Anti-Radical, Anti-Violent Shift In The Volatile Middle East - Truly Revolutionary.

ANTI-RADICAL, ANTI-VIOLENT SHIFT IN THE VOLATILE MIDDLE EAST - TRULY REVOLUTIONARY.

A combination of factors, not the least of which is the rapid international adoption of internet and social media technologies, has led to an historically unprecedented upheaval of the civilian populations of Middle Eastern and North African nations against their established leadership.


This movement is not only significant in its implications for the future of the entire region, but it is crucially significant in the way that these protest movements are being led by the public-at-large in each of these nations, and not by military or clerical groups.


Further, these protests, for the most part, have been extraordinarily free of violence on the part of the protesters. The movements within each of the affected countries are massive in size, and are being championed by crowds of unarmed civilians wielding banners and signs bearing anti-government slogans and messages. While the governments of some of these nations have used police and military force against the protesters in order to quash their growing impetus, the protesters are growing in number, in collective voice, and acts of weaponless defiance.


May these protesters win their freedom from oppressive, entrenched regimes – and may they win with minimal bloodshed and casualties among their numbers. There are many in this world who might learn by their stunning example of the power of numbers, and of the potential for non-radicalized change…a change to government by and for the People.


As an American citizen (as well as an Internationalist), I am greatly encouraged to see some of the signs of awakening democracy. I am nostalgic, if not more than a little wistful, as well.


Some further information follows for your review:

From The NEW YORK TIMES Afternoon News Summary

28 February 2011

News Analysis

As Regimes Fall in Arab World, Al Qaeda Sees History Fly By

By SCOTT SHANE

The powerful protests spreading across the Middle East and North Africa have shunned the two central tenets of Al Qaeda's credo: murderous violence and religious fanaticism.

• Egypt Prosecutor Sharpens Case Against Mubarak 12:26 PM ET
• Protests in Oman Spread 11:16 AM ET | Regional Roundup

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"True democracy is the key to intellectual freedom, ingenuity, entrepreneurship and economic prosperity. It is the Philosopher's Stone which can convert hopelessness to the actualization of great dreams." - Douglas Castle


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A Hard-Wired Culture Of Fear And Ignorance Keeps Humankind Trapped In a State Of Perpetual Unrest

A Hard-Wired Culture Of Fear and Ignorance Keeps Humankind Trapped In A State Of Perpetual Unrest


We must transcend our fears and overcome our ignorance if we are to survive and advance as a species. We need less class and ethnic warfare and more open dialogue. Humanity cannot continue along its current course. -DC



Note: I have a friend overseas who is a fellow Internationalist and a great enthusiast at the prospect of joining the TNNWC Team and working to build TNNWC Group’s International Connections Service Division. He recently had to cancel a Skype conference due to civil unrest in the region of the country he calls home. This state of affairs frightens me – not just for the well-being of my friend and future teammate – but for the horrifying fact that this type of civil unrest (an oxymoron) is actually prevalent throughout most of the world. It wreaks special havoc on emerging economies. My letter (with some edits for reasons of security) follows for your information. I felt compelled to share my feelings about this matter with everyone willing to take a moment to read this letter to him.
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Dear M:

Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you, and for the safety and security of your loved ones. Please get in touch as soon as you are able, either by telephone or via email to let us know your status.

We are eagerly awaiting an opportunity to combine forces and resources with you and to resume our discussions for furtherance; but your safety comes first.

It would seem that the world needs better communication and more collaboration - we will never advance as a species while we still persecute and brutalize each other. There must come a time in this world when we seek, as Human Beings and evolved souls, to explore and celebrate the things that we share in common, i.e., those great things that unite us, instead of battling over those lesser things that divide us.

Until such time as our level of social evolution can somehow "catch up" to our level of technological advancement, and until such time as our empathy can exceed our all-consuming avarice and paranoia, we will be conducting ourselves like frightened children lost in a forest.

In the spirit of peace and friendship,

Douglas



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Above and Beyond - Do You Have What Is Required To Be Part Of An Entrepreneurial Team?

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Above and Beyond - Do You Have What Is Required To Be Part Of An Entrepreneurial Team?

Dear Friends, TNNWC Members, Fellow Entrepreneurs and Frustrated Leaders of Emerging Enterprises:

One of the first, but most challenging jobs of championing an entrepreneurial enterprise is the dilemma of choosing and assembling a team. Assuming that you have some brialliant and commercially viable ideas, and the ability to articulate them, you are going to have to sift through hordes of "helpful" people in order to find the right players. The qualifying questions that will be running through your weary and wary mind will include some of these:

1. Does this person have a skill which we require? Is this persons level of skill adequate? Is this person capable and complementary to the team's objectives?

2. Is this person trustworthy, honorable and reliable?

3. Is this person purely a "talker - i.e., a member of the philosophical and cerebral elite" or is he or she a "roll up your shirtsleeves and get it done" person? If everybody on the team is working the soil, is your prospective team member "above it all," either because he or she is lazy, too egomaniacal, or too obsessed with enjoying the harvest that is being sown and reaped by his or her teammates? Someone who likes to stay away from all of the dirt and detail, small-time operational problem-solving, and things that are not included in his/her "Executive Job Description" is not so much an entrepreneur as an opportunist.

4. Is this person willing to be an active participant in the venture, and take the journey with you and your team?

5. Is this person socially skilled enough that he/ she can truly become an integrated part of the team? Does this person know how to communicate, to listen and to openly share?

6. Does this person have a hidden (or obvious!) personal agenda that he or she is merely using your team to help him or her to achieve? Does it conflict with your team's agenda, or does it coincide and harmonize with your plan for the team?

7. How would you feel about introducing this person to a third party as your partner or teammate? This question goes straight to your gut. You can either build yourself up or destroy your own reputation by those people whom you choose to keep company with -- you are judged by the company you keep. [This is sad, but true]

Your choice of teammates is actually your choice of Human Capital - the most important assets in the world. If these assets aren't truly adequate, you're going to fail. Tainted assets and attitudes will destroy or dissuade your very best Human assets if you put them together on the same ship. Choose your team members well.

Each team member should not only be a helpful addition to the team's collective competence and synergistic potential, but should be interested in the success of the whole venture and in the success of all of its participants.
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NOTE: An aside to those of you whose skill sets are truly centered around any or all of the following "personal and professional assets":

1. You want to wait for the best opportunity for yourself, and you want to join the team as one of your options. After all...it might get funded, and your stock could be valuable if you just hang around;

2. You are good at proposing ideas for others to execute, but do not like to participate in the raw sweat work of getting things started;

3. You do not really believe in either the team's objective, your teammates' abilities, or the leader of your team;

4. You are ggod at delegating and instructing, but you do not want to "put yourself out on a limb" to negotiate as necessary and to recruit capable people to delegate this work to;

5. You generally have a "let's wait and see attitude."

My message to those of you (the vast majority of the population) who feel a resonance with the five characteristics listed immediately above should not be entrepreneurs. If you are fortunate enough to have a high-payiong trade or profession, stay with that. If you don't have either of those advantages, put on your best smile, polish those shoes and prepare a batch of resumes at Kinko's - some company might have sufficient funds to expend on sustaining you, and you might be hired! (too bad about the rough economy though). Some government "employment opportunities" and even financial aid might be worth looking into.

On a personal note, if you are a member of the vast majority of the persons described above, please do not waste your time, or anybody else's, on trying to take up space on an entrepreneurial team. You are probably not an entrepreneur, or a true team player.

Most importantly, please don't attempt to engage me in conversation -- I am far too busy working to create value for my teammates and myself. I might even be out there in the field helping my teammmates work the soil. As a leader, my job is to serve my team. As a teammate, each member of my team is working to serve all of the other team members.

Nothing less would be acceptable to either my teammmates or myself.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle
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