Change Writer

Author: Jonathan Morgan

  • Change Maker’s Manifesto

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    Last week I finished work on my new eBook, Change Maker’s Manifesto: Simple Steps Toward Making a Difference. This quick start guide is for you if you want to get started in making a difference in the world, but don’t quite know where to begin. For those of you are already on this journey of change, I’ve added a section…

  • Parallel Bible: An Interview with Andrew Breitenberg

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    Parallel Bible is an exciting new experiment that takes an ancient text and anchors it in day to day experiences through crowd-sourced images. I spoke to co-founder Andrew Breitenberg about the app and their Kickstarter campaign to fund the first printed gospel of Mark in which all of its visual content is sourced by its readers.…

  • The Upside of ISIS

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    You know how sometimes something really horribly grotesque somehow ends up having a positive, unintended byproduct? Like when you see someone who has faced the worst kinds of abuse find their way out the other side. And they’re not just the same person they started out being. They’re stronger. They somehow turn the utter shit-that-should-never-have-happened situation into something that…

  • So Close

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    Click. I sat glued to my screen, hitting refresh, knowing that in 15 minutes time it would all be over. The last time this happened to me was when we came to the end of our crowd funding campaign last year. We knew that the outcome of the campaign would determine our future: would we…

  • Links: While I’ve Been Away

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    I thought it might be nice to share some things that have caught my attention during the quiet few months preceding this one. In no particular order, here goes: Fairphone 2 If you, like me, like the idea of owning a phone that hasn’t been made in the harsh conditions of much of today’s technology,…

  • Reflections on my in/voluntary tech fast

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    A couple of things I realised through living without a computer for 4 months.

  • Life Hacks for Successful Change

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    I’ve moved countries a few times in my life. First to Sweden, then South Africa, and now, just 6 months ago, to Jordan. Change can be exhilarating, but it can also be a challenge, especially when the “honeymoon phase” begins wearing off. Here are a few things that have helped me to embrace change… Decide…

  • How To Handle Transition

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    We all go through times of transition, whether it’s changing jobs, moving cities or saying goodbye to friends. Here are some ways to handle transition well. About a year ago I did a week-long debrief of my last 5 years. One of the things I discovered from it was that I hadn’t done as good…

  • The Perspective of Travel

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    If you’re feeling stuck in the same old rut of desiring change, but not knowing how to get started, perhaps you need a change of scenery. Movement gives us greater objectivity I remember as a boy, pedalling up the closest, highest mountain I could find and looking down at Cardiff, the city I once called…

  • Why it’s good to read people you disagree with

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    If you want to cultivate and refine your understanding of your own worldview, it’s important to study the worldview of others. Photo by Tarik Browne I discovered this when I first began studying political philosophy. Reading the likes of John Locke, Friedrich Nietzsche and Michel Foucault I would ask myself: what similarities and what differences…