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Connecting With Your Deeper Meaning
30 December 2007Hello fellow mediators, arbitrators and conflict managers!
It has been a long break and I am back. I have thought of you often and have longed to come and jot a few notes here and there.
Alas, I hope you all had a blessed Christmas or Hannukah. We enjoyed some time off in the Catskill Mountains.
I was inspired recently on International AIDS day by a guest speaker that we had at our local church. One of the leaders of an AIDS organization visited with us from Rwanda. They also showed a video from a recent trip to Rwanda. The video clips of mass graves and stories of genocide and those who survived are tragic and amazing.
As you go to work building your mediation practice, do you connect what you do to your deeper meaning? For many, being a peacemaker is more than just a day job, it is a calling. It is work they love and feel deeply committed to.
Many mediators have a commitment and passion to help others or assist them work through difficult conflict situations. For others who are doing more commercial mediation work, mediating litigated cases, it may seem there is no deeper meaning. It is all about money and playing poker. But even in these cases, the players involved are often playing out a more complicated plot. There are opportunities for learning and growth even there.
If you have a more service oriented approach, it will help you make your work more meaningful and at the same time make your marketing message more powerful. More authentic. More compelling.
Why do you do what you do? Are you motivated to make a difference? I suspect if you are doing this work, it is about much more than amassing the latest status symbol of choice, or climbing the corporate ladder, or gratifying your ego.
So, why not connect with your deeper meaning? What drives you? How do you envision making your corner of the world a better place? If you don’t yet have such a vision, spend some time creating one as we get ready to bring in the new year.
Cheers,
NEVER GIVE UP!
Kristina
Posted in Keys to Inner Mastery, Marketing Strategies, The Inner Game of Success
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