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Part IV  Breathe—and Thrive

Volunteer with your expertise on nonprofit and com-
munity boards. Share your perspective. Do it for the expe-
rience; don’t be attached to the outcome. If you can offer
even the smallest piece of wisdom or stir a pot of dullness,
you will have made a difference. Don’t hold back what
you’ve learned.

There’s No Place Like Home

Draw a fifty-mile radius around where you live or work.
Wherever it is, you can be sure there are enlightened,
engaged, and generous people in the circle you just drew. I
bet you will find a local or regional library, chamber of
commerce, Lions or Rotary Club, high school, and a com-
munity college or university. These provide abundant
opportunities for you to offer your stories and share your
insights. If not, create the event or meet-up yourself.

Don’t do this in order to get something back. Go to
give back, to share stories of your experiences, to become a
part of the community fabric.

I realized, just a few years ago, that my town is a gold
mine of interconnected people. I live in metro New York,
surrounded by educated, engaged, and connected folks.
But I spent so much time looking farther away for what I
needed, I didn’t look next door. My next-door neighbor
and I always spent our time talking about our kids. But
once we turned our attention to our work, we found we

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