Jul 13, 2007 9:55 am US/Eastern
Drive
by Liz Walker
(WBZ)
Today we talk about DRIVE,…which can have a variety of meanings like ambition, pressure or effort.
DON CHEADLEDon Cheadle has put a lot of energy and effort into the movement against the 21st century's first genocide in Darfur Sudan.
We recently spoke with Don and human rights activist John Prendergast at a special genocide forum at the Kennedy Library. Don's activism has changed his life. It was triggered by his academy award nominated performance in Hotel Rwanda
MELT AWAY YOUR STRESSIf you find that your work schedule, social commitments and life in general is driving you crazy, we have found just the place you can go to be pampered. It's the Melt Salon a full service salon and spa that just opened this spring on Newbury Street. Here's some of what they offer.
Wendy BookerMarathon runner and Mountain Climber Wendy Booker is a woman of extraordinary drive and energy. She has run the Boston marathon four times and climbed four of the world's tallest mountains. Nothing slows her down, not enough multiple sclerosis.
THE DRIVE FOR SUCCESSCan you have a drive for success in the business world and be socially responsible at the same time? According to this book you can. Its author, our guest, Mark Albion, social entrepreneur, former professor at Harvard Business School and a man who believes that the business community should have a social conscience.
JUST THINKINGMy son has developed this habit of sending text messages on his cell phone while we talk. It drives me nuts. He insists he is paying attention but I know just as it's impossible to be in two places at once, it's impossible to do two things at once. You have to switch back and forth so you're really not that focused on either task.
We're all becoming so plugged in, logged on, and hooked up that we run the risk of forgetting to use our heads.
Even though responding to all the prompts on your blackberry is stimulating , it will never take the place of thinking, questioning and creating, that's what our brains are programmed to do. Technology has improved our lives a million fold,…we need to be careful in not letting it drive us to distraction. If you're spending more and more time shifting between computer screens, emails and im's, you may want to shut down for a while and trying something "old school"…like reading a book.
There's nothing wrong with going wide,…but every once in a while its good to go deep.
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