Hello,
Just a quick one.
Our HLF project is finished. We are just waiting for the film and vlogs to be finished. Now it’s onto the training, mentoring, projects, challenging, pushing, testing, sweating, crying, wringing hands, blushing, standing up and fighting it out process.
Because of my background, I am painfully aware that people make judgements all of the time. Perhaps, I could be brave enough here to say that I can be a little paranoid and sensitive to other people’s opinions. This makes it feel quite hard to stand up on my own as a leader but it has never stopped me leading. It will never stop me leading in what I believe in.
Our first training session focussed on the all important subject of networking. Networking – fairly easy when I know all of the details. When I am 100% sure. A large part of the mentoring process for me is to pin-point some of those details. I know what I want to do with my life and the things that are important to me but I couldn’t sit down and say that I wanted my work to end poverty or to plant a tree every 10ft. For me, not knowing those details makes the idea of networking seem quite ambiguous.
This was case and point for me when I went to the public consultation for the new plans on Oxford Fire Station (If you have any advice please read and comment on beccart.wordpress.com).
Something that I do want to ask any/all of you. I went to the public consultation not only to investigate networking but also to ‘form an opinion’ as part of my Gold Arts Award. It would be really helpful to know what you think of the plans.
