Dead Serious #033
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“Altruism……………hard to say, easy to do?”

What the hell is ‘altruism’? I hear you say.

My guest this week, Mr Shane Holst, is the founder of the Australian Altruism Foundation, an organisation established to explore ways of making the world a better place by encouraging humanitarianism, compassion and creative leadership.

Shane, inspired by the community building theories of M. Scott Peck, decided that he needed to do more to contributeto his personal, local and the global community and has done so via the foundation and by establishing an award program that recognises self-lessness and excellence in contemporary leaders (The Turtle Awards)…….recognising people who ’stick their neck out’ for the common good. The patron of the Australian Altruism Foundation is Dr. Patch Adams, a man equally passionate about improving the lives of people by empowering them, and having fun at the same time!

For regular listeners and readers of the Blog, you will know why I feel a committment to the work Shane is doing………..he manages to see beyond the boundaries established by regulation and legislation to keep us ‘under control’ and see the true potential of each individual to contribute to the world around them.

Shane talks about ” providing real nutrition for the spirit” and how high profile members of our community need to focus on setting an example for others. He discusses ways we can find a spiritual and psychological balance in our lives and how the time has come to stop blaming other people and take responsibility for our own actions.

Shane explores the suffering of young people and talks about how we can connect with people who feel disenfranchised and disaffected.

He explores the concept of humanity as an organic entity and how we are ‘communal’ creatures and that the ‘nuclear family’ is an economic experiment that has failed………where do we go from here? How do we break this economic model and become more communal?

Listen in and find some new ideas, some inspiration and some creative ideas!

The music “J-Roc’s Ferrett” is kindly provided by Mike Schulze

This program, as always, recorded on Skylook.

Don’t forget to log on next week for part 2 of this inspirational and motivating interview. Shane challenges us to review our lives and to take ‘a good hard look’ at where we are heading and see if it’s really where we WANT to be!

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