Tweary

When I first signed up for Facebook and Twitter, I tried. I tried to get into these new ways of communicating. I confess, I lost energy for them. I'm "tweary." Something about them seems to be like milk. In terms of being interesting, they have expiration dates. I know I'm not alone in this, and I think it's something about how they work and how they're designed. It's all those games and lists of things that people with time to kill are interested in. The ability to connect is good, but the mind-numbing power of the trivia should not be underestimated. This principle seems to be true across the internet.

Is anyone else out there "tweary?" I wonder if new platforms need to be created and offered. If enough of us get "tweary," maybe things will change. Maybe they will have to. Maybe this is a good thing. Boredom is often a prelude to creativity.

Great New Things

I'm thrilled at the response to my last blog entry about "The Go-Giver." Since then, many in our circles have purchased and read the book. Thumbs up every time. People go out of their way to thank me for it. Funny. All I did was read and like it. And, by now, all have seen that one of the authors (Bob Burg) and one of their friends (Fiona Ashe) left short, encouraging comments here! So cool, eh? It's like they do and live what they say in the book! Imagine this. If this catches on, this world may start really changing!

Here are some other great new (to me), potential world-changing things to be excited about:

1) Kiva - At the 2009 Willow Creek Leadership Summit, they interviewed a young woman who is one of the founders of this ministry. It is enables regular people to participate in international microfinancing! Simple and amazing.Check it out at www.kiva.org.

2) Stickk - In reading another great book, "Who's Got Your Back" by Keith Ferrazzi (author and book pictured below), I learned about a web site that is designed to help people keep their goals. The site, www.stickk.com, does two things: 1) It provides a means of costly feedback that works, and 2) it teaches us, by its design, the essence of goal-keeping, which is that we don't do it alone.

We don't do it alone. This is the truth.

May you be unalone today.

Making a Difference

There's nothing as humbling as watching people serve others. I've seen a lot of this. What a joy. On some occasions, the people were unaware of the greatness of their actions. This is the most inspiring thing to see. Recently I watched someone prepare a meal for someone just as a matter of routine, unaware that the person in receipt of it was being enormously blessed by her generosity and open-heartedness. Even people who make a little difference end up making a big difference. Once I see it, I want to get in on the difference-making myself.

My prayer today is that I won't become blinded to difference-making by the sameness of my daily life with its repetitious demands.