Get passionate about your purpose!

After yesterday's London Challenge, today presented a very different and thought provoking day. 

This morning saw the group attend a very eye opening and motivating workshop delivered by Paul van Casteren. This was aimed at helping people identify their own strengths and values as well as encouraging people to think about their own reputations, the visions of their future and their own personal brand.

The day was broken up into group activites which encouraged us to talk to different people in the group. This helped us get to know eachother and ourselves better. It was really good to find out how other people percieve you and recieve feedback about yourself that you may not have known before. Most importantly for me the activites have helped me think differently about myself and they have helped me to identify what is important to me, what it is that I am good at and the way in which I want to use this information to direct my future. To quote Paul "get passionate about your purpose!"

This afternoon the group was presented with a challenge to construct an object made out of pre-cut wood. This was a really interesting activity and highlighted a lot of qualities in people as well as areas to work on for all involved. It really encouraged me to think about my own strenghts and weaknesses and this has helped me identify areas that I need to develop in order to become a better leader.

Tonight is Intercultural Evening where the group gets together and tells eachother about where they are from, their cultures and present typical food, drink and activites from their own countries. If it's anything like last night its gonna be a wild one!