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THE HARVEST TIME8/2/2022 Today, I harvested 3 tomatoes from my pots. With lots of sunshine, lots of rain for August, and constant watering in-between, the plants are growing like a weed. Two weeks ago, we raided the Saskatoon berry bush in our yard. We can easily fill 5 gallons of bucket in one go. I have nothing to complain. Anything that you focus on, magnifies in importance. If you give attention to items that are irrelevant, your effort and the time you put in diminish in value. If these are your priorities, the outcomes will be highly satisfying. If you focus on the negative aspect, you will easily get discouraged and frustrated. But if you focus on things that are working well, the protective factors, know that it will generate more positive things in return. In business, in organizations, and in life, this principle holds true. You are perfectly capable of focusing on the good, the virtuous, admirable, in others and thing around you. Make it habit.
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GO BACK TO KNITTING7/7/2022 We all know that success doesn't come from improving your weakness but by working on your strengths. Your organization should know exactly where you're good at, where you're mediocre at, and where you are failing miserably. As mission-based, mandate-driven organizations, your whole DNA is predisposed towards your mission, supported by your values systems. This should be immune to the latest fads, trends, dogmas, and presentism. I have known an organization who started working on many areas in their programming apart from their core service: climate mitigation, disaster risks reduction, violence against women, microfinance, sustainable livelihoods, forestry, fair trade ventures, among other things. They found out that none of these make sense if their core service needs are not fully met. In the end, they focused on what they're good at and their main reason for being: poverty reduction and education for women and girls. Do not allow other people to tell you what to do, simply because the rest of your peers started doing it. Simply put, if knitting is your thing, stay knitting happy!
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WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? PART211/9/2021 To continue on the "big idea" discussion.... Big ideas generated from design schools and labs are great. They're ideas. Everything we have right now, these tangibles were products of someone's imagination. Some are dreamers, some are designers, some are investors of dreams, some are implementors. Some are borrowers, refiners, and even auditors of dreams and ideas. From conceiving to implementing, many processes and actors will be needed. Which one are you? What position will you take in this continuum? Where is your default position? |