JOURNEY

• March 1, 2023 – In a recent Leadership Development Workshop, we explored the question, “How can you make sure the pain of your past doesn’t determine your future?” What stood out and meant the most to you in this workshop? Fred said: “The recent Leadership Development Worksop reminded me that finding yourself raised in an environment with limited opportunities is common but not a mistake and it has nothing to do with personal destiny. The way we perceive the situation determines the decisions we make and even the prayers that we pray. It’s not new environments, resources, or opportunities but rather our mindset transformation stands as the only weapon to change a dark background to a brilliant destiny.”
• September 8, 2022 – Fred discussed the biggest changes in his life since the end of the COVID restrictions: “COVID restrictions involved regulations requiring people to remain indoors for a specified amount of time. Academically speaking, the termination of curfew extended my working hours. I can now leave class at any time not worry about being punished for having violated the established COVID prevention measures.”
• September 13, 2021 – Fred shared his favorite song and what it means to him: “My song is “Lovin’ Me” by Jonathan McReynolds: https://youtu.be/mfyVeJ2OdQg It reminds me about God’s unconditional love for me.”
• July 16, 2021 – Fred shared what resilience means to him: “Resilience means the personal mental potential to recover quickly from misfortune or any unfavourable state of feeling.”
• March 1, 2021 – Fred shared his biggest lessons from 2020: “This year of 2020 has been the most challenging and educative year worldwide because almost all activities were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The highly effective intervention agreed upon globally was self-isolation and social distancing and the only possible way of implementation was limiting the situations where people gathered in one place. I have learned to complete assigned tasks, for I don’t know what time holds. This behavior practice of postponing the duties is associated with the possibility of failure.
  Situations are always bound to change, an adaptive mind is a must! all battles are not fought in the same way therefore I have to search out another way and move on, obstacles are not excuses to leave the goals not achieved.
  Big lesson of all times is that one man’s life illustrates the whole country’s life, one sector of production stands for all sectors, one nation stands for whole world. The elaboration of what this pandemic cost and is still costing each and everyone. For instance, the way to protect other people in your vicinity is to properly put-on facemasks. This interconnection is also clearly observed in the sector of production where closing intercontinental movements led to closure of many industrial operations.
  Other lessons like Saving, regular follow-ups of set measure implementation, sensitization and community awareness are still being used by different organizations as the key weapons to handle the situation. Interestingly I have realized that these values are even personal leadership boosting tools. So we regularly have to practice them.”