Hope and Change are not Binary. At least, I Hope They Aren't
I listened to an interesting Rich Roll podcast that featured the CEO of Whole Foods - John Mackey. He seems like a pretty cool dude that gets it (Mackey, I mean. The verdict is out on Rich Roll) - you can tout your philosophies, but in order to be both heard and successful, you must make some reasonable concessions. In a Quartz Article Mackey says, "You have to meet the market where you find it." In the podcast he speaks about the polarization of the purists and the pragmatists - and yet our need for both to keep a vision and to sustain it. Eh. That last part though. This morning, I got two daily quick messages from two pseudo-gurus. One said, "dare to be idealistic!" The other said, "it is not enough to dream, pray, think about it and wish." .... Right? When I think about the millions of people (especially women) that are trying to survive with very little to hold together their physical lives, I recognize my own privilege in working thr