In July I attended the Common Purpose Frontrunner programme for young people who could become leaders in civil society. Now, I’ll be honest, it was a useful programme but I haven’t been able to reflect properly on what I learned while I was on it.
On October 10th they are holding a 360 Day. This is where all the graduates from Common Purpose are encouraged to spend a day out of their comfort zone and doing or reading something that they wouldn’t normally. This could even be meeting someone new and different and having a conversation about a topic you wouldn’t normally discuss.
I’ll be having a think about what I’ll be doing on 10/10, but I’d encourage you to take up the challenge. Think about what you could do on that day that would be outside of your comfort zone. It’s not a nice place to be but it helps you to see things differently.
September 18th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
My dad is a Common Purpose graduate and sent me the link to your blog. Really great! The 10/10 day challenge is a great idea too and something both he and I are going to try to do. They have all sorts of ideas on the main page of the website at http://www.commonpurpose360.org/360day.aspx. Not sure yet what I’m going to do, but I’ll be ‘out of my comfort zone’ that friday too!
Thanks for all your other great links too…
September 18th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Thanks for the comment Anabelle, glad you like the blog. Hope you have a great day on 10/10.