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Social Experiment: Day 1 Recap

admin — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:13:35 +0000

Yesterday was fascinating. We started out in an afﬂuent area of Austin asking for money at a stop light. There I was in a little sundress and oversized sunglass smiling and waving with my colorful sign that said “Social Experiment, Give $1 to a Blonde.” I was actually able to have a few short conversations with the passing motorists– whether they gave me a dollar or not— and ask them how they felt about giving. Here are the top three answers I received:

People who gave:
1. I gave because I always give
2. Youʼre pretty, blonde and I liked your sign
3. Because you asked

People who did not give:
1. I donʼt have any cash on me
2. You donʼt look like you need it
3. I donʼt give people money

Let me just point out that the people who engaged in conversation and/or gave money were the exception, not the rule. Here are the top three things people did so they did not have to look at me:

1. Pretend to text or talk on their cell phone.
2. Pull their cars up slightly past me (we named this “the pullup”– I know, pretty original).
3. Completely ignore me as if I did not exist while I was jumping up and down with a big bright sign.

(btw…the very 1st dollar I received was actually collected by my beautiful brunette friend Alexa Gomez who was holding a sign saying “For more information, visit www.rockyourpurpose.com” — so there goes that ʻblondes make 7% more theory.)

Anyway, this was all very interesting, but we only collected $5 so we moved our little panhandling party down to South Congress (a.k.a. SoCo) where the music is live and the people are friendly. This time, we decided to ʻwalk the streetsʼ. GREAT decision! Doing this was much more fun because we had a chance to stop and talk with people, whether they gave to us or not, and bring an awareness to the tension between those who ask for money and those who feel like they are constantly being asked for money.
Check out the videos to see the responses! While the vibe was completely different, the reasons people gave or did not give were exactly the same…only in this part of town, people gave $15— TRIPLE the money— in the same amount of time!!!

Here are the top three things I learned today:
1. Itʼs uncomfortable to ask for money

2. There are really only 3 types of givers – those who give, those who only give to a cause they believe in and those who do not give at all.
3. Panhandling makes you hungry and want a beer. (which could explain a lot)

Total collected: $20
What I did with the money: Gave $2 to the homeless and $1 to a street musician

What I did with the rest of the money: Bought dinner and beer

Tomorrow we will look at the correlation between people giving money for talent, rather than gimmicks and/or looks. Thanks for coming on this journey with me!

Rock Your Purpose!
Christy

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Social Experiment: Give a $1 to a Blonde (Day 1)

admin — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:38:17 +0000

The other day I took my girls to McDonalds to play and as I sat down, I noticed a
woman with her head down asleep at one of the tables. When I took a second look, I realized she was obviously homeless. She had a little basket of her belongings there with her. Her skin was weathered from the sun and her clothes were dirty. My heart broke in a million pieces right there on the spot. Itʼs different when you see a homeless person outside of their “environment.” It just made everything more real. If I would have seen her at the stop light, would I have gone through the trouble of searching for some change? Probably not. But sitting there that day I pulled the $2 cash I had in my purse out and left it there on the table as she slept. I thought to myself as I walked out the door- why is it that some people have money and others donʼt. There is PLENTY of money circulating for everyone to have their share. And donʼt give me the “rich people take it all” bullshit because every wealthy person I know gives more to others in one year than I have in my whole life.

This little observation at McDonaldʼs set off a chain reaction of thought. My mind
ﬂooded as I remembered just last week on the plane to L.A. where I read an in ﬂight
magazine that said, “Blondes make 7% more money.” Are you kidding me?? And then I thought of my 16 year old son. Every time he asks me for money to buy a soda I say “No.” The next thing I know, he has a Coke in his hand. “Where did you get the money for that?” I ask him, and EVERY TIME he gives me the same answer… “I asked someone for a dollar.” So in my adventurous, curious, wild and often reckless
Sagittarian nature, I decided to conduct a social experiment. Would people give me a
dollar if I asked for one? If there was no reason to give me money. If I had no product or service to sell. If I did not guilt trip them or pull on their heart strings. If I told them I was keeping the dollar for myself. Would they give it to me?

So here we go…documenting the process of how difficult and/or easy it is to simply ask a stranger for a dollar. And looking forward to the changes I see in myself and others as we bring our attention to abundance, poverty and the social caste system we have in America, but pretend we do not. If I can make just one person think an autonomous thought, I will have succeeded.

For those of you who are curious, I will post the amount of money given each day on my website and while you are there, please purchase a “Do Better” t-shirt to support the “Grace Foundation” and help those who truly need it.

Rock your Purpose!

Christy

Power Tip #2: “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”

admin — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:10:40 +0000

I am continually amazed at how much my two-year-old daughter can do for herself. Every time I attempt to help her with a task–whether it be brushing her hair, climbing into her high chair, or buckling her car seat, she will look at me VERY STERNLY and say, “No! Baby got it.” Of course I know that, because I have more experience, I could probably do it better and faster, but without fail, she manages to make it happen all by herself! If you think about it, babies don’t let the fact that they don’t know how to run ever stop them from getting from point A to point B— I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen my kids crawl at the speed of light!

And that’s just it! done is better than perfect. Perfection is what comes with time and experience, but done can happen right now! Of course it’s important to do your very best and give it your all and yes there might be a “smarter” or “faster” way of doing things, but what matters in the end is that it gets done. You have the rest of your life to perfect the process. So don’t let what you can’t do get in the way of what you can do. Do what you can, where you are, with what you have and watch how quickly things begin to manifest in your world!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbMTv–fFXM

Love your life!
Christy

Rock Your Purpose Presents Christy Angel

admin — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:03:19 +0000

Rock Your Purpose is a motivational speaking company based in Austin, TX. Its co-founder and CEO, Christy Angel, is a Professional Speaker, Author, and Singer / Songwriter. We offer creative solutions for all your event needs. Whether your next meeting is for 10 people or 10,000, Christy delivers music with a message that helps people take their life from “not working” to “working” so that every person in your audience leaves fully inspired, motivated, and entertained!

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Power Tip #1: “Think from the end”

admin — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:13:33 +0000

Remember when you couldn’t wait for Halloween because you were going to be a REAL cowboy, or princess, or monster, or (_______ insert your favorite character here)? It was as if, when you put on that costume, you suddenly became whatever it was that you imagined yourself to be. And in the weeks and days leading up to your transformation from who you were everyday to the super hero you knew you would soon become, you imagined and practiced and pretended to be whatever it was that you wanted. Without even realizing it, you were “thinking from the end.” It’s really as simple as that. Using your imagination to dream the things you deeply desire.

There have been countless times in my life that circumstances were bleak and frankly, things looked impossible. But somewhere deep inside I had a super hero that was waiting to emerge and the more I thought about it, put my intention on it, poured my energy into it, and imagined things beyond my wildest dreams, the bigger that power grew. And even though I don’t sport a cape (all the time- haha!), my life today is exactly what I thought it would be ten years ago. Why? Because I systematically and purposefully designed an outside world that reflected my inside one.

And here’s the best part… WE ARE ALL SUPER HEROS!! Everyone one of us were born with an innate power to create whatever we can dream. So why not? Why settle for good when you can have great!! Let’s join the kids this week and “pretend” that we can be whatever we want in this life. Then, just like them, let’s practice being everything that we have imagined until the day comes when it is time to put on our costumes and fly!

Love your life!

Christy