so here's the ruby&kristina question of the week:
how do you get people to care about the world?
we've ruled out:
1. physical and emotional force ;p
2. guilt-tripping them
we've ruled in:
1. icare project (tbd)
2. by caring ourselves (c/o megan chan)
earlier this year when taimur forced me to talk to sol guy, i managed to hold the conversation past "omg, you're amazing, it's so nice to meet you!!". through wobbly knees and a fluttering heart, i asked him that exact question "how can i get people around me involved, engaged in social issues?"
his response: just focus on what you're doing and people will follow. keep doing what you're doing and that will directly effect those around you. don't worry too much about them. they'll come around.
and he's right. i can't tell people to care, but i can show them how to care. it's not my part to go around telling people that they should care, but it is my part to care for other people.
thanks sol guy. you inspire me (he's another one ruby!)
any other ideas?
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- Kristina Lugo
- I will be heading to Malawi through Emmanuel International for 2 months this summer 2009 after graduating from the Math Faculty at the University of Waterloo. I hope to combine my passion for math with my desire to help others to make a positive social impact. How? I'm not quite sure, but I think this trip will help me figure it out ;p
taking it one step further - if we can show the results that happen when we DO care individually, people are more likely to sit up and listen :)
ReplyDeletegetting people to listen or sit up and take notice is 80% of the work. they will take care of the "taking action" part, or the other 20%.
ps, thanks for the london fog chai, its delish. can't wait for more cupcakes.
thanks ad. results from caring will be blogged =)
ReplyDeleteeverything from this point on in your life will be 80/20 ;p one day, it'll be 80% effort towards a social issues and 20% towards profit for the social venture, RIGHT?