May 2010
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Easy Rider
Dennis Hopper. 1936-2010
Inspiration for a generation.
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Enough
At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch-22 over its whole history. Heller responds, “Yes, but I have something he will never have … enough.”
On a macro level re-gearing the machine...
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“Momentum keeps the stopping away from the going.”
– John Maeda
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“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of...”
– Plato
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Do salt
It’s important to remember how little effort it takes to switch the body into ‘recharge’. After a busy couple of weeks getting ready for Hay on Earth, and Do in September, it was a a pleasure to spend a day day sea kayaking, relaxing and building a driftwood house with a fine crew of family and friends including Jane Davidson who spoke at Do 2009.
Good conversations happen when...
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“Change comes when the pain of NOT changing is worse than change itself.”
– Jamie Oliver
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“Don’t fight forces, use them.”
– Buckminster Fuller
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“Dare to be naive.”
– Buckminster Fuller
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“Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it...”
– Bradley Miller
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“Prevail. Prevail. Prevail”
– David Hieatt
Why the Auction?
The Do Lectures are here to make inspirational talks and then give them away for free. As business models go, it’s not the best. To pay its way, we sell Do tickets to attend the annual event. This pays for most of the costs of the event, but not all. The shortfall is made up by us selling T-shirts, Donations, Memberships and, yes, the Auction. Our aim is to raise at least £6K...
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Doing trees
Paul Cripps runs a mountain biking, trekking and rafting business in Cuzco, Peru. A few years back he signed up to 1% for the Planet, and has stuck with it through good times and bad, which is a strong commitment for any business to make. These lines from a recent mailing show what happens when Doers step into action:
Dear Andy,
Please click on the following youtube link to a short video about...
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“ideas+energy=change”
– the do lectures
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“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must...”
– Leonardo da Vinci
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“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress,...”
– Leonardo da Vinci
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A Speaker Announcement.
Matt Webb will be joining us in September.
Matt is MD of the design studio BERG, which invents products and designs new media. Projects include Popular Science+ for the Apple iPad, solid metal phone prototypes for Nokia, a bendy map of Manhattan called Here & There, and an electronic puppet that brings you closer to your friends. Matt speaks on design and technology, is co-author of Mind...
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“Walk in a noun, leave as a verb”
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Do auction
Last year we held an auction at the end of the event.
It wasn’t planned. But it was a lot of fun. And it raised some money for The Do, which is always good.
So at the end of this year’s Do, we are holding another auction.
We are looking for items or ideas for things that will be people will be interesting in biding for. It can be anything, but creative, unique and quirky items work...
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WatchWe thought we’d let the Chickens decide who wins.
And the winner of our “Become a Do member & win a ticket” is:
Number 33: Mark Watkins
Congratulations!
“Change yourself, not your stuff……
The more you know the less you...”
– Yvon Chuoinard 