Author: Peter Prichard

“Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change” and “Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Character” by Garth Sundem tell of over sixty young people from around the world who had significant positive impact. Eight-year-old Omar Gallegos walked 800 miles to a rain forest in Mexico to protest that 50,000 species a year that were becoming extinct as the rain forest was destroyed. His crusade led to a meeting with the President of Mexico who was convinced to save the rain forest. When Alexandra Scott was four and fighting childhood cancer, she opened a lemonade […]

In my decades of experience as a career and leadership development consultant there are two books that I have referred to thousands of individuals I have coached that speak brilliantly to the topic of this article. The first is, Peak Performance: Mental Training Techniques of the World’s Greatest Athletes by Charles Garfield Ph.D. A world class weightlifter, Garfield provides solid research and first-hand experience with peak performing athletes. The second is the world-wide best seller by Stephen Covey titled, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal […]

Daily Heroes “Today, the man wearing red got on the subway, he opened his folder and started reading �� A few stops later a man got on and asked him “what are you studying for? You look confused, maybe I can help?” He said my son just failed a math test, and I am re-studying fractions so I can teach him. I am 42 years old and I don’t remember any of this, so I am reteaching myself. The guy in the black informed him that he use to be […]

A Mighty Girl     For Engineers Week 2023, we’re honoring Hedy Lamarr – the glamorous movie star from the black-and-white era of film who co-invented a device that helped make possible the development of GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi technology! Born in Austria in 1914, the mathematically talented Lamarr moved to the US in 1937 to start a Hollywood career. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, she was considered one of cinema’s leading ladies and made numerous films; however, her passion for engineering is far less known today. Her interest in inventing […]

DAILY POSITIVE IMPACT Sujata Agarwal      Higher Dimensions Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was a few meters from the finish line, but got confused by the signals and stopped, thinking he had finished the race. The Spanish runner, Ivan Fernandez, was right behind him and, realizing what was happening in front of him, began shouting for the Kenyan to keep running. Motai did not know Spanish and did not understand. Fernandez pushed Mutai to victory. One reporter asked Evan, “Why did you do this?” Evan replied, “My dream is that one […]

Weird things in the world Sadio Mane, a Senegalese soccer star, earns approximately $10.2 million annually. He gave the world a rude awakening after some fans were flabbergasted when they saw him carrying a cracked iPhone 11. His response was awesome: “Why would I want ten Ferraris, 20 diamond watches, and two jet planes? I starved, I worked in the fields, played barefoot, and I didn’t go to school. Now I can help people. I prefer to build schools and give poor people food or clothing. I have built schools […]

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The team at The Uncomfortable Conversation -https://theuncomfortableconversation.org/ –  do amazing work helping individuals to transform stigmatized and judgmental conversations about sexual violence to conversations that promote healing and change. Supporting a survivor can be as simple as sitting quietly next to someone so they aren’t alone in their feelings. View this full interaction on our YouTube channel #talkaboutit #survivor #supportsystem https://youtube.com/@the_convo_incI encourage you to read about the work of The Uncomfortable Conversation team and support their efforts. —— Sarah Beaulieu Pierson, a co-founder of The Uncomfortable Conversation, was a major […]

Philo Thoughts – https://www.facebook.com/philo.thoughtspage The emotionally intelligent person knows that love is a skill, not a feeling, and will require trust, vulnerability, generosity, humor, sexual understanding, and selective resignation. The emotionally intelligent person awards themselves the time to determine what gives their working life meaning and has the confidence and tenacity to try to find an accommodation between their inner priorities and the demands of the world. The emotionally intelligent person knows how to hope and be grateful, while remaining steadfast before the essentially tragic structure of existence. The emotionally […]

A lot of grade-school aged kids may have stayed away from my sister Mary or thought she was weird because she has Downs Syndrome. But not Ben. He always looked out for her, always made sure to pick her on his team at recess and even made a promise to her in 4th grade to take her to the prom someday. 7 years later, he made good on that promise and in the process put a smile on Mary’s face & restored my faith in humanity. Have a great time […]