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The Underground Fatloss Manual
Tags: Clickbank, Sexy, Weight Loss, Transformation, Underground Fatloss

Learn How To Shift Your Calories To Skyrocket Your Fat Loss

A calorie is not just a calorie. If this was the case, then if I ate nothing but popcorn all day, I would look like Hercules. I would most

likely end up looking like Jabba the Hut from Star Wars. This is because a calorie is not just a calorie. Each macro nutrient has a

different chemical makeup and is responsible for doing different things inside your body. Carbs, fats, and proteins are a lot different from

each other and if you get these mixed up in your diet, and then you are sabotaging your results. But don’t worry because I am going to

explain everything right here.

If for some reason you are having a problem with losing weight, then take a look at your diet. If it contains a healthy amount of

carbohydrates and not enough protein, then change this right away. I want you to flip the macronutrients around. You see, carbs release

make the body release insulin. When insulin is released, fat burning comes to a screeching halt. Without carbs, the body will be forced

to rely on its fat preserves, aka your body fat to break down and use for energy in order to keep homeostasis at base line levels. You

want this going on as much as possible.

Also, you should be consuming a healthy amount of good fats because they have been found to decrease inflammation, diabetes, heart attacks,

and aid in the decrease of body fat in some studies.

So remember, a calorie is not just a calorie. If you are not losing weight, take a look at your diet because the culprit is right there

staring at you.

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Walk The Elephant — A Skeleton In The Closet
By: Norman Chen
Tags: Mindfulness, Money, Transformation

Walk The Elephant — A Skeleton In The Closet

A heavy heart deprived of air, on the shoulder of a 23 year old fresh graduate shouldn’t be one of a 30kg barbell.

Stepping up, striding with a square hat on the head, congratulated and photographed. The next moment of truth wasn’t a smile but a frown!

One month into a new job, the reminder from the bank in pursuit of Money overdue. The credit card bill with a 2% interest and a $35 fine for overdue was eventually costing me 200% more for what I paid for.

Mistake we all make, some more than others, but for a fresh graduate full of fresh knowledge and hope, all in vain when the first lesson on Money landed squarely 30 days after the graduation day.

You think you learnt from your mistake! Think again.

Have you managed your peers, your 5 best friends make up who you are.

Recognition, self-consciousness, hunger for approval all that mind matters are just crap. Eat into you alive and you won’t even know it.

Are you ready with a technique to due with your emotional swings. Occasional resistance, hold-backs made no sense.

Burden of money is everywhere because that’s the reality created by mankind.

What the school taught me just a waste of time and that mediocracy instilled stinks until now.

DESIRE

Teach me ego and teach me greed. All the biology, math and chemistry didn’t stop me getting into debt. The 4 years of college and $200,000 later…. failing me even at 50 year old. Don’t be fool what you do because nothing you learn in school will prepare you.

Ephiphany

Teach me mindfulness and teach me mind. The rest to follow later don’t worry. Root in spiritual training and grow forever from there. The canopy you shelter others will bring more joy and happiness.

My Plan

Focus on energy and discard self. Build up the momentum and let it flow. Attract money to buy Karma. Such is my plan for next 30 years.

MY ACHIEVEMENT

Wake up to a starry darkness in the mind and experience the chaos with your eyes. It is like a war of sparkles in trillion or more. Glad I have accomplish the Samathi to blur them all. Without THE Wisdom, a blanket of sheets of snow freckled and textured in unordinary greys, the stars that sparkle hurried the mind bring chaos likened to hell.

MY TRANSFORMATION

The end may be near but the fear isn’t here. That journey into the next depend if you are ready. The impending and immortified mind is less ready than the billion year cells inside of your brain.

Join me hand in hand we travel next. In search of ceaselessness in happiness and emptiness.
Eat Sleep Burn
Tags: Weight Loss, Clickbank, Transformation, Eat Sleep Burn Review

The Best Food to Eat to Burn Fat and Build Muscle

For those of you who want to burn fat, you have to build muscle, and for those of you who want to build muscle, you have to burn fat.

Simply put, there is just no way around it…you are going to have to burn fat AND build muscle (I’m not talking Arnold Schwarzenegger

muscle here, just lean muscle). However, what you eat is incredibly important in your quest to burn fat and build muscle.

So, what it is the best food to eat to burn fat and build muscle?

Protein.

Protein is the catalyst of any successful weight loss, fat burning, and muscle building program. If you don’t get an adequate amount of

protein daily, the results you’ll see will be few if any.

The best foods to eat to burn fat and build muscle and contain good amounts of protein are:

1. Protein shakes: (Convenient, tasty, and jam packed with up 20–40 grams of protein per serving. Try to go for brands that do not contain

a lot of fat and calories.)

2. Poultry: Chicken (lean breast), turkey (lean breast).

3. Fish: In particular, salmon and tuna.

4. Nuts: Almonds are the best.

If you add these foods into your daily diet, you will notice very quickly fat loss and toned muscles starting to show.

Besides getting an adequate amount of protein daily, you still must follow all of the other basic principles of a healthy lifestyle to

see quick and consistent results. Those principles are proper nutrition, drink plenty of water daily, get plenty of sleep every night,

cardio exercise and weight training exercise.
Zmiany na ziemi 2019–2021
By: Jacek Nawrocki
Tags: Radość, 2021, Zmiana, Transformation, Covid 19

I am a conciousness specialist. My speciality is digging within myself, searching for limiting belief systems. Acknowlegde them to letting them go. That's fun:)
Winter Turns to Spring
By: Bybreen Samuels
Tags: Identity, Horoscopes, Spirituality, Astrology, Transformation

TODAY’S HOROSCOPE — DECEMBER 22nd 2020

The Sun and Mercury are walking on terra firma now they have arrived in Capricorn. Here, you could emit the aura of a Prime Minister and Head Teacher, respectively. Your middle name becomes Authority. But be careful because your words and behaviour can be experienced as oppressive, when they square Aries.

The Capricorn planets create a roadblock for Chiron and the Moon to navigate. When the Mountain Goat and Ram confront each other the battle is between, ‘I use’ and ‘I am.’ Conservatism and initiative become opponents in your mind. The softer energies are empowered to heal past wounds. Whereas, the Sun and Mercury want to maintain the status quo of showing the world your poker face.

Resist the reflex response to flare up. Instead follow the path of ‘I know better so I can do better.’ The Moon has moved passed Chiron by 1 degree in Aries. So you have a better understanding of your wounds and now you’re ready to implement the lessons learnt. The fire planets hold hands with Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius. They help you to see new possibilities on how you can reinvent yourself.

The Air Duo continue their central role because they form a sextile with Venus in Sagittarius. The two most beneficial planets are so happy to connect in this way. Jupiter and Venus could sprinkle good fortune on your life in unusual or unexpected ways.

Symbolically, the glyph of Venus looks like a handheld mirror. Look deep into your eyes to see yourself connecting with what truly matters to you. Because Venus trines Chiron and Moon in Aries, you have the capacity to materialise what you visualise.

Capricorn and Aries are cardinal signs that combine fire and earth energies. Together they lead you to being very productive in quite a relentless way. They also represent the start of Winter and Spring. So as you approach Christmas continue to sing the title of this 1960s song by Love Unlimited:

“It maybe Winter outside but in my heart it’s Spring.”
Touch of the Master Storyteller
By: Susanna Deepthi
Tags: Storyteller, Christ, Christmas, Transformation

The original Christmas story was one without any filters. The scenes were definitely not picture-perfect for posts on Instagram or as display picture for WhatsApp. I’m not sure if it would have got many likes on FaceBook or Twitter. It was one unedited, imperfect, and messy story (maybe smelly too!) for our post-modern eyes. I wonder what the Master Storyteller had in mind as He picked the cast, scripted the story, and narrated it to you and me. The scenes unraveled rather slow track as each character played its part — with a not-so-cool climax.

Each character in the cast had one’s own story. It had a pregnant teenager dealing with fear and anxiety. An apprehensive carpenter waiting to call off secretly his engagement fearing potential shame. There were wisemen who turned out not so wise, with their fair share of doubts and confusion. A host of angels appearing to mundane shepherds leaving them awe-struck and perplexed.

The plot had its quota of twists and turns, too. The unexpected and long journey of an expectant couple who were at last rejected by an overflowing Inn (Of course, they didn’t have the Yatra app or other travel apps to help in booking). The wisemen, lacking GPS, landing in the wrong destination and finally, the King being born in a manger!

Woah! That was quite a story. Wait! That’s not all. There seems to be more than what meets the eye. Maybe, we should read between the lines. Let’s explore some more to see what the storyteller really wanted to convey.

It is definitely a God-scripted story narrating the birth of His beloved Son. It is the miracle story of God transcending to human form. An all-powerful God relating so meekly to mankind. It is the story of the perfect gift — one size fits all!

It is also one powerful story of transformation. The transformation of every character as they beheld the newborn Hero — our Christ! The initial Anxiety and Fear of Mary melted away to become one of Adoration and Faith. Joseph’s Apprehension and Shame changed to Affirmation having a Sense of purpose. Doubts and Confusion of the Wisemen turned to realized Dreams and Conviction. The Mysterious Shepherds Marveled at the Masterful Hand of God.

And, hey! The manger was not, after all, the climax but just the beginning — The birth of love and resurrection of hope to all mankind. This is the perfect story for the imperfect me and you.

What struggle do we face daily as we enact our part? Maybe, this year was frustrating and not at all easy. We had our fair share of anxiety, doubts, and confusions. Can we trust God and hand over to Him all our so-called mess, this Christmas? The same Christ is still at work in us through His spirit. He can transform it to a mighty masterpiece in His time! After all, isn’t He our Master Storyteller?!!
Restoration, Alignment and Transformation…2021 style
By: Trice Lindo
Tags: Alignment, Self Improvement, Attunement, Restoration, Transformation

3 Reasons Tuesdays are AMAZING for reflection, rest and restoration to maximize your success throughout the week….

1. The “heaviness” of Monday is out of the way so you can adjust as needed

2. You can plan for the coming week with the early benefit of Monday’s results behind you with the potential of the rest of the week in view

3. Revisit your thoughts and intentions you set on Sunday to reaffirm what you want to achieve

For more about how to make 2021 a year for Restoration, Alignment and Transformation, join us this Sunday! 12/27@ 1pm EST.

I am going to host “The Restore Your Soul” at home retreat where you can get the experience of a retreat without leaving home, take some time for you, connect with the Career community and be able to do something really special for YOU. It is a “pay what you want” event, so treat yourself and join us!

In this session I will:

- lead a visualization activity that will help with alignment for 2021

- lead guided meditation practice

- facilitate a workshop on how to speak to your soul and align to your soul’s purpose

#restoration

#alignment

#transformation

#visualization #success #inspiration #motivation #community #mindfulnesspractice
What can transform the world of work?
By: Joann Rolle
Tags: Work, Workforce Development, Pandemic, Leadership, Transformation

We continue to believe that worldwide demand for labor will shift to higher demands for knowledge workers and lower demands for manual labor creating gluts of supply in both rural and urban labor markets in many countries. We believe that income disparities pre- #COVID will be greater post-COVID. Per our recent article, What can transform the world of work to global sustainability,” we cite, Schumpeter who advocates for innovative entrepreneurship that impacts job creation, economic growth, the competitive ecosystem, and the promotion of inclusivity in societies through work and innovation. We believe there is hope but it lies not in the past but in the future of nimble agile #entrepreneurial mindsets developing rapid and creative solutions to dynamic world problems.

In our work, we posit that innovative #entrepreneurship, especially in underserved communities will be the new post-COVID realities. We are working with a global group of academicians and practitioners who are producing for early publication next year, evidence of an evolving transformation of entrepreneurial innovation in underserved communities which we believe will be trigger conversations for a new and better future for all.

A New York Times Op-Ed recently appeared by Thomas L. Friedman author of, “The World is Flat.” The title of the article, “After the Pandemic, a Revolution in Education and Work Awaits.” In our papers and publications, long before the pandemic, we discussed growing concerns of widening income inequality; the need for a shift in paradigm from preparing job seekers to preparing job creators; and; advocacy for technology as a transformer of work culture from the bottom of the social pyramid up. In one brief article, Friedman validated all of our thought leadership and hopes for the future.

The reason the post-pandemic era will be so destructive and creative is that never have more people had access to so many cheap tools of innovation, never have more people had access to high-powered, inexpensive computing, never have more people had access to such cheap credit — virtually free money — to invent new products and services, all as so many big health, social, environmental and economic problems need solving.

The full keynote address is accessible
Uproot White Supremacy: transfigure my Magnolia Roots
By: Barbara Sanders
Tags: Transformation, Racism, Poetry, Spiritual, Southern

I am a psychotherapist, writer and activist in Nashville, TN: https://synergeticresolutions.blogspot.com/ and https://transformationalreflections.blogspot.com/
Transformations
Tags: Description, Drag Queens, Transformation, Short Fiction

He saw himself in the mirror. He saw his body: skinny, long, straight. His hair, blonde and broken which once sparked off his head was kept contained from the taupe wig cap he had on. His dark grey eyes stared back at him as his long fingers traced down the glaciers of his cheekbones. His pale skin gleamed in the fluorescent light of the studio, his sanctuary.

He had pictures lining the sides of his vanity, from his first experimentations with makeup to him performing with various celebrities. His brushes sat in the front, pointing up from their partitions like mini skyscrapers as his palettes created the pavement in front. His drawers were lined with products: the top of the range foundations, blushers, concealers and, most importantly, lipsticks. He saw each one of them like a weapon, as a rush of power filtered through his body when holding them.

He prepped his face delicately, covering the imperfections that obstructed the blank canvas of his skin. He outlined the dips in his cheeks in three shades below and three shades above to create the structure he craved. You want your face to be as defined as your decisions his drag mother would tell him, and he would be damned if he ever disobeyed this. He dragged a blush of fuchsia across the apple of his cheeks, creating the fairy tale fantasy he always attempted to honour. He scattered a flat white layer of loose powder across his face, which created his own orbit of snow to surround his head.

He took a breath before opening his most beloved palette, revealing a spectrum of kaleidoscopic shades for his eyes. He reached for the slim brush that stood with such pride in his collection and dipped it into a strongly pigmented cerulean blue. He slowly swiped it across his eyes, taking care to circumvent from error. He decided he liked it. He continued to layer this on so the colour could no longer be misinterpreted. He added a lilac glitter to the crease of his lid, which brought out a green in his once grey eyes. He measured up the line of lashes to his own, and gently placed them with the precision of a surgeon. He fluttered them, making sure they were secure whilst also revelling in the femininity he began to feel. He swooped a long, white wig onto his head, and secured it down meticulously to the peak of his forehead.

She saw herself in the mirror. She saw her body: curvy, powerful, feminine. Her hair, icy and silken which reached down to the small of her back in full force. Her once dark grey eyes beamed back at her with elements of emeralds and sapphires, as her long fingers barely touched her precisely painted face. Her glowing skin shone in the fluorescent lights of her sanctuary, her stage.
Ancient Japanese Recipe For Weight Loss!
Tags: Fitness, Weight Loss, How To Lose Weight Fast, Health Foods, Transformation

Random image from google for security purposes!

I am apparently an affiliate, which promotes other people products, however, I decided to review a product that I found really helpful to a lot of people which is the ‘’Okinawa flat Belly tonic’’, I came across this topic whilst I was looking for a good product to promote and I found it helpful because recently a lot of people have been making loads of researches on how to reduce belly fat!

This is also a very helpful video on the review and benefits of Okinawa belly fat, and its health benefits, trust me its worth your time. A lot of the time people who normally search how to reduce their weight end up quitting and the reason is because most of their search results are; low dieting, exercising, eating healthy, drinking water e.t.c and to be honest who really wants to do that? this product already assures you that you do not have to eat less to reduce fat but only drink! which makes the product one of the most successful products now selling in the market.

Here is a customer review I found days ago!

Here this customer had purchased this product and confirmed it worked well for him, I decided I need to share this product with the world and got inspired to write this article today on medium. So If you are ready to stop your low-self-esteem, embarrassment, and eating boring salad why not click on this link now: Okinawa belly fat- here in this link there are few people who would be telling stories about their body weight loss and how they overcame it in Just a few months! This only cost $49–$69.
Spiritual|Dreams|Personal Development
By: Vickie Trancho
Tags: Spirituality, Dreams, Personal Development, Transformation

It’s been a long day. In fact, it’s been a long year. The holidays have been turned upside down. It looks like you’ll be spending this one alone. As you sit in your comfy chair your eyes are getting heavy. Sleep almost overtakes you. Then you hear it, someone whispering your name. There’s no one else in the house. You check your phone, nope. The television is off, but now you’re hearing a clanking and dragging noise, too. As you stand up to investigate the special effects you turn to see your old friend, Marley Davison standing before you. Thing is, Marley died eight years ago from a massive heart attack. How can he be standing here, and why on earth is he bound in chains?

“Good to see you, man. I don’t have much time here. Yeah, these chains are heavy, and I forged them myself while I was alive. Bad decisions, poor choices, cheating here, lying there, it all caught up with me link by link.”

“Marley, this isn’t possible. You can’t be real. I must be having a bad dream.”

“Am I a dream, though dreams hold their own power? I am the messenger. You will be visited by three spirits. Each will give you guidance, and it’s up to you to use it for your own good. Please, I beg you, watch and listen closely. These chains are so heavy. You have free choice to break your shackles. My time here is done.”

“Marley? Marley? Where did you go?”

“That does it. I’m out of here!”
Worthiness
By: Veda Prajvalan
Tags: Relationship With Self, Spirituality, Worthiness, Relationship With God, Transformation

One thing that’s been the most transformational to all of my relationships has been developing my sense of worthiness. Like many people, I did not have the best nurturance for developing this from a young age. In fact, as my parents were religious missionaries, I was taught that I was born a sinner and constantly needed to try my best to maybe, possibly, someday be found “passable”. But best not to get too cocky or slack off at all. Better not to delude myself that I was going to be celebrated and cherished, sailing into acceptance with flying colors.

So the journey to self-love and acceptance, particularly to a healthy relationship to spirituality, was longer for me perhaps, than some others. I’ve mentioned Hafiz as one of my favorite mystical poets. In, You Better Start Kissing Me, I can relate to coming to “God’s door” with a “begging bowl” from that orientation of unworthiness. Fortunately, I’ve experienced a major shift since then. This poem goes like this:

Throw away all your begging bowls at God’s door

For I have heard the Beloved prefers sweet threatening shouts

Something on the order of: “Hey, Beloved, My heart is a raging volcano of love for you!

You better start kissing me — or else!”

Experiencing the feeling of worthiness creates many shifts, of course. But that feeling of being loved, adored and celebrated (by yourself first of course) with a birthright of peace and abundance is priceless, and well worth the effort of letting go of whatever may be blocking you from it.
Life is You
By: Karmen Jurela
Tags: Life, Spirituality, Connection, Cognitive Bias, Transformation

Life is You

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Look someone you don’t know in the eyes for a few minutes without speaking. You will feel connected not only with the “other” human being but with Life itself — and rightly so.

We are born; we live, and we die. We can see this commonality in the other.

We are people with organs, we breathe, eat, and excrete.

We are like the others. We inhale the air that the “others” just exhaled. The atoms from the air we breathe are fed into our bodies. The same applies to the food we eat, the beverages we drink, the minerals, the water, the plants, and the animals. We are in constant atomic exchange with one another.

While we talk and listen to each other, the neuro-networks of our brains adapt and evolve.

We transform others, and others transform us.

Right now, reading this — you transform.

We (ex-) change one another in direct or indirect contact.

We howl at the same moon, and we walk on the same mother earth.

Yet, we think of Life as something different or disconnected from us!

As if Life were some phenomenon “out there” that needs to be handled. Except, it is more realistic to understand ourselves as being Life; “being” in a reciprocal sense of “I execute Life and Life executes me”.

I. AM. LIFE. YOU. ARE. LIFE.

What made us so stupid that we believe we are different or better or more or less worth from the “Others”, “Life”, or anything else?

There are no others.
UNLOCKING VALUE AND STRENGTHENING YOUR FINANCIAL POSITION: KEY AREAS OF FOCUS FOR STRATEGIC CFOs
Tags: Strength, CFO, Transformation, Values

The role of the CFO is transforming. As the finance function increasingly integrates with the business, leaders are facing new responsibilities. They must adjust their approaches to evaluating success, managing risk, and maximizing impact. By using advanced analytics and collaboration, CFOs can make data-based financial decisions that drive impactful results. In order to do so, here are some of the key areas CFOs can focus on to unlock value and strengthen the organization’s financial position:

1. Access capital strategically

Optimizing your organization’s capital structure requires you to strike the right balance of debt and equity to maximize market value while reducing the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Devising a strategic approach to accessing capital requires CFOs to evaluate the impact of debt and equity financing:

Debt: Businesses borrow debt in the form of short and long-term loans that carry interest rates. Debt is cheaper than equity, however, excessive leverage can expose companies to higher interest payments, increased volatility, and a greater chance of bankruptcy; too much debt, therefore, can increase your WACC. The cost of debt fluctuates based on interest rates. Monitoring changes in interest rates may allow you to make strategic decisions to reduce your WACC. As interest rates fall, as does WACC, organizations may consider debt financing for income enhancing investments to maximize firm value.

Equity: Equity typically refers to shareholder equity, defined as the issuance of shares (or a certain degree of ownership) to finance operations. Shareholders carry more risk when purchasing a company’s stock than when purchasing bonds because owners are legally obligated to fulfill their debts. While companies are expected to compensate shareholders reasonably based on market performance, equity capital doesn’t require repayment. Shareholders are taking a greater risk, and therefore, equity is typically more expensive. For smaller businesses, equity may be funded from the owner’s personal savings. Although there may not be a tangible cost to put one’s capital into the business, there is a real opportunity cost that must be considered since the owner is forfeiting returns that could have been earned from deploying that same capital on other investments.

The optimum cost structure cannot be boiled down to a single ratio — the average cost of debt and equity varies by industry and organizational circumstances. For example, the cost of equity for the advertising industry is 9.4%, while the average cost of debt is 3.6%. In the pharmaceutical industry, the average cost of equity is 9.0%, while the average cost of debt is 6.9%. However, as a general rule of thumb, companies should strive to maintain a debt to equity ratio of 2 or less.

Cash is the lifeblood of a company; therefore, enhancing cash flow should be a top priority on every CFO’s list. There are a few different ways to boost liquidity.

2. Enhance liquidity
SIMPLe in Transformations
By: Vu Nguyen
Tags: Leadership, Retrospective, Transformations

The backstory

My motivation in writing this was to help organizations to tell their story, through a specific set of lenses. Through different lenses (eg. frameworks), a story is created and serves as a representation of the output of a team.

Like with many company transformations, the comes a point in time to take an assessment of where they started from, where are they now, and where are they headed. With my client, I found this to be evident as the transformation starts with a big bang, meets some resistance, and adjustments are needed. With this particular client, it has been a year since the kickoff of their transformation, and I wanted to find a way to step back to examine the actions taken, understand the resulting impact and look at what outstanding work there is left to be done. I hoped that by having this journey marker, the executive team can celebrate the impact they created, make needed adjustments, and look towards the journey ahead.

The SIMPLe framework

While searching high and low for frameworks that would suit my needs, I found a framework that was best suited my need for which is called “SIMPLe” by Ioannis Strikos. SIMPLe stands for “Speed, Inclusion, Modify, Performance, Leadership, and experiment.” As the name of the framework states, it is truly simple and is quite intuitive in applying.

What I liked about this framework was that it was one that was able to give a high-level view but yet can be dived deeply as needed towards solutions. While there are many frameworks out there that have their own strengths, I found this one was simple (pun intended) as I was able to present the output through actions, understand its impacts & root causes through various perspectives. This results in coming out with an agreed way to resolve or fix the issues identified.

Systemic evidence-based approach

For my particular use case, I choose to focus on the “Speed”, “Leadership”, Inclusion and Modify (SLIM) as it related to my client’s situation more appropriately in their transformation. As a result of using the SIMPLe (or SLIM in my case), I found that it was a much easier way for the executive team to have a systemic evidence-based systemic approach on their journey. If you want to find more about SIMPLe visit simpleagileframework.org.

Many thanks to Ioannis Strikos for this framework and hope to see it benefit more organizations in the future.
Do you see, What I see ?
By: Shreekant Shiralkar
Tags: Change, Disruption, Games, Transformation, Covid 19

COVID-19 pandemic has caused many changes to every aspect of the economy and large scale disruption for every organization. While each organization is dealing with the change by applying innovative solutions, I observe many are using Games for Change. For instance, as I write this blog, a large Technology Services & Consulting company has hosted an online event of games, aimed at rapid-paced appreciation and learning of Information Security, by its massive workforce all over the globe. The phenomenon is a source of abundant joy for me. My excitement is beyond words to express, as I believe, I discovered and saw a phenomenon, very early.

Precisely 20 years back, during my assignment with a very large state-owned oil company, I had come up with the idea of using Games for Change when the organization faced the challenge of bringing a rapid-paced adoption of new technology. The success of a hugely invested program, hinged on early adoption of technology, by a large number of employees, reluctant to even access the new technology.

I had conceptualized a Virtual Treasure Hunt, a digitized version of the game, where participant picked clues, by accessing application of the new technology and acquiring knowledge about it on different channels, Solved riddles sequentially, and Won prizes to succeed in the Treasure Hunt game, and moving closer to the new technology and its adoption.

My idea was premised on observations that Game of Treasure Hunt and Competition have natural attraction among people, and have the potential to create a compelling option for exciting and engaging those reluctant employees. In the process facilitate, appreciation and learning new technology. The idea was an instant hit and successfully facilitated the rapid-paced adoption of new technology.

Saddled with experience and success of the idea, I replicated it for facilitating rapid-paced adoption of, renewed knowledge management platform at a fortune 500 multinational, Professional Services Company. The company was preparing itself for appraisal and recertification of their “People Capability Maturity Model Integration — Level 5” (PCMMI-5) and had very little time to train a large number of employees, on features and capabilities of the renewed platform. A repeat of success reinforced my confidence in the applicability of Games for Change.

In later years, I experimented with the phenomenon and documented them in my book titled “IT Through Experiential Learning”.
‘Tis the season for healing
Tags: Wellbeing, Healing, Stress, Wellness, Transformation

Transformational wellbeing for the new normal.

What a year. The uncertainty brought about by the pandemic, social movements and strong emotions between information filter bubbles has certainly motivated me to prioritize wellbeing, not just for myself but for my friends and family.

I knew I needed a mental detox when life started to feel too hard, like there was no time to rest. It got harder to focus, harder to sleep well, harder to smile. The constant multi-tasking left me feeling tired and unproductive and finally manifested as stiff joints, muscle aches and excessive body weight.

I researched solutions from Deepak Chopra to Thrive Global and delved into becoming a health coach or herbalist. What I summarized from these practitioners is that total wellbeing is about getting creative, making space for self care, evoking curiosity, inspiring people with hope, love and sharing positive energy.

The research I focused on was on our innate ability to heal ourself. Our ability to awaken our inner biochemical hero and fuel our communal energetic fields. From this research, the 3R framework emerged — rituals to Reframe, Recharge and Reflect.

Envision to reframe

My personalized ritual to reframe is to set intention in the morning, reframing my day with deep listening and a vision exercise to align my daily goals with my core values. A morning meditation book by my bedside helped jumpstart the habit.

1. Vision exercise

What do you truly desire? What impact will you make today?

To be happy by making others feel good, by inspiring hope and creativity.

To taste and experience life, joy and pain, to the fullest and without regret.

To create a deep trusting network that energizes mindsets.

To create nourishing and healing experiences.

The purpose and meaning we bring to the table, of how we show up in life to our family and co-workers are almost always based on experiences we either want to have ourselves and to share with others. We are a communal species. We build value from collaboration. We co-create shared experiences.

Your core values define the reason for jumping out of bed in the morning and focus on your practice, your work and wellbeing of yourself and those around you.
Citizen development unlocks transformation
By: Ron Immink
Tags: Citizen Developer, Citizen Development, Transformation

Transformation is the new black. It is very hard to do. There’s a lot of things written about transformation. Most of the literature about transformation is a bit simplistic. If you do this, they do this, this, this, and this and you’re sorted. That’s just not ever going to be the case. Organisations are complex systems, where a one size fits all is never going to work.

Slow

It is also very slow. Transformation is not something that you can do overnight. It’s something that takes three, four years to do it properly. Because there are always cultural and behavioural elements attached to transformation.

Clockspeed

The speed of transformation is becoming an issue. It is too slow. You do not have three years. Jack Welch, the former chairman and CEO of General Electric, said: “When the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.”

Blank slate

The good news is that COVID has given the CEOs and the management team a blank slate. You finally have the permission to fundamentally do things differently. You can re-assess everything and change whatever you want. You finally have the legitimacy to change. Your organisational structure, the purpose, the values and guiding principles, your stance on sustainability and diversity, the way you make decisions, the definition of success and the definition of your legacy.

It is not you

Remember, people were not clapping for management. People were clapping for front line staff. The nurses, the rubbish collectors, the people stacking shelves in the supermarket. This is your change and your opportunity to regain trust and contribute to make this world a better place.

Citizen development

And there are now the tools to do that at speed. It is called citizen development. Instant tech enablement of your staff. Abstraction allows people to play with coding, data, AI and soon other technologies as if it was LEGO. Instant automation, continues improvement and innovation.

Vaccine

Digital twinning, experimentation at scale, diffusion of decision making, engagement, up-skilling and enablement of your staff were always very time consuming and expensive. Citizen development for the first time makes all this possible. Combining the existing experience, expertise and knowledge base with learning by doing at every level in the company. Start with a pilot and let it spread. It is the vaccine that your company needs.

Hardwire

All the things that are really difficult with transformation become a lot easier and a lot quicker with citizen development. Combine that with storytelling. Be very clear on the direction you want to go. Hardwire the guiding principle, accountability, structure, technology, governance and IT.

And then let go.
Network Training Slide Decks
By: June Holley
Tags: Leadership, Networking, Systems Change, Transformation

We are offering a new section in our Resources section: a set of presentation slide decks that can be used by you for training or sharing with people who want to learn more about networks.

You can edit or mix and match any of the slides into a custom slide deck that will work best for your audience. All the slides are creative commons but please do credit the networkweaver site in your final slide deck.

The first two decks are Network Basics and Network Skills.

Network Basics outlines the 7 Principles of Network Leadership.

Network Skills describes 5 skills that can help you catalyze collaborative projects or networks.

If you have presentations that you have created and are willing to share please send to NetworkWeaverManager@gmail.com and we will include in our Resources section.
Heavier than Hope
By: Arjoselle Ortiz
Tags: Hope, Transformation, Change

You can see the sun’s rays much clearly because they fought their way out of the clouds. If this is what greets you after a day’s work, life isn’t so bad, is it?

The horizon is as distant as when the world began, or you think so. But today, you can see it. Today, anything seems possible.

How many times have you watched the sun kiss it? Enough to recognize the kind of longing that follows it. Life is impossibly large and you are so damned small, so far from it that you just ache.

At this distance, with the day almost gone, you are at the edge of tomorrow you just have to sleep, there is hope after all. Though, whoever believes in hope anymore? It is light as a feather, no weight on reality. It lifts you up a few inches and drops you down the next day.

Yet you cling to it. You imagine all sorts of possibilities. Endlessly. Tirelessly. They say only a fool would try the same thing twice expecting a different result.

Now you stand at the same place where only a few weeks ago, possibilities rushed at you, out of anxious nights, awakened by the morning light.

And you stood there to take it. It filled you with something heavier than hope. Somehow more substantial because you didn’t have to force it to being. You couldn’t take flight but you would much prefer to be rooted.

Here, at the summit of an unscalable mountain. Here, at the edge of a cliff beyond which is unknown. Or here, among your people.

You were a speck in the universe then, as you are now.

What is so sacred in the world that you can’t touch it? How fragile is life that you can’t change it? What does it matter in the end? We don’t know.

But for a brief moment, the sun’s rays fought their way out of the clouds, for you to see.
3 historias que muestran cómo la tecnología cambió radicalmente la admisión a la Universidad
By: Christian Limas
Tags: Educación, Alumni, Universidad, Experience, Transformation

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Wege in die Zukunft der Landwirtschaft
By: Joella Korczak
Tags: Newgreendeal, Landwirtschaft, Transformation, Future Food

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Divorce + Pandemic = Reborn
By: Kembang Langit
Tags: Self, Life Lessons, Self Improvement, Divorce, Transformation

I am one of those people during my marriage years. Until I can’t lie anymore and put up a smile covering my depression. I was a very introverted, fearful, and anxious person. Until the tornado of courage knock on my door, and suddenly I was brave enough to ask for a divorce. I feel it in my gut.

Then the real tsunami happened and washed away my old self, old identity, and old limiting beliefs. It was a very unbearable moment.

It felt like riding an emotional, nerve-wracking rollercoaster almost every time. Because you are at war with yourself. Fighting the outside to meet the inside. You don’t really know what to do, how to feel, what action to take anymore.

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The Realization

Of course, it was challenging because it has gain momentum for almost 40 years. To change something that is already embedded in your DNA, hell yeah, it needs total annihilation. It is supposed to feel like the end of the world.

And oh, I like the song “The End Of The World” by Skeeter Davis. It really represents all the emotions during the dark night of the soul. If you had watched The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix, the scene when this song played, I burst into tears, not really knowing why.

It is good sometimes to really cry and feeling those emotions to honor it and then let it go gracefully.

Our Partner will always be our greatest awakener. Now I have more compassion and understanding for him more than ever. Love has evolved.

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The Reborn

This is the butterfly of my journey. I believe everybody has a story to tell that can be beneficial to others. We are all relatable at some point.

Little by little, I am creating my new self and my new identity. To predict the future is to create it. I even need to re-introduce myself again to my friends. Some of them get me, and some don’t. Either way, it is not a problem.

People from your past only resonate with the old version of you that doesn’t exist anymore. They can only see things as deep as they know themselves. Some people don’t even know who they really are.

If some people don’t like you anymore, it is actually a good thing. Own your uniqueness, breathe, and let them go with love. Sometimes our truth can reflect the things that others don’t want to see in themselves.

So…It’s not about you. We are becoming a mirror and a reflection for anybody who “needs” it.
I lost 55 Pounds Of Raw Fat In Just 3 Months Without Dieting Or Exercise….And This Is How….
By: Jennifer Leeons
Tags: Weight Loss, Nodietnoexercise, Belly Fat, Transformation

My 55 Pound Transformation in Just 3 Months Without Dieting Or Exercise!!!

I had a kid almost 3 years ago, and never lost the pregnancy weight, plus my weight sneaks about 15–17 pounds a year need to lose 55lbs. or so. I didn’t like counting calories and I wasn’t great at being disciplined, so I tried cutting sugar and caffeine out of my diet and going for walks and doing yoga and worked my way up to jogging and weights. But as I worked my way up to weights and jogs, I still saw, on the most part, no difference. I know this because I took progress pictures throughout my journey.

My biggest problems were wanting honey in my tea and emotional eating when I get nervous. My mom lives in a separate house on the property, and she is pretty controlling, which triggers anxiety and I eat half a bag of Doritos or another fatty or bready thing. Meal preps took too much effort and I wasn’t up for that, and even if I did do meal prep, it was only for 2 days or so and then I would end back up with my bad habits. Feeling full was too comfortable and I didn’t want that taken away from me.

One day I said to myself I am going to find a way to lose this weight without dieting or exercise. I didn’t know if that was possible but I still believed because I was so desperate. This might be one of you guys too because you are reading this article right now. I came across this miracle product and I lost an out of this world 55pounds in 3 months!

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Incantation
By: Lori Lamothe
Tags: Nature, Politics, Poetry On Medium, Poetry, Transformation

Snow needs no introduction

Photo by Rebeca Blidaran on Unsplash

Piles of images spill from the hamper

of my unwritten ideas.

Everything has been used at least once —

thongs and tangerines,

a month’s worth of lottery tickets,

spoons, candles, pillow cases. . .

I’ve had it with my tabby cats

trying to pass themselves off as tigers,

my lipstick imitating fireworks,

my windows writing rain, rain, rain

over and over again

like a kid kept after school

in some old movie.

My mind keeps skipping on November.

All morning I waited

with my mood pressed against the window.

I scanned the yard for random bears

but the leaves

only spoke to me in death-rattle rhymes.

The present is run down, I thought,

needs winding.

Let the snow of tomorrow fall from nowhere

and rinse the world in extraordinary light.

Let the sorcery of winter

make cities new and unnamed again.

May the sky

strip every skyscraper of its power

as the flurries fall beautifully,

delicately

onto dark, hungry streets.

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Lori Lamothe is the author of three poetry collections, Happily, Kirlian Effect and Trace Elements.