It's been four years since I wrote this self-assessment. I am pretty happy to review it, since it reminds me about my way of doing things, particularly when dreaming and assessing myself. Briefly explaining the context: I recently finished my last job as External Relations Manager in Africa for AIESEC, and was working on a local project in Egypt, so my interests were closely related to development (and starting with) tourism.
So, I decided to write down my comments on whether these bullets where achieved (or not). I may not use nice metaphors at this time, but these thoughts represent nice feelings.
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Myself
- Vision
"Enlightment & armony between human actions and nature".
- Current state: humankind strives for achieving economic power. But there are cases of people who achieve my vision everyday, most of them remain antonym (my faith).
Now I noticed that the "current state" probably did not mean exactly a "mission", so this may apply better by the time I get into the political arena :)
Harmony and balance are two of my favorite words... even though, there will always be rolling coasters around our lives, at the end of each phase our souls will feel more satisfied of achieving balance on this experience.
Entrepreneurship
- Vision 2010
Responsible tourism generates sustainable development and rewards cultural diversity in Peru.
Wow! I have to admit that this was a pretty high vision!
- Mission
Our learning network around responsible tourism in Peru connects individuals and organizations, and provides them with a platform for accessing opportunities and assessing consumers' behavior, so as they can lead sustainable development in their communities.
By being Travel Ambassador at TIES (www.ecotourism.org) and becoming Executive Board member at CARETUR (Regional Chamber of Tourism in Ayacucho, Peru), I started networking with peruvian companies for promoting ecotourism' mission and values. This is not exactly a learning network, but I did achieved it partially.
Values
Equal opportunities, environmental, diversity
Objectives
- Myself: Alignment between individual goals & family joy / Physical health (sports) / Income generation through the things that passionate me the most
Ok, not achieved at all. Sports must be taken seriously and not just on plans!
- Study mates: Level of communication with former mates (from just chilling to inspiring & enlightening)
I have met cool networks throughout these years... but I realized how important is to give first, so the reaction can be enlightening as well.
- Community: Lima: Facilitation of networks among all economic/social levels. Awareness creation. / Outside: Empower learning networks around local relevant topics.
Yes, I did it! and even more, outside Lima
- Country: Unity towards an enjoyable developmental process / Diversity towards recapturing traditional knowledge and generation innovative approaches
- World: A more balanced power and decision making / More openness to global citizenship / More balanced access to opportunities
Again, this was high demanding, so it is better suited as a vision.
