Tag: change

Starting to change the world with soap

Posted on by philipdodson

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So I wrote last week about about making some changes, so I have.

I bought some new soap for the hub. Not just any old soap, but soap that is free of all that nasty chemical stuff, so good for the health and the environment too.

Job done. WOW, it’s easy this changing the world stuff!

Well, it is not that easy is it, but it is one important first step of many, many more. You see you have to start somewhere, and putting all my values and ‘why’ into my life and business is that start. I can not possibly expect people to be inspired if I don’t.

I realised that a gap had appeared between some of my own core values and that of the business. I care about the world, health and the environment. So the soap is just a symbol of the changes I am implementing. It wasn’t even a business decision, it just happened that way, I did think about simple things, that collectively make the whole.

I am changing the water supply too, no more plastic bottled water or plastic cups. I am installing mains filtered water, so no more deliveries either, which is better for the environment. Not having the plastic is a big thing for me.

I am old (48), and I remember, as a kid, a time when many things you drank came in glass bottles, that you took back to the shop and got money for returning the empty glass bottle. Now nearly everything we drink comes in plastic. Plastic degrades and has all sorts of health implications for us humans. So I am now trying to move away from plastic, not an easy task, but one I am determined to succeed in at the hub and at home.

These couple of small things are all part of a journey to change, it is the 2nd and 3rd steps in my ‘1,000 mile’ journey to make a difference to the world.

I am starting on my New World Project step by step, day by day to involve more people, to make those small changes, that will over time build momentum and turn to something bigger.

The world won’t change by itself, we all have an obligation in this connected world to influence others. For the first time in humankind’s history, we have the tools to connect our values, ideas and thoughts to a global audience.

Let’s work together to build a new tribe, a new movement that will build a viable alternative that focuses on all of the human race and not on a few.

It’s time for something new

Posted on by philipdodson

I am starting to make some changes in my business and life. Changes that mean stepping out of the discomfort zone that I have been in.

It means putting myself in the ring, it means overcoming some fears and it means becoming vulnerable.

Every change is risky, however in today’s fast changing landscape, it is more risky to be ‘safe’ with your business, than it is to change it and be rebellious, to be different.

‘Playing safe’ is the new risky.

I’m already not ‘playing safe’, as I have been running my own businesses for 12 years. But I now want to take it further.

Inspired by many things around me, including reading many books, blogs etc, especially Simon Sinek’s outstanding book ‘Start with why’, I have decided to make the step into the ring, overcome some fears and put my ‘why’ into everything that I do, not just parts of my life, all of it.

I have been kind of doing this anyway (herein lies part of the problem, the ‘kind of’ bit). However, I have been a little sheepish about going the whole 9 yards. Mainly out of worry that it might effect my business, it might not sit well with all and I might lose some customers. I know that the ‘not doing’ is more risky and will lead to regret.

You start something and after a little while, the ‘why’ you do it gets a little bit clouded, a little lost and you can end up just focusing on what you do. Doesn’t mean that your business is a failure, but good enough just doesn’t cut it for me.

I realise now, that when I have put my views, my passion, my ‘why’, and inspired, it has massively helped my life. I am now more inspired than I have ever been.

So now is the time to step into the unknown and make the jump to do what this life of mine has lead me to. The journey has lead me to this point, all the knowledge, learning, experience of 48 years is at my disposal.

To be honest I have never liked the status quo, never liked the ‘established’ order, I have always been a rebel. I have blogged about this many times, about the need to change the old school world. I have also recently blogged about the need to not simply criticise what is there, but to actually start creating alternatives. That is why I already love coworking, as it is an alternative way of working. But the coworking is the ‘what’ I do and is not why I do what I do.

I am already taking the steps, along with others, to build an alternative, I am starting the New World Project and whatever small part I can play to create some alternatives to our current world is my driving force, to be part of helping to create change that is based on human kind. A world for the many not the few.

With my blog, I am going to share the journey going forward. I am going to be posting on the changes I am about to make, as I want others to be a part of it. I am going to be thinking out loud and sharing the journey. This is not a one person mission, this is the start of a change, a movement, a cause for a better world, however small or big it becomes.

The size of something does not matter, as worthiness is not defined by this, as I have learnt from reading & listening to Brene Brown, she’s right, we are all already worthy enough, good enough, no matter what we achieve.

If I inspire just one person to help, to join, to be part of making a difference, then that is progress towards a better world. The famous saying ‘a journey of a 1,000 miles starts with just one step’.

That’s it for today, I will be sharing more over the coming weeks plus still posting my blogs as normal. I am going to be taking my stuff over to my business website from next week, so you can catch up with my posts there.

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