John S. Gordon - Business and Personal Coach

"You have the greatness and the power.  I just help you turn on the switch."

MARVELOUS MONDAYS

 

February 27, 2012 - Issue 162   

 

Kuumba and George Washington Carver

 

Kuumba Creativity  
Dear ,

 

Welcome to Issue 162.  If you did not receive a previous issue, you may use the archive link below to view it now.  The mission of "Marvelous Mondays" is to offer an inspirational thought, a practical exercise, some humor, or a simple tip to jump-start your week and to enhance your life, business, outlook or relationships. 

 

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THE HISTORY OF KWANZA

As we conclude Black History Month, we turn to Kwanza, derived from Swahili, the East African language. Kwanza is a seven day celebration of the fruits of the harvest and includes culture, family, community, and unity. 

KUUMBA-CREATIVITY

Kuumba, the 6th principle of Kwanza, is known as creativity and is defined as: "Doing always as much as we can in the way we can in order to leave our family and community more beautiful and beneficial than when we inherited it."

 

 

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER-A KUUMBA MAN 

 

George Washington Carver (1861-1943) born in Missouri of slave parents, overcame illness, frailty, and discrimination, and in his early years rejection from all but one university. He is best known for developing crop-rotation methods for conserving nutrients in soil.  His discoveries included more than over 300 different products derived from the peanut (including peanut butter), 100 products from sweet potatoes, and 75 from pecans.  He is known as the world's greatest agriculturalist.   

 

REFELCTION

Each of us has the creative potential to make our families, our extended families, and our communities more beautiful and beneficial. Many are already doing it; others may need a little push.

 

 

 

   

EXERCISE

This week I invite you to take one step to make your community or family more beneficial or beautiful or build more unity? Use your creative potential. Here are just a few possibilities:

  • The environment
  • The poor
  • The displaced
  • The uneducated
  • The disabled
  • The arts-music, theatre, dance
  • Landscape
  • Plants
  • Crime prevention
  • Reconciliation and understanding
  • Forgiveness
  • An invention

 

 Please tell me what steps you are going to take.  I want to know.  Thank you.

  

  

"No one has the right to come into the world without leaving behind a distinct and legitimate reason for having passed through it." George Washington Carver (1861-1943)

JOHN'S BIO
John has owned several businesses and is an attorney who has practiced in the business and estate  areas.  In addition, he coaches business owners, executives, entrepreneurs, professionals, speech makers and presenters.  He also coaches persons who are determined to accelerate their careers and leadership skills or who are considering a career move or retirement.  John uses coaching as a tool in his leadership and business results based consulting.  He is also a life coach.

                   **John is currently accepting a few new coaching clients.**

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