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How Work Makes Us Feel Sometimes… 1 Geoff Livingston’s Ignite 3 DC Presentation – February 18, 2010

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Geoff Livingston's Ignite DC 3 presentation. Sick of selling widgets, or lobbying for crank shafts union? We all want to change the world, but we wonder how it can happen. Our skills aren't the kind that would lead us to believe digging wells in Africa or measuring glaciers in Antartica is in our near future. So how do we do it? This presentation discusses how to find mindful ways to make our skills matter, directly or indirectly, and thus change the world.

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How Work Makes Us Feel Sometimes…

Geoff Livingston’s Ignite 3 DC Presentation – February 18, 2010

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2Is This the American Dream?

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Our Ancestors Fought for Something

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They Fought for Freedom!

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5You Can Love What You Do and Be Free!

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Suffering Can Become the Turning Point

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When It Is Darkest, a Fire Can Be Lit

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8How Do We Get There?

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A Moment of Clarity

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Or an Evolutionary Self Picture

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11Sometimes Getting Away Helps…

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So You Can Reflect

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And Decide to Escape for What You Love

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14It Takes Courage

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For There Will Be Great Challenges

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And Desperate Times

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17And Bad Storms to Dig Out of….

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It’s Worth It. You Meet Great People…

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And Do Great Things

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Most Importantly, Doing What You Love Makes You Happy!

Geoff Livingston’s Ignite 3 DC Presentation – February 18, 2010