Albert Herdianto Widjojo
This morning my wife and I flew to Jogjakarta at the invitation of a company to become speakers. We were given four hours’ time to talk about the Contemplative Service, one of the materials I had long developed to unite the spirit of work and spiritual awareness.
After last week they sent the results of the meeting and confirm the activities, they also made sure the material I had to convey as I mentioned above. The organizing committee said that the decision was taken after an in-depth discussion involving the essence of the topic and its relation to the company’s existing conditions regarding the management, the vision of the company, its employees, services, and customers.
Today, in a hotel, the event was held. In the event, which I did interactively with several small exercises, the participants were actively involved and paid close attention to this activity. Beyond the methods that compel them to engage, and the title of the material they find intriguing, they are passionate people. At the concluding event where we asked them to make conclusions, feedback, and suggestions, they essentially said that it is very interesting to restore the integrity of their human divisions. The split in question is that often we do not present ourselves fully in every role that we are responsible for, in this context especially the work. Part of us is present in serving customers or users, whether external or internal, some of us are wandering in different places with different affairs.
That is, it is difficult to serve and help proactively, give priority to customers, sincere, and with intimacy if we are not present in full in an activity. Our fingers will be stuck needles when we are not fully present in embroidering, our cooking will be bad if just our hands that are working, we will be hit by swords if we think too much. It’s not about focusing on kicking the ball into the goal, it’s about being a ball that’s floating into a net in a hurdle, and of course, it definitely involves the joy feeling of flying itself.
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It sounds like a really interesting workshop.
Thanks for the compliment, Della. It was fun for me for I could understand them a bit.
Always an useful lecture, and the hotel looks really beautiful!
Thanks for the compliment, Ellie.
Well, that’s just part of my job.
I find it interesting that the people on the two sides of the table are dressed so differently.
You see and capture one of the reasons I posted a photo of that meeting. This is a photo the committee sends me when they confirm the execution of the activity.
So that photo they send gives you an idea who who will be in your audience and what they may need to hear.
Right, Barbara. One of their executives had previously requested a brief training package as an early attempt to get feedback to provide more comprehensive and specific service training in the next stage. He has sent out a series of goals to accomplish in this early stage for me to pack in the package. After I sent the training proposal, they then held several meetings, until the last meeting as the picture they sent. The result is confirmation of the implementation, the audience, the place of execution, and the airplane booking code. Hehe…
Being present is so critical, Albert, I suspect you and you wife bring so much as speakers.
Just as much as you, when you are present to witness the beauty of the flowers, Coach.
But don’t get too close to the flowers or you will witness th wonder of bees and their reaction to human faces stuck in their flowers!
Hahaha… You are right! Your great advice will always be remembered!
It is sad the things sometimes, that age provides us. Not smelling flowers without checking for bees seems almost trivial, until for the second time you do it!
Looks like I have to learn philosophy from you.
I suspect you learn from all around you as I try to do. There is much in this world not foretold or written!
Learning has indeed been the mandate to all of us, and that is what we always do, consciously or not, in any way, including learning from you.
I would include the same for you my friend. I learn much from your posts!
I am grateful for your appreciation, Coach.
Hello, Albert. The wrought iron fence is beautiful. Looks like a calligraphy.
It turns out you noticed the wrought iron fence as well, Varda. I have noticed it since I first arrived there. Thanks for visit, my friend.
If anyone can lecture and can get back great results it is you and your wife. Great looking hotel
It was a great compliment to both of us, LaJenna. To be honest, I’m amazed at how you see us from across the ocean there. lol
Hey… Thank you so much for the compliment, my dear friend.
Wow you two make a great couple. And yes we all must be completely present in whatever we are doing. I am guilty of being somewhere else in my mind too often, but I am aware and am working on it. Great post and a beautiful hotel.
But I know that you are fully present in care of the bluebirds…
Thank you for your compliment, Carol
It is a great achievement to choose you and your wife to take this important lecture. I think many people will invite you to continue your mission.
My wife and I are indeed speakers and management consultants. This call is an ordinary job, and the truth is that invitations continue to decline since we never mention fees, either in proposals, presentations or negotiations.