As you begin to consider a career change avoid all or nothing scenarios. This may sound like, “Unless I quit my job I can not do any good.” Perhaps you have thought, “I will focus my attention on justice, when it’s my full time job.” Changing careers is a major undertaking. Before you turn in your resignation letter consider volunteering your time. Perhaps your motivation for changing careers is based in the volunteer work you are already doing. If this is the case consider increasing your commitment and broadening your focus. Volunteering is an excellent way to grow in knowledge … View Full Post
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Do more: Take Action
To do more you need to do something. There is a common reaction as our awareness increases, the paralysis of analysis. We can dive so deeply on an issue like human trafficking that our increased awareness leads to desperation and we are paralyzed. We become frozen with questions: How can I make a difference? How can I afford to address this issue? Our questions lead to excuses: I don’t have enough time to fix this problem. I don’t have enough money to address this issue. I am here to push you past the paralysis of analysis. Take a discovery trip, meet … View Full Post
I regularly journal to my boys when I travel. They are very young and do not know why I go to Africa. One day when they are old enough to know the truth I want them to have these journals.