What Has The Richest Man in the US Travel 3000 Miles to Say 300 Words

3000 Miles, to Speak for 3 Minutes and Say 300 Words!

What would possess the richest man in the US, Bill Gates, to do that?

This is what he said, "This week, I am heading from Seattle to New York to speak for 180 seconds. I will be talking at a United Nations meeting about the fight to eradicate polio. I am very passionate on the subject, and I usually prefer to discuss it for hours at a time. In this case, however, I am happy to stop at three minutes. Because the reason my time is short is that so many people are committed to eradication we can barely all squeeze into the program. More..."

And, as another expression of the possibility he sees for the end of polio, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are sponsors of GlobalCitizen.org, the Global Citizen Festival and The Global Poverty Project who organized the Festival Concert.

This is an exquisite example of possibility in action.

Can You Imagine What 20 Generous Billionaires Collaborating...

Here are 20 Billionaires Making a Difference

Can you imagine what would be possible if these 20 Generous Billionaires were to join forces and take on a project together? If they were to pool their leadership knowhow, leverage their influence and connections and work together on something bold and transformational?

We know what the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are doing - that gives a flavor of the possibility of aligning vision, commitment, leadership and financial resources.

This last weekend, September 29, 2012 we saw what Global Citizen.org pulled off in Central Park, New York – 60 thousand people committed to making a difference. Can you imaging if they can be continually stoked to stay in action. That is the commitment of the leaders of the Global Poverty Project, the organizers of the concert – or better said, the geniuses behind the concert.

It seems like there is a palpable yearning to make a difference on the part of so many people – Global Citizens, with Global Leaders, aligned behind a shared set of outcomes. The prospects are awesome.