By Shae Hadden |
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Despite my intentions to stay focused on
launching new materials into the world, the last couple of weeks have
seen a flurry of activity around forming partnerships. When I look at
the very real challenges we are facing today and the urgency with which
they need to be addressed, establishing relationships might seem like
the last thing we should spend time doing. However, I’m reminded of
something Jim Selman often says: “Relationships are the foundation of
success.”[
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Yesterday was Philanthropy Day. I went to a luncheon for 1,300 people
in San Francisco hosted by one of my favorite ‘causes’, the Pachamama
Alliance. The organization was founded 12 years ago by Bill and Lynne
Twist as a partnership between the indigenous peoples of the Rainforest
and the modern world. They prefer to say the Alliance found them. The
purpose of the Alliance is to create a world that is “environmentally
sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just”. It would seem
to be a bit too grandiose an undertaking but for the fact that a large
and growing number of extraordinary people are very committed to it.
After all, as Margaret Meade said, “Never doubt the power of an
individual or small group of people to change the world—that is the way
it always happens”.[
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