7&8
- One thing I learned was on page 221 where social innovators are not those that create new doors, but rather they see and believe that more doors exist. This is very true within the context of my own internship as it was entirely looking for possible doors that my organization could use in order to advance their existing mission. I was essentially not creating new paths for them, but creating a list of the paths that exist and what may happen if they chose to go down them. I really enjoyed doing this and it simplified many of my fears of not having enough previous knowledge.
- One thing I connected was the concept presented in chapter 7 (p. 202) where we may not be able to see the peaks of our adversity and they are not set as mountains on a map, but rather they are affected by our current actions and evolve with us. This means that another layer of complexity is added in not being able to know when and where trials may occur. I related to this because the hardest part of this project was not the subject material as I thought it might be, but rather focussing my own thoughts into meaningful action. Only after I acted could I begin to plan and make progress toward an end goal that evolved over time.
- How do we look for opportunities to let change find us through acceptance of indefinite unknown future problems?