Inspire me

FromYou build the community first, and people learn how to live in it once it exists.

ToYou build a school first, because nobody knows how to live in it yet — the community is what the graduates make.

FromDemocracy is one thing — voting for your leaders.

ToDemocracy is five dials, and a country can sit high on some and low on others.

FromGet confident first, then act.

ToAct first. Identity lags one to two years behind what you have actually done.

FromAchieve the thing, and then you'll become that kind of person.

ToPractise being that person first — habits are the dress rehearsal, results are the receipts.

FromDry land means not enough rain, so catch more of it.

ToThe rain arrives and leaves. The real metric is how long water stays in the ground.

FromEvents this big make me insignificant — nothing I do matters.

ToI can't change what arrives. I decide what it does to my ground, my water and my food.

FromIf it's still in my life, I must still want it.

ToMost of it simply never got asked to leave — so ask, would I choose this again, now?

FromChange comes from wanting it badly enough and saying it often enough.

ToNothing moves until body, thought and action agree — you don't attract the new, you become incompatible with the old.

FromFeeding people means big plots, one crop, machines and chemicals.

ToA small, well-designed, self-sustaining system feeds people — and keeps most of what it earns.

FromReal protein comes from the butcher's counter.

ToProtein grows — in beans, seeds, algae and leaves, if you know how to prepare them.

FromSafe food is sterile, shelf-stable food.

ToThe most protective food is alive — and it takes only salt, time and a jar.

FromBuildings are made of steel and concrete — and every one of them emits.

ToBuildings can be grown from plants that pulled CO2 out of the air — and keep it stored.

FromFailure is a verdict on who you are.

ToFailure is the price of finding out what you actually want.