Give thanks for democracy, and always cast your vote!



Carrie says: Listening, learning and letting go while guiding an intention. There can only be one leader.
 



Danielle says: I believe deeply in Servant Leadership, leaders who, as Robert Greenleaf puts it, “make sure that other people’s highest priority needs are being served. The best test, and most difficult to administer, is: Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?”
 

Your descendants shall gather your fruits. – Virgil



Carrie says: I would like to pass down beauty. In wedding dresses I designed, ideas created, words shared, gifts given and time spent with loved ones.
 



Danielle says: Sizzling realism in every form of media – especially books, books, books! Conscious birthing and parenting inspiration. Effective philanthropy. A child who fully lives his freedom. Kick ass dance moves.
 

The things you do to calm your nerves and cool your jets. Today’s question comes from a bonafide Zen (and karate) mistress, Mary Jaksch. Who, when she’s not meditating or wielding her black belt, heads up GoodlifeZen.com and is Editor-in-Chief for WritetoDone.com. THAT’s life balance.



Carrie says: For moderate amount of stress I go for a run, talk to my sister and feel better. For Intense stress I hibernate and sleep. Most importantly I give myself permission to be alone, ache, and return.
 



Danielle says: I cope with stress in two ways, in equal parts, with equal intensity. Step 1: retreat. Step 2: dial soul sister. I’d be lost at sea, utterly adrift and nutso, without my precious, loving, all-seeing, hilarious girlfriends. And because I’m so sonically-wired, it actually helps me to hear myself talk sometimes. I also find 70s rock highly tranquilizing. Nothing like some Led Zeppelin to put things into perspective.
 



Mary says: When I’ve got too much on my plate and feel strung-out, I go to a yoga class. All my worries disappear for a while when I’m trying hold a difficult yoga pose.
 

Get inspired! Read our interview with Mary!

Come on, you’d love the glory…you would so deserve the glory, go ahead, dream of some glory…



Carrie says: I’d love to win a TED Prize, Technology, Entertainment, Design. The TED Prize is a way of taking the inspiration, ideas and resources that are generated at TED and using them to make a difference. You receive a prize of $100,000 but the the real prize is that you are granted a WISH. A wish to change the world.
 



Danielle says: A Nobel Peace Prize and all that implies would be amazing. But really, I’d love an Oscar for Best Documentary. Way better after-parties at the Oscars.
 

6 Good Reasons to Get Into: Life Is A Verb, by Patti Digh:

1. The book is sectioned into six practices to be explored,

Intensity: Say Yes
Inclusion: Be Generous
Integrity: Speak Up
Intimacy: Love More
Intuition: Trust Yourself
Intention: Slow Down

2. Burn Those Jeans, Chapter 6, where Patti explains her three decade attachment to her favourite pair of jeans that she held on to despite the fact that they’d long ceased to fit:

“For thirty years I’ve tried to get back into a pair of jeans that are too small for my thin, strong, athletic twelve-year-old daughter?

Everything is a metaphor, isn’t it? Replace the word jeans with the albatross hanging around your neck, following you around through life, diverting your attention from the real goal, setting you up for failure. Is it the wrong goal?” Read the rest of this entry »