Devin D. Thorpe:  Championing Social Good

Devin D. Thorpe thinks he is the luckiest person alive. After being “let go” from the best job he’d ever had—as the Chief Financial Officer of the multinational food and beverage company MonaVie—he and his wife ended up living in China for a year where he wrote Your Mark On The World and embarked on the career he’d always wanted yet hadn’t dared dream.

Now, as an author, a popular guest speaker and Forbes contributor, Devin is devoted full time to championing social good. His current life isn’t much like his past.

As an entrepreneur, Devin ran—at separate times—a boutique investment banking firm and a small mortgage company. He served as the Treasurer for the multinational vitamin manufacturer USANA Health Sciences years before becoming CFO for MonaVie. Over his career he led or advised on the successful completion of $500 million in transactions.
Devin squeezed in two brief stints in government, including two years working for Jake Garn on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee Staff and another year working for an independent state agency called USTAR, where he helped foster technology entrepreneurship during Governor Jon Huntsman’s administration.

Devin is proud to have graduated from the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business, which recognized him as a Distinguished Alum in 2006. He also earned an MBA at Cornell University where he ran the student newspaper, Cornell Business.

Today, Devin channels the idealism of his youth with the loving support of his wife, Gail. Their son Dayton is a PhD candidate in Physics at UC Berkeley (and Devin rarely misses an opportunity to mention that).

Devin D. Thorpe, Cause-driven Author of new book, Your Mark On The World, invites passionate, cause-oriented people to join the discussion.

July 26, 2012, Salt Lake City—Devin D. Thorpe, author of the new book, Your Mark On The World: Stories of service that show us how to give more with a purpose without giving up what’s most important, is inviting all who are willing, especially activists and crusaders who are passionate about making the world a better place, to join him in the growing dialogue around his new book, available on Amazon. Upon its opening this week, the new book has already placed 12thon Amazon’s list of books on philanthropy, and enthusiasm and awareness of the book is growing rapidly.

Your Mark On The World shares stories of people who are leaving the world better for their being here and ideas to empower everyone to magnify their impact.  Stories include:

  • The life-and-death struggle of a woman to survive Pol Pot’s killing fields ultimately to create an orphanage to rescue destitute children
  • A grandfather’s personal crusade to cure cystic fibrosis to ensure that his two afflicted grandchildren will attend his funeral and not he theirs
  • A successful executive’s decision to walk away from his career to volunteer among those suffering from leprosy

“Your Mark On The World is just part of the dialogue we are creating in hopes of unifying passionate, cause oriented people in a universal effort to solve the world’s big problems,” says Thorpe.  “We are all looking to be inspired so that we can have the impact we dream of having, to give our lives greater meaning.  Please share your passion with us online.”

Allyson Smith, who with her husband and six children circumnavigated the globe doing service projects and is included in the book, said “Our service trip was so much more meaningful than we ever thought it could be for our entire family that we are eager to share the story in hopes that other families can experience the joy that comes from selfless service, too.”

Rabbi Benny Zippel, who created Project HEART as an outreach program to rescue at-risk Jewish teenagers in residential treatment programs in Utah, commented, “By helping troubled teens to identify with their roots and with their faith, we help them rediscover purpose and meaning in their lives; it is work we do one by one because everyone is worthy of love.”

Those with an interest in sharing more about their causes can connect with the Your Mark On The World community on Twitter by following @devindthorpe and by using the hashtag #yourmarkontheworld.  Readers can also find the community on Facebook at facebook.com/YourMarkOnTheWorld.  Everyone on the web can read and comment on the author’s blog at YourMarkOnTheWorld.com.  The book is available at www.amazon.com/dp/B008ND0MA4.

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Today at the Utah Food Bank with had filled grocery 360 grocery kits for low income seniors.  It was great to see how quickly we were able to set this up.  The food for this program comes from the Federal Government; the Utah Food Bank and its volunteers are responsible for the distribution. What will you do this week to leave your mark on the world?

Today at the Utah Food Bank with had filled grocery 360 grocery kits for low income seniors.  It was great to see how quickly we were able to set this up.  The food for this program comes from the Federal Government; the Utah Food Bank and its volunteers are responsible for the distribution.

What will you do this week to leave your mark on the world?

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Subscribe by Email and Other Site Updates

You read this blog because you are a good person with a desire to make the world a better place.  Trust me, you do make the world a better place.  Thank you!

Lately, I’ve been making a few changes here at Your Mark On The World to make this site more interactive and to provide you with better information.

  1. You can now subscribe by email (in addition to RSS and Tumblr feeds).  I know you don’t want more junk in your in box, so I won’t be posting more than once or twice each week.  I’ll also do my best to make sure that the posts inspire or at least inform.
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  3. Going forward, I’ll regularly be participating in a variety of events, many of which will be open to the public or will be broadcast.  To see the schedule, check the new Events page.
  4. In that same vein, the site has been updated to include information about my availability to speak to your groups or at your events (quick version—just ask.)
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Let’s work together to actually make the world a better place.  Together, we can really leave a mark on the world!

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Six Free Ways to Help Make the World a Better Place Right Now

Six Free Ways to Help Make the World a Better Place Right Now

If you want to do something right now to make the world a better place, help me connect with more people like you who want to leave a mark on the world.  Today, you can do any or all of the following almost instantly and for free:

  • Subscribe to this blog by email so you never miss a post and share this post with one friend likely to subscribe as well.
  • “Like” and more importantly “share” our Facebook page with your friends.
  • Follow @DevinDThorpe on Twitter, reply to or retweet your favorite posts with the hashtag #yourmarkontheworld.
  • Follow my Forbes blog.
  • Comment below, comment at Forbes, comment on Facebook. Comment, comment, comment.
  • Share your copy of Your Mark On The World with a friend.

Together, we can create a create something that is more than a cause and bigger than a community; we can create a movement that will change the world!

Where is your mark on the world?

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925 Ideas to Help You Save Money, Get Out of Debt and Retire A Millionaire So You Can Leave Your Mark on the World

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Devin Thorpe has collected over 150 essays on personal and family finance to help you learn how to be happier with your money, to live more frugally and investment more wisely.

925 Ideas… is an easy and readable guide to help your family find financial peace. Author Devin D. Thorpe explains: 

1) how you and your spouse can find agreement on money matters, 
2) how to teach your kids about money, 
3) how to pay for your children’s college education, 
4) how to live like a millionaire (spoiler alert! Frugally)
5) how to come up with $25,000 in a crisis
6) how to make ends meet on one income
7) how to get out of debt and stay out of debt
8) why home ownership should be your family’s top financial priority
9) how to ask your boss for a raise
10) how to use your finances to do more good in the world.

And much more!

Devin D. Thorpe is the author of the highly regarded book, Your Mark on the World and is the founder of the Your Mark on the World Organization, championing social good. The Your Mark on the World Organization believes that people, no matter their level of income, can give more and do more to make the world a better place. The empowering lessons of 925 Ideas will enable you to leave your mark on the world.

The book is available for FREE at iTunes, Smwashwords, Diesel-ebooks, Kobo and Sony. It is also available at Amazon for just $0.99.

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Recently, I had the opportunity to be interviewed about my book, Your Mark On The World, with the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business.  It was a pleasure to talk about the book and the inspiring people in it.  

The history of the book begins, in a way, with my being let go from the greatest job I’d ever had, as the Chief Financial Officer for MonaVie—a global food and beverage company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.  

Within six months, I found myself living in China working as a college professor for less than $1,000 per month.  In that situation, the idea for Your Mark On The World was born.

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Recently, I was invited to do an interview with the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. I was invited to talk about my book, Your Mark On The World. This gave me an opportunity to explain to to start thinking about doing more for a cause you support.   

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Are you willing to take the Your Mark on the World Pledge?

You don’t need to solve all of the world’s problems all by yourself, but you do have a role to play in making the world a better place to live.

Will you take the Your Mark On The World Pledge? Comment below!

I pledge to do my part,

Large or small

To do what I can,

Setting aside

Problems I cannot solve.

I will choose to

Feed the hungry

Comfort the grieving

Clothe the naked or

Shelter the homeless

Care for an orphan

Rescue the victimized

Love the forlorn or

Save the environment

Protect a species

Lobby for peace

Build my faith

Or otherwise engage for good.

I will start today

And so long as I am able

I will not stop.

I will join in

The community of givers and doers,

To be an example,

To become a leader.

Together,

Each doing our part,

We will leave our mark on the world.

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