According to an old Native American legend, one day there was a big fire in the forest. All the animals fled in terror in all directions, because it was a very violent fire. Suddenly, the jaguar saw a hummingbird pass over his head, but in the opposite direction. The hummingbird flew towards the fire! Whatever happened, he wouldn’t stop. Moments later, the jaguar saw him pass again, this time in the same direction as the jaguar was walking. He could observe this coming and going, until he decided to ask the bird about it, because it seemed very bizarre behavior. “What are you doing, hummingbird?” he asked. “I am going to the lake,” he answered, “I drink water with my beak and throw it on the fire to extinguish it.” The jaguar laughed. ‘Are you crazy? Do you really think that you can put out that big fire on your own with your very small beak?’ ‘No,’ said the hummingbird, ‘I know I can’t. But the forest is my home. It feeds me, it shelters me and my family. I am very grateful for that. And I help the forest grow by pollinating its flowers. I am part of her and the forest is part of me. I know I can’t put out the fire, but I must do my part.’ At that moment, the forest spirits, who listened to the hummingbird, were moved by the bird and its devotion to the forest, miraculously they sent a torrential downpour, which put an end to the great fire. The Native American grandmothers would occasionally tell this story to their grandchildren, then conclude with, “Do you want to attract miracles into your life? Do your part.” “You have no responsibility to save the world or find the solutions to all problems—but to attend to your particular personal corner of the universe. As each person does that, the world saves itself.’”
If someone asks your help remember this story.
A lovely read I simply had to share. I am doing my bit…
Try growing a bamboo plant. Water it regularly. Seasons will come n go. It will stay adamant without even growing an inch taller. For four years it will stay the same. One has to have patience watering it for four years. Nothing will happen to make you happy. On the fifth year the magic will happen. On the next season it will start to grow. Not an ordinary growth. In one year it will reach a height of 80 feet
How a plant which remained dormant for the first 4 years could reach this magical height in the fifth year.
There lies Nature’s secret.. The wonder of Creation.
The first four years the plant prepares a strong base inside the earth. For it’s astonishing growth in the fifth year it needs strong root base to hold it’s height . The patience it has is for the initial four years is for it’s sustenance in the following years.
That’s the reason when it reaches great heights in the fifth year it never collapses or fall down.
Patience is a virtue that creates great heights in success. Never be in haste to grow and expand until you create a strong foundation & groundwork for your growth. Then nothing can stop ur growth and success.
As a life coach my experiences over the years with my clients comes with many learnings. As each life is unique and so are their circumstances. To get any further into coaching it’s important to understand where they are and for them to acknowledge it
Creating a safe space is a prerequisite.
There is a simple yet empowering and activity that can be used… Its called ‘What makes my heart sing? It is a powerful exploration into what brings them joy and fulfilment, it helps create safe and supportive and active listening space by building trust It’s quite simple to facilitate Begin with introduction to explain the activity. Ask them to reflect on life moments, they felt in a flow state or felt truly alive_and iovful.
Then as a life coach you help facilitate how these experiences are interconnected to their values and discuss how they can begin to incorporate more of this into their lives And finally also help them create an action plan towards the same.
Thoughts, make an impactful difference. Choosing to think positively makes dealing with transitions, and adapting to the changes easier If you experience unexpected challenging changes in your career. It’s good to acknowledge three things One, that it is a new opportunity for new learnings Welcome the possibilities. Two, you can begin to apply your unique combination of skills and knowledge from your previous experiences and bring a fresh perspective wherever you are. Explore your potential.
Three, that if things seem difficult at first, you are paving the road to resilience. Keep the faith and stay patient .Times change. Persevere When you think of life in plusses, every turn becomes a beautiful path..
Nature is magnificence Teaching great lessons in humility. Nature is amazing grace As she holds within The truths of the universe The secret of the stars As well as the sounds of silence She is a dance in the stillness Nature is flow and flow is nature Nature is life. And life flows…
How can any company worth its salt, create a culture of trust & transperency?
In finding the sweet spot Between Talent & HR Organization & Leadership.
It is important to note that in any top official company meetings, discussions on Finance, Strategy, HR must happen in cohort…
For they interconnect deeply as there is no one function, without the other’s inputs. Likewise impacts too needs to be every one’s responsibility. Profits or losses need shared accountability and responsibility across the organisations. An effective and efficient solution to problems to scaling any startup is not only about defining departmental charts & hierarchies and setting up processes early, but managing internal communication barriers.
Not an easy task at all for even with the best of leadership or protocols there is always a room for improvement due to human slack at work or professional differences.
Human potential cannot be contained in water tight compartments. In today’s world with accurate data analysis being the reliable source of truth, more than ever communication must flow seamlessly between departments and between leaders.
Strategy can go for a toss, if information is withheld between departments. And often the actions taken, find no solution because there never was clarity in the first place.
Questions comes to HR for hiring the right person with the right attitude and skills for the job. And then ensuring employees are supported consistently with necessary information. Any lack of productivity, be flagged early on, prevent slacking and waste of investor’s money.
Today nothing that happens in offices behind closed doors remains in closed doors. Like a forest fire it grows leaps and bounds adding different versions of the truths as fuel to the fire.
Meetings of top leaderships with management need to be honest and transparent early on. And likewise the leaders need for transperent connects with their teams is equally important. This mitigates errors of judgement from the start up stage. Every policy or process change needs to be documented and its impacts on strategy needs to be well thought of and discussed.
Companies that take a transparent collaborative approach at decision making stand a greater chance at success. Simply because every decision is an informed one… So the margin of error is reduced significantly.
A lot of startups present a contorted version of the growth early on, showing spikes necessary for funding… The game somewhere is to create a truth from the illusions for prospective investors and venture capitalists later on.
However they are so caught in the chase that without proper resources, as the company grows the integration of data of the various departments and it’s data synthesis becomes challenging in time.
When funding is raised, question is about hiring upwards, expanding or creating systems for data analysis for sustainable growth.
Systems create the necessary transperncy whereas strategic growth is about building trust in and outside the company. And HR & Finance play a responsibility and accountability, a significant role towards a culture of trust & transperncy.
Much of my article here is based on my observations as a Management Consultant over the years. Although every company is not the same, much of the situations faced by growing companies are similar…
What do you think?
How important is trust for creating transparency?
And how important is transparency in communication important to build trust?
More importantly what are the other ways of building trust and transparency?
Just when we are teaching the world Empathy for human life. One human to another human. We are moving rapidly to a world Of AI. Letting it almost lead our lives… We are drawn hook line and sinker We are getting enslaved by its use…. We are teaching Al many things. From Art to Design our human needs are soon getting fulfilled by Al. It is alarming to note at times. We are teaching it every moment Training it to clone our voices and create our own Avatars. And we are in awe and appreciation of the dehumunization across most aspects of life.
May be we need to also teach it humanity. And not to mention Empathy Kindness Respect Compassion and most of all the values of Love!
Else very soon earth might not be inhabitable thanks to a new generation that grows with intelligence without heart.
Savvy Raj 
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