helping others

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I’m going for a new direction! I feel this site has been pretty lacklustre lately because, frankly, I’ve been a little lacklustre! So I feel the need to change direction, shake things up and make them dance. The core of what I’m doing is the same – helping good causes with donations from the Mona [...]

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Mona Lisa Million: Friday 10 September 2010

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Hi, Welcome to Friday on the Mona Lisa Million Project! Happy Friday! Making a difference in the world isn’t easy especially on a global scale. But it is much easier at a local level. We do it everyday and often without even realising it. A genuinely offered smile or small gesture like someone holding a [...]

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The Business Of Helping Others

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I was encouraged by Danny who enjoys simplicity, and Strawberry who is adept at changing the spark plugs on a Mazda MX5, to define whether this project is a business or a charity (non-profit) and I can say without hesitation that it’s a business. At least it will be when it brings in some revenue. [...]

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Aiming high. Very high.

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This is a continuation of the previous post and outlines where the idea for the concept of the Mona Lisa Million came from. To recap… As I mentioned before, I’m a stay-at-home dad to four young children, two of whom are pre-school age. I’ve taken a break from an 18 year career to look after [...]

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