I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Hi everyone,

Since this is my first videoblog, I also want to write it as a normal post in my blog to make sure you do not miss my point, the message I want to transmit.

I am sure I am going to be nervous while doing it, but this is my personal challenge: to be generous with myself, to forgive me beforehand for making a fool of myself, so listeners, please be generous as well with this videoblog beginner…

The thing is I want to make a difference in the world. The day I leave this world I want to look behind my shoulder and say, yes, ok, I made something important, something of value, I made life easier for other people, I helped others, and some people will remember me and think my contribution was somehow important, in some way significant to others.

I am quite sure at this stage of my life I am not going to win a Nobel Prize, and I would be very surprised to discover one day I am famous for doing anything in particular. And that is ok, I can live with that. Actually, I prefer to be anonymous…

If I am honest with myself, I would like to use my time working on something that I find challenging and rewarding, spend my energy doing some type of work that I truly enjoy. As they say, “Live the life you love. Love the life you live.” I would not mind to make loads of money while doing so, but frankly speaking, that is not my number one priority…

What I know about myself is that I like to help other people, to ensure somehow that they improve some aspect of their lives with my contribution, even if it is a small one…

A couple of years ago, I read a book written by Jon Gabriel, an American guy who almost die on the S-11 and I connected immediately with his idea that human beings are a whole connected entity of mind-emotions-spirit and body and anything that happens in one of this areas is immediately affecting the others. I started first reading and then actively writing in his forum (in English, and mainly composed by Australian users), and then many Spanish speakers started to address me and sort of ask me questions and took me as an informal tutor within the forum. I even wrote a small summary in Spanish of Gabriel teachings, and some visualization technique guidelines based in my own experience. I started to receive many thank you notes from the Spanish forum users and they even open a special topic line for non-English users of the forum, with the moderators support. Maybe this is a small anecdote, but I believe this has been one of the most rewarding activities I have done in my life, and of course it was a non-profit activity…

Yes, as I said I want to make a difference, and the key question for me nowadays is HOW? I believe the decision to start this Master course, that was a total impulse, is proving to myself a good one, since everyday I get inspiration from the teachers and my course mates… Definitively I can notice that everyday I learn something new, or they say something that resonates very much with my idea of life, or maybe they give me some idea to think about, or some interesting topic, such as international economics, market trends, customer service excellence, how to deal with changes in the organization (by the way, highly practical and applicable also to anyone facing any kind of change in her life)…
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 do not know if by the end of this Master course I will answer all my questions, but I am certain that I will be a different person, more awake, more alert, much more in touch with reality and motivated to make my personal aim come true and really make a difference.

Thank you,

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