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"Wrong Exhibition" - A 1-day exhibition held at the roof top of the Green Office Bussines Centre in Tbilisi, Georgia - Nov 2006.
7 Key Behaviors of People Who Make a Positive Difference In the World
By Cathy Caprino
Look around you and you’ll see three kinds of people — those who hate their work, and complain bitterly, those who just tolerate their work and see it as a paycheck and aren’t looking for more (or feel they can’t have more), and finally, those who love their work, and relish it. The third category is a small subset of all professionals globally, but this group stands out because these are, most often, the people who change the world for the better.
In my work as a success coach and writer, I’ve had the opportunity to connect with people who’ve made a true and measurable impact in the world, including well-known experts, authors, researchers, journalists, scientists, innovators, business geniuses, and entrepreneurs. But among this group of world influencers there are also everyday people who have found a special niche in which they’ve contributed at the highest level.
It’s critical to note that people who’ve made a real difference aren’t all privileged, advantaged or “special” by any stretch. Many come from disadvantaged families, crushing circumstances and initially limited capabilities, but have found ways to pick themselves up and rise above their circumstances (and their genes) to transform their own lives and those around them.
Researching these makers, shakers and disruptors, and working with my own clients who shape the world around them in powerful and constructive ways, I’ve observed seven key behaviors that set them apart — habitual ways of behaving and approaching life and work that distinguish them from those who long to make a difference but can’t or won’t find the way.
The seven core behaviors of people who positively impact the world are:
1. 🌹They dedicate themselves to what gives their life meaning and purpose.
Thousands of people today don’t believe in meaning and purpose as something to discover or pursue in life. And others believe in a life purpose but won’t take the risk to identify or honor it. Those with positive influence feel otherwise. They have found that there is a purpose to their life, and that purpose usually involves some aspect of turning their “mess into a message,” or using what they’ve learned (often the hard way) as a means of being of service to others. People with a sense of purpose are driven, focused, committed, and lit up from the inside — unable to be deterred or distracted from what they believe is the reason they’re on this planet at this time. This sense of meaning and purpose gives them inexhaustible drive and offers guideposts to follow along the path. It informs them of what they wish to attend to in life, and what they need to walk away from because it doesn’t support their higher purpose.
2. 🌸They commit to continually bettering themselves.
People who impact the world for the better know that they are not perfect. They understand how their knowledge isn’t “complete” — there are always gaps, biases, limitations and prejudices, and new places to go with their expertise.
Yes, there are powerful narcissists aplenty, but their influence isn’t positive or helpful in the long run — it’s damaging and destructive. Innovators who positively shape the world come from a “beginner’s mind” and a loving, compassionate heart — with an openness to see, learn, and experience new things on the way to being a better servant of the world.
3. 🌷They engage with people in open, mutually-beneficial ways.
Those with huge positive influence understand the power of relationships, connection, and engaging with the world openly. They’re not afraid to get “out there” — connecting with others, sharing their knowledge and talents, offering their authentic and often contrarian viewpoints and opinions. They’ve pushed beyond any introversion, shyness or reluctance to be who they are, and have learned how to relate well with others and build mutually-supportive relationships that catapult both parties to a higher level. They know that positive, supportive and authentic relationships are the foundational building blocks to anything and everything they want to achieve.
4. 🌺They invest time and energy not in what is, but what can be.
The people I’ve interacted with and interviewed who’ve made a positive impact in the world don’t settle for conformity. When they see something that agitates and disturbs them, they strive to know more, get to the root of the issue, research and understand the contributing factors, and arrive at new solutions. They observe gaps and mistakes in common thinking and behavior, and trust themselves in their belief that it’s time to push the boundaries of what’s accepted. They want to affect change because they believe change will bring a better way to live.
5. 🌼They spread what they know.
We’ve all met authors or “experts” who keep their knowledge secret, close to the vest. They’re afraid to let it out for fear someone will steal it or make money on their ideas. This is the opposite of the positive influencer’s mindset. Those who make a true positive difference can’t help but share and teach what they’ve learned. They don’t see their knowledge as just some commodity to sell, as a meal ticket or a money maker — they see it as information that has to be shared with the world for its betterment. They believe their ideas and innovations are of use and value to others, and can’t help but share those openly, and teach others what they’ve learned. They live the universal principle — “the more you give, the more you get.”
6. 🌻They uplift others as they ascend.
You’ve experienced, as I have, scores of “leaders” and high-achievers who’ve gotten where they are by stepping on the heads and backs of those in the way. These are not true leaders or influencers because their power is a sham — it was obtained unethically and is shallow and weak, and can’t be sustained over the long haul. I have encountered power-mongers who were crushing and cruel to their subordinates and I wondered when they would finally reap what they’ve sown. Over the long term, this day always comes.
On the other hand, people who positively impact the world not only obtain amazing results in their work, but their process of obtaining these results — how they operate in life — is also inspiring and uplifting. They are happy to help and support others, and have an overflow of positive energy that enriches the lives of everyone they work with and connect with. These positive influencers want others to grow. They walk away from “success-building” opportunities that will be hurtful and damaging to others. They know that those unethical, demeaning or destructive approaches go against the very meaning and purpose they’re committed to.
7. 💐They use their power and influence well.
Sadly, it’s a common occurrence in business today to witness power and influence being wielded as a weapon. It hurts and destroys. Positive influencers use their power well and wisely. They understand the widespread influence they have, the power they have to build up and elevate, or tear down. Those who impact the world for the better are careful and judicious with their words, actions and behaviors. They operate with heart, and care deeply about their leadership and communication process and style, and the influence they have. They take it seriously, as a special honor and responsibility not to be flaunted or misused. They understand their special role, and accept it with grace, compassion, and care.
Are you longing to make a positive impact in the world? If so, do these behaviors match your own? How are they different?
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I did say I wouldn't go back, but I had to do this comparison, if only to remind people what might happen if the Futurist is demolished.
Functionality of the Difference Layer Script.
Left is before, right after the script.
The top three layer together are the same image as the bottom layer. But you can switch the difference between the original and the modified layer on or off.
Kitten is from here:
Another example of truth in marketing, or is it just a bold, unsubstantiated claim? They don't promote any particular brand, they're just saying high quality makes a difference. Well, okay, it seems like a inarguable premise. I'm on board -- high quality sausages make a difference!
Snoopy and friends diptych.
8/365 in 2013 and
#16/113 in 113 pictures in 2013 , the topic is - Spot the difference (present two images as a diptych with one or more differences to see if others can spot the differences.)
Same time, same place. In both 'miting de avance' of the UNIDO-led government of Corazon Aquino and re-electionist President Marcos, these pictures taken at the same time (5:30pm) and the same place (rooftop of the Manila Hotel) show the difference in "people power." While opposition supporters came on their own to hear Cory Aquino, KBL supporters were reportedly trucked, bused, paid and ferried to Luneta.
(Photo by Ricky Beltran, Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 6, 1986.)
The difference between the circa-1910 bldg at the left and the circa-1885 bldgs next to it is approximately the difference between circa-2010 and circa-1985. Amazing!
I got stuck thinking about this for I-don't-know-how-long.
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In downtown Jacksonville, Illinois, on October 31st, 2020, the "Andre & Andre" building, the "Schmalz & Son Bakery" building, the "E. S. Van Anglan & Co." building, and the "Phelps & Osborne Dry Goods" building on North Central Park Plaza, each a "contributing property" to the Jacksonville Downtown Historic District, 100002915 on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Andre & Andre building contains offices of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
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Saw these windows when I was on a walk with my friends and thought that it’d be interesting shot. Decided to Edit it into Very dark tones. The light wasn’t great that day, should’ve lowered ISO.
Red Umbrella March for Sex Work Solidarity
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Sex workers, allies, family and friends stand together
The red umbrella is the symbol of the global sex workers’ rights movement. The Red Umbrella March is part of a national day of action, with similar events taking place in cities across Canada.
In Vancouver it began at 2:30 p.m. on June 11 with a rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson Street plaza), followed by a march starting at 3 p.m. The march travelled through Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to CRAB Park.
Protest chants included:
Freedom to associate is our right!
Get your laws off my body!
Sex workers rights are human rights!
My body, my business, my choice!
Remember Bedford!
No bad whores, only bad laws!
Sex worker rights now!
I support sex workers' rights
A Blow Job is Better than No Job.
This year’s focus was “Freedom to Associate is Our Right!”
The Freedom to Associate is a right granted to all citizens by our Charter of Rights & Freedoms. Canada’s new anti-prostitution laws violate sex workers’ freedom even to the point that standing in the street together is illegal if it encourages buying sex.
Marching together shows Canadians that when sex workers’ freedom to associate is infringed upon, it is a concern for all Canadians. It forces them to work alone and unsafe, they’re alienated, their families are torn apart.
When the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act became law in 2014, purchasing sexual services became a crime for the first time in Canada. Advocates for this, the “Nordic model,” believe it is the way to keep sex workers safe from violence and exploitation.
In the eyes of anti-sex work activists, “shaming the Johns” is a legitimate way to reduce the overall amount of street prostitution (estimated to comprise not more than 15 percent of all sexual services offered in Canada). But “John shaming” impacts sex workers themselves. Making what they do illegal only forces them to do it in riskier circumstances. For instance, street-based sex workers face longer hours, thanks to a temporary decline in clients. They may be more willing to take clients they would otherwise screen out, particularly when they’re under greater pressure to avoid police detection. And clients may be less likely to seek relevant health care. The Vancouver Police Department say they don’t consider sex between consenting adults an enforcement priority, claiming to only intervene in situations where there are reports of violence, exploitation, or involvement of youth or gangs.
But there’s no real difference between banning providing sexual services and banning paying for them. As long as the act of engaging in sex for money is illegal, sex workers will not see the police as allies in the moments that they really need them.
From the early 1990s to 2002, more than 70 women disappeared from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, most of them sex workers and all of them poor. Criminalization only served to push these women away from police and from the rest of society; it never made them safer. Robert Pickton admitted to an undercover police officer that he killed 49 women after he was arrested in 2002. He was convicted of the second-degree murders of six women and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. Former Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu has repeatedly apologized for his force’s failure to stop Pickton’s killing spree. Lawsuits claimed police, including individual RCMP officers, and the Crown failed to warn women on the Downtown Eastside that a serial killer may have been responsible for women disappearing, and was wrong for not putting Pickton on trial for attempted murder following an attack on a sex worker in 1997.
The Red Umbrella March for Sex Work Solidarity was co-organized by: Triple-X Workers’
Solidarity Association of B.C., Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV), Pivot Legal Society, PACE Society, B.C. Coalition of Experiential Communities, FIRST: Feminists Advocating for the Decriminalization of Sex Work, SWAN Society Vancouver.
I've this set included an unique minifigure Nexo knight.
Here you can see some differents details on the legs and on the torso from the other knight in the sets 70310, 70311, 30373 and 30371.
Original picture by me
1. Up Close, 2. Connie Orton
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
Uploaded for a flickr challenge. What a difference 1 year can make
By Lee, Seung-bin
DAEGU GARRISON — With the first quarter of 2012 almost behind us, we thought it would be a good time to sit down with the Garrison Commander and take a quick look at where we are, where we’re going, and what might be in store for the rest of the year; and while there, here about what goes into “Making A Difference.”
U.S. Army Garrison Daegu Commander Col. Kathleen Gavle, shared her thoughts about what the Garrison can expect in terms of change and challenges in the coming months, as well as how a good attitude can help each person to make a difference.
“Overall, I believe we are doing okay,” Gavle began. “The Garrison continues to build its partnership with the 19th ESC (Expeditionary Sustainment Command), and together we are working very hard to support 19th ESC’s new missions. Not only that, we are working hard to understand our customers and the direction our footprint is going, to make USAG Daegu the best place to live, work and play in South Korea.
“We are looking at near-term progress, as well as long-term; and how to take care of the alliance.”
Gavle explained that the Southeast Enduring Hub of Area IV faces many challenges.
“We still have many missions to challenge ourselves,” she said. “Right now our biggest challenge is the decision the Army is making in terms of the overall infrastructure investment in overseas. Our community is supposed to be an enduring hub, and we have not had the same level of investment for manpower, equipment and infrastructure (as the other enduring hub). So, we are really fighting for those resources to set the condition for the long-term success in USAG Daegu.”
The Commander strongly supports taking care for the Family members of the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Civilians serving throughout the Army and the Southeast Enduring Hub.
“The Army cannot accomplish its goals without the family’s support,” Gavel explained. “That is why the USAG Daegu command is unwavering in its support for the Army family. As you can see, we have an important job, and one not just within buildings.”
Gavle underlined “changing attitude” and Making A Difference (her “trademark” as MAD-6) as one of biggest goals in 2012. The Commander said this process is about our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
“Attitude is first,” Gavle explained in conclusion. “Understanding why we are here as a part of the U.S. Army and the alliance, and giving 100 percent in all that we do every day. We want USAG Daegu to be the best community in Korea, and we start that by having a good attitude.”
This vehicle found its way to the South West after being one of a batch of three to transfer over from First Hants & Dorset. It's also seen service in London. The black paint around the windows and smaller destination displays make the three of them stand out against the other ALX400's in Bristol.
Operator: First Bristol
Vehicle: Volvo B7TL / Transbus ALX400
Reg: LT52 WVO
Fleet No.: 32251
Location: Broad Weir, Bristol
Route: 6: Kingswood - Centre
Date: July 16, 2014
this angle shows the biggest difference between V1 and V2: the barrels. V2 has a much more accurate smaller barrel.
....and from Wikipedia:
Incense is composed of aromatic biotic materials. It releases fragrant smoke when burned. The term incense refers to the substance itself, rather than to the odor that it produces.
Many religious ceremonies and spiritual purificatory rites employ incense, a practice that persists to this day. Incense is also used in medicine and for its aesthetic value. The forms taken by incense have changed with advances in technology, differences in the underlying culture, and diversity in the reasons for burning it.
Throughout history, a wide variety of materials have been used in making incense. Historically there has been a preference for using locally available ingredients. For example: sage and cedar were used by the indigenous peoples of North America. This was a preference and ancient trading in incense materials from one area to another comprised a major part of commerce along the Silk Road and other trade routes, one notably called The Frankincense Trail.
The same could be said for the techniques used to make incense. Local knowledge and tools were extremely influential on the style, but methods were also influenced by migrations of foreigners, among them clergy and physicians who were both familiar with incense arts.
... between f/1.8 and f/1.2. Okay so they're not quite the same focal length, but that's a fat chunk of glass all the same.
Illustration by Rocky Wu / Courier
Restroom Tidiness an Indicator of Gender Cleanliness?
Stephner White, Staff Writer
Women are dirtier than men. Men don’t wash their hands after using the restroom. Women always leave make-up on the mirrors. In this battle of the sexes, these comments spark discussions and opinions about the differences between men and women.
With so many different ideas and opinions to find out what really goes on behind the closed doors of the men and women’s restrooms, ask the people who do the clean up job, facility service employees.
“I’ve seen some dirty things,” said Ex president for the CSEA Chapter 777 Union C. Diaz, who prefers to be called, The All Seeing One.
He is dedicated to his job and believes observation is the key to learning about the various habits men and women have.
Throughout his experience, he has found that gender determines how people use the restrooms.
Stereotypically, for example, women are known to hold conference calls in the restrooms, whereas men are known to enter into restrooms alone and usually unaccompanied.
Raymond Mitchell, another staff member, has a different view.
He believes people are clean by nature even though the exterior look of the restrooms say differently.
“People are real friendly, fun and nice. My job is to clean the restrooms, I really don’t notice the individual people,” he said.
The bathroom habits of students and staff go unseen by most people on campus, but these habits can reveal a great deal about the differences between men and women. The consensus from these facility service workers is that women are dirtier and less likely to be considerate when using the facilities.
Women facility workers have noticed that men, too, have hygiene concerns. “The urinals are the biggest thing,” said Jo Marie, worker.
“The guys pee all over the place, and if they take the time to wash their hands, they don’t use soap or take the time to put the towels into the trash can, no matter how many trash cans there are, they still miss.”
Surprising items have been found in the restrooms on campus.
Men have their little secrets too. “One of the funniest things I have found or didn’t want to find…condoms and semen,” said Diaz.
The verdict is still unknown on who’s the dirtiest in the restrooms.
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