John Wood didn’t have to quit his job at Microsoft where he was one of the top executives at one of the top corporations in the world. But at age 35, he had a BIG dream and a plan to pursue it. It started with a vacation to Nepal. Seeking to combat professional burnout in [...]
The seeds for Betty Chinn’s BIG journey took root in Communist China where she experienced extraordinary misery and family tragedy. Her parents were medical doctors and intellectuals at a time when the Communist regime persecuted free thinkers. Her dad fled; her mom was imprisoned. Betty and her siblings ended up on the street. Homeless and [...]
Petra Nemcova was enjoying a brilliant, sunny day with her fiance Simon Atlee at an upscale beach resort in Thailand in when the tsunami hit. It was the day after Christmas in 2004. Nemcova, a Czech-born supermodel, clung to a palm tree in the swirling flood waters and was rescued after several hours. She survived [...]
Now that she’s caught her breath after rowing her boat across the ocean, it’s time for Katie Spotz to give back. In March, Spotz completed her 70-day, 2,817-mile solo journey across the Atlantic from Senegal on the west coast of Africa to Guyana on the east coast of South America. Age 22 at the time, [...]
A lot of big businesses have launched initiatives to encourage and celebrate BIG (bold, innovative, and generous) people or organizations. Pepsi has it’s Refresh Project. Chase has the Community Giving program. American Express has the Members Project®. My favorite is People Magazine’s All-Star’s Among Us. I tuned in to tonight’s all-star game to see Albert [...]
Frank McKinney’s BIG journey began with a newspaper picture of a needy man. A successful real estate “artist” and creator of some of the most magnificent oceanfront homes on speculation (he just finished Acqua Liana the world’s largest and most expensive certified green home at $24.3 million!), McKinney was reading a profile about himself in [...]
It started with a hand-knit cap that Christine Shively made for her son. One of Shively’s friends, a cancer survivor, said she wished she had a cap like that to cover her bald held when going through chemotherapy. Shively decided to donate that one cap to a charity that distributes caps to people who need them, [...]
Your travel guide for your BIG journey. Inspiring stories of BIG people and how they did it. Guidance to help you achieve your BIG dreams. And connections so you can join the rising tide of dreams to action. More...
Bold, innovative and generous people are in every corner of America. We want to find them, celebrate them, and connect them with you. In the next few weeks and months, we plan to connect with BIG people in every congressional district in America.
