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To Sir Ed, his greatest achievement was not climbing Everest, but helping the people of Nepal.

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The Himalayan Trust is an international non-profit humanitarian organisation working in the Everest region of Nepal. We work with local partners to bring quality education, safe water, and better healthcare to communities living in this remote, mountainous region of Nepal.

Sir Edmund and Louise Hillary founded the Himalayan Trust in the 1960s. Ever since then, they’ve inspired New Zealanders to give their time, money and support to help the people of Nepal through the Himalayan Trust.

A large proportion of our funding is raised by generous New Zealanders and we are also thankful for the ongoing support from the New Zealand Aid Programme.

To Sir Ed, his greatest achievement was not climbing Everest, but helping the people of Nepal.

Source: Himalayan Trust New Zealand About us – Himalayan Trust New Zealand

Research shows that sustainable progress, in everything from diet to fitness to creativity, isn’t about being consistently great; it’s about being great at being consistent. It’s about being good enough over and over again.

Source: It’s Okay to Be Good and Not Great

If you can’t intelligently argue for both sides of an issue, you don’t understand the issue well enough to argue for either.

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In five years as a copy editor, his were the only stories I EVER left completely, 100% untouched. He didn’t need me. But he still thanked me. And on the rare occasion that I did catch a mistake or two—always minor—he was so grateful.

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first of what would be many emails with the same subject line.

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Source: Maggie Astor on Twitter: “Five minutes later, I received the first of what would be many emails with the same subject line. 4/x https://t.co/VimyHnQwjD” / Twitter