Change Writer

Author: Jonathan Morgan

  • 6 Compelling Reasons to Get Yourself a Coach

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    A coach is someone who can act as a sounding board for your ideas, helping you stick to commitments and championing your progress as you pursue your goals. Photo by Ed Uthman Here are some reasons why you need a coach: They help you focus One of the things I love about meeting my coach…

  • How I Became More Thankful

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    Having a positive outlook on life is vital if you’re going to stir up change in the world around you. I Didn’t Start Out Thankful When I arrived in South Africa for the first time, I discovered I had some unrealistic expectations of what a change of location could do. I thought that moving would…

  • Books: The Starfish and The Spider

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    The Starfish and The Spider is a book that questions the way we think about the nature of leadership. Much of our culture and history has revolved around hierarchical, top-down leadership. You look at the structure and you know who’s boss. You know where the buck stops. We build careers around climbing the ladder, hoping…

  • It Takes A Community To Spread An Idea

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    Watching Amazing Grace, you’d be forgiven for thinking that slavery in the UK was abolished singlehandedly by William Wilberforce. Fortunately, the story isn’t quite so simple. Wilberforce wasn’t alone. He was part of a community that later became known as the ‘Clapham Sect’. They were a group of God-fearing activists who lived close to each…

  • Change Makers Avoid Insulation

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    If you want to stay alive to the world, it’s important to avoid becoming segregated from the needs around you. Wholeheartedly embracing a life of change means opening your eyes to the pain of the world and letting it shape you. Image by Zoriah That’s one of the reasons travelling can be so good. It…

  • Are You Living a Good Story?

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    If your familiar with Donald Miller, you’ll know about his passion for good storytelling. While he was researching story as a way of growing his writing, he developed the idea that if we consciously plan our lives using the elements of story, we will live better, more focussed lives. The kind of lives that our…

  • Are we going the way of the buffalo?

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    Here’s a stirring call to action from Antonie Fountain, former director of STOP THE TRAFFIK in the Netherlands:

  • 5 Totally Selfish Reasons To Become A Change Maker

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    You may think that you have to be a self-sacrificing saint to become a Change Maker. That’s not true! Here are 5 good reasons for selfish people to pursue change: You meet amazing people I’ve met some of my favourite people in the course of pursuing change. These people have courage, determination and amazing stories.…

  • Why Awareness is for Pussies

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    One day a friend of mine, who knew I had a blog about human rights violations and injustices, sent me a post from the Stuff White People Like blog, entitled Awareness. Here’s the gist: An interesting fact about white people is that they firmly believe that all of the world’s problems can be solved through “awareness.”  Meaning the…

  • Switching the focus

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    Last December I was reminded of how much I value mobilising and facilitating change when I was asked to speak to a group of 14 and 15 year old school kids in Sweden. They wanted to know about the baby rescue project that my wife and I had been involved with, and our plans to…