Very small investments can release the infinite potential that lies in all of us.

I wrote 'The Blue Sweater' to inspire more people to become engaged in working to solve the problems of global poverty.

If you're looking at distributing alternative energy in Nigeria, for instance, what gets in your way is not people's ability to pay, not people's desire for a clean solar lamps or biomass opportunities. But there is a strong status quo that really depends on selling diesel.

Nothing important happens in life without a cost.

I've learned that there is no currency like trust and no catalyst like hope. There is nothing worse for building relationships than pandering, on one hand, and preaching, on the other. And the most important quality we must all strengthen in ourselves is that of a deep human empathy, for that will provide the most hope of all and the foundation for our collective survival.

Poverty is not only about income levels, but for lack of freedom that comes from physical insecurity

I was going to save the world, and I thought I would start with the African continent.