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Dennis / 17 February, 2011

All About Principles

Smart guy, American philosopher, essayist, poet & lecturer, Ralph Waldo Emerson had something important to say about principles: …

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Dennis / 17 February, 2011

14. Walk the land

The fourteenth and last principle I mention here, is one that I have applied in Samoa from the start. For some reason I really love and understand the idea of …

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Dennis / 15 February, 2011

13. Do The Right Thing

A phrase I used a lot in Fusi Safata in 2009 was "Do the right thing, work hard and have faith!". It embodied the essence of the Christian walk in a way that …

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Dennis / 15 February, 2011

12. We should empower others

The principle of empowering others comes straight from the Bible. It's our twelfth in a series. This is the idea that we should be mentoring, teaching, and …

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Dennis / 6 February, 2011

11. Work Smarter, Not Harder

Legs eleven. Our eleventh principle is to work smarter, not harder. We want to engage brain before our brawn. It's sometimes hard to do, but the rewards are …

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Dennis / 30 January, 2011

10. A biblical value-base

It's Sunday in Samoa, so God gets a good look-in today. The SWAP Foundation is founded upon the biblical value system. Christianity is not required of our …

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Dennis / 29 January, 2011

9. Everyone loves a winner

Don't you just love a winner? Be honest now, we all do! Getting behind a top performer is motivating and invigorating. Even leaders love engaging with and …

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Dennis / 25 January, 2011

8. Financial Equivalence

A question now . . . who is worth more? An unemployed rural Samoan who works for a day on his plantation and feeds his family (maybe only just) OR someone like …

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Dennis / 25 January, 2011

7. Cross Cultural Partnership

The seventh principle we use over here is a concept that sounds easy but is a real challenge - we require a cross-cultural partnership. So what's the catch? …

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Dennis / 21 January, 2011

6. Giver’s Gain

The Good Book says that "It is more blessed to give than to receive". This biblical principle is the sixth in a series explaining the values that we are using …

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Dennis / 21 January, 2011

5. Take Nothing Home

The fifth principle will have alternative thinkers, greenies and liberals delighted. Just like the rules when visiting a natural tourist destination we require …

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Dennis / 10 January, 2011

4. Use only the Best

The fourth principle we apply in Samoa is that we only want to work with the best. This runs counter to the typical cultural response to getting things done …

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Dennis / 9 January, 2011

3. Use what you have

The third underlying principle that we've been working with in Samoa is to start with what we do have, then move outwards, to that which we don't have but that …

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Dennis / 9 January, 2011

2. Vision > relationships > money

In this Sermon from Samoa I share another principle that we have been applying to the SWAP Foundation's work. Coming from a Christian perspective, I challenge …

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Dennis / 8 January, 2011

1. What’s yours is mine

In the first of a series of posts focusing on the principles that we are using to weave our magic here, I share how I see biblical principles blended creatively …

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