Inspirations

Sharing, giving & receiving

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Today’s calendar had just one meeting: the final alignment with Michael Lang, who will take over SAP Development Learning on January 1st. It feels good to hand over the team in excellent hands. 😀

I started to create greeting cards with my best pictures and texts re-mixed from insightful quotes in 2020. My family’s image in the Swabian Jura close to Stuttgart at a beautiful summer evening embodies what gave me energy in 2020. 🌞

I sent it to my dear friends, esteemed colleagues, and respected companions as part of my season’s greetings three weeks ago.

I’m amazed that over 80 🏄🏽‍♂️ of them have openly answered the four questions included in it:

  1. Please share 1-2 activities that you have done the first time and enjoyed in 2020.
  2. What is one need from your daily life that is looking for a better solution in 2021?
  3. How would you describe me with three hashtags?
  4. What is one strength that I should apply more in future?

Thank you so much for your input for my sabbatical’s activities! I’ve not imagined what a great pleasure it would be to read all the stories, some of them touched me deeply. ☺️

And once you let go and sense the now, the next finds you – just three recent examples, special thank 🙏🏽 goes to:

  • Ingo Rauth who invited me to an insightful 7-day “Your Story 2020” reflection journey
  • Ingo Hamm for offering me a copy of his new book “True Leadership” which is all about leadership in extreme situations
  • Jochen Gürtler for giving me the 21-day “Redesign You” workbook as a present to start my sabbatical

As promised in my season’s message, I’ll donate five euro for each answer I received. Eventually, I went beyond and decided to donate 120 Euro 💰 for each of the following non-profit organisations:

You change the world by sharing kindness and connecting deeply with people around you!

Felix Harling

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I wish you and your family a Happy New Year!

Felix

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