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The JoHari Window from LeaderLike You! by Robert Kahn

We cannot deny that making connections has become somewhat easier since the invention of the internet! What seems to have become more difficult is making real, human connections. That is why I recorded this Podcast, as a reminder that at every given opportunity, we can choose to communicate with the other. The riches of life and exchange are still available to each one of us, should you choose to complete the mission!

It’s black history month.

Last year I went to visit the George Floyd Memorial in south Minneapolis, a moving experience.

I met a wonderful human named Dr. Remi Douah who is doing some incredible work from the memorial. Inspired by his son, he set up www.846S.org (Donate for Mental Health Sessions of Youth | 846s.org) an association supporting black mental health issues and doing some amazing work in the community!

(Check out the link above).

In this interview Dr.Douah explains the work he does and how it all came about, and how he continues to help people on a daily basis, from his humble stand underneath a tree.

I would like to share with you some coverage from

KARE11 & PBS about our work at 846s.org.

Youth-led organization works to get south Minneapolis access to mental

health help

https://www.kare11.com/amp/article/news/health/mental-health/mind-matters/846s-minneapolis-youth-mental-health-mind-matters/89-d5cb4bce-9704-434c-8a7b-66c68cf901fd?__twitter_impression=true

https://unpackthat.us/

Race Matters: America After George Floyd | A PBS NewsHour Special

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6twRs69gk4&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour

Black youth-led podcast

https://www.facebook.com/2keepitabuck

When is the last moment you took to switch off and check in with your beautiful body?

Set some time aside for you, get comfy and give your mind and body a reboot with my body scan meditation.

“Through practising body scan awareness meditation, we can greatly reduce the detrimental effects of stress and make our working lives pleasant and enjoyable.”

Christopher Dines, Mindfulness Burnout Prevention

Have you ever you found yourself at a fork in the road? It may appear that success is on one road, and a difficult road on the other side. Guess which one us humans often we choose by default! The comfy one, which does not include risk is usually the one we, as humans (full of self-doubt) choose- and could be seen as the negative route! This can then become a cycle of doubt, other people doubt us, we doubt ourselves, and so it goes on.

How about ‘faking it until we make it?’ I’ve used this option along my life’s journey and had amazing results. Listen in and hear how this attitude can really make a difference to your life and how you can apply it too!

Using questions in the negative may be a great way for you to get exactly what you want, at home and in your professional life!

“You’re only as good as your day off! What happens in the workplace when a leader is absent?

Does your ship sail when you are not around? Listen to how my experiences from years ago, still serve me today.”

For me one of the aspects of being human that meant the most for me in my life so far (aside from being a parent, father, companion, son, friend) is being with myself -- it's been to accept my imperfections.

As you see in the photo of KinTsugi art which is Japanese for golden joinery. Kin means “golden”and Tsugi means rejoining and it’s the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise. The metaphor for me is seeing our imperfections and aspects of ourselves as something beautiful, original and unique, rather than hiding them and trying to be perfect. When I discovered this delightful philosophy, it struck a chord in me.

Robert Kahn and Thumoe Aung met many moons ago. Here they take a deep dive into how change affects us and what to do to handle it!

A logbook is what ships use to track data progress: course, wind speed, temperature… you name it. A captain and his team usually make their entries every night. So, if you want to look at a voyage you read the logbook. As a leader, if you don’t have a factual logbook system, it may fall back upon you at some point.