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How do I write a Kindness Policy?

3/31/2020

 

POLICY REVIEW

Life is hard for many people.
We lose those we love.
We suffer personal disappointments and setbacks.
We struggle to pay for the things we need.
We worry about those close to us.

Most of this people carry to work.
Where little is said.

Kindness is the foundation of wellbeing.
It's a gentle way of being.
It’s helping when you can without being asked.
It's checking quietly if all is okay.
It’s time to write our Kindness Policy​.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 
1. Draft a Kindness Policy for your workplace, group or family.
2. What is the purpose of the Policy?
3. How will it work?
4. What should it achieve? 


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How can you become a Social Influencer?

3/30/2020

 

​SOCIAL INFLUENCERS

In these days of enforced isolation
send out your message of kindness
on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,
YouTube, Instagram or TikTok.

You can change lives
with your encouragement, stories,
experience, guidance or expertise.
And you may never know about it.

So, do not worry about likes,
shares or feedback.
Those who need your help
or advice will find you.

The approval of others is irrelevant
for this is only vanity.
Capture your thoughts, be brave
and put your love out there.

Remember, the biggest ‘like’ is yourself
and valuing all that you are.
The biggest ‘share’ is when you
offer this to everyone.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 
Joe Karbo, fifty years ago, said that each of us knows more about something than half the people in the world. 
1. What is your area of experience? 
2. How can you help others? 
3. How will you share your expertise? ​


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Where is the Profit in Spirituality?

3/29/2020

 

​PROFITS

We are all called as prophets when we are born.
To stand up for what is right, to go against the crowd
and to give a voice to those who have none.

We are all called to use our talents and gifts in all
moments and in all circumstances. Gifts of listening,
writing, speaking, fixing, making and organising.

We are all called to learn from our experience as we
journey, for wisdom is the fruit of age. It needs the 
nourishment of continuing along the right path.

We are all called for a purpose.
Today has its purpose for us and
we must seek it with all our being.

We are all called to be with God – not in some
religious way that is detached from the 'real' world,
but in a way that goes to the heart of our very being.

We are all called as prophets - to be truly ourselves.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 
1. What does the word Profit mean to you?
2. What does the word Prophet mean to you?
3. What (if any) are the points of overlap?


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What is your perfect Job Specification?

3/28/2020

 

JOB SPECIFICATION

Your life is changing.
It will not be the same again.
You will not go back
to where you were.
 
You’ve already gone off
in a different direction
and are doing things differently.
Living in different ways.
 
Stop and take stock.
Capture what has been good
and cherish these things.
Do not lose what you’ve become.
 
A high price has been paid by many
for what we have been given.
We carry their dreams and go forward
as we build a different wa
y.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 
1. How has your life changed as a result of recent events?
2. What have you to cherish?
3. How will you use this learning and period of discovery to build a different way?


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What is your Personal Interest Rate?

3/27/2020

 

INTEREST RATES

What’s your level of interest
in the job that you do?
Do you give your best in every situation
and to every person?

Do you encourage, motivate
and inspire others?
Are you positive.
enthusiastic and helpful?

Do you always give 100%
to the work that you do?
If we can increase our interest rate,
we’ll all enjoy greater returns.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 
1. Where are you investing your time, energy and experience? 
2. What are the key relationships that you want to invest more into? 
3. How will you measure your returns? 


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Can Business and Spirituality sit together?

3/26/2020

 

CURRENCY FLIPPING
 
Some say that
Business is about doing
and
Spirituality is about being.

These are the two sides
of the coin of life - doing and being.
And they sit together
within each of us.
 
But the two sides face
in opposite directions
so unfortunately, cannot be viewed
at the same time.
 
We have to consciously choose
to flip over the coin.
Then we get the full picture for a moment.
We see everything in totality.
 
But what if we could sit
on the edge of the coin
and touch both sides together
at the same time?
 
Doing and being.
The edge of the coin.
Business and Spirituality
as one.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 
1. In a sentence write down what Spirituality means to you.
2. The language of Business and Spirituality are very different. Make two lists of five words in each area that are rarely used in the other area.
3. How might Business and Spirituality link together to create new perspectives, questions and opportunities for all? ​


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Who are the Entrepreneurs of Life?

3/25/2020

 

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
 
We are the entrepreneurs of life
not slaves of the past
or prisoners of expectation.
 
We are the entrepreneurs of life
looking after all our global neighbours
and caring for our beautiful world.
 
We are the entrepreneurs of life
re-thinking, creating, shaping and building
a different way, in our own way.
 
We are the glorious, beautiful,
gentle, kind, visionary and
successful entrepreneurs of life.​

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. Entrepreneurship relates to all aspects of our lives - not just business creation!
2. Can you think of 5 areas, ways, situations or  relationships where you can be more entrepreneurial?

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What is Personal Asset Management?

3/24/2020

 

ASSET MANAGEMENT

Imagine if your new work
coincided completely
with what you
really wanted to do.

Imagine if you could
use your gifts and skills
to achieve all that
really mattered to you.

Imagine if you could
design your future
rather than wait
to see what happens.

Imagine if you used
all that you are and
all that you have learned
in new ways.​

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE 
1. What do you really want to do?
2. What are your assets - your skills, experience, knowledge and interests?
3. How can you use these in different and new ways? 


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