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Dave Egger’s story in this video (24:29) is truly inspiring! Although the video is a bit long, I really encourage you to make to the space to hear it fully – it’s an amazing story.
Notice the following about what he has to say:
- How he used his creativity to connect one community’s need and another community’s resources;
- How he just got started with putting his idea into action without having all of the answers about what it would ultimately look like;
- How unexpected obstacles showed him the way by remaining open, being creative and remaining unattached to what “should” happen;
- His sense of adventure and playfulness about how the idea evolved, while remaining very focused on the goal;
- How his courage to listen and follow through on his original idea resulted in an abundance of resources showing up that he couldn’t initially foresee, who have helped far more people than I’m sure he ever imagined at the outset.
