In Mauritius 🇲🇺 we may not have snow and glühwine but it is the jolly season of the flame tree and lovely tropical fruits and that is what gives us the Christmas feeling 🤗 From my little farm on this tiny rock in the Indian Ocean to all of you at IDG@Work, wherever you are in the world, I send you my warmest Season Greetings!

ok, let's continue our reverse-engineering challenge with the 2nd dimension: Thinking. 👉 Here is the Google Doc to add your reflections about the real client outcome for the IDG skills under the 'Thinking' dimension If we can get some first insights before Tuesdays hangout, we can discuss them again next Tuesday, 12.30pm

Many years ago when I was very ill with cancer I was gifted a perpetual flip calendar based on the New York Times bestseller “Ask and It Is Given” by Esther & Jerry Hicks. I’ve kept it and regularly update to the date. Today seems particularly meaningful especially after listening to Jon Kabat-Zinn speak on awareness, breath and mindfulness. Whenever I’ve been asked about goals I’ve sensed a resistance and resonate much more with “achieving the vibration of allowing…” Each of us is the visionary in creating our lives and here is where the Inner Development Guide makes such a meaningful contribution. If you have the time to sit with this, we’d love to hear your thoughts too.

@Sarah Santacroce and I have been asked to mentor students in an SDG hackathon Our challenge relates to youth and SDG 3 - Mental health and well being. Our team has members from Tanzania, China and the USA. More to come soon 😃

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