John A Black III ๐จ๐ฆ
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John A Black III ๐จ๐ฆ
@3johnablack
Father, family man, friend, fanโฆ
London, Ontario Canada ๊ฐ์
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John A Black III ๐จ๐ฆ ๋ฆฌํธ์ํจ

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John A Black III ๐จ๐ฆ ๋ฆฌํธ์ํจ


@ProfBrianCox Good luck Brian! Hope to see you in Canada.
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Just arrived in Helsinki for the first night of my โEmergenceโ tour (if you donโt count warm ups). The first of at least 200 shows through โ26, โ27 and โ28 โฆ briancoxlive.co.uk

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@DoctorLemma And now you know the rest of the storyโฆโฆ.
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In 2007, a mother in Jacksonville, Florida, USA took a photo of her eleven month old son on a beach. He had his tiny fist clenched, his jaw set, and the expression of someone who had just won something important.
He was actually about to eat a fistful of sand.
She uploaded the photo to the internet and forgot about it. Two years later it had become one of the most recognisable images on the entire internet. A baby with a clenched fist and a look of pure determination. Two words underneath it.
Success Kid.
It was used by Barack Obama's presidential team. It appeared on billboards across the United Kingdom. It was licensed to Coca-Cola. Millions of people used it every single day to celebrate small victories.
Nobody knew the boy's name. Nobody knew what was happening at home.
Before Sammy Griner was born his father Justin was diagnosed with kidney disease. By the time Sammy was old enough to understand what was happening, his father was spending four hours a day three days a week on dialysis. Six years of it. Justin's mother had already passed from the same disease. The family needed a transplant and they needed money for the medication that would follow.
His mother was initially reluctant to use her son's famous face to ask for help. She wanted the fundraiser to be about her husband, not a meme. Then she changed her mind.
Within five days three hundred people had donated. Within a few more days the story spread across the internet and the total reached over one hundred thousand dollars.
The call came. A kidney was available. The transplant was a success.
When Sammy was told his father had a new kidney, he burst into tears.
The photo that started as a joke about eating sand had saved his father's life.

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John A Black III ๐จ๐ฆ ๋ฆฌํธ์ํจ
John A Black III ๐จ๐ฆ ๋ฆฌํธ์ํจ
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My receptionist, Emily, lost her husband unexpectedly in a car accident. Our company policy allows for 3 days of bereavement leave. On day 4, she showed up, pale and shaking, trying to answer phones because she couldn't afford to lose her income. It was heartbreaking to watch. I put the 'Out to Lunch' sign up, locked the door, and sat her down. I told her, 'Go home. Take the month. Take two. Your salary will continue as if you are here 8 hours a day.' Grief doesn't have a 3-day expiration date.
If you force people to work through trauma, you break them. If you support them, they remember it forever.
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John A Black III ๐จ๐ฆ ๋ฆฌํธ์ํจ
John A Black III ๐จ๐ฆ ๋ฆฌํธ์ํจ

John A Black III ๐จ๐ฆ ๋ฆฌํธ์ํจ
John A Black III ๐จ๐ฆ ๋ฆฌํธ์ํจ

PM of Denmark Mette Frederiksen on Mark Carney: "The speech you gave in Davos, I have never experienced anything like this. I mean, people in Denmark have been talking about, they have been reading your speech. And I don't think I have ever heard so many reflections on a speech from a colleague."
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@MarkJCarney @JeffreyLuscombe Thank you Mr. Carney. Love the work youโre doing! ๐จ๐ฆ
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