Moment for Mission

Podcast Episode 5 Summary

 In M4M episode 5, we have a special treat as I am interviewing a good friend in East Africa, Benjamin Turarri. Recently, Benjamin discussed with me what he calls his “Vision.” He has some helpful perspective for our discussion on Moment for Mission.

If you give 10 minutes to listen Episode 5, you will hear a determined man share how he is overcoming many hurdles to begin realizing his mission and vision. I think you will find his story inspiring and the ‘on location’ recording is just fun!

 Quotable and Notable

 I summarize 6 important ‘take-aways’ from my interview with Benjamin: 

• Moment for Mission 1: Do what you know, are good at, and enjoy.

 Recommended Resources

 In Episode 5—

 Kili Springs Camp

If you would like an authentic experience far from the hype of the typical tourist lodges, stay with Benjamin at Kili Springs Camp! In addition to accommodation and meals, he offers expert game drives, transportation arrangements to/from Nairobi or Mombasa, Maasai cultural experiences, and service learning projects. You can find him on AirBNB.

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/18045865?location=Kimana%2C%20Kenya&adults=1&guests=1&s=a6Ibm2PE

Photo: Benjamin is an expert safari guide.

Photo: Kili Springs Camp is serene and peaceful.

Africa Untamed Wilderness Adventures

We have known and worked with another dear friend, Elphas Ongongo, for over20 years. He is not only an expert and handling any type of travel arrangement, he has a heart for what I call “travel with a purpose.” Elphas can, of course, get you to awesome locations and adventures, but he can also plug you into some meaningful and helpful community projects where you can lend an hand and your expertise to assist an East African community. Mention you heard about them from Fred Foy!

 http://africauntamedwilderness.com/

 [email protected]

Kenya

P.O. Box 70778 – 00400, Nairobi, Kenya

+254 20 2350005/2339920

+254 722 279056

Tanzania

P.O. Box 10267, Arusha, Tanzania

+255 786 786 409

+255 755 900 345

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 Tag Lines: Mission, vision, goal, purpose, goal-setting, lead, leader, leadership, serve, service, impact.

Acknowledgements & Legalities

Music contained within this podcast has been purchased, played by permission, in the public domain, or used under the “fair use” of the Creative Commons Licensure.

Every reasonable attempt has been made to follow legal and ethical protocols in the production of this podcast series. Information and action follows the Podcasting Legal Guide. Acknowledgement: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide © 2006 Colette Vogele of Vogele & Associates, Mia Garlick of Creative Commons and the Berkman Center Clinical Program in Cyberlaw. Moment For Mission by Fred Foy Strang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

 Moment for Mission Podcast @ 2019 Fred Foy Strang, All Rights Reserved.

Podcast Episode 4  Summary

In M4M episode 4, “Developing Your Mission,” I discuss the concept of “Developing Your Mission” -- In a past episode, I said--

The first step to being a person or organization ‘on mission’ is simply to have a mission!

So, here in episode 4, I begin to think about the question, “How do I get a “mission?”

 If you spend 10 minutes to listen to Episode 4, then you will hear some of the things you need to consider in order to “Develop Your Mission.”

 As you will hear, there are many factors to consider when you are “Developing Your Mission.”

• It takes wisdom and discernment.

 Quotable and Notable

 A MISSION is a deep, broad, encompassing, significant undertaking.

Dr. Fred Foy Strang, M4M, Episode 4

 It is important of have the end in mind AND to realize there is a process to getting there.

Dr. Fred Foy Strang, M4M, Episode 4

 Without counsel, plans go wrong. But with many advisers they succeed.

Proverbs 15:22

 Recommended Resources

 In Episode 4—

 Locke, Edwin and Gary Latham. “Building a Practically Useful Theory of Goal Setting and Task Motivation.” American Psychologist (vol 57).

The Essential Guide to Writing S.M.A.R.T. Goals 

https://www.smartsheet.com/blog/essential-guide-writing-smart-goals

SMART Goals: How to Make Your Goals Achievable

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/smart-goals.htm

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Tag Lines: mission, vision, goal, purpose, goal-setting, lead, leader, leadership, serve, service, impact.

Acknowledgements & Legalities

 Music contained within this podcast has been purchased, played by permission, in the public domain, or used under the “fair use” of the Creative Commons Licensure. Every reasonable attempt has been made to follow legal and ethical protocols in the production of this podcast series. Information and action follows the Podcasting Legal Guide. Acknowledgement: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide © 2006 Colette Vogele of Vogele & Associates, Mia Garlick of Creative Commons and the Berkman Center Clinical Program in Cyberlaw. Moment For Mission by Fred Foy Strang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Moment for Mission Podcast @ 2019 Fred Foy Strang, All Rights Reserved.

Podcast Episode 3 Summary:

In this episode, I am speaking about “The Benefits of Having a Mission.” Being a person with a mission and on a mission is hard work! So, are there any benefits? I think there are!

 If you commit 10 minutes of listen time to this Moment for Mission episode you will, discover several ROIs (Returns on Investment) for committing your time and energy to pursuing a mission.

1. When we are directed by a mission, our overall HEALTH can improve.

 Quotable and Notable:

What is keeping you from taking a Moment for Mission today?  

Dr. Fred Foy Strang, M4M, Episode 03

 “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Gandhi

 Cardiologist Randy Cohen, MD, medical director of University Medical Practice Associates at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. “Reviewing data from ten studies involving 136,000 men and women, Dr. Cohen and his colleagues found that people with a low sense of purpose, as measured by psychological surveys, were more likely to have a stroke, heart attack, or coronary artery disease requiring a stent or bypass surgery. Individuals with a high sense of purpose had a lower risk of developing the same conditions. “

 Recommended Resources:

Hill, Patrick and Nicholas A. Turiano . “Purpose in Life as a Predictor of Mortality Across Adulthood.”Psychological Science.

Insightful article by Marcin Piekałkiewicz, on economics, purpose, and saftisfaction.

https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/J6zJ59UjVRbtnaDg8ei4/full

 Erin Scarlet has a helpful blog on goals—

https://www.goalcast.com/2017/05/17/10-benefits-of-knowing-your-purpose-in-life/

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Tag Lines: mission, vision, goal, purpose, goal-setting, lead, leader, leadership, serve, service, impact

Acknowledgements & Legalities:

Music contained within this podcast has been purchased, played by permission, in the public domain, or used under the “fair use” of the Creative Commons Licensure.

Every reasonable attempt has been made to follow legal and ethical protocols in the production of this podcast series. Information and action follows the Podcasting Legal Guide. Acknowledgement: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide © 2006 Colette Vogele of Vogele & Associates, Mia Garlick of Creative Commons and the Berkman Center Clinical Program in Cyberlaw.

Moment For Mission by Fred Foy Strang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Moment for Mission Podcast @ 2019 Fred Foy Strang, All Rights Reserved.

Podcast Episode 2 Summary

In M4M episode 2, we explore some thoughts surrounding the question,

“What is Your Mission?”

 In Episode 1, I stated that “direction is important.”

 If you listen to this Episode 2, then you will begin to be equipped to genuinely ask, “Do I know where I am heading?” and have a few tools to help you answer.

Getting up to go to work to make some money to buy some stuff to go home to go to sleep to get up to go to work to make some money to buy some stuff to go home to go to sleep… is NOT a life pattern that makes one fulfilled nor does it help other much.

 Quotable and Notable

Some writers help us to try to remember the important things.

Theologian, Frederick Buechner, wrote-

“Vocation comes from the Latin vocare, to call, and means the work a man is called to by God. There are all different kinds of voices calling you to all different kinds of work, and the problem is to find out which is the voice of God rather than of Society, say, or the Super-ego, or Self-interest… Neither the hair shirt nor the soft berth will do. The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

 Recommended Resources

 In Episode 2—

 I point to one of my favorite balladeers, Jimmy Buffet, and his song “It’s My Job.” Here is an URL to link you to a 1981 video of this classic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfxXfdgPZSY

 I quote from Eugene Peterson’s Bible translation, The Message. You can read it FREE at this link from Bible Study Tools:

https://www.biblestudytools.com/msg/

Buechner, Frederick. Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC pp.94-95.

You can order a copy from Amazon through this URL:

https://www.amazon.com/Wishful-Thinking-Theological-Frederick-Buechner/dp/0060611553

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 Acknowledgements & Legalities

 Music contained within this podcast has been purchased, played by permission, in the public domain, or used under the “fair use” of the Creative Commons Licensure.

Every reasonable attempt has been made to follow legal and ethical protocols in the production of this podcast series. Information and action follows the Podcasting Legal Guide. Acknowledgement: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide © 2006 Colette Vogele of Vogele & Associates, Mia Garlick of Creative Commons and the Berkman Center Clinical Program in Cyberlaw.

 Moment For Mission by Fred Foy Strang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Moment for Mission Podcast @ 2019 Fred Foy Strang, All Rights Reserved.

Tag Lines: mission, vision, goal, purpose, goal-setting, lead, leader, leadership, serve, service, impact,

Podcast Episode 1 Summary

In this episode, I lay out the purpose of the Moment for Mission podcast series. I will begin defining 'mission' and why it is important. Also, I will give an overview of what you can expect in future episodes.

If you commit 10 minutes of your listening time to this Moment for Mission episode you will be encouraged and, I hope, inspired to engage your mind and your actions in something purposeful and meaningful today.

 Quotable and Notable

 "Your mission is that which you pursue with passion." FF Strang, Ep01

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Acknowledgements & Legalities

Music contained within this podcast has been purchased, played by permission, in the public domain, or used under the “fair use” of the Creative Commons Licensure.

Every reasonable attempt has been made to follow legal and ethical protocols in the production of this podcast series. Information and action follows the Podcasting Legal Guide. Acknowledgement: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide © 2006 Colette Vogele of Vogele & Associates, Mia Garlick of Creative Commons and the Berkman Center Clinical Program in Cyberlaw.

Moment For Mission by Fred Foy Strang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Moment for Mission Podcast @ 2019 Fred Foy Strang, All Rights Reserved.

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