Last night I had a horrible nightmare. I dreamed that someone’s toddler was lost in an amusement park, and no one wanted to shut down the park to find the boy. They were saying that “the show must go on”. And later as I searched in despair, I was led to the hiding spot of a group of child traffickers inside the park itself. 

 

I felt the pain of a mother and rage -and as I was about to go into war with them, I woke up. My son was sleeping next to me. 

 

The whole morning the pain and gloom sustained and I felt the urge to write this letter to shake it off. 

 

I know I dreamed this because last night, I read the sad story of families in Kaboul, having to sell their children to survive. “Every month, several children are buried. They died from cold, hunger, or disease”. 

 

How do you feel when you see chaos and injustice like this in the world, First name?

 

Often, I feel overwhelmed. Part of me feels paralyzing despair. This child could have been us, our nephew or niece, or our own child. 

 

At times, I’m wondering whether it is right to carry on business as usual when others are experiencing tragedy. Should we stop showing up? Should we not talk about business?  It feels superficial in comparison. 

 

But then, as I reflect, I ask myself, as a business coach, what can become even more important than helping people realize their dreams?

 

Whether your business is for wellbeing, education, mental health, crafts, what can be even more meaningful than achieving your business goals? 

 

One thing I know is what we have in common:

 

 

Our business is an integral piece of a larger ecosystem. And as our online entity grows, so does our awareness of the world, our role, and our responsibility. 

 

At Stanford's commencement speech, one thing that Bill Gates said stayed with me:  

 

 

I’ve been obsessed by this question in the past year as I reflected on how I wanted to exist.

 

Since then, I’ve decided to systemize a few things; 

 

-To give a number of 1-2-1 coaching immersion scholarships and pro bono coaching sessions every year, to those working in humanitarian or environmental organizations - either volunteering or running the operations. In the last quarter of 2021, I have already started working with my first scholarship recipient. 

 

-Every year, I make donations to organizations in humanitarian causes and disaster relief. This means that a percentage of every program/product sold is donated. 

 

-I’ve recently turned my annual booklet the Clarity Pages into a project which proceeds are for the World Food Programme. (you can still purchase it here until the end of this week), and so far we have sold 60 copies.

 

-There will also be a scholarships available for online courses presented throughout the year. 

My mission on earth is to help people uncover their highest purpose and turn it into a reality that they can share with the world, with peace of mind. It would not be complete if I didn’t strive to integrate into my company D.N.A. a way to answer to:

 

 

It's an attempt. I’m trying to go in the direction of, and at the beginning of the year, I felt it was important to continue this conversation together. 
 

 

 

I’d love to hear about the great things you’re doing so please hit reply and share how you’re contributing so we can all learn together. I would love to spotlight a few people from Sweet Words community. 

 

Your soul’s advocate, 

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P.P.S. Thank you for writing to me and sharing your comments, it helps me know what interests you and also brings me a lot of joy to my day.

 

P.P.P.S.  Next month, I'll be sharing some news about a new program on time management. Stay tuned!