If You Can Make it Here…Creation, Revolution and Happiness

at the Library

Peter Bromberg | peterbromberg.comMount Laurel Library| Mount Laurel, NJ | November 14, 2013

Why Are We Here Today?

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World population: 7,200,000,000Ever Lived: 108,000,000,000

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Why Are We Here Today?

Change

the absolutely crazyhistorically unprecedented

accelerating pace of

or…

The pace of change is accelerating and the progression is exponential. We are

actually doubling the power of these technologies now in less than a

year. Indeed [for a wide variety of

technologies], we find not just simple exponential growth, but “double”

exponential growth, meaning that the rate of exponential growth is itself

growing exponentially. - Ray Kurzweil, Author, Inventor, Futurist

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Permanent Whitewater

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Permanent Revolution

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Graveyard of Disruptive Technology

Graveyard of Disruptive Technology

In a Permanent Revolution…

What changes?

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Forms (Ways of Doing)

“A new breed of educators are inventing radical new ways for children to learn, grow, and thrive. To them, knowledge isn’t a commodity that’s delivered from teacher to student but something that emerges from the students’ own curiosity-fueled exploration.

Teachers provide prompts, not answers, and then they step aside so students can teach themselves and one another. They are creating ways for children to discover their passion - and uncovering a generation of geniuses in the process.”“How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of

Geniuses” By Joshua Davis, Wired Magazine, 10/15/13

CommunicationAnalytical SkillsTechnical LiteracyFlexible/AdaptableInterpersonal AbilityMulticultural AwarenessPlanning/Organizing

From: http://www.quintcareers.com/job_skills_values.htmlby Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D., and Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.

Problem SolvingCreativityTeamworkWillingness to LearnSelf-MotivatedSelf-ConfidenceTenacityPositive Attitude/Energy

Skills and Values needed for success in a deeply weird world

In a Permanent Revolution…

What changes?Forms (Ways of Doing)

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What doesn’t change?Values (Ways of Being)

So we were in this toy store trying on funny noses and…

“The library saved my

life.”

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Copyright W. Andrew “Andy” WoodworthAll rights reserved. Used by permission

Copyright W. Andrew “Andy” WoodworthAll rights reserved. Used by permission

“Work is love made visible”- Kahlil Gibran

In a Permanent Revolution…

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What doesn’t change?Ways of Being

What changes?Ways of Doing

“The public library is a center of public happiness

first”

-John Cotton DanaA Library Primer, 3rd ed. 1903

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“Happiness is love. Full stop.”

- George ValliantResults from 50 year longitudinal study of happiness

The Happiness Advantage

Three Gratitudes

One Positive Experience

Meditate

Acts of Kindness

Exercise

The Happiness Advantage

…one’s own small flame to the central flames of life and the world.

We cannot predict the exact details of the future, but we can have a hand in

shaping the heart of the future, including its context of meaning and our

commitment and courage in advancing into the unknown.

Continually Connect…

- Robert K Cooper, Ayman Sawaf, Executive EQ

Peter Bromberg | peterbromberg@gmail.comMount Laurel Library Staff Day, Mount Laurel, NJ

November 14, 2013

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