I received a gift yesterday. I was speaking with Kellie Frazier about the Leaders Cafe Foundation, a group on LinkedIn. I was trying to better understand their purpose and get some clues as to how to participate. Being new to the whole area of "social media" I am overwhelmed. What are the rules of engagement? What are they trying to accomplish in these groups besides self promotion?
She talked about Kwai Yu founder of Leaders Cafe Foundation and his dream of making a difference and his intention of being true to his own purpose as he works in the world. She talked about the US chapter that is just starting, and said "no, she couldn't tell me what would come out of it. It was evolving." Kwai's over-all vision is to provide courses, e-books, and information to those in the world who would not normally have access to such information. He wants to encourage people to be leaders, to be self-led. So they are producing webinars on topics related to being a leader and producing e-books. Where it will go? Unknown.
The Leaders Cafe Foundation is modeling out what co-creating might look like....messy, evolving, innovative (check out Kwai' Prezzi presentation linked above), and supportive of each other. Not very comfortable if you want order and predictability. It takes faith in the people involved to let go of control like that.
But I still wanted to know, "What are the rules of engagement?" Herein was the gift! "Trust yourself...just put yourself out there", Kellie said.
She asked me what my work was. It took awhile to admit that my real work is creatorship, shifting our way of thinking, our languaging and the systems we put in place to support the creators we are. A common thread with Kellie was the importance of tapping into and trusting our guidance (heart intelligence, intuition, the small voice within,...).
I also saw, only too clearly, that my reticence to "put it out there" is a reflection that I'm STILL TRAPPED by my need for approval in order to to be safe. I'm still looking to others for permission, for others to tell me that what I care about is OK. WOW! I am mindful again of how my old needs to be accepted and approved of limit my contributions in this world.
So I walk away a little lighter and I'm thinking this is a good group.
I am thankful to Kellie, Kwai and everyone else in this world who are courageously living their own purpose and truth.
