Where in the world are you? Great geography lesson
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Found a great new way to teach my 7-year old son Owen geography. I asked my friends on Twitter to say hi to him from where they are from! It’s gone crazy! We’re loving learning about the new places! Help us out be saying hi on Twitter to @unmarketing and let us know where you’re from. Here’s where we have so far:
The Video That Made Me Cry - Christian the Lion
I have seen a lot of things in my years of hunting down motivational material to share with you. This video is perhaps the only video that made me cry. And then my girlfriend cried… And pretty much everyone I showed it to after that. I checked the story out and it’s 100% true… enjoy:
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Top 50 Ways to Make Someone’s Monday (Need a few more!)
I need your help! Currently there are 44 for this “Top 50 list”, please add yours to the comment section. You’re awesome! The following list is about simple, painless ways to be a Daymaker for different people. Feel free to submit more in the comment section.
- A Stranger
- Smile as you walk past - A smile is so rare nowadays, it may actually stun the person and have them asking “Did I know that person?” I still think it’s worth the risk
- Hold the elevator - Bonus points if the person is with children, or has their hands full
- Smile as you drive past - People think this is weird, yet have no problem staring blankly at other people in cars instead. Stop it, you look awkward
- Say thank-you - Regardless if it’s someone who holds the door for you, brings you a meal or let’s you take a parking space, a “thank-you” can be the two words that changes their day
- Say please - It’s something we always ask our children to say, yet think we get an exemption as adults
- Say “excuse me” when you walk between them and something they’re looking at - This isn’t the “excuse me” to get someone to move out of your way, but said when breaking someone’s view. Falls under common courtesy, but it ain’t so common.
- Put a quarter in their expired meter - The person may never know you did it, but it can be the little nudge that changes their day
- Give them a compliment - Especially if someone just got their hair done, this could not only make their day, but their entire week!
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Jason’s Story - When passion for life trumps everything else
Jason McElwain, nicknamed J-Mac, was an autistic teenager who graduated in 2006 from Greece Athena High School near Rochester, New York. He’s noted for scoring twenty points during the final four minutes of a high school basketball game on February 16, 2006. It was the last home game of the season for the Greece Athena team.
McElwain had actually never made it onto the basketball team. He was considered too short (5′6″/167 cm) and hadn’t demonstrated an adequate skill level during tryouts. But the coach quickly saw his love and passion for the team and made the boy team manager. At the end of the basketball year, inspired by McElwain’s dedication, coach Jim Johnson thought he might take the opportunity to get McElwain onto the floor during the final home game-provided, of course, that the Greece Athena team was ahead by several points. The coach figured this would be a wonderful way to demonstrate an appreciation for McElwain’s constant enthusiasm and all that the boy had done for the team.
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The fine folks at …(msn ding)… one sec…………… sorry, about that.
The fine folks at Science Daily share a …. (facebook chat bubble noise)……. dang, one minute guys……..
Anyways, they post an interesting study from the University of Ohio about (ICQ, AIM and Yahoo Msgr all pop up)……. AHHH
Just go read the article…
Instant Messaging Proves Useful In Reducing Workplace Interruption
- Smile as you walk past - A smile is so rare nowadays, it may actually stun the person and have them asking “Did I know that person?” I still think it’s worth the risk
