a long-term relationship with anyone else either. You have to create stability in your own life first before you can share it with someone else. Read Stumbling on Happiness
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- Stop getting involved in relationships for the wrong reasons. – Relationships must be chosen wisely. It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company. There’s no need to rush. If something is meant to be, it will happen – in the right time, with the right person, and for the best reason. Fall in love when you’re ready, not when you’re lonely.
- Stop letting others bring you down to their level. – Refuse to lower your standards to accommodate those who refuse to raise theirs.
- Stop wasting time explaining yourself to others. – Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it anyway. Just do what you know in your heart is right.
Home
Monday, December 12th, 2011Home is whenever I’m with you.
Attawapiskat
Monday, December 12th, 2011The housing crisis in northern Ontario’s First Nations community Attawapiskat has received international media coverage. The above video highlights the severe housing shortage and deplorable conditions many are forced to live in. According to the federal government more than $50,000 has been spent per person in the community leaving the public bewildered at how these conditions continue. Another interesting fact is that 90 km away, DeBeers operates Ontario’s first ever diamond mine on “lease” from the Attawapiskat community. The mine employs approximately 500 people of which 100 are from Attawapiskat.
How long can we continue to benefit from the resources and land extracted from First Nations people while ignoring their struggles.
Live simply, so that others may simply live.
Interesting links:
DeBeers rep speaks on Attawapiskat crisis
Canada’s First Nations: a scandal where the victims are blamed
KarmasWorld.com
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Ludacris and his daughter Karma recently launched KarmasWorld.com, an educational children’s website filled with games, music and important life lessons. Karma wanted to create a website that was fun, interactive and full of good music and fantasy. Like all Good. dads, Chris Bridges wanted to make his daughter’s dream come true, and so KarmasWorld.com was created.
The site aims to teach the Golden Rule: how to treat others the way you would want to be treated. It teaches an understanding of “karma”: how doing good deeds can bring good into your life. It reflects Chris’ belief that the habit of working joyously from the heart opens the door to children for a lifetime of meaningful success..
And the icing on this cupcake is that all the music on the website is sung by 10 year old Lil Luda herself, Karma. The educational songs are also available for sale on i-tunes. It’s definitely one of the cutest Good. sites we’ve had the pleasure of blogging about. Check it out here.
The Happiness Project a Good Read!
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
A few weeks ago while at my friends house I came across a book that she was reading and casually flipped through the pages. I caught the words Do Good and Good Follows and noticed that’s kind of how we at thinkGood. think. So I asked her to borrow it. Bottom line, a GOOD READ! This book will take you from a negative mindset and allow you to enjoy life through different eyes. Positive ones. After reading this book it was much easier to see a glass half full, than half empty.
So if you’re looking for positive change in your life, start here.
Pick up a copy of The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin at your nearest book store! Or if your friend has it…borrow it from them 
You won’t be disappointed!
