So Many Things to Fix, So Little Time

Are you thinking?  Do you wonder?  I constantly find myself trying to solve problems that are beyond my control- or are they?  I get so discouraged when I hear people say "But it has always been this way" or "It is too big to change" or "Politics, Its Politics".

Here are some things I think about:

• Healthcare options that are affordable
• Lower tax rates in New York State
• Teaching our youth to be problem-solvers and innovators
• Increased membership in my church
• Plowing the sidewalks in my town so people can walk and enjoy the outdoors
• Moving away from fossil fuel 
• A better way to inform our workforce of trends impacting their jobs
• Inspiring financial responsibility or smarter spending (Need vs. Want)
• Teaching youth how to network and diversify their portfolio beyond sports

This is a short list.  I know I don't have the time or energy to tackle them all today, but I do hope to impact change in many of them before my time is out.

When I go back over this list, I realize, I do know people who could help make changes.  I could inspire them or collaborate with them.

I want this world to be a better place.  Don't you?  So, do you wonder?  Are you thinking?  Can you make a short list of things you would like to fix or make better?  Maybe you can. 

Oh, by the way, I am still reading Seth Godin's Linchpin.  Fascinating.  Inspiring.  Please read it!  It makes me think and I bet it will make you  think too. 

Comments

[mikelally]

I am thinking about how to create a Mastermind/Greenlight/Board of Advisors group that sticks.

[Shelley Cochran]

Great list, Hannah. I think of most of them myself. I'd also add "How to make the work world more responsive to employee's needs." This seems especially important in an "employer's market."