Confucius Calls You !!!

It’s a peaceful campus. Silent and Contemplative. Just like Confucius. Calling you to get involved in a similar spirit. Think and reflect. Reflect and correct. Correct and adapt. Adapt and pass on. Confucius at Clare College Cambridge greets you. Its scenic beauty attracts you. The weather is simply awesome. Though a little hot for few but definitely wonderful for those coming in from 47 degree Celsius. The ambience is just superb.

While you arrive at Porter’s Lodge at Memorial Court, wonderful old trees welcome you onboard. Guest registration desk guides you to your suites. Old buildings with comfortable suites awaits you- a study room, bedroom and washroom all together. You drop your luggage, take a quick shower and move out to grab your information pack. At one corner Mr. Confucius stares at you. As you move outside the memorial Court, in front you will find the botanical gardens, the Great Hall for dining, a small canal and some big old cows grazing :)

“What the superior man seeks in himself is what the small man seeks in others.” - Confucius

Thats the Confucius way of saying, not to compete against others but to compete against yourself.

Discovering The Power of Network

It’s great. It’s amazing. As soon as you join a network, a world opens up for you. All of a sudden out of nowhere you end up meeting different people connected under a common umbrella called: The Network. People derive inspiration, bring forward plethora of information and open up the way you think and conceive.

The Mosaic Netork brought forward a similar binding. Strangers, all of a sudden turned connections. Right from the Lahore Airport I met Adil and Memoona, next my old buddy Afzal at Abu Dhabi Airport who coincidently turned out to be a part of Mosaic. And just before stepping out of the plane I happened to bump into Salman, Tabinda and Rizwan. By the time we collected our baggage and stepped out of Heathrow Palwasha was there and that completed the group from Pakistan. Before heading to Cambridge, Ahmad and Afrah from Bahrain joined in as well. Stepping into Clare College Cambridge, Aarij, Lina, Betul, Zara and Sharif from Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, UK and Oman were ready to greet. And the story goes on. Fourteen plus new acquaintances, yet to gel in a strong bond over the next few days, all within less than 24 hours.

"Always pay it forward and never forget to pay it back. It's how you got here and it defines where you are going". - Brian Solis.

That’s the power of network !!!

The Summer School on Leadership

Mosaic summit will be bringing 80 leaders from around the globe to take part in an interesting and unique program commissioned to develop a momentum for positive change. Built to form a cavalry that can further create beacons of hope in their respective communities, is simply an initiative worth pursuing; both for organizers and the delegates.

What comes ahead during the summer school is still unknown, though the agenda has been shared. But the program has more to do with practicality and experience rather than static information. None the less, the momentum has already started building. The choice of location has its own traction. Clare College Cambridge has a history dating back to 1326 and is the second oldest of Cambridge’s 31 colleges. The diverse group about to be together for 2 weeks holds a unique karama. Thread of email exchanges and quick intros are simply energizing. The enthusiasm, anxiety, dreams, support, sharing have all started converging towards the same path: translating the power of positive thinking.

I will end with an interesting answer to a question I read recently.

What will you do if one day the whole world will be on one side and you on the opposite? Simple just turn back and you will be the leader of the whole world. Work smart. Stay Positive ;)