A boat made of recycled plastic bottles - copyright 2010,Adventure Ecology

The Plastiki is a boat make of recycled plastic bottles, and yes, you can see the bottles in the images of the boat (see above). The sustainably powered boat is on an adventure across the world to bring awareness to the fact that much of the marine waste in our world is non-recycled plastics and that we need to stop creating waste like we do on our planet.

Why do I mention this here on a personal development blog? Personally, one of my personal development goals is to help as many people as I can make a BIG difference in our world and in the process leave as SMALL an impact on the planet as I can as I work. I encourage you to make walking lightly on the planet a part of your personal development too.

On my side, this is why I currently sell only e-books. This is why one of my e-books is on buying organic food inexpensively since growing organic is gentler on our planet’s water systems. I also have a blog on organic food news.

This is why I wrote two reviews on stainless steel water bottles (one for childrens bottles and one for adult bottles) to encourage people to use longer lasting stainless steel water bottles rather than plastic bottles.

I encourage you to make choices in your personal development that are inline with the health and well being of our planet. If you are looking for solutions or suggestions you are welcome to contact me for more earth friendly personal development ideas.

If you are curious you can read more about The Plastiki and its adventures on high seas by following this link to The Plastiki website

Enjoy a wonderful day,

David

One Person's View - photo by D. Hennessey

I recently heard the phrase again Pay It Forward and I remember how inspired I was (and still am) by the movie of the same name that came out ten years ago.

Perhaps you saw the movie Pay it Forward. It is a movie based on a novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde. The novel tells the story of Trevor, a twelve year old boy in a small Californian town who accepts his teachers challenge to make a difference in the world.

Trevor’s idea is to help three people out and if they ask him how they can repay him he will ask each person not repay him but for each of the three people to each help out three other people when they can that day and in the process ask those three people to continue the path of paying the debt forward.

When you Pay It Forward an amazing result can happen. If each person takes action and pays the debt forward within a day and each of these people has three people pay it forward then an amazing thing happens within two week over 4 million people will be helped just from each person helping three people.

Did you know the author of the book that inspired the movie Catherine Ryan Hyde was inspired to write the novel from a personal experience she had of being helped on the road by strangers once when here Datsun 1200 caught on fire?

Personally, this blog is one of my ways to Pay it Forward. Like you, if you manage a blog, I do my very best to share helpful and effective ideas (102 as of today) available at no charge to you to help you nourish your personal development. This ideas have been part of my paid for seminars for many years now.

I like to push cars. Beyond sharing online I also feel really good when the opportunity comes to help someone who has a challenge on the road. Not only because I have a bit of a mechanic’s mind but I can also give a car a good push. My children teased me kindly because recently when we where heading out as a family I had my lady stop the car to so I could help a man who was pushing his car all alone down the side of a four lane road. People were honking their car horns as we pushed the car. When the owner and I got the car to a safe spot to call for a real mechanic I was surprised to find out there was a young child in the back of the car. Hmm! I thought that could have been me stuck and I am glad to have helped out. The young father never asked to repay me and I was not interested in repayment beyond the good feeling I got. But if he had asked me I would have said ‘Pay It Forward!’.

If you have not seen the movie I recommend you get a new or used copy from Amazon via this link Pay it Forward and enjoy a wonderful story. If you prefer to read the novel you can get a copy of the book Pay It Forward that is now in paperback. The book has been translated into over 22 languages for publication in more than thirty countries. It was chosen for the “Best Books for Young Adults” list by the American Library Association.

You could also send a copy of Pay It Forward to a friend or family member as a gift. It is book and a movie to cherish.

Enjoy a wonderful day,

David

P.S. You may also want to visit the website for the Pay It Forward Foundation

What do you see for you? - photo by D. Hennessey

For a long time now I have been blessed with the realization that one of my purposes on this planet is to share with people in seminars all the ideas, images and acronyms that I have put together to create The W.O.N.D.E.R. Technique ®. After over ten years making presentations I am still extremely passionate about what I am sharing and I am delighted to be still getting positive feedback.

How about you? Do you feel at least one purpose in your life driving you daily to do what you do? Is it some belief you hold deeply that you can ‘tap’ into when you are feeling low in energy to inspire you to get up and take action?

Beyond material objects, I believe as human beings we want to make a difference and feel a purpose inside of us that is inspiring us to ‘leap out of bed’ each day. For you, do you know what that is?

If yes, congratulations, I hope the ideas and tools on this website can help you make an even bigger difference.

If no, may I suggest you accept my gift to you and get yourself today a copy of my Free personal development workbook (simply feel in the form on this page and it will arrive within minutes).

Then I recommend you follow the action steps inside to help you find the gift you already have to offer this world. You can and do make a difference.

Your friend on the journey,

David