A few months ago Alefiyah Tawawalla, my long time friend and Secretary of The Love and Kindness Project Foundation, asked if I had a few minutes to chat because she had something to tell me. And here’s what it was: that she had decided to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro…and that she had started training! She also wanted to let me know that she planned to take a flag with our Foundation logo with her to bring…
On the weekend I was in line at the supermarket checkout when I heard a friendly “argument” between two people in the line next to me. “Are you sure you don’t want me to pay for some of these things?” one person pressed? “Oh no! I’ve been saving to take you here so you could choose whatever you like! And I’m going to take you out to dinner too!” The banter went back and forth…
This year, The Love and Kindness Project Foundation is planning to give out at least 24 micro-grants of $250.00 or less to individuals who want to do a creative kindness project at work, at home or in their community and need funding for materials to turn their idea into reality! Some projects we’ve funded in past or are currently funding: Creating a Kindness Garden using painted Kindness rocks Setting up a Kindness Cart to share…
Look! Something super exciting! Maryse Meinen was inspired to create her very own Kindness Poster based on something I shared! At The Love and Kindness Project Foundation, a big part of our mission is to encourage and inspire others to create their own kindness projects, and that is exactly what Maryse did! A kindness project doesn’t have to be big and fancy! Handwritten and homemade are perfect! Thank you so much Maryse for creating a…
Welcome to The Kind Leader Newsletter #5! Tip #5: Assume Positive Intent! As a leader, how often do you catch yourself thinking something like: “The weekly productivity report is late again! No matter how many times I say I NEED that report first thing Monday morning, they never get it to me on time. They never get anything right. I just don’t know what’s wrong with them.” Maybe you have those types of thoughts so…
A special welcome to new Africa Continent Director Karidja Sakanogo! Karidja will be bringing the work of The Love and Kindness Project Foundation to Africa…in French and English! We are extremely thankful for Karidja’s kindness in helping us! More news about this soon!
This week, I’ve heard a lot of people judging themselves harshly. “It didn’t work out as I thought that it would, even though I did my best. Why am I so useless?” “I finally got up the courage to try something new and no one liked it. I wish I’d never tried it.” “I chose to take care of myself instead of others and it seems too self-centered.” And over and over again “I’m a…
Welcome to The Kind Leader Newsletter #4! Tip #4: Let others go first. As a team member, have you ever been excited to go to your one-on-one meeting with your manager, only to find that fifty-five out of the sixty minutes are taken up by them telling you all about their work instead of listening to you? Even when the stated purpose of the meeting is to hear how you are doing and what YOU…
It’s Saturday. My Creativity Day. I’m so happy it’s here as it’s been a super-stressful week. My son finally recovered from COVID-19, but Big Karma, my dog had a small seizure so I had to take him to the vet. More accurately, Big Karma had to visit the vet on his own because we couldn’t go in with him. He’s an old dog, so that just added stress. Even more stressful, I have a number…
Welcome to The Kind Leader Newsletter #2! Tip #2: Give people your undivided attention. As a leader, you’re probably pretty busy. It can be tempting to multi-task by checking your phone or computer while talking with people. Especially if you feel like the person is ‘taking too long to get to the point’ or if you think you have more important things to do. However, constantly looking down at your phone, your computer or…
