Bloom Where You are Planted.

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Wisdom from my Blogs

In Jesus Christ God gives us our identity, our purpose and our meaning in this life and in the life to come.1 Peter1:1-12

●"The Lord created each of us individually with different Spiritual Gifts, Passions, Abilities, strengths and a unique personality with different experiences. Helping people with the puzzle and putting the pieces together so we each can be most effective in our families, church, community and the world and finish our lives well and leave a legacy that gives glory to the LORD so when we stand before Him one day, we will hear, "Well done, my good and faithful
servant."

I have 3 blogs. Created at different times for different purposes and audiences

https://bloomwhereyouareplantednow.blogspot.com/

Helping people to be "rooted", "grounded" and "grow" and so bloom" where they are "planted" in their neighborhood, world and career...using their "Passion", "Abilities","Gifts","Strengths" and prior "Experiences" God has gifted them with and thereby bringing glory and honor to the LORD. 1st Corinthians 10:31

https://northshorefinishingwellgroup.blogspot.com/

Mobilizing the body of Christ globally to join Jesus in His mission, especially among the least-reached peoples,transforming lives, relationships & communities. Reaching the "Unreached People Groups" in the 10/40 window. There are endless opportunities to help complete the Great Commission, whatever your interests and abilities are.

http://neighborhoodtransformationmilwaukee.blogspot.com/

Neighborhood Transformation (NT) trains church lay-people how to enter a nearby poor neighborhood, develop relationships and identify assets already found in the neighborhood in individuals and groups. Building on these assets, the goal is to see the gospel bring true poverty alleviation over time.

1. My blogs are Searchable...see small box on right hand side of blog.
You could experiment with different "words" to find what you might be looking for.

2. After a little experimenting today...I discovered that most of you find my blog because of a post I put on Twitter! And you find it in a few minutes of my Tweet!
If you did NOT find this post on Twitter...click HERE and you can see all my Tweets, even if you are NOT on Twitter!

To a lesser extent others find my blog because we are "connected" on LinkedIn.
You can Connect with me on LinkedIN HERE

3. On the right hand side of the blog are the most "Popular" posts viewed in the last 30 days.

4. If you scroll down to the very bottom of the blog...you will see the most popular viewed posts in the last week.

5. You can also leave comments at the bottom of each post. Would love to answer any questions, etc.

As you all know...one can find anything we want on the internet...lots of knowledge out there.

6. I hope to impart some "wisdom" that you could use in your life! Whatever reason would you be searching or looking at my blog?

Blessings on your life and year!

My Latest Tweets

Richard

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

10 Steps to creating your own job!

Over the course of time...past 20 plus years...working with people looking for a job...meeting with individuals as a group and also one on one, I have proposed the following process in some way, shape or form:

This is WHAT I would do IF I were looking for a job.

I never got a job with a resume.

AND your probably wondering if anyone got a job following my advice.
Don't really know...My good friend Wayne said once. "You can teach a person what to do but you can't make them DO what is in their best interest to do". That's a paraphrase of his comment after my voicing disappointment that with all the help & advice I have given many people especially about updating their Linkedin profile, few people follow through.

You don't get a job because of your Linkedin Profile. It's just a tool to connect with the right people who can help you. AND to see who the people are that are doing the job you might love to do...but only better!

So, here are my 10 steps to Finding a Job You Can Love!

1. Identify your passion. What are you interested in...What makes you get up in the morning?

2. What company or non profit would you ideally love to work with...NOT for. There IS a difference.

3. Explore their website. What is their mission and vision?

4. Connect with people working for that organization. It's really not hard to do.

5. Take your new "connections" out for coffee...Again not hard to do. Use your creativity.

6. What are the challenges that organization is facing...short term and long term.

7. After taking the Strengthfinders. 2.0 Assessement...you now know or have a clue to your "Strenghts' and HOW to use them! So you are now going to use your "Strengths"to solve their most pressing challenge!

8 Remember, You are unique! There is no one else like you.

9. Forget about the "job description" IF you are pursuing a job with an opening... Positions that are advertised are probably already taken. Why compete...It's a losing game.
So don't spend alot of time with that goal of submitting applications to job openings. You can do that, but...

10. So you are now going to use your "Strengths"to solve their most pressing challenge! AND
You are going to create your own "position" and Job Description!

On our journey with Jesus! "The trail is long, and we won't arrive at our destination in this life. Still, we're on the journey with Jesus for the greatest thrill of our lives." Zig Ziglar

Ok, if you have reached this far in my blog post...do you think it's luck, fate or providence?

What are you now going to do?

Here are a few of my prior blog posts that can help you in the process:

If you are looking for a great volunteer opportunity:

If you doubt that you are unique and special.

Helping you accomplish your vision and mission

How to Evaluate an organization.

You are partially satisfied with your present position...

Still looking for "Peace" in your life?

Lacking joy in your quest for that job you can love?

If any of this post has been helpful...please let me know.

Meet for coffee?

Always willing to meet for coffee

Finding A Job You Can Love

A great book. Probably out of print.
Copyright 1982 by Ralph Mattson and Arthur Miller

It's all about Passion!

We often hear the words, luck, fate, and providence.
Theologian Dr. R.C. Sproul. "God's sovereign providence stands over and above our actions. He works out His will through the actions of human wills, without violating the freedom of those human wills."

You found this page...by luck, fate or providence...?

Your answer to this question will probably determine if you are going to continue reading this post to the end and take some action
Are you actively looking for a job?

What follows can also be used as a guide to finding a great volunteer opportunity.

The book, Finding A Job You Can Love explores the SIMA process:

SIMA System for Identifying Motivated Abilities
but I also see other process's as

1. Strengthfinder 2.0
2. S.H.A.P.E    Strengths, Heart or Passion, Abilities, Personality, and Experience.
3. Spiritual Gifts Assessments

Over the course of time...past 20 plus years...working with people looking for a job...meeting with individuals as a group and also one on one, I have proposed the following process in some way, shape or form:

These are my ideas...NOT from the book.

This is WHAT I would do IF I were looking for a job.
I never got a job with a resume.

AND your probably wondering if anyone got a job following my advice.
Don't really know...My good friend Wayne said once. "You can teach a person what to do but you can't make them DO what is in their best interest to do". That's a paraphrase of his comment after my voicing disappointment that with all the help & advice I have given many people especially about updating their Linkedin profile, few people follow through.

You don't get a job because of your Linkedin Profile. It's just a tool to connect with the right people who can help you. AND to see who the people are that are doing the job you might love to do...but only better!

So, here are my 10 steps to Finding a Job You Can Love!

1. Identify your passion. What are you interested in...What makes you get up in the morning?

2. What company or non profit would you ideally love to work with...NOT for. There IS a difference.

3. Explore their website. What is their mission and vision?

4. Connect with people working for that organization. It's really not hard to do.

5. Take your new "connections" out for coffee...Again not hard to do. Use your creativity.

6. What are the challenges that organization is facing...short term and long term.

7. After taking the Strengthfinders. 2.0 Assessement...you now know or have a clue to your "Strenghts' and HOW to use them! So you are now going to use your "Strengths"to solve their most pressing challenge!

8 Remember, You are unique! There is no one else like you.

9. Forget about the "job description" IF you are pursuing a job with an opening... Positions that are advertised are probably already taken. Why compete...It's a losing game.
So don't spend alot of time with that goal of submitting applications to job openings. You can do that, but...

10. So you are now going to use your "Strengths"to solve their most pressing challenge! AND
You are going to create your own "position".

On our journey with Jesus! "The trail is long, and we won't arrive at our destination in this life. Still, we're on the journey with Jesus for the greatest thrill of our lives." Zig Ziglar

Ok, if you have reached this far in my blog post...do you think it's luck, fate or providence?

What are you now going to do?

Here are a few of my prior blog posts that can help you in the process:

If you are looking for a great volunteer opportunity:

If you doubt that you are unique and special.

Helping you accomplish your vision and mission

How to Evaluate an organization.

You are partially satified with your present position...

Still looking for "Peace" in your life?

Lacking joy in your quest for that job you can love?

If any of this post has been helpful...please let me know.

Meet for coffee?

Always willing to meet for coffee

Sunday, August 4, 2019

How You Can Make a Difference in Milwaukee

Many people and organizations wonder what they can do to effect a positive change within their community.

Here is one way to make a difference in the lives of Milwaukee children and their families.

From a prior blog post:

Ami’s message: “You may not be aware that 61% of kids in Milwaukee County rely on the free and reduced lunch programs while at school, but often go home to an empty fridge. That’s greater than 1 in 2 children, and this is just not acceptable. My family along with the Nicolet World Language Department is sponsoring an event at Nicolet High School on October 12th, 2019 through Generosity Feeds. Our goal is to package 15,000 wholesome meals for our local kids, and we need your help… “

Be a hunger hero and help us reach our goal of 15,000 meals for kids in Milwaukee County.
Rob and I will personally match all donations made through this fundraiser. Join us- Stop hunger and start hope today!

Register now to help make 15,000 meals!

Forward this blog post to your friends. Thank you.

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Calling all Nicolet High School Alumni and Friends!

Here is an opportunity for us as as Alumni to leave our mark on Nicolet and the community we have all called home!

We all want to make a difference in the world...and I’m sure you have.
Contacting class of 58 and 59, but we welcome all Nicolet Alumni to join us!

A lot has happened in the world and in our lives since our graduation from Nicolet!

Our family: 3 generations at Nicolet!

My sons graduated 1994, 1996 and my daughter Ami Dassow Oldenburg, class of 2000. And now my grandson, class of 2021.

Ami’s message: “You may not be aware that 61% of kids in Milwaukee County rely on the free and reduced lunch programs while at school, but often go home to an empty fridge. That’s greater than 1 in 2 children, and this is just not acceptable. My family along with the Nicolet World Language Department is sponsoring an event at Nicolet High School on October 12th, 2019 through Generosity Feeds. Our goal is to package 15,000 wholesome meals for our local kids, and we need your help… “

Here is an opportunity to join Ami’s team, with our combined interests, resources, and passion, to help make this a reality for Nicolet High School. One of the last things we can do as a class and as a team!

Generosity Feeds in Milwaukee-Glendale: Oct 12th.

Ami has taken this on as a personal project to help start the conversation around food insecurity in Milwaukee, in hopes of making a greater impact in our community. She was so dedicated and passionate about this after first helping Generosity Feeds create 10,000 meals in Milwaukee 2 yrs. ago as a volunteer, they offered her a part time job! She has had the opportunity to work in cities throughout the country and felt it was time to see this difference being made right in her own backyard.

Generosity Feeds on Facebook

Register to help package 15,000 meals!

A little background on this project:

Generosity Feeds is a national organization who focuses on childhood hunger on a local level. All meals created stay right within the local communities in which they are created, distributed through backpack programs and organizations within the local community to assure they are provided to those in greatest need.

Ami works part time from her home, as a consultant to corporations around the country helping change the math on childhood hunger from a local level. Currently 1 in 5 children nationally do not know where their next meal is coming from.

To alleviate the childhood hunger issue in Milwaukee, 300+ volunteers will come together on October 12th and package 15,000 meals in less than 2 hours. We will distribute the meals through partnerships with organizations who work with children throughout the city in greatest need.

To accomplish this goal, we must raise a total of $15,000 for the event. MOD Pizza has generously donated $8,000 to get us started. Let’s gather together and match their donation to our beautiful corner of the world and help to see change in our city.

Every little bit helps.

How you can personally participate!

Nicolet High School Alumni:

Nicolet Alumni: Class of 58 and 59

60 years…a long time in our lives…since Nicolet!

You probably don’t remember me…Richard Dassow, that shy introverted kid that wasn’t involved in anything other than the Biology Club.

I’m a late Bloomer, but God gives all of us us a continuous opportunity to bloom wherever we are.

A lot has happened in the world and in our lives since our graduation from Nicolet!

We all want to make a difference in the world...and I’m sure you have.

Our family: 3 generations at Nicolet!

My sons graduated 1994, 1996 and my daughter Ami Dassow Oldenburg, class of 2000. And now my grandson, class of 2021.

Generosity Feeds in Milwaukee-Glendale: Oct 12th.

A little background on this project:

Every little bit helps.

Bottom Line:

I am sending this message out to our class of 58 and also class of 59, and considering thinking about working on sending it out to all 60 alumni classes.

But, do we really need the other classes to fully fund this event?

Would be great if our class of 58 & 59 could, single handedly, make this project a reality and change the lives of children in our community!

How you personally can join our team?

Several ways: donation, sponsorship, volunteer.

1. Visit our registration page at: generosityfeedsmke.org

2. Join us on October 12th to create 15,000 nutritious meals.

- Meals are made from dehydrated ingredients

- Can be utilized for one year from the creation date

3. Spread the word!

- Do you own or know of a local business who wants to see change in our great city?

- Connect with Ami to hear more about how your business could be recognized as a hunger hero here in Milwaukee.

- Forward this post to your friends.

- Share our links on facebook

- Generosity Feeds MKE Facebook Event Page

4. Donate… any amount. Every dollar is a meal for a child.

- Place your graduation year after your name so we can track the impact being made.

- ex. Richard Dassow - ’58

4 ways to donate:

1. Mail a check

- Include our event number (489) on the memo line

- Generosity Feeds

800 E Rochambeau Drive

Williamsburg, VA 23188

2. Invoice (larger donations): Please provide the following information:

- Contact name to PROCESS the invoice

- Email address of contact

- Company/foundation name

- Company/foundation address

- Donation amount

3. Donations can be made online at generosityfeedsmke.org or http://igfn.us/form/Xhb0AA

- There is a 2.5% processing fee for this option

4. Donate via our Facebook fundraiser at - Generosity Feeds MKE facebook fundraiser

- No processing fee for this option

Ami will keep track of all donations and give special recognition to the class with the most Milwaukee hunger heroes!

As the first graduating class of Nicolet High School, Class of ’58, I invite you to join me in making our mark on Nicolet and help the next great leaders to see the impact of being great by doing good!

Video links, please take a moment to watch:

Offering A Child HOPE

Business Partner Impact