Day 3 prompt from The Domino/Ralph Waldo Emerson Self-Reliance Project: The world is powered by passionate people, powerful ideas, and fearless action. What’s one strong belief you possess that isn’t shared by your closest friends or family? What inspires this belief, and what have you done to actively live it? (Author: Buster Benson)
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I believe communications can change the world.
It’s not that my friends and family don’t believe this; they just don’t understand why I’m so, so passionate about this belief. Maybe, too, they’re tired of hearing me talk about this, but not really acting on my convictions.
While I’ve helped corporations and CEOs communicate in new ways to affect change, have I helped organizations and leaders who are out to change the world?
Not so much.
I see an opportunity calling. Or maybe it’s a responsibility
If we have a gift, as I do with bringing people together to see and articulate new possibilities, shouldn’t we use that gift to give back to the world?
Every time I facilitate workshops magic happens. People get lit up by being able to talk with other people about issues and questions that they rarely have an opportunity to discuss. They begin imagining different approaches. They start connecting and forming trusted, collaborative relationships. They get energized and into that “flow” zone where work doesn’t feel like work.
My intent in the next year is to focus more on helping leaders who want to change the world. And I hope it’s a mix of corporate and non-profit leaders. The world needs both.









