Knowledge is Power – Make it Diverse Knowledge

“Knowledge is power”, someone once said.  As a coach, I have often seen my clients’ enlightenment when they discover the knowledge, tools or skill they needed to enhance their life success.  I have had the pleasure of working with individuals from very diverse cultures, skill set, background, educational and socio-economic levels.   I find that having a diverse knowledge base has expanded my capacity to contribute to my clients’ success.   My dream has always been to try and keep myself well informed and well read.  My challenge however, has been finding a winning strategy with which to achieve that goal.

So over the years I have been searching for ways to gain new information with the limited time I had.  That’s when I decided to incorporate audio books to my repertoire.  I am happy to say that I have not looked back.  It’s a winning strategy that works well for me.  Often I like to know of blogs, books and videos that I can recommend to clients to help them gain a new perspective on a particular issue they may be struggling to make sense of.  I love passing on that kind of information and watching what people do with it.

That’s why I believe a diverse knowlede base is a real asset.  I believe that knowledge comes in all forms and from all areas.  Often I learn a new perspective from a new book or blog from a client and I am happy to say that I often check it out and most times, I learn something from that perspective, book reading or website.  I try to remain open to the new learning of every day.

Where will your next learning come from?  Are you open to receive learning from diverse sources, does it matter who or where it comes from?

Diversity in March

The month of March is certainly a time to focus on diversity.  Even the weather is different from day to day.  This brings out the best or worst in us and highlights two important lessons we need to consider in our lives and workplaces. 

The first is that nothing stays the same and yes even this cold spell we are having here in Winnipeg will pass too.  It is possible that we may chose to find something beautiful about the weather if we decide to make that our focus.

Secondly, though something or someone is different, ours may not be a bad experience.  There is a lot of good in our changing weather, for one we are never bored of the same old weather all the time, nor are we short of conversation topics around the water cooler or in the hallway to make short conversations and engage our neighbours.

Like the weather, life also brings changes and challenges and it is important for us to reflect on the good times as we face the bad times because there again, life brings us variety and diverse experiences so that we  can remain humble and hopefully be more conscious of the good times because we know they may not always last.

What are some of the benefits you are able to find from our ever changing weather or your life situations?