Angela Maiers writes, "thanks to my brilliant friend, Chad Lilly for helping me capture the stories you have been sharing with me these past weeks. I am so humbled and honored that the message of YOU MATTER is resonating. I am even more inspired by all you are doing to spread this message to those that matter to you. We are only just beginning my friends. Because of you, I now know these 2 words have world changing power." Yes, this is what passes for education at TED. Now I am not opposed to personal empowerment - quite the opposite. But promoting empowerment isn't about building a you matter project website, hiring a few consultants, branding the message, setting up the dog-whistle messages and blogs and saying "you matter." It's about making actual changes to increase personal power.
If you think I'm being too cynical, here's the message Maiers posts as her takeaway: "See for yourself. Tell it to someone who matters to you and see what happens… for them and for you.
- If you share this exchange on Twitter please use the Hashtag- #youmatter
- It has been so powerful to see this happen in real time.
- If you post your thoughts about mattering here in the comments, I will collect your stories and share in an upcoming post.
- If you write about the experience on your blog- please link back to this post.  Thank you  Dr. Z , Collette, Jerry, Tom, Karen for leading the way!
Little by little, we will show the world that MATTERing matters." Tags, name-dropping links, link-backs - everything but actual empowerment.
If you think I'm being too cynical, here's the message Maiers posts as her takeaway: "See for yourself. Tell it to someone who matters to you and see what happens… for them and for you.
- If you share this exchange on Twitter please use the Hashtag- #youmatter
- It has been so powerful to see this happen in real time.
- If you post your thoughts about mattering here in the comments, I will collect your stories and share in an upcoming post.
- If you write about the experience on your blog- please link back to this post.  Thank you  Dr. Z , Collette, Jerry, Tom, Karen for leading the way!
Little by little, we will show the world that MATTERing matters." Tags, name-dropping links, link-backs - everything but actual empowerment.
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