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		<title>Why the optimism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JeanRussell</dc:creator>
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In the face of all the catastrophe thinking and story-telling, why the optimism of thrivability?
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		<title>Fiscal Futures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JeanRussell</dc:creator>
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This evening I attended (with a brand new twitter friend) the MacArthur Foundation and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago&#8217;s America&#8217;s Fiscal Future: Making Difficult Choices event.
Oh, I have lots of thoughts to share, but sharing them usually only gets half done&#8230; so I am shifting modes and sharing with you just a light dose of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WonderWomanGang</title>
		<link>http://nurture.biz/2010/07/wonderwomangang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JeanRussell</dc:creator>
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Yesterday I was missing my friend @rachelannyes &#8211; so I looked at her twitter feed to see what she has been up to and get a sense of how she is doing. I found a lovely post:
@rachelannyes: What the world needs now is a Wonder Woman gang.
Absolutely.
So I hereby nominate for the Wonder Woman Gang [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catastrophe Thinking</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JeanRussell</dc:creator>
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I am pretty sure my entire life has been lived under the hovering cloud of the apocalypse. Sure there were moments of possibility &#8211; the fall of the wall, the election of Obama, the end of apartheid in South Africa. But mostly the global events we hear about focus on the end of civilization as we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asymptotic Understanding</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JeanRussell</dc:creator>
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What I learned from mystical language: In Search of Truth in a World of Language
It struck me in philosophy class. Ancient Philosophy. The year was 1993. Bang, how do you solve Zeno’s paradox? Hmmm, what is wrong with most philosophical questions? It came again in the course on knowing. A priori, A posteriori. Humbug.
We construct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wowed by Structure Lab</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JeanRussell</dc:creator>
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Structure Lab &#8211; the place to learn what structure to ask your legal advisor for. It can also be useful for foundations, investors, and others working with social benefit start-ups.
I feel wowed. I have been reading about structures for social benefit start-ups and considering my own for years now. I felt like I had a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Gift That Gives Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JeanRussell</dc:creator>
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In January I posted A Gift That Gives. This is a follow-up post.
My daughter has now hear me tell the story a dozen times. Now she tells it proudly herself. We dedicated some time to discussing how she wanted to donate her $100. This was a lovely opportunity for me to share that this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transformative Structures</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JeanRussell</dc:creator>
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I read the latest issue of Beyond Profit magazine on my flight to the west coast. I was headed to Beyond Social Media conference. What I most enjoyed reading was about going beyond existing structures. For years now, as part of several startups with varying degrees of social good intent, I have pondered over appropriate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Gift that Gives</title>
		<link>http://nurture.biz/2010/01/a-gift-that-gives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JeanRussell</dc:creator>
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My daughter asked me, &#8220;Mom, what would you do if someone gave you $6000?&#8221; We were on the way to the store and my mind has been challenged by the bills I have to pay. My answer surprises me in hindsight, as I left out the piece of work I have been doing for 7 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gratitude and TweetsGiving 09</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JeanRussell</dc:creator>
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This post is in several parts. First, I want to talk about the power of gratitude. Second, I want to share some of my gratitude. Finally, I want to share with you an opportunity to share gratitude with me and many others. If you want to jump to the gratitude event of the season, scurry [...]]]></description>
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