A passion seems to grow stronger in me the last few months. 2007 was a year of finding purpose and combining all the puzzle pieces. Most while sharing thoughts with people and doing so I learned to appreciate a lot of valuable things more and more. Things that did not even seem to be new but most of the time old and forgotten.

It is all about People

Yeah really! We almost forget that everything we do is because of people. That everything is about meeting and connecting to those people. The real good connections are the ones who are loved.

Passion

The real engine for everything is passion. Without passion you need hierarchy or money to force actions. How to trigger the passion is the real question.

There are all kinds of means to get quick satisfaction but not for passion. We have studied satisfaction enough. What about real studies to what creates real passion?

The coach is too undervalued these days where knowledge, money, property, value are often regarded above passion.

Values

Passion can be misused and misinterpreted. People are able to have passion for the wrong values. But what are the right values?

I really believe in the holistic approach: the whole is bigger than the sum of its parts. All values that contribute to a bigger whole are the right values and any value that creates separate wholes are wrong.

Balance

We need to be able to sustain what we are doing indefinitely and get more out of ourselves along the road. The only way to do this is to create balance. This means we have to do everything in proportion to the rest and it is critical to look at everything: environment, money, people, goods, eating, loving, communication etc. If one thing is totally over/under-powered/used/connected/valued/flavored/loved something is lost.
That what is lost will be forever lost for the bigger holistic whole.

So we don’t need more of what we do not have. We need to get more out of what we do have. We even need to try to have less so the remains can contribute to other parts.
The more you give away to have less, the more you gain. But only if you give it away wisely. So it is still a growth economy of everything, but by spending less in it’s total. Efficiency by sharing.

Imbalance

For a real good balance, imbalance is always needed. We need chaos to find new better balances. We need storms to see if we are built on the right foundations. We can’t stand still, a balance is a time to find a new better holistic approach. To have a bigger more robust whole with less parts.

Open

Passion needs a safe and open environment totally driven by passion. If one person is powered by hierarchy (s)he can grind the whole process down. Passion needs to be able to make errors, passion cannot be broken by safe consensuses. Passion needs trust, and if you look around trust is the main thing that is missing. Because there is no trust there are hierarchies and little passion.

Leaders

People need leaders. Leaders who have the vision. Who see the whole. Leaders who are not above the ones they lead. Leaders that are also followers, because no one can see the whole whole. We need to look at leadership in a more dynamic approach. Trust leadership to the whole of the community. Like in swarms of birds.

Information

All the above depends on information. You can only create a larger whole if all the parts are aware of the whole. Reliable and honest information gets much more important.
The better the information flows,
the better we find optimal balances,
the less we need structured channels like hierarchies,
the more we are aware of each other,
the less we need to depend on one.

Connect

My mission is to connect. To connect ideas, inspiration, information and people to grow passion to grow a larger whole.
Whoever wants to join on this quest is welcome. 2008 is only the beginning of the real ride now the pieces fit. And many seem to even have found these roads earlier.
Ah well, it is all about people and thus connecting them to one us

Beautifull Passion flower by Davideg, Creative Commons.

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