Sharon McMahon on How We Can All Be Change-Makers

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<p>If we don’t take action to help just one person, how can we expect to help them all? Ryan and Sharon McMahon, author of <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-small-and-the-mighty-twelve-unsung-americans-who-changed-the-course-of-history-from-the-founding-to-the-civil-rights-movement-copy?_pos=1&amp;_sid=7a171a0b2&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Small and the Mighty</em></a>,&nbsp; continue their conversation in this episode about how outrage is not activism, how to not get overwhelmed by the many problems in the world, and why it’s important for the next generation to know the truth about our history.</p><br><p>Sharon is known as “America’s Government Teacher,” and after years as a high school government teacher, Sharon now runs the non-partisan, fact-based Instagram account <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sharonsaysso/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sharonsaysso</a>.&nbsp; Sharon just released her book, <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-small-and-the-mighty-twelve-unsung-americans-who-changed-the-course-of-history-from-the-founding-to-the-civil-rights-movement-copy?_pos=1&amp;_sid=7a171a0b2&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Small and the Mighty</em></a>, where she proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn’t make it into the textbooks.</p><br><p>🎙️ Listen to PT. 1 with Sharon McMahon on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sharon-mcmahon-on-the-unsung-americans-who-altered/id1430315931?i=1000674051132" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> &amp; <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7fY99FB3bNyn7nEdXCoBeB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify </a></p><br><p>📚 You can grab signed copies of <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-small-and-the-mighty-twelve-unsung-americans-who-changed-the-course-of-history-from-the-founding-to-the-civil-rights-movement-copy?_pos=1&amp;_sid=7a171a0b2&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Small and the Mighty</em></a> by Sharon McMahon at The Painted Porch.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Check out Sharon’s podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heres-where-it-gets-interesting/id1576266622" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here’s Where It Gets Interesting</a><strong> </strong>and follow her on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sharonsaysso/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@SharonSaysSo </a>and on X<a href="https://x.com/sharon_says_so?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @Sharon_Says_So</a></p><br><p>🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets for London, Rotterdam, Dublin, Vancouver, and Toronto at <a href="http://ryanholiday.net/tour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ryanholiday.net/tour</a></p><br><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><br><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</a></p><br><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;Instagram</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Twitter</a>,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DailyStoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> YouTube</a>,<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> TikTok</a>, and<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>