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AN ABUNDANT HEART2/23/2024 Let's talk about the abundance of love and grace. I asked my husband if he has plans for me for Valentine's day. Maybe a trip to our favorite restaurant post-VD or chocolates with flowers. He said, "Honey, chocolates and flowers or grocery." I hastily replied, "Grocery, of course." Our grocery items will always have some sweets with it in some form or another. We always look at our love tank as something full or empty. A wise person told me that, in reality, you're not really that empty and you're not that full. You can't be too full because it means that you have no room for more love that shows through compassion, patience, perseverance, understanding, and respect. You can't be too empty because somewhere along the way, you have decided to not care at all but yourself. Maybe your love skills are underdeveloped/underused or neglected. We are always in the in-between situation where there lots of room for personal improvement, growth, and challenge. I don't like to be improving for nothing just to prove you have credentials, awards, and achievements. I remembered one of the trainees in my class regretted attending the course because she thought she was missing out on new training programs and needed to update her skills and knowledge. Training for the sake of padding up your resume is totally a waste of energy. Because she also has a disability, the effort in taking the course became a liability as well. Abundance is a good purpose to adhere to and this not just goes to finances, business, and entrepreneurship where dollars are screaming at you. Abundance of love in organizations particularly in grace shows up in policies, programs, micro-practices, and culture that silently tells you that they care and they will simply do the right thing when presented the opportunity. What does the people in your organization say when you're not around? How does an abundance of love show up in your organization?
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RELATIONSHIP FIRST6/26/2023 In the business of helping purpose-driven organizations succeed, we all know that it's all about relationship. Yet, networks and organization leaders prefer to put their goals and agenda front and centre. When they're unsuccessful in putting their agenda on the table, the focus on relationship becomes fickle and shallow. We need to redeem how we make business with one another. Instead of profiting from relationship, we should ask ourselves, how our relationships not just give us what we want in terms of vested interests but also allow us the opportunity to examine our understanding of our organizations and the world we live in. If we prioritize relationships before our own sacred goals, we do not lose even though we might not get what we want. If we prioritize being in-community with one another instead of competing for those limited funds and scarce resources, we are less about scarcity but more of generosity. If we understand that when an organization or a leader succeeds, there are hundreds more that can benefit from a simple stroke of convergence. If we lift one up, we know that this person will one day lift more people as they rise up from their own struggles. Hence, when was the last time you forge a relationship between and within and outside your own networks and systems, without any vested agenda or purpose at all? Sounds too saintly? No! It's our business to make purpose-driven organizations more more purposeful towards humanity. It's our business to keep kindness our agenda.
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THE SILENT AND THE LURKERS5/22/2023 Do you know that you can enjoy being in a community despite being an introvert? Yes, I'm basically an introvert, although a lot of people will not believe when I say that. I have to get over the introversion because my work dictates that I should be outgoing, energetic, and open. But introvert leaders must be able to be respected for who they are. In my community that I'm building, The Provocateurs' Nexus, this online community could be something different to different people. To the overachievers and action-oriented leaders, a space to run their ideas and expand their professional network; To the dreamer and visionaries, a space to experiment on different models of operating and different knowledge bases they can tap on; To the change-makers and catalysts, a space to learn, laugh, and build the next systems change tools and techniques; To the young and inexperience, your Kuyas and Ates (older brothers and older sisters in Filipino) can guide your way so you can avoid the mistakes they made; To the silent and introverts, you can be lurkers, observers, and quiet support but your presence and impact is felt nevertheless. To the empaths, you engagement this community by volunteering and leading with your thoughts and prompt and ensuring that everyone is feeling safe and valued will be appreciated. You bring your whole being here and we respect and value that here. Of course, if you're not part of this, how would you know the difference? |