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Imagine How You’d Spend $500,000,000,000 to Better Our World

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” — Martin Luther King, Jr. Every year individuals, foundations and governments spend over $500 billion on efforts to improve the world. We fund research to cure cancer, send donations to help rebuild communities after natural disasters, give money to rescue animals, and …

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Overcome Diverse Talent Barriers: Serve as a Mentor or Sponsor

Harriet Tubman showed remarkable courage as a servant leader; she led more than three hundred fellow slaves to freedom after first escaping herself. Not content to simply enjoy her own freedom, she journeyed back into slave territory 19 times to guide friends, family and strangers to freedom. Servant leaders today, who follow Ms. Tubman’s stellar …

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Leaders, What Will You Do to Make a Difference?

Each weekday, NBC’s nightly news includes a final “Inspiring America” story. These stories showcase people who make a difference in the lives of others. They remind us that small actions can have a large impact to better our world. Consider, Jadav Payeng, “The Forest Man of India.” Saddened by how erosion and the changing ecosystem had destroyed the river island he loved, he began to plant one tree sapling each day on this decimated Island. Now, after almost 40 years, the trees he planted have reclaimed more than 1300 acres and become an Island with lush forests and abundant wildlife.