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It is amazing to be at the beginning of June already.
We are certainly moving at the speed of flow. May was another
full and fruitful one for FLOW. The Working for Good video conferences
were a great success: wonderfully received and sowing many good
seeds. We appreciate the efforts of all involved. You can continue
to view the webcasts , including a great presentation by FLOW
co-founder John Mackey on creating a new business paradigm.
We are using the Working for Good program to introduce core FLOW
ideas and strategies progressively over time, introducing a
new theme every six months, as follows:
- Liberating the Entrepreneurial
Spirit for Good
- Peace through Commerce
- Alleviating Poverty through an Open World
- Liberating Markets in Happiness and Well-Being
- Sustainability and Economic Growth
- Towards a Life of Flow for All
Each season's campaign
will introduce a new aspect of the FLOW movement and a different "window" into addressing the challenges and opportunities facing humanity through entrepreneurial
solutions. By the end of the next two years, we intend to have
articulated a comprehensive, integrated FLOW vision.
While "curriculum" and "video conference" do not typically stir the imagination, we are finding that the FLOW vision and
related content is resonating with a quickly growing audience
of people hungry for positive, inclusive, and integrated approaches
to life.
Here is a sampling of the responses we have received
to date:
"The last two days have been remarkable. The opportunity to interface with successful
entrepreneurs such as Michael, John, Brian and Kartar has
enabled the message to hit home for the students. They are getting
the
fact that building a conscious and successful enterprise is
attainable.... I look forward to working together to develop
and grow further
in this endeavor."
With gratitude,
Sada Anand, headmistress, Miri Piri Academy, Amritsar, India
"Working for Good comes very close to "The Answer" to many of the world's challenges and as you'll see below to stoking the entrepreneurial
fire. I really enjoyed, no gobbled up, the material -- I thought
it was great and highly validating!"
Tom, entrepreneur, Austin, Texas
"Going through working for good curriculum i can see the basic life requirement,
if every inhabitant of this planet can read, understand, meditate
and act on the instruction contain there in, i believe we
will not have a single poor on the face of the earth. I am still
digesting
the information and I believe it will create a great awakening
for me thanks a million you are doing a great job with unfathomable
impact please ride on improving the lot of our society."
Olukunle Alabetutu, Lagos, Nigeria
"I'm coming face to face with many of my shadows. The main one:
a fear of doing something great. I talk all about how I
want to save the world, change the world, etc, but when I actually
look
at how all my internal chatter goes, I believe I can't.
I KNOW I can. I just don't "believe" it. The great thing about shadows, though, is that all you have to do to solve
them is shine some light on them. And read more of the Working
for Good curriculum."
Dave Darmon, 18 year old blogger, Pennsylvania
We are already
receiving great interest in our Peace through Commerce program
for the fall, and are planning events in September in Washington,
DC, New York, and Austin. We welcome collaborators and collaboration
on the program. Please let us know if you are interested
in working with us in some way on this or any other program.
As you will
note on the FLOW home page this month, we have produced
a
new FLOW brochure, which you can download from the home
page or
email us to request printed copies to distribute to others.
The member
platform this month by Tom Munnecke, Executive Director
of the Uplift Academy, is entitled "How Can We Help 6 Billion People Help Each Other Help Themselves?" You will also find good links to inspiring stories, and references to two good,
new books by friends of FLOW.
Please forward this newsletter and any other FLOW materials
to your friends, of all walks of life, cultures, and political
persuasions,
and let us know what responses you get. We know it takes
broad dialogue and collaboration, across all ideas and
ideologies, to create the positive future we envision and aspire
to.
We
thank
you for your ongoing commitment to working for good.
Yours
in FLOW,
Michael Strong, CEO & Chief Visionary Officer
P.S. FLOW is above all a forum of free exchange for its members in the quest
for sustainable peace, prosperity, and happiness. We welcome your
feedback to the content of this newsletter and all FLOW activities
and publications. Please send your thoughts to contact@flowidealism.org.
P.P.S. Please join one of our five themed discussion groups, and participate
in our active and growing community, at www.flowrealism.org or www.flowidealism.org (FLOW, where idealism and realism both lead to the same place).
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