Bob Principles

I have a few friends who go by the name of Bob. They are wise, leaving me with short, simple and meaningful principles to live and experiement with. I have just come across the principles Bob Stilger works with that are worth sharing:

• Every community is filled with leaders
• Whatever the problem, community itself has the answers
• We don’t have to wait for anyone. We have many resources with which to make things better now
• We need a clear sense of direction AND we need to know the elegant, minimum next step
• We proceed one step at a time, making the path by walking it
• Local work evolves to create transformative social change when connected to similar work around the world

These principles are powerful in their simplicity. There is great possibility in our lives and work when we believe and recognize (in both the plural and singular) that:

• We are leaders
• We have the needed knowledge
• We can act now
• We choose direction
• We make the path by walking it
• We learn by connecting our local with the global

The choice:  believe in ourselves or sabotage ourselves.

Here’s a link to more information about Bob and his work: http://resilientcommunities.org/?page_id=48