Doing Little Bits of Good...Together (Monday Moment ep. 589)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
For those desiring it, evidence is everywhere of heroes, of possibility, of beauty, and of the power of a unified community being used for good.
Flourishing individually, encouraging others, and connecting in community is what we strive to foster at Live Inspired. It is likely why you listen to our podcasts, read our materials, and share our posts. And it’s why we want to give you an exciting opportunity to go even deeper via our new online community called Live Inspired Together.
It’s our own little corner of the internet absent the negativity found elsewhere. It’s our Live Inspired homebase where you and I can connect – and it’s packed with inspirational content, virtual gatherings, and curated opportunities to serve.
It’s designed to help you embrace the power of perspective, the gifts you already possess and the truth that your best days are yet to come.
It’s free. It’s awesome. And it is for you.
Join me at Live Inspired Together by clicking the registration link below.
My friends, what we focus on, grows. I can’t wait to focus on the good with you and positively change the world one life at a time. Starting with our own.
https://community.liveinspiredtogether.com/registrations/groups/66867
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast Monday and Morning |
| 0:15.6 | Moments with John O'Leary. |
| 0:18.0 | I record these each and every week so you and I can begin those weeks |
| 0:21.6 | and these days in awe and on fire with a burst of inspiration. |
| 0:27.7 | Who better to light us up for this day than my friend Desmond Tutu, who wrote this. |
| 0:33.8 | Do your little bit of good where you are. |
| 0:36.7 | It's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. |
| 0:43.5 | Six years ago, as the book on fire was moving from a document to a manuscript to an actual book, |
| 0:51.1 | the publishing company designs the cover for that book. |
| 0:56.3 | It was a big picture of John O'Leary dressed in a suit, arms smugly crossed, wearing a confident smile, looking at the |
| 1:03.6 | readers, almost saying, future readers, look at me. I am great. And if you read this, you too can be great.' |
| 1:14.6 | Immediately I requested that they changed the freaking book cover. The designer was a bit surprised and wanted to know exactly why. |
| 1:22.8 | He shared that most authors in this genre, in this position, put their pictures on the front of the books. |
| 1:28.4 | It's important for branding, he said. I told him, though, the book was not about the guy on the |
| 1:35.1 | front of it. The book is about a community of individuals who stepped forward for that little boy |
| 1:40.7 | and for his family, the courageous actions they took, the important lessons they |
| 1:46.0 | taught, and the ways implementing those lessons might positively change the lives of the individuals |
| 1:51.7 | reading it. Ultimately, we landed on a simple white cover with an explosion of colors radiating |
| 1:59.4 | out from the center, and then the words on fire embossed |
| 2:05.4 | in a shiny foil wrap treatment the idea was that our readers many of them are listening to my voice |
| 2:12.5 | today that our readers literally could see themselves in the words on fire and then invite them into a story |
| 2:21.5 | of a community that was being used for good within that book and hopefully within all of our |
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