In this New Year I'm of the strong belief that one of the things we need to do to firm up our growth foundations is to revisit our inner circle. Most of us tend to surround ourselves with those who think and behave like us, who will say what we want to hear versus what we need to hear. I have learned from personal experience, we grow when we surround ourselves with those who have different thoughts but carry the same core values as we do. That is the basis of the beginning of a successful organization or collaboration.
I believe that for anyone of us to achieve a life of significance, to serve and lift others, we are not meant to do it alone. In fact, we are not meant to go through this life alone for it to have meaning. This is ironic for me to speak about. As a child I spent the first few year years of my life by myself the only interaction I had was at school. Through the growth process that I have gone through, I have come to realise the power of the inner circle. Over the years I have since developed my inner circle of like-minded individuals around me for the vision that is bigger than myself.
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