Work on stuff that matters

Here are three video links I've emailed out more times than I can remember about doing work that matters. Ideas include the role of citizenship, creating for the sake of creating, and appealing to the purpose behind your work. Enjoy.

1. The Gardens of Democracy



2. The Clothesline Paradox & the Sharing Economy



3. How Great Leaders Inspire Action

David Christian: Big History

This is wonderfully put together and the way it ends is just remarkable.

Dog Training Ourselves

Ian Dunbar gets dogs, but he also gets human behavior. I'll timestamp the latter first just because it's so on about relationship skills and interaction skills.

12:00: Training ourselves to be better at relationships
7:35: Insights on punishment without force
4:00: Really simple dog training techniques

The Secret To Happiness

8:00: What's bad about having too many choices
15:06: The Secret to Happiness

The whole thing's worth watching.