Here are extracts from a post on LinkedIn I commented on.
But the bank manager didn’t like it. He followed me outside to my car to tell me:
“Because you are not a member, you can’t dialogue with our customers. If you do, you can’t come back.”
At that moment, I had a choice:
i. React with racket energy—get defensive, blame, or fight back.
ii. Stay in integrity, engage for clarity, and be present to the possibility of something bigger.
This morning, I came across a post on LinkedIn by Martin Dearlove discussing the decline of human empathy, which inspired me to write this reflection. This is my own perspective.
Recently, my friend Adam Chin Chee Thau received a letter notifying him to either voluntarily leave his club or face expulsion within seven days. I can relate to his situation, as I experienced something similar in 2017 when I reached out to various Lion members, including Past District Governors, who refused to engage due to a misguided autonomy rule imposed by Lions Club International.
This morning, I read the following including the clip above on LinkedIn and decided to comment on it.
"When we take others into consideration during our endeavors, our thinking changes for the better. Our lives change for the better. Not just individually, but for a community as a whole.”
