View of the Week (May 2017 M-End Edition): #GlobalCitizen Reflects Upon the Month...

As May 2017 draws to a close, we wanted to feature this courtesy of the team at Global Citizen on how ordinary faces make a profound difference as we look to June:

 

May 31, 2017 

 

Here are the top stories that Global Citizen readers loved to read this month.

Why You Should Absolutely Never Drink Bottled Water

Still drinking bottled water? Here are 10 cringe-worthy facts about the industry that will convince you to kick the bottle for good.

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Yes, Slavery Still Exists

Believe it or not, there are more slaves today than any other time in history – and these five countries are by far the worst offenders.

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Helen Mirren Just Gave the Best Speech of the Year

Proving that she is truly the queen, Helen Mirren gave this moving – and hilarious – speech about feminism at Tulane University.

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Bill Gates Just Dropped Some Life-Changing Advice

The businessman and philanthropist knows a thing or two about success – and it looks a lot different than you might think.

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This Girl Scout Faced Off With a Neo-Nazi

Instead of shying away, this brave girl looked in the face of hatred, stood up for her community, and immediately became the world’s newest hero.

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These 12 Photos Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

After an attack that killed more than 20, the people of Manchester proved to the world once again that acts of terror will not tear people apart.

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This Controversial Radio Host Was Finally Fired

After calling for a “final solution” after the Manchester attack, invoking language used by Hitler during the Holocaust, this host was fired from her weekly radio show.

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Children Everywhere Deserve an Education

More than 263 million children around the world are missing out on school – not getting the skills they need to succeed. Tell G20 leaders to support education for everyone.

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Thought For the Week: An Advice for all @OrdinaryFaces.....

As we bid farewell to May and gear up for June here in all the properties of the Daily Outsider,  we ran across this courtesy Peter Diamandis, the man behind the X-Prize that our team thought was sooooo timely 

which we hope all enjoy!!

Onward to June with all its' possiblities...

I’m often struck by the ability of a single individual to change the world. Think Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Elon Musk, Larry Page, Anne Wojcicki, Martin Luther King Jr. and Indira Gandhi, to name a few. They each started with no money and no technology, just their passion and perseverance. Ultimately, three things make anything possible: People, technology and money. If you have the right people on your team and enough money, you can create the technology — that’s called innovation.   If you have the right people and the right technology, you can attract the funding — that’s called venture capital.   But money and technology alone, without the persistent and passionate human mind driving things forward, are useless. If I had to name my superpower, it would be persistence — not giving up, even when everyone tells me it isn’t going to work. My most important successes (companies like the XPRIZE Foundation, Singularity University, Planetary Resources and Zero-G) have taken me 10 years or more to implement.   Had I given up in the face of the criticism or adversity, you wouldn’t be reading this blog post.   What good is patience without persistence?   Doing anything big and bold in life is hard work, and learning to persist (try, fail, learn, try again, etc.) is fundamental to any entrepreneur’s success.   Another name for this superpower is ‘grit,’ the will to keep pushing, iterating, and taking the next step in the face of hardship. Remember that true failure only comes when you give up.

On This Memorial Day 2017...and On the 100th Birthday of President John F. Kennedy....

Our team is honored to share the following compilation of thoughts courtesy of @Jonathan Huie on all our properties: 

No one has been barred on account of his race

from fighting or dying for America,

there are no white or colored signs

on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.

- John F. Kennedy

Let us never negotiate out of fear.

But let us never fear to negotiate.

- John F. Kennedy

War will exist until that distant day

when the conscientious objector

enjoys the same reputation and prestige

that the warrior does today.

- John F. Kennedy

The basic problems facing the world today

are not susceptible to a military solution.

- John F. Kennedy

And so, my fellow Americans,

ask not what your country can do for you;

ask what you can do for your country.

- John F. Kennedy

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet.

We all breathe the same air.

We all cherish our children's future.

And we are all mortal.

- John F. Kennedy