Some people serve their god, some people serve their family, some serve shareholders, there are many people you can serve. Who are you in service to?
As the Curator of a distinguished network, Tech Talkfest, I am in service to my members. On my travels meeting so many amazing, interesting people, I take the opportunity to help them where I can too, most often, by connecting them to another amazing person who has the right knowledge. What happens when you meet someone who takes advantage of your joy to serve?
In my post about generosity, I commented about how lucky I am to be surrounded by such generous people at Tech Talkfest. In my personal life, my family and friends seem to default to generosity. I see this as people grouping together around their values. We all like to be a member of a likeminded group of people. It affirms what we think about the world when others think the same.
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At what point do you decide that you are being taken advantage of and move on? What happens when a group you feel part of no longer aligns with your values or beliefs, or takes advantage of your better nature? I tend to do the nuclear option and walk away, after a lot of soul searching about it being the right decision. I don’t have any profound answers, but if you have learned some great ways to serve without being exploited, then please tweet #joytoserve some of your wise words.
Zoe and I were chatting last week and we were taking stock of what we are building with Tech Talkfest. We are now at the point where it has ‘a life of its own’, if that makes sense. By bringing together these amazing, generous people, this group is now serving each other. By serving each other, they are creating benefit for those they serve, but in extension, those they serve, pass it on and so on. To be in the centre of this, looking out, I can see a long way. The chain of generosity and service cannot be broken because it has so many threads going in all directions.
This is in no small part because of the members we have, I feel delighted to know them and feel their support for what we are all shaping.
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