Great organizations are built on fundamentally solid foundations – otherwise known as “great bones”. [more]

By John C. Bogle from The Wall Street Journal - April 20th 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124027114694536997.html

June Song: Closer to Fine
Artist: Indigo Girls [more]

Editor's Note: This might be my favorite success story so far because it is so simple - started by a guy making $33,000 a year and is still a modest and fundamentally sound "business of good." My son reminds me from time to time of the old "starfish" story most of us have heard. (Man tells boy who is throwing starfish stranded on beach that there are millions of starfish beached and he can't hope to help them all survive. To which boy says as he tosses one back into the sea, "Yes, but I'm helping this one".) Keith Taylor is an inspiration to me because he concentrates on only what he CAN do... that one starfish he's throwing back in the sea. [more]

Full Catastrophe Living:
Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
by Jon Kabat-Zinn [more]

An excerpt from "Suffering is Optional" by Byron Katie [more]
http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/51/suffering-is-optional/

According to Stewart Kohl, CEO of Riverside, a virtuous circle is what he seeks in his business and his life. He believes it is accomplished by being open to mistakes and willing to correct them; all with the goal of leading a more successful business and fulfilling life. [more]

Despair ruins more lives and organizations than obstacles do.  Obstacles, however difficult, can be overcome as has been shown by many heroes over time.  Despair cannot be overcome as it is a self-fulfilling prophesy. [more]

A poor teenager from a bad neighborhood overcomes her obstacles and heads for Brown University – leaving a wonderful poem to contemplate as she does. [more]

From The Economist print edition - Mar 12th 2009
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/