Have you ever wanted to change the world?
If you want to change the world and you are looking for inspiration, then I can give you a very good tip: read a book called "Leaving Microsoft to Change the World" by John Wood.
I picked the book up recently when I was on a business trip in Singapore and WOW - talk about an inspiring read! It makes you want to go out and start changing the world into a better place right now. And even better, the books gives you plenty of tips on how to do just that!
John Wood is the founder of Room to Read - a non-profit organisation that promotes education and litteracy for children in the developing world. He started the organisation based on the belief that world change starts with educated children - and that education is the key to to breaking the cycle of poverty. Room to Read builds libraries and donates books, builds schools, builds language and computer labs, and they also run Room to Grow girls scholarships. Educating girls is probably even more important that educating boys, since the knowledge a woman has she can easily transfer to her children. In the book, John Wood quotes a United Nation statistic that of the estimated 850 million illiterate people in the world, two-thirds are women. John and the Room to Read organisation are helping to improve that statistic.
Do you believe in synchronicity? In the book, John Wood mentions Muhammad Yusuf and Grameen Bank, and that Mr. Yusuf is a hero of his. Two weeks after I finished reading the book, Mr Yusuf and Grameen Bank are in the news, having just received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize!
It is like the universe is making me read about and learn about all these fantastic people who actually take action and make the world a better place. I find that very inspiring.
I picked the book up recently when I was on a business trip in Singapore and WOW - talk about an inspiring read! It makes you want to go out and start changing the world into a better place right now. And even better, the books gives you plenty of tips on how to do just that!
John Wood is the founder of Room to Read - a non-profit organisation that promotes education and litteracy for children in the developing world. He started the organisation based on the belief that world change starts with educated children - and that education is the key to to breaking the cycle of poverty. Room to Read builds libraries and donates books, builds schools, builds language and computer labs, and they also run Room to Grow girls scholarships. Educating girls is probably even more important that educating boys, since the knowledge a woman has she can easily transfer to her children. In the book, John Wood quotes a United Nation statistic that of the estimated 850 million illiterate people in the world, two-thirds are women. John and the Room to Read organisation are helping to improve that statistic.
Do you believe in synchronicity? In the book, John Wood mentions Muhammad Yusuf and Grameen Bank, and that Mr. Yusuf is a hero of his. Two weeks after I finished reading the book, Mr Yusuf and Grameen Bank are in the news, having just received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize!
It is like the universe is making me read about and learn about all these fantastic people who actually take action and make the world a better place. I find that very inspiring.
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