Yesterday I was doing some research to develop my business further and came across an article that articulates the qualities I work with when I’m working with leaders – in the social sector or otherwise.

http://www.thesocialleader.com/2009/03/6-qualities-successful-social-entrepreneurs/

In the years I’ve worked in the social sector, with leaders of Councils, Housing Associations, Charities, Early Years and many other areas, the one challenge I’ve consistently had from my coach is that I could be earning so much more and therefore giving significantly less of my time away if I were to work in the corporate sector. But somehow money, although I need it to live and develop my business, has never been a driver for me.

I had thought there was something wrong with me in this respect and so like a new pair of shoes, I tried the driver of money on for a while. And like a new pair of shoes that look great but kill your feet (all in vanity) the driver of money felt so incongruent and uncomfortable that I just had to take it off again. This is not to say that I do not value myself and what I do and I know that whatever I do I always add value. It is to say that it makes me and my services more accessible to the clients I want to work with, because the clients I want to work with are the ones making the inherent difference in the world. Developing lives that have peace and harmony as the driver, not material stuff that makes us look good on the outside but leaves us feeling empty on the inside.

A like Fabio Rosa says, I could choose an easier life, or a slower life, or life with more luxuries in it, but inherently I’m happiest when I’m doing what I do, with the people I do it with, and in awe seeing the amazing changes they make both in their own lives and in the lives of those they are here to serve.

I trust like me you’ll find some inspiration in this article and ask yourself, for profit or not, would these qualities benefit you in your life regardless.
 

If you missed what the "Angels" said on the Jonathan Miles Show yesterday click the link below. The "Angels" slot starts 1 hour 20 mins into the show!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0092flg/Jonathan_Miles_04_08_2010/