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Soldiers who’ve lost limbs in service face a daily struggle unimaginable to most of us. Dean Kamen talks about the profound people and stories that motivated his work to give parts of their lives back with his design for a remarkable prosthetic arm.
Tags: Annual Competitions, awareness, believer in education, comicStyle, daily struggle, Dean Kamen, DEKA Research and Development, delivers drug treatments, first, first portable infusion device, FIRST sponsors, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, Gail Penney, give parts of their lives back, iBOT, Ideas worth spreading, innovator, inspire teenagers, lifeStyle, lost limbs, Luke arm, main blog, mindStyle matters, motorised wheelchair, off-grid electricity, penneylane, penneylaneonline, portable dialysis machine, profound people, profound stories, prosthetic arm, pursue careers in science, quality of life, revolutionise attitudes, round-the-clock hospital care, Ted Talk, The emotion behind invention, Think car. Segway, turnStyle, vascular stent, VidStyle, water purification, wheelchair that climbs stairs, www.penneylaneonline.com
When the dotcom bubble burst, hotelier Chip Conley went in search of a business model based on happiness. In an old friendship with an employee and in the wisdom of a Buddhist king, he learned that success comes from what you count.
Tags: bookstore, california, Chip Conley, comicStyle, corporate social responsibility, creative business development, customers, dotcom bubble burst, employees, full realisation, full realization, Gail Penney, Gross National Happiness Index, happiness-based business model, hotelier, human behavior, human desires, Ideas worth spreading, identity refreshment, innovative design formula, investors, Joie de Vivre Hospitality, joy of life, lifeStyle, main blog, Maslow's Pyramid, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, measuring success, mindStyle matters, PEAK: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow, penneylane, penneylaneonline, phoenix, potential, quality of life, self-actualisation, self-actualization, self-help, success, Ted Talk, tenderloin district, transformative enterprises, turnStyle, unique hotels, VidStyle, wisdom, www.penneylaneonline.com
Beyond Blue’s mission is to provide a national focus and community leadership to increase the capacity of the broader Australian community to prevent depression and respond effectively.
Tags: action, approach, australian community, Beyond blue, build, Central hawkes Bay, co-ordinated, collaborative, community, community leadership, community well-being, depression, dignity, diversity, evidence-based, global community, good deeds, hand up, Hawke's Bay, health, Help, helping hand, human rights, improves, involvement, national focus, New Zealand, new zealanders, penneylane, penneylaneonline, penneylaneonline.com, population, prevent, Principles for action, quality of life, recognition, respect, social agencies, social conscious, social good, society, special needs, strong community, support, sustainable, understanding, welfare agencies, well-being
The Yukka bush outside the front door is such an elegant front-of-house director of people inside that she deserves great tips from everyone that enters. Her neatly manicured points make you think not even an errant gust of wind would
Tags: antipodeans, attributes, author, blog, blog writer, calm, Central hawkes Bay, clear thinking, comicStyle, demeanour, dignified, elegant, emanate, front door, gracious, graciousness, gust of wind, halo, Hastings New Zealand, Hawke's Bay, inclusive, Inside Out, Jason Frazer, kiwi, kiwiStyle, lifeStyle, lovely, maori, mindStyle, New Zealand, new zealanders, other worldly, pasifka, penneylane, penneylaneonline, penneylaneonline.com, people, persmission, polynesian, pontifications, quality of life, reflections, showy displays, Simply Grace, small things, thoughts, touch, turnStyle, twistedmusings.com.au, views, Waipukurau, where mindStyle matters, writer, writing, writings, Yukka bush
