http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/magazine/13contagion-t.html?em
As you may or may not know I'm a career coach...and yesterday I met with a woman with whom I have been working on/off for 3 months...she has been unemployed and now underemployed for a year. what continues to enliven my spirit each time I meet with her is how she is approaching her challenge. She is contagious. She is still hopeful. She is happy...but not PollyAnna about it ..she knows her situation, is working on improving it...and she is working on her goals...but it is her enduring spirit that always pumps me up...then I read this very recent NYT article, see above link...which validated my thoughts...well worth reading even though it is 8 pages long. Here is an astonishing statement from the article...
"As Fowler pointed out, if you want to improve the world with your good behavior, math is on your side. For most of us, within three degrees we are connected to more than 1,000 people — all of whom we can theoretically help make healthier, fitter and happier just by our contagious example. “If someone tells you that you can influence 1,000 people,” Fowler said, “it changes your way of seeing the world.”
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