"Banker to the Poor"

What if you could harness the power of the free market to solve the problems of poverty, hunger, and inequality? To some, it sounds impossible. But Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is doing exactly that.

"Banker to the Poor" Professor Muhammad Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1983, fueled by the belief that credit is a fundamental human
right. His objective was to help poor people escape from poverty by providing loans on terms suitable to them and by teaching them a few sound financial principles so they could help themselves.

Loans are small, but sufficient to finance the micro-enterprises undertaken by borrowers: rice-husking, machine repairing, purchase of rickshaws, buying of milk cows, goats, cloth, pottery etc. The interest rate on all loans is 16 percent. The repayment rate on loans is currently - 95 per cent - due to group pressure and self-interest, as well as the motivation of borrowers.

Read his story and adapt those lessons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus

Building Social Business Ventures

Will Social Entrepreneurship Save the World?

Lieutenant General Russel Honoré (retired), best known for serving as commander of Joint Task Force -- Katrina, explains how the application of business and charitable principles can give people around the globe what they need most: a good job.

Read his interview: http://gmj.gallup.com/content/112915/Will-Social-Entrepreneurship-Save-World.aspx#1

Negativity

Say No To No

Isn't it high time someone got negative about
negativity?

Yes it is

Look around. The world is full of things that according to
nay-sayers, should never have happened

"IMPOSSIBLE"

"IMPRACTICAL"

"NO"

And yet "YES"

Yes, continents have been found

Yes, men have played golf on the moon

Yes, straw is being turned into bio fuel to power cars

YES, YES, YES

What does it take to turn no into yes?

Curiosity. An open mind. A willingness to take risk.

And when the problem seems most insoluble, when the challenge
is hardest, when everyone else is shaking their heads to say:

LETS GO!!!

Happiness

"Everybody in the
world is seeking happiness

- and there is one sure way to find
it.

That is by controlling your thoughts.

Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions.

It depends on inner conditions."

Growth

"What we see and hear is what we think about.

What we think about is what we feel.

What we feel influences our reactions.

Reactions become habits and

Habits determine our destiny."

Now

One of the challenges in life is to live in the MOMENT.....Too many people live in the past and future.

Scale

PERSPECTIVE: Isn't it great that people are collaborating to survive a recession!