Thousands.
Everyone interested in: making the world a better place for everyone, for all living creatures and beings. Everyone interested in social entrepreneurialism, Capitalism 3.0, social justice, peace, and global harmony. Everyone interested in personal growth, life success coaching, lifetime learners, Spiral Dynamics, Ken Wilber, Intergral Naked, Cultural Koans, the art of the possible, and viral social change. Also, anyone who is happy, positive, fun, playful, creative, and who wants to join with others to create more of all that good juju! :-)
U2, John Lennon, Bob Marley, Pat Metheny, Paul Oakenfold, Robert Miles, Chicane, Groove Armada, Kruder Dorfmeister, Moby, St. Germain, Steve Roach, Theivery Corporation, Tosca, Cafe de Flores, Sheila Chandra, Anonymous 4, Almost anything "Ibiza", Euro-House, Trance, Space Music, Most Hearts of Space Compilations, Jimi Hendrix, Seal, Pink Floyd, Santana, Mason Williams, Klaatu, Marvin Gaye, Mylene Farmer, Depeche Mode, Clanaad, Antonio Jobim, Bebel Gilberto. And - of course - Chopin, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Tchikovsky, Verdi, Vivaldi, Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov
The Secret, Blue Planet, An Inconvenient Truth, Baraka, What the Bleep Do We Know, Who Killed The Electric Car, Koyaanisqatsi, Gladiator, THX-1186, Casablanca, Dr. Strangelove, It's a Wonderful Life, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Groundhog Day
BattleStar Galactica, 24, & Lost. But, in truth, I don't watch TV - I only watch these shows on DVD because I love to watch the whole season in just a few nights!
A Theory of Everything (Ken Wilber), The Law of Attraction (Esther & Jerry Hicks), Spiral Dynamics (Don Beck), Spiritual Marketing ((Joe Vitale), Nemesis (Chalmers Johnson), Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore), Mach II With Your Hair On Fire (Richard Brooke), Spirit Matters (Michael Lerner), Finite & Infinite Games (James Carse), The European Dream (Jeremy Rifkin), If Your Love This Planet (Helen Caldicott), Capitalism 3.0 (Peter Barnes), If the Buddha Dated (?)...And - anything by Joseph Campbell, Jim Rohn, Jack Horner, Rumi, Teilhard de Chardin, Buckminister Fuller, and Alan Watts.
I have been inspired by many leaders and heroes from many ages and cultures. I am inspired by transformative leaders, teachers and heroes who seize the opportunity, face the challenges, and create new ways of being and visions of the positive, possible future. There is greatness, leadership and heroic presence all around us, and both the historical and every-day heroic transforms the inner landscape of inspiration, guidance and support as we grow personally, as we strive for challenging goals, and as we navigate the complex, tumultuous, and often unfamiliar territory of our vast, dynamic and emerging planetary business, cultural and personal future/present. First and foremost - I have been inspired by hundreds of women and men - including so many of my family and friends. But a list? Sure: Joseph Campbell, Jim Rohn, Jack Horner, Rumi, Teilhard de Chardin, Buckminister Fuller, Ken Wilber, and Alan Watts. More? Yes - lots! Nelson Mandela - First president of the free South Africa, Imprisoned by the apartheid regime for 27 years. Global Rockstar Bono - for his work on global justice, 3rd world debt relief, the eradication of poverty, and peace: ONE. The amazingly brave guy standing in front of the tank in Tiananmen Square. Dalai Lama - Buddhist spiritual leader, exiled Nobel Peace Prizewinner who campaigns for an independent Tibet. President Bill Clinton - who did a better job of running the world's most powerful country than his predecessor or his successor, and who in his retirement has worked tirelessly to help in the global Aids crisis and Global Warming. Vice President Al Gore - his long-lasting interest in environmental matters, and climate change in particular, was sealed with this year's release of his film An Inconvenient Truth, which has helped to drive the issue on to the mainstream agenda. President Jimmy Carter - founded the Carter Centre, which is dedicated to alleviating poverty, and Habitat for Humanity housing for the homeless, and for monitoring free elections worldwide. Rachel Carson, a US scientist whose 1962 book, Silent Spring, is credited by many with kick-starting the modern environmental movement. Her account of the damage caused by the unrestrained industrial use of pesticides provoked controversy and fury in equal measures. EF Schumacher, Green economist - Schumacher's 1973 book Small is Beautiful rewrote the rules by questioning whether the objectives of western economics were desirable. James Lovelock, American biologist, best known for his Gaia theory, which says the Earth's biosphere works as a single living organism, able to manipulate the climate and chemistry of the atmosphere and the oceans to keep them fit for life. The idea was hugely influential among fellow scientists and environmentalists, and religious and spiritual thinkers. Vandana Shiva, Campaigner, Physicist and ecologist, founding director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in India and a leader in the International Forum on Globalisation. She has had a vast impact on a range of issues from forest conservation to GM crops,from world trade policy to organic farming. Lech Walesa for Solidarity in Poland, Mikhail Gorbachev for the wisdom of ending the Soviet Era. Churchill for never, ever, ever giving up. Andrew Carnegie - He became the richest man in the world - then spent the rest of his life giving it away so that others could become successfull. Bob Geldof - Pop star turned poverty campaigner, adn former Boomtown Rats singer; fronted Live Aid in 1985 and Live 8 in 2005. Hans Blix - Former UN weapons inspector who proved Bush and Blair were wrong about the WMD threat in Iraq. David Brower, Friends of the Earth founder. And many, many more.