Hello everyone, I’m Jens, and I actually joined IDG as a volunteer without really knowing what it was about. Luckily, I felt a strong vibration in the universe as if I was meant to be part of this community. I can’t fully explain it, but several synchronicities happened that clearly pointed me here, and I’m grateful they did. Im so curious of all of you and see what works we can do togheter! Please let me know if I can do anything for you! Im interested in international works that can empower people! I’m not entirely sure what else to write in my introduction, but just now, while I was working on a new book project I’ve taken on, I felt an urge to share a small section of it. I’m currently creating a new interpretation of Marcus Aurelius original Greek writings (175 CE) , turning them into a postmodern version called “To Myself.” Here’s an translated excerpt from Book 9, Chapter 1 as I am writing the book in Swedish: To Myself Book 9, Chapter 1. To harm another human being is to act against nature. For the world is made so that rational creatures may live for one another to help, not to harm. When I break that law, I sin not only against humankind, but against the spirit of nature itself, the oldest of all gods. And he who lies commits the same offense. For nature is truth. Everything that exists is held together by order, by reciprocity. To lie is to tear the fabric apart, to place oneself outside the unity that binds all living things. Truth is nature’s own name, the source of everything that is real. When I lie knowingly, I do wrong, I twist the world. But even when I lie unknowingly, when I refuse to see I violate nature, for I move against the rhythm of the cosmos. I stand in conflict with the order that gives birth to all. He who flees from truth struggles against the world itself. And he who chases pleasure or runs from pain shows the same contempt for nature. For he complains that life has given him the wrong share as if the world were unjust when it allows the wicked to live in pleasure

I’ve been reflecting on the five IDG pillars and noticed that some are easier to practice consistently than others. For me, the most challenging has been self-awareness in high-pressure moments. I’d love to hear from the group, which pillar do you find hardest to integrate at work, and what strategies have helped you navigate that challenge?

Hello all as promised we'll soon be starting the 5-week Client Value Challenge where we'll dive deeper into translating the Inner Development Guide into tangible outcomes that organizations value and invest in. We'll be following the 5 dimensions and wanted to ask you if you have a preference which dimension we start with: