MANIFESTO
We are curious and believe that if one is earnest there will be more than growth awaiting your endeavor. Keep in mind, we don't believe this is a state that one inhabits constantly but integrity, compassion, diligence and deliberate action are born of earnest hearts.
Our research question is: can living earnestly sustain a life, a couple, a family, a team, a company? Is it contagious? Inherited? How do you nurture it? When does it disappear? We will share our findings here and maybe a book, a documentary, a travelogue.
We are a troupe of thinkers who love this earth and what people can do to affect brilliant beauty, change and lives well-lived. We rejoice in hopeful things and believe it is time to set our own course to usher in more hope by making some of our favorite earnest people and things they are doing known.
wholehearted
with complete sincerity and commitment.
authentic
true to your own personality, values, and spirit, regardless of the pressure that you're under to act otherwise.
passionate
having a strong belief in something.
mindful
true to your own personality, values, and spirit, regardless of the pressure that you're under to act otherwise.
diligent
true to your own personality, values, and spirit, regardless of the pressure that you're under to act otherwise.
principled
active with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect.
ABOUT
Since 2017, our undertaking has been to discover, interview, and highlight indivduals engaged in all kinds of earnest endeavors.
Earnest Project is a community and research initiative led by wife and husband Susannah Harmon Furr and Nathan R. Furr, co-authors of The Upside of Uncertainty and co-founders of UP School.
wholehearted
authentic
passionate
mindful
diligent
principled
EARNEST PROJECT
Stay Earnest.
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