- When a direction feels right, go that way to find out why. Fulfillment usually follows.
- Solve one problem. You may find you're inspired to solve more.
- There are a lot of us on the planet, and we do a lot of damage. We can also fix a lot of things, if we choose.
- Everyone needs a purpose in life. Even puppies.
On the third point, Gore makes an interesting observation: "Look, in the long run the earth is going to be fine. It's humans who are at risk." On the last point, he offers this story about puppies and purpose:
When I was in my 20s, my wife and I got a little puppy at the pound. We asked a dog trainer to give us some pointers. She said, "Okay, step one: What is this puppy going to do?" I said, "What do you mean? He's going to be a puppy!" She said, "No, no, no: Is he going to get the newspaper? Be a watchdog? Herd sheep?" And she said something very simple, but to me it came off as profound: "A puppy has to have a purpose." A lot of men out there don't feel like they have a purpose.
The last interesting thing in his article is a quote from scripture that Gore says often: "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might."
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Here is a talk that Al Gore gave at the TED conference. Some interesting stand-up comedy at the beginning but then goes into what people can do to lower CO2 emissions.
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