Is it true that no man is an island entirely of itself? Mark Bezos, a volunteer firefighter in New York, would seem to agree. In this short video at TED he recounts a simple act of kindness that left behind a lasting impact. Quoting again John Donne, we are each a piece of the continent….

The book “Switch – How To Change Things When Change Is Hard” by Chip and Dan Heath offers excellent advice on how to create change both in your personal and professional life. The authors begin with a counter-intuitive proposal. When we consider change, most of us look at what is going wrong in our lives…