The world tries to align us into a well-formed path believed to guarantee success. Then, why aren’t there 7.8 billion success stories for it? Is this well-defined path just an illusion? Is there success in a unique path never chosen before? Well, this answer lies in the mind of the individual. We often neglect the brilliance of our mind, which has the power to create extraordinary things and contribute to sustainable outcomes through community engagement. To explain this idea in an organized way, we present you the learn, act and engage model.
This model helps an individual create an organized strategy plan for an idea and leads to your final destination. It can be shaped according to your creativity and ideas. It is not a guide that can help you to complete your puzzle, but it does tell you the pieces that will help you to complete the final puzzle.
Learn Research, Discuss and Lead
Research- If you come across an idea and feel directionless, do some study on your focus areas. The research you put at this stage gives you a sense of direction and clarity.
See things through a holistic approach- It is incredible to hear children speaking about their dreams and aspirations in their childhood. Their ideas reflect uniqueness and creativity. Then, why does this curiosity turn to disinterest and stress later? Do you feel we have a system that helps us build innovators, leaders, and peacemakers?
The holistic approach helps you extract meaning and purpose from your academics and the skills you have been taught. It helps you to innovate, create and become self-reliant. It focuses on the whole rather than on the fragmented parts. There are 8 dimensions of learning and focusing- intellectual,financial,socio-cultural,physical,emotional,environmental,occupational and spiritual.
The 5W1H Model- This is a great strategy to give your idea a structure. It includes six categories- WHY, WHEN, WHERE, WHAT, WHO, and HOW. Each category must be filled, which helps you frame your idea and present all dimensions of your vision.
Spread Awareness- Once you are able to make people understand your idea, make it reach to the ones who will contribute to making it happen. This step just doesn’t simply happen on its own. The effort here is to make people believe in what you believe. Once you do this, the extraordinary things start to take care of themselves!
Become a Leader- Take the lead and plan. Brainstorm, discuss and take notes. Don’t forget to write things down. Writing down things gives us more clarity and helps to retain information better. Try experimenting with things and use the best potential of your team.
Act Volunteer, Empower and Create Change
Volunteer- It is essential to stand up and speak what you feel. If you have an idea, regardless of how it will appear later, share it with others and get constructive feedback.
Make a change in society- The process of an idea taking shape to a working project takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and self-motivation. However, the satisfaction, in the end, is so enduring. This is empowering and makes you consistent in your efforts. Once you get this feeling, the people around you are empowered to give in their best and see the broader vision. The vision you have must align to creating an impact in society. The community engagement you do must help people become hopeful for a better future and work for the same.
To take Actions- It is the visual form of your plan. Act what is necessary for growth. The plan you make must be practical and in accordance with the present need in society. Engage with more people, explain to them why your idea is useful, take feedback and use it to progress ahead. A leader will learn from their setbacks and always try to move ahead. You may make changes here and there if you feel some things are not adding up to your progress.
Engage Provide Opportunities
The Rippling Effect- For instance, you see some empty packets scattered around the dustbin in a class. The teacher while teaching suddenly pays attention to it, picks the packets and throws them in the dustbin, and continuous teaching. Do you think it will induce some thought in the students? What would they think?
The immediate thought will be to throw things inside the dustbin and never outside it. Maybe if they see the same thing happening somewhere else, they would tell others to do the same.
Do you see a pattern being created?
This is called the Ripple effect. Each and every small act you do has an impact on someone else, and it is carried forward. Setting this chain has the power to change lives and helps in community engagement. Also, to more about Ripple effect and how it influences human emotions you can read this amazing study.
Provide Opportunities- Every opportunity is a stepping stone to progress! If you have the power to create change, then provide others the skill set that can instill independent thinking in them that helps them plan and execute things independently.
Make People Learn- The setbacks, failures you do while experimenting with your ideas add to your experience. This brings a great learning opportunity to the people around you. Let your team experiment, come up with new ideas, and do things differently. One must not set limits beforehand as it limits creativity as well.
Create the path in your style, do creative things, work with passion in your eyes and dedication in your mind. Do not stop until the very end, and success shall take care of itself and surprise you in many ways!
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We would be applying this model in our upcoming Limitless Stree- Women Empowerment Program. It focuses on building digital skills and knowledge, taking actions to create a positive support system, and create community engagement. Join us to know more and work towards gender equality.
Ulimwengu unajaribu kutufanya tuwe katika njia iliyoundwa vizuri ambayo inaaminika kuhakikisha mafanikio. Kwa nini hakuna hadithi za mafanikio bilioni 7.8? Je, njia hiyo iliyofafanuliwa vizuri ni udanganyifu tu? Je, kuna mafanikio katika njia ya kipekee ambayo haijawahi kuchaguliwa hapo awali? Jibu liko katika akili ya mtu binafsi. Mara nyingi tunapuuza ujanja wa akili yetu, ambayo ina nguvu ya kuunda mambo ya ajabu na kuchangia matokeo endelevu kupitia ushiriki wa jamii. Ili kuelezea wazo hili kwa njia iliyopangwa, tunakupa kujifunza, kutenda na kushiriki mfano. Mfano huu husaidia mtu binafsi kuunda mpango wa mkakati uliopangwa kwa wazo na inaongoza kwa marudio yako ya mwisho. Inaweza kuundwa kulingana na ubunifu wako na mawazo. Ni mwongozo wa kukusaidia kukamilisha puzzle yako, lakini inakuambia vipande ambavyo vitakusaidia kukamilisha puzzle ya mwisho. Jifunze Utafiti, Mazungumzo na Uongozi Utafiti - Ikiwa unakutana na wazo na unahisi bila mwelekeo, fanya utafiti juu ya maeneo yako ya kuzingatia. Utafiti unaofanya katika hatua hii unakupa mwelekeo na uwazi. Angalia mambo kupitia mbinu ya jumla- Ni ya ajabu kusikia watoto wakizungumza juu ya ndoto na matakwa yao katika utoto wao. Mawazo yao huonyesha upekee na ubunifu. Basi, kwa nini udadisi huo unageuka kuwa kutopendezwa na mkazo baadaye? Je, unahisi tuna mfumo unaotusaidia kujenga wabuni, viongozi, na watengenezaji wa amani? Njia ya jumla inasaidia kupata maana na kusudi kutoka kwa masomo yako na ujuzi ambao umefundishwa. Inakusaidia kubuni, kuunda na kuwa mwenye kujitegemea. Inakazia mambo yote badala ya sehemu zilizotenganishwa. Kuna vipimo nane vya kujifunza na kuzingatia: kiakili, kifedha, kijamii, kitamaduni, kimwili, kihisia, mazingira, kazi na kiroho. Mfano wa 5W1H ni mkakati wa kuunda muundo wa wazo lako. Inajumuisha makundi sita - KWA nini, lini, wapi, nini, ni nani, na jinsi gani. Kila jamii lazima kujazwa, ambayo husaidia frame wazo lako na kuwasilisha vipimo vyote vya maono yako. Kueneza Uhamasishaji - Mara tu unapokuwa na uwezo wa kuwafanya watu waelewe wazo lako, lifikishe kwa wale ambao watachangia kuifanya iwe kweli. Hatua hii haifanyi tu kutokea peke yake. Jitihada hapa ni kuwafanya watu waamini kile unachoamini. Unapofanya hivyo, mambo yasiyo ya kawaida huanza kujitegemea! Kuwa Kiongozi - Chukua uongozi na kupanga. Brainstorm, kujadili na kuchukua maelezo. Usisahau kuandika mambo. Kuandika mambo hufanya mambo yawe wazi zaidi na husaidia kukumbuka habari vizuri zaidi. Jaribu na kujaribu na kutumia uwezo bora wa timu yako. Kujitolea, Kuwezesha na Kuunda Mabadiliko Kujitolea- Ni muhimu kusimama na kusema kile unachohisi. Ikiwa una wazo, bila kujali jinsi itaonekana baadaye, shiriki na wengine na upate maoni yenye kujenga. Kufanya mabadiliko katika jamii - Mchakato wa wazo kuchukua umbo kwa mradi wa kazi inachukua mengi ya kazi ngumu, kujitolea, na kujitolea. Hata hivyo, hatimaye, kuridhika kunadumu. Hilo linakuwezesha na kukufanya uwe thabiti katika jitihada zako. Mara tu unapopata hisia hii, watu wanaokuzunguka wanapewa nguvu ya kutoa bora yao na kuona maono makubwa. Maono unayo lazima yafanane na kuunda athari katika jamii. Ushirikiano wa jamii unapaswa kuwasaidia watu kuwa na matumaini kwa siku zijazo bora na kufanya kazi kwa ajili yake. Kuchukua vitendo- Ni fomu ya kuona ya mpango wako. Fanya kile kinachohitajika kwa ajili ya ukuzi. Mpango unaofanya lazima uwe wa vitendo na kulingana na uhitaji wa sasa katika jamii. Kujiunga na watu wengi, kuwaeleza kwa nini wazo lako ni muhimu, kuchukua maoni na kutumia ili kuendelea mbele. Kiongozi hujifunza kutokana na mapungufu yake na daima hujaribu kusonga mbele. Unaweza kufanya mabadiliko hapa na pale ikiwa unahisi kwamba mambo fulani hayakuchangia maendeleo yako. Kujihusisha Kutoa Fursa Rippling Athari- Kwa mfano, unaweza kuona baadhi ya vifurushi tupu kutawanyika kuzunguka dustbin katika darasa. Mwalimu wakati wa kufundisha kwa ghafla anajali, anachukua vifurushi na kutupa katika chombo cha taka, na kufundisha kuendelea. Je, unafikiri hilo litawafanya wanafunzi wafikirie? Wangefikiri nini? Wazo la mara moja litakuwa kutupa vitu ndani ya chombo cha taka na kamwe nje yake. Labda kama wangetazama jambo hilohilo likitokea mahali pengine, wangewaambia wengine wafanye vivyo hivyo. Je, unaona muundo unaoundwa? Hii inaitwa athari ya Ripple. Kila hatua ndogo unayochukua ina athari kwa mtu mwingine na inaendelea. Kuanzisha mlolongo huu ina nguvu ya kubadilisha maisha na husaidia katika ushiriki wa jamii. Kwa maelezo zaidi kuhusu athari ya Ripple na jinsi inavyoathiri hisia za binadamu, unaweza kusoma utafiti huu wa ajabu. Kutoa Fursa- Kila fursa ni jiwe la hatua ya maendeleo! Ikiwa una nguvu ya kuunda mabadiliko, basi wape wengine seti ya ujuzi ambayo inaweza kuwafundisha kufikiri kwa kujitegemea, ambayo husaidia kupanga na kutekeleza mambo kwa kujitegemea. Fanya Watu Wajifunze - Matatizo, kushindwa unaofanya wakati wa majaribio na mawazo yako kuongeza kwa uzoefu wako. Hii huleta fursa kubwa ya kujifunza kwa watu wanaokuzunguka. Acha timu yako ifanye majaribio, itokeze mawazo mapya, na kufanya mambo kwa njia tofauti. Mtu hapaswi kuweka mipaka mapema kwa kuwa inazuia ubunifu pia. Kuunda njia katika mtindo wako, kufanya mambo ya ubunifu, kufanya kazi na shauku katika macho yako na kujitolea katika akili yako. Usiache hadi mwisho kabisa, na mafanikio yatazingatia yenyewe na kukushangaza kwa njia nyingi! #BeLimited #YAA Tutakuwa tukitumia mfano huu katika Mpango wetu ujao wa Uwezeshaji wa Wanawake wa Limitless Stree. Inazingatia kujenga ujuzi na maarifa ya dijiti, kuchukua hatua za kuunda mfumo mzuri wa msaada, na kuunda ushiriki wa jamii. Kujiunga na sisi kujua zaidi na kufanya kazi kwa ajili ya usawa wa jinsia.