A New Day is dawning for 'doing' business

I’d take a guess that I’m not the only one recognising some dominating trends in the way people are starting to do business. Things like, more networks – groups starting up where people are joining together for a mutually beneficial end, collaborating on longer term goals and sharing wisdom from learnt experience. It’s a beautiful start.

I’ve been watching as the seed of an idea I had in December has unfolded into something that every day makes me wonder in amazement. Bunji, a social enterprise being built to reframe the emotional journey to nurture the human spirit is almost creating itself. And it has everything to do with heart and disciplined minds.

The heart is the consciousness embedded in the very foundations. So far, every person has arrived through an incredible synchronicity of events that could not have been orchestrated if I tried. In the same way, if it’s not the time for a person to be involved they have gently moved out. Not necessarily forever, but for now. Bunji seems to be magnetising exactly who is needed, at exactly the right time and every single one of those people are passionate and dedicated. They believe deeply in what they are doing and what Bunji can give the world. That is, their HEARTS are IN it. And you can feel it. Can you imagine going to a business meeting where great things are achieved, within a gentle flow of connection and ease … and at its close feeling the most palpable feeling of warmth and nurturing in your heart?

This is where the discipline of mind comes in. As a person (a long time ago when I was running a retail business) that used to be driven, sort of controlling when it came to what had to be done and impatient when it came to ‘wasting time’ ??, I watch myself engaging differently. I observe how each individual needs different things to feel connected and I make space for that. At our first weekly strategy meeting I remember having this well thought out agenda – and we had a fair few things to get through! I knew it would be at least 2 hours to get through everything. We started with some sharing and our Custodian of Culture and Values, Scott Carson, drove some questions to the others that required some deep and heartfelt responses. My undisciplined thought “shit we’re never going to get through this agenda” needed to be quickly disciplined by “remember ... the most important thing is connection. This is how Scott is connecting and the others are sharing themselves with him and vice versa.” So I let go and allowed the moment to be what it was. We jumped all over the place from that point, talked about different things we could see were opportunities and occasionally there was a space where I could read my agenda and open up a new item.

With no structure and to my complete surprise in just over 2 hours, we had actually covered everything on the agenda. There’s no way, given our deep connected conversation I would have expected that. But within that conversation we skipped joyfully around the entire agenda!

When we come together, the warmth and connection we all feel, would be enough. The bonus we receive is the outcome of the meeting – ie: the next steps we need to take in building our vision for a platform that will shift attitudes towards inner wellbeing.

A disciplined mind is able to trust in the unfolding of things in accordance with the flow of life – for me this is a movement of love. A movement which naturally moves towards harmony. This does not mean there’s no conflict – we’ve already had situations that, in that flow, have arisen as an opportunity to grow, be honest and engage in challenging conversations. We embrace every single one of these – because they clear away what’s not working for individuals and for Bunji. Every one of these opportunities holds inherent within it a greater potential. Each time I celebrate how I get to step up and improve my way of supporting people and myself. I also have the opportunity to see how absolutely amazing the Bunji team are and feel so incredibly grateful they have my back. This is not said flippantly – I'm so thankful for the many individuals that are giving what they can to help us get off the ground and especially humbled (and blessed) by the 24/7 efforts invested right now by Scott, Grant Thom and Charlotte Foot.

I’ve learnt that if something is stalled, there is a reason, so don’t push. At the perfect time, the tagline will come, the legals will be signed and what I haven’t thought of that needs to be done will appear on my radar to be actioned. Effortlessly. But don’t get me wrong – sometimes my mind will get in the way and my job is to remind myself to trust and allow the wave to keep moving me. This is sometimes not easy. As I feel the wave more deeply and see it work, it gets easier. It helps me to talk about it with the Bunji team. Conversation brings the flow into a more tangible existence somehow. There is nothing wishy washy about this. It’s a powerful, grounded and crystal clear way to operate.

I’m here, doing what I’m doing, because I make my inner world a priority. My ‘jam’ is emotional evolution – by using my feelings as an opportunity to turn around and look at myself and understand myself more deeply, rather than try to fix, change or manipulate my outside world to remove the discomfort, I can see myself more clearly. For me, this process of using what’s happening to me to work out who I really am, opens up an incredible inner power, clarity, strength and certainty that lives within me. And I’ve noticed it does the same for others. I can’t NOT be a mouthpiece for emotional evolution (well, I’m more than a mouthpiece, but you get what I mean!) Emotional Evolution… the ability to use our emotions to build the bridge that will get us from where we are now to where we want to be, rather than trying to fix, change, suppress or manipulate our emotions and end up staying almost where we were to begin with (or worse).

Bunji’s role is to guide people onto their own bridge through a values based process, the opportunity to feel, be heard and find direction AND access to an all inclusive range of therapists on demand, for free. I hold deep conviction our emotional evolution will create a new currency for humanity – because this evolution naturally builds an unshakeable inner core: self-assurance, emotional strength and courage, deep fulfilment and inner certainty. I could have this all wrong, but I believe this might just be the only currency of value in such an uncertain world.

If you have some time you’d love to gift to Bunji building, I would absolutely love to hear from you! [email protected]