{"id":4843,"date":"2020-01-13T11:41:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T11:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspo.ie\/?p=4843"},"modified":"2021-02-17T16:52:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:52:56","slug":"inspiration-on-a-small-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspo.ie\/inspiration-on-a-small-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration on a Small Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inspo is about inspiring people. Last week\u2019s post was about inspiring you to create your <a aria-label=\"own \u201820\/20 Vision\u2019 (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inspo.ie\/2020\/01\/06\/msub60-what-is-20-20-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\">own \u201820\/20 Vision\u2019<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this time of year, there is a lot of inspiration being offered to you. &nbsp;You\u2019re probably reading words and phrases like \u2018new you\u2019, \u2018transformation\u2019, \u2018big change\u2019 etc. with regularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s post is an attempt to inspire you to take the smallest\naction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea for the action arose in a deli in Grand Canal\nSquare last Monday lunchtime. I ordered a takeaway soup and toasted sandwich at\nthe counter. I was given my soup in a takeaway bag and waited a couple of\nminutes for the sandwich to be ready. While waiting I realised that the soup\nwould be safe enough (i.e. not too hot) for me to carry the five minutes back\nto the office. So when the sandwich arrived I politely handed the takeway bag\nback. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the five minutes I was there, there was another five\npeople who could have done the same. So I thought, imagine we all had handed\nour bag back or politely declined the bag in the first instance. That would be\nfive bags saved. And when on the same day there are tens of thousands of people\nin that same one city getting a takeaway lunch, it struck me just how significant\nthe collective impact could be of us &#8211; where possible &#8211; not taking a bag to\ncarry our lunch in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The challenge this week is, if at any stage this week you get a takeaway lunch, and if it\u2019s practical for you, politely decline any bag given or politely hand it back if it\u2019s given automatically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re up for it, I invite you to like this post on LinkedIn when you do so (even if it\u2019s something you\u2019ve already being doing). It can help track the collective impact of the smallest individual act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It might just reveal the power of the smallest scale of inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you have any feedback on the post or if you\u2019d like to learn more about Inspo, please contact john@inspo.ie.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspo is about inspiring people. Last week\u2019s post was about inspiring you to create your own \u201820\/20 Vision\u2019. At this time of year, there is a lot of inspiration being offered to you. &nbsp;You\u2019re probably reading words and phrases like \u2018new you\u2019, \u2018transformation\u2019, \u2018big change\u2019 etc. with regularity. 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