The Little Blog Post of Connectedness

Over the past couple of days I’ve been reading a content rich book that’s titled, Jeffrey Gitomer’s Little Black Book of Connections: 6.5 Assets for Networking Your Way to RICH Relationships. It’s opened my eyes to so many aspects of connectedness that I’m beginning to apply in my personal life. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to develop a rich network of relationships – and that really should be all of us! Quite a plug, huh!

Anyway, connectedness changes lives. I was inspired late last year to develop a vision of what connectedness will look like for me in 2007. I’d like to reproduce it here as “The Little Blog Post of Connectedness“. Connectedness brings order and synergy to the people, things or events that are associated together in that relationship. My vision entails new thinking in terms of connectedness which will be the springboard for the advancement of greatness in people. In the past, many people have had a lot of disconnection in certain crucial components of their lives and my goal is to bring all these together as one complete package.

Here is what connectedness means to me in 2007: 

1. Connectedness to true spiritual roots

Spirit is essential in the pursuit of a better life. Our souls should prosper as we endeavor to help others develop their personal potential. Our first quest in connectedness should be a solid relationship with God. The winds of social change are blowing in all sorts of directions and it is impossible to navigate them without solid connectedness to true spiritual roots. Our entire intelligence, consciousness and sentience must be inspired by our spiritual development. This is the key to vibrant and effective living.

2. Connectedness to one another and to family

In December of 2003, my wife and I created what we call our nuptial values. These values were an off-shoot of our marriage vision statement. While we have encountered tremendous success based on this vision, we sense a need for even deeper connection as we pursue our ultimate family legacy. Human connection needs to go beyond the superficial to real community. Community starts with an individual and extends to the family, then to society.

3. Connectedness to our unique individual visions

In this day, we need to demonstrate a commitment to personal vision for life more than ever before. If you have never concretized a solid personal vision for life, this is the time to do it. Significance in life is a direct function of your personal vision for a better life.

4. Connectedness to our joint destiny and family legacy

We need a clearerer understanding and grasping of our place in the human family and its destiny. More than ever before, people want to engage in contributing at a higher level to the well-being of others, regardless of their individual differences. This is easily manifested in many facets like volunteering for greater causes, community activities, travel and many others.  

5. Connectedness to the people who matter in our lives

Great social and professional relationships are essential for the realization of one’s personal destiny. We need to associate with good thinkers, thought leaders and idealists with a passion for better life. Nothing is more joyful than productive gatherings of visionary thinkers at coffee houses, bookstores, city squares, college campuses and many other places. This is always a huge avenue for the development of robust ideas which greatly enhance the lives of so many people.

Get connected!

Actualize the Greatness Within You

We live in a day when many people are being inspired to reach for the greatness that is within them. A lot of credit goes to the self-improvement industry which has done a lot to expose people to their true potential. People are dreaming more and dreaming often. But still there are many who have not come to the point of making their dreams come true. How can dreams be pursued and realized?

In my book, The Road to Arrival, I have defined a dream as a strongly desired goal. Dreams can easily be realized when they are broken down into specific achievable goals. In The Road to Arrival, I discussed ten empowering principles for actualizing dreams: faith, associations, detachment, perseverance, faithfulness, character and integrity, diligence, the tongue, puruit and connection. In addition to this, I outlined nine key principles that identified the steps, levels, conditions, essentials, keys, phases, rules, laws and stages of actualization.

What’s your dream? Are you pursuing it? We are all waiting for your arrival in the land of your dreams. Capture your dreams and let your vision soar!