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I'm passionate about

Spreading ideas, Startups, innovation through collaboration, social issues

An idea worth spreading

The physical effect of positivity and the power of a positive thought on our lives.

Talk to me about

Communication, the spread of ideas, the power of positivity, fighting child abuse and domestic violence

People don't know that I'm good at

whistling! I may be one of the best whistlers you will ever meet!

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• TEDCred score: +4576.00 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

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  A reply on Conversation: Why aren't kids (+ young adults) given more credit?

  Dec 18 2011: I think ideas do matter though, that's why TED exists...as a vehicle for change through the spread of ideas..
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  A comment on Conversation: Define Success.

  Dec 16 2011: Success is that "Damn, I did good" moment.

• A comment on Conversation: What's one thing you wish you had learned in school?

  Nov 2 2011: I wish I would have learned how our perception of the world is almost as important as the reality, and it often comes our reality. They don't teach you that in school. They don't teach you how much your own thoughts play a part in determining the outcomes of your endeavors.

• A comment on Conversation: IntelligentDemocracy: The right to vote based on intelligence, not age!

  Oct 28 2011: Are we talking people with real mental disabilities or people who are just mentally unable to make rational decisions (we all know people like this).
  
  Because if the latter, then who is making that judgement?
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  A comment on Conversation: IntelligentDemocracy: The right to vote based on intelligence, not age!

  Oct 27 2011: I just think in a democratic society, this limits the ability of "the people" to accurately vote on an issue.
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  A comment on Conversation: We can learn by exchanging and discussing our own lists of "10 Things I Know to be True."

  Oct 26 2011: 1. Small actions can have huge impacts.
  2. It's all about the way you think.
  3. Some days are just hard, and that's okay.
  4. Nothing is perfect.
  5. Life isn't easy.
  6. Aliens exist.
  7. If you want to change something, you need to change something. The first thing to change is the way you think.
  8. Changing the way you think is not easy.
  9. Our reaction to events is more important than the events themselves.
  10. Our lives are what we make of them, we've just got to always keep trying.

• A reply on Conversation: What is the most popular festival/carnival in your town or country ?

  Oct 22 2011: I'll quote the website (truefalse.org) here,
  
  "The True/False Film Fest returns for its eighth edition March 3-6, 2011. The festival highlights innovative work with a cinematic scope, creative takes on contemporary currents, and most of all work that provokes dialogue about its subject and the documentary form itself.
  
  For four days, downtown Columbia, Missouri is transformed into a small-town Midwestern utopia. Most films come freshly discovered from Sundance, Toronto and other festivals, others appear mysteriously before their official premieres elsewhere. Sandwiched between the nonstop movies, we throw parties, host debates and field trips, and challenge local filmmakers to reimagine the possibilities of nonfiction filmmaking. The main venues are the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts, the Blue Note, the two-screen Ragtag Cinema, the Forrest Theater at the Tiger Ballroom, the brand-new Globe Theater (at the Presbyterian Church next to Ragtag) as well as Stephens College's Windsor Auditorium, the Hive (formerly Charters Auditorium) and the Eero Saarinen-designed Chapel."
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  A comment on Conversation: Beginning to end the cycle of domestic violence by giving school children tools to pre-qualify love.

  Oct 21 2011: Part of me thinks a simple list won't do anything to stop domestic violence, but the other part of me thinks, well it's something. It's a start.
  
  If it sets a strong foundation for kids then I think you really don't have anything to lose by attempting it. I wish we could start today.

• A comment on Conversation: What are thoughts made out of?

  Oct 21 2011: Let's say...a thought is a spark of innovation, both minuscule and momentous, it is a conversation in your mind with the different parts of yourself, a thought is an idea when we want to put it into action.
  
  I don't think I've even put that into words before, really interesting.
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  A comment on Conversation: What is the most popular festival/carnival in your town or country ?

  Oct 20 2011: The true/false documentary film festival is here in Columbia, Missouri.