Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life.
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“With an amazingly useful way of thinking and acting, Most Good, Least Harm is multi-faceted in its utility….The innovation in this book is…spreading a message of being socially, politically, and environmentally conscious when making decisions.”
~ Jordan Dacayanan, Sacramento Book Review
Usually, the holidays are anything but balanced. We often don’t eat balanced meals; we may tip the balance toward excess activity and away from relaxation, and we usually unbalance our checkbooks. This holiday season, strive for balance. One of the challenges of MOGO living comes when we want to change our lives to reflect our [...]
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It’s so easy to be influenced by the prevailing values of our culture. We are bombarded with messages to buy more and more. Several people were killed or injured in the U.S. on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving, which is reputed to be the biggest shopping day of the year) because they were trampled [...]
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It’s particularly challenging during the holiday season to buck the buy-as-much-as possible system without support. Your family may not be happy without dozens of gifts under the Christmas tree or expensive presents each day of Hanukkah. It’s important to find or create a community of people who also want a holiday season that revolves around [...]
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As you buy gifts, food, wrapping paper, ornaments, etc., this holiday season ask yourself some questions. What are the effects of these purchase on other people, animals, and the environment? All your purchases will contribute to the economy, which is a positive effect in these hard times, but your money is your vote for the [...]
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Many are suffering this holiday season. Millions have lost their jobs and are struggling with the basics. They cannot even buy their children a winter coat or mittens, let alone a new toy. During this holiday season, consider how you might be of service to those in your community who are facing serious hardship, and [...]
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Most of us don’t write our own epitaphs. If they’re written at all, they come from those who knew us well, and hopefully they reflect what we ourselves would have wanted said about us. But what if you were to write your epitaph now, in the fullness of your life, to seriously consider how you [...]
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In the next two weeks, I’m going to post about each of the 7 Keys to MOGO, which are part of my just published book, Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life. These aren’t proscriptive, but rather (I hope) useful keys for putting the MOGO (Most Good) principle [...]
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I took an online self-reflection course through the ToDo Institute during the month of November. During the course we completed daily exercises, some days focusing on those whom we wished to thank; other days focusing on apologizing for harm we’d caused; one day examining the blessings we received even during a difficult or painful time. [...]
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