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Wonder what happens when 600 million adolescent girls in developing countries are given a fighting chance? They can change the world. Make it better for us all.

To understand what a fighting chance looks like, you need to first understand their current reality. 70% of the world’s out-of-school children are girls. They not only lack education, but also basic rights to their own bodies. Which is life threatening in developing countries due to HIV-AIDS and teen pregnancy—the leading cause of death for girls 15-18.

Recently, Walmart announced a new sustainability goal for its supply chain: Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from the lifecycle of its products by 20 million metric tons (22 million US tons) by 2015--a figure roughly equal to the company's current annual emissions, and about one and a half times the company's projected carbon footprint growth in the same time period. 

Science shows it to be so. According to the journal Science, thinking and performance are both hindered by types of stress ranging from mildly upset to fearful. The underlying neurobiology proves what many of us already know. The ‘thinking brain’, which turns on learning and creativity, shuts down during stress and gives way to ‘primitive brain’ which reduces our capacity to take in new information and generate new ideas. The feeling of being somewhat powerless in a larger framework like the global economy only adds to the problem.

We think of mind jets as launching pads for bigger thoughts^*. Grab your coffee, or rocket fuel of choice and give a few mintues to yourself. And to thinking big.

 Here are a few examples. Check back often.