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I'm passionate about

Helping teenagers and small children. Music. Stories. My work. I'm passionate about conquering my fears, about falling in love, my wardrobe, teaching people to see rather than be blind.

An idea worth spreading

2+2=6

Talk to me about

Teaching, traveling. the sunset, elderly people in your life, young ones and the things they do. People at work, people at play. Frustrations, strong emotions. Why people tick the way they do.Anything

People don't know that I'm good at

Listening, watching, learning. I can also do upright push ups. more than five times.

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• TEDCred score: +2.50 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

• A reply on Conversation: Have you realized your potential?

  Jan 9 2013: Maybe IF should rephrase my response, There is no where else in my current role thatnI would want to be promoted to. I canot see myself doing this job because I despise it, and the places it could take me.. so now I,'m attempting to go in another direction.

• A reply on Conversation: Have you realized your potential?

  Jan 9 2013: Of course you are forgiven ma'am.
  
  I think you're right if you are speaking of ones full potential.
  When referring to one's potential I didn't necessarily mean a full potential, rather a certain direction of the potential. For instance, with my current job, I've reached the top of where I can without devoting my life to it (which I'm obviously unwilling to do) so now I want to start in a new direction.
  
  With any luck, at the end of my life I will be able to look back and think I did well with most things, and realized my full potential in a few.
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  A comment on Conversation: Why do people find the need to entrench themselves in rules and policies?

  Jan 7 2013: Clearly Texas is the place to be from.

• A reply on Conversation: Why do people find the need to entrench themselves in rules and policies?

  Jan 7 2013: Bahhaa Hey Bob "the yank"
  I was born and raised in Texas, we only moved to Australia about five years ago LOL
  And surprisingly, (and disappointingly) most people don't talk like Steve Irwin..

• A reply on Conversation: Why do people find the need to entrench themselves in rules and policies?

  Jan 7 2013: Amen. I have a very similar mind set, I think it's probably the reason I'm always in trouble.
  I think if people mad their own decisions the world might be a little smarter. And a little less populated.

• A reply on Conversation: Why do people find the need to entrench themselves in rules and policies?

  Jan 7 2013: Hey Bob,
  
  That's rather odd. People here can be.. well they are pretty idiotic. I'll give you two examples.
  A) It is illegal for anyone other than a fully qualified electrician to change a light bulb..
  I have yet to figure out why this is, it's quite pathetic really.
  B) It is HIGHLY illegal to go within 100 meters of a whale carcass.
  This has to be a personal favorite. The reason they passed this law is because a whale beached itself somewhere in Queensland. This attracted many sharks. Tourists and locals alike decided they wanted to pet the sharks (while they were in the middle of a bloody feeding frenzy) so they (they being about 20 people) waded out to the carcass and began to pet the sharks. Needless to say it wasn't the brightest idea ever.

• A reply on Conversation: If you could learn one thing, what would it be?

  Dec 27 2012: I think I just redefined my understanding of finding courage. Thank you, sincerely.

• A reply on Conversation: Why do people find the need to entrench themselves in rules and policies?

  Dec 27 2012: I feel very.. strongly? About this.. it's something that's bothered me since childhood. I think SOME rules are necessary. The sheer amount of them creates disasters, less empathy, less kindness, poorer human relationships. With a few less rules, and a few SMARTER rules, with a huge increase in common sense, I think that's how we should move forward. Unfortunately, I don't have a clue how to distribute common sense to the populations of the world.
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  A reply on Conversation: Have you realized your potential?

  Dec 27 2012: I'll confess after reading your post, I just bought the book on amazon. I like how you say grandchildren, not children of nieces and nephews.. it makes it more.. permanent. I won't promise that I can write every day, but I will try for 30 days and see how things change.
  If I may ask, do you know why you enjoy peoples stories so much? I've tried to figure out why I do, and the only reason I can come up with is my separation from the majority of my family by geographical distance. The distance made it difficult to hear their stories, so now I crave to hear everyone's. That and I love to learn from them. Crazy?
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  A reply on Conversation: Have you realized your potential?

  Dec 27 2012: Mrs Goncalves,
  
  That is absolutely amazing! Congratulations isn't near enough. I've honestly never looked at a single mum in this light, it's entirely different. I really hope that sometime in the future (The near future I hope) when I have kids, I hope and pray that I will always be able to look at them the way you look at your son. Thank you, your point of view is a breath of fresh air.