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  • “You need to have something where you want to have an impact and that aligns with your values. It will drive your passion. People’s self-worth should not be measured by their net-worth. So while companies themselves are highly driven by their purpose, so too are the people within them.”

    Unilever CEO Paul Polman @ Stanford Graduate School of Business, May 2016

    • Different And Escape Are Not The Same Thing

    Having just returned from a week on the Maine coast, I thought reading this reminder from Chapter 6 of 16 Stones would be worth your time:

    I have found, at least for me, fully restorative rest only comes with escape. My body, soul, and spirit all need occasional escape from the everyday world. For years my escape has been either the North Georgia mountains or the coast of Downeast Maine—a week of nothing but coffee, a good book or two, eating catfish or lobster, and listening to the creek or watching the waves.…

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