Mission: Going Homeless/ Research-draft

Operation: Going Homeless

Objective: 2

-Research and build case studies.

"Life is a lesson waiting to be learned and experienced." That is philosophy of Mission: Going homeless. One of the key elements to it. Growing up as a rebel with out a cause, all that time I spent shuffled from one institution to another, I felt free. All the times my life seemed it could not get worse, I made the best of it by learning from it and seeking close counsel in friendship. As an "Input"  which is basically someone who thrives on data and knowledge I am able take from these relationships that are built and provide a much needed insider look. And we're able to do this two ways. 1. My own perspective as being homeless my self and 2. The information, experiences, stories, advice. ect. from the other guests at the shelter and the people in the community. This research can and should be formulated with the input and applied to programs, community members and non profits willing to participate in "Mission: Going Homeless" Or as one person put it “To take ideas from one person is plagiarism but to steal ideas from many is research.”

“Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought” Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (Hungarian Biochemist 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine

“The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident, and the most wonderful of all things in life.” Hugh Walpole, Sr.

“Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.” Alexander Smith (Scottish Poet and Essayist,

“We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.” Samuel Smiles 

“The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.” Humphrey Davy
 

Mission: Going Homeless/ Build Relationships.

  

Operation: Going Homeless

Objective: 1

-Build relationships for day program & community out reach program.

 A cornerstone to growth is having positive relationships with people who are going or are where you want to be...relatively. As Charlie "Tremendous" Jones says. "In five years you will become the books your read and the PEOPLE you associate with." This statement is slightly outdated by it's seclusion to the media of books. Given today in age people can utilize all kinds of tools for growth including but not limited to, the internet with online classes, floating universities, Youtube, Google, kindle. There is an AMAZING decentralized, open source movement on education going on. We can even turn our cars into mobile universities with audio tapes. But you get the point...The resources are there. So why aren't people utilizing them? Well it's because of YOU! It's because of ME it's because of  US.  Whither you are the one who needs to better themselves in an area such as relationships, addictions, co-dependencies financial troubles ...or at least in a position to be a positive influence in someones life and if this concerns you. Then you have a moral obligation to do something about it. Either way... Why aren't you? If you don't know let me help you out. One of the reasons is because of relationships. The resources are only a part of it, many times it takes much "encouragement" from life or others to "influence" us in way that allows us to see the benefits from it. BUT. We are not that good at creating relationships. I mean really GOOD ones. We do okay, but most of the time not good... and good is just not good enough... it is the enemy of great. People often settle for good when they can have great. So for there to be any mutual growth there has got to be those fundamentals that makeup a great relationship. Those like trust, vulnerability, acceptance communication and connection or "other". Once these connections are in place and the stronger they are the more influence is able to travel back and forth. So though each case is different and we allow for exceptions... the majority of the time the one with the stronger, more positive influence wins out. People need to have leadership on their own level... so it's going to take someone with strong leadership skills willing to meet them at their level. I'm willing to do that though I'm not that good at it being an introvert. But the reason I'm willing to do that is. If it were not for the consistent influence of those who love me... My decision to undertake this journey might not be by choice.  Meaning it is because someone else had enough determination, enough leadership skills but most importantly enough love, enough care to not give up on me all those years I seemed hopeless.  To help me see the hope and the strengths within me. To pull me up, nurture me, train me or  simply be with me. And its what I do today. As Bob Goff writes in his book "Love Does" about a man who was just there for him. Sometimes people just need you backing them. Not criticism or opinions or help. Sometimes people just need you to be with them for the ride. That's what were going to do. Enjoy the ride and learn and grow as much as possible. 

"Riching out to the Poor and Middle Class"

Let me know your thoughts and opinion's on my new blog. I really appreciate feed back of all kinds.

Rich people...the wealthy, the one percent! To tax them or not to tax them is the question? I can see it a couple ways. First off lets just agree the tax benefit is meant to benefit the rich. But why is that such a bad thing? I mean it's an

incentive right? Too encourage people to try their best, shoot for their dreams. Let them take the money they would have spent on taxes and reinvest in their business therefore creating jobs ever further strengthening the world economy. But their are a couple things wrong with the system non the less... we've just been asking the wrong questions. I would argue that their does need to be a cap of some sort with moral loopholes. What I mean is that if an entrepreneur makes it big such as Henry Ford with "Ford" company or even Mark Zuckeber with "facebook" and they acquire a massive amount of wealth from it should they get to keep the majority of it? I don't think so. I mean don't get me wrong they deserve the most but not to the e-xtreams we see today.They way I see it no one person can ever do anything with the the help, passion, work, blood, sweat, tears and lives of others. So the way I see it, the top executives making the majority percentage of money is I think a way out of balance system. The money should be more distributed to the people on all levels of the company and or outsourced services and partnerships. I don't believe the more capable or willing have the right to make massive amounts of fortune off the backs of other Americans, but I do realize I am hesitant to draw a definite line of where that is. But the interesting things we know its a flawed system. Here's how. "Most of us believe that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is with external rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That’s a mistake, Daniel H. Pink says in, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, his provocative and persuasive new book. The secret to high performance and satisfaction—at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.

Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He demonstrates that while carrots and sticks worked successfully in the twentieth century, that’s precisely the wrong way to motivate people for today’s challenges. In Drive, he examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose—and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action.

So Their is a two fulled approach, one empower entrepreneurs more in the beginning, really empower and support them and have it tapper off over the years. This also servers as an earmark protector in which the companies or non profit that aren't' effective fall off and the money goes back to support other incoming ones. Second is empower the people. You can't necessarily blame the rich for wanting to hold on to the money they make. Heck, the majority of rich people give more percentage then that of the middle or the poor. So that's why we need more successful people. How to do that.. well motivation is one of the solutions. To find out the others make sure to like us and follow along in the discussion your voice matters....even more than your vote.