​BUILDING SERVICES
 
There are people looking to
build a better world.
They’re looking beyond
business models and consumerism.
They’re looking at the development
of a collective approach
with a collaboration of ideas and support
defined by service.
 
This is a different model and
way outside of the business box.
It is defining what we are about
in a different way.
It is about setting
different expectations of ourselves,
proactively supporting those we know
and those we do not know.

​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.  What is your model  for working with others?
2. How are you proactively working with others to  build a  better world?

​LEADERSHIP

​Leadership is not about changing roles
or shifting direction.
It is not about team development
or business strategy.

Leadership is a fundamental shift
in  our being - what we are, how we  think,
the priorities we set
and how we behave.

Leadership is a behavioural,
emotional and spiritual process. 
It's rewiring the hard disk of our being
for a completely different output.

We are no longer 
mass market products
​of the consumer age
but  pilgrims with a purpose. 

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.  What does it mean  to be a 'pilgrim with  a  purpose'?
2. What are your outputs? 
3. How  can you rewire  your being for a different type of leadership? ​

MINIMUM WAGE
 
As we emerge cautiously into
a different world, what will we
bring to this new normal?
 
What have we learned
that will now make life better
for us, our family and for others?
 
How will we relate
to all others without regard
for status, income or position?
 
For we have learned that those
who were paid nothing or so little
 have become our champions.
 
They have turned our thinking
upside down and empowered us
with compassion to change everything.
 
So, as we emerge cautiously into
a different world, what will we
bring to this new normal?

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.  Kindness and compassion don't often get onto job descriptions.  Where  do they sit in your  role? 
2. How have you changed over recent weeks? What have you learned?
3. What will you bring to the 'new normal'? ​

LOST

We tend to think of being lost
as negative. It seems to indicate
that we’ve gone off our path,
gone astray, lost our way or
we are not where we should be.

But perhaps the opposite is true.
Perhaps being lost is an opportunity
to find a different way,
be in a different place
or to explore something new.

I remember on holiday when I was young,
my Mum sitting with a map on her knee,
my Dad 'driving too fast’ and missing
the right turns. He would never go back!
He would always find a new way.

So, can we deliberately choose to be lost?
Can we step out of our predictability
and discover an unfamiliar route?
Can we put ourselves in situations that
lead to a different set of outcomes?

CAUSE AND EFFECT

If you move sideways
You’ll get a better view.
 
If you take a few steps back
You’ll make bigger jumps.
 
If you need to stop for breath
You’ve already gone too far.
 
If you laugh and smile
You’ll learn to enjoy yourself.
 
If you feed someone
You’ll not go hungry.
 
If you stop and plan your route
You won’t go round in circles.
 
If you are tired
You can rest.
 
If you close your eyes
You’ll see more clearly.
 
If you can sit in silence
You’ll hear the answer.

​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.   Which of the above nine statements has most meaning for you at the moment?
2. How will you act on this?

​YIELD

​Give way.
Let the other win.
Operate at a higher level.
 
Give way.
Let it all pass you by.
Stay detached in your own place.
 
Give way.
Let your rate of return
be what cannot be measured.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. What are you trying to win?
2.Who are you competing with at work or at home?
3. How do you measure your yield - your rate of return?​

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​MESSENGER

When you were born
you were given
a message for the world.

As you live your life
you will uncover and understand
this message.

And then, for the rest of your life
you must share your
message with the world.

​​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. What does  determination mean to you? What's your image?
2. How is your determination made real and visible each day? 

BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION

Deep programming, social conditioning and learned behaviours
cause us to think this way or behave in that way.
We have learned what works for us and what doesn’t.
It is easy to see why we continue to confine our thinking
to that which we know or are used to.

Our current levels of understanding and routine behaviour
have hidden other routes and areas of unknowing.
What should we be doing that we haven’t even thought of?
We need to find a way through, around,
above or beyond our knowledge base.

Perhaps we need to go deeper than our normal dialogue.
Perhaps we need new conversations, perspectives and insights.
​For this time is about making connections
with pieces that we may not know
to deliver a dream that we would never have imagined.

​PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. What  are your areas of  unknowing? 
2. What new connections might you explore that you have never even thought of before? 
3. What is the dream that you have  never imagined?