We had such a great bunch of people on the building team at Zithulele and one of the things I most enjoyed about the project was the chats we had about life, the universe and everything. And since I’ve followed Jamie’s work for 5 or 6 years now, I really enjoyed picking his brain on some of the stuff about goal-setting and other personal development questions that I’ve had on my mind lately. So we decided to record some of that conversation for you while we were in Zithulele, so you could get in on it too. Here goes…
One of the things I enjoyed most about our recent volunteer building project in the Eastern Cape was the opportunities for me to learn more about myself, to learn more about collaboration and co-creation, and to push my mental, emotional and physical agility a little further.
Africa is a strange and complex and beautiful place and life in Africa is certainly very, very different to the average lifestyle in the Western developed world. And while I can’t say that we had a truly authentic African experience (ours was much, much more comfortable!), as we moved closer to experiencing the African lifestyle, and further from our own comfort zones and what’s familiar to us, each of us in the team had the opportunity to discover how we deal with difference, physical discomfort, inconvenience and situations where life isn’t going as we think it should and people aren’t behaving as we think they should.
Just a quickie: while I’m away, working on our building project in the Eastern Cape, I’m also taking some time to reflect on this previous year and to set my focus areas for 2010. I want to make sure I put my energies into serving you in the ways that are most relevant to where you’re at, so I’d love to hear from you… how can I best serve you in 2010?
Would you take a few minutes to quickly let me know where you’re at and what you’d like to see more of at Mine Your Resources and the Bottom-line Bookclub next year?
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Thanks so much. Here’s wishing you all the best in your ventures and adventures this year.
While I’ve been sanding and varnishing this week on our volunteer building project, I’ve had a lot of time to think, and I wanted to share with you something that’s been on my mind ever since Max Kaizen spoke with me about the idea of unleashing your genius by having “good taste in problems.” My flip batteries were low, so the recording cut out a few times towards the end, and finally gave up the ghost as I finished the last word (which was “genius”). It might be a bit scrappy, but the gist of it is there!
So here we go…
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New Release: The Bottom-line on Daniel Pink’s “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us”
One of my favorite, favorite things about the Bottom-line Bookclub is that I get to interview a bunch of my favorite authors, and I have to say that this month was a bumper month when I got to interview New York Times Best-selling author, Daniel Pink, about his latest book, “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.” Not only is he a compelling writer – he’s a compelling speaker too, so I thought I’d share a clip from our interview, for you all to enjoy.
This is just a quickie, because I’m about to hop in our big old (with the emphasis on old!) Landcruiser with Andy and head off up the East Coast of South Africa to Zithulele Hospital, for our building project. We’ll take 2 days to drive up there, picking up our good friends, Anth and Karen (flying in from Singapore) and spending Christmas day with them at Addo elephant Park, on the way up. And over the next few days, the rest of our team will assemble: Jamie and Teak flying in from London UK, and Jan and Karlien and their two children (6 and 8 years old), who are also coming up from Cape Town. We’re all incredibly excited now (the smack talk started two weeks ago!) and looking forward to two weeks of hard work, sweat, reflection, and bonding.
