Re: Social Enterpreneur

[purushothaman pillai]

Dear Friends,

Please find attached a feed back from one of my friend:

 

Infact, I made a lie that I am not a social entrepreneur; to be very true, I am prospecting to be one and really want to earn my living through it, making it most successful. If I earn more, I would be the most satisfying person, as my earnings would come as compensations to the good services I make. The more the earnings, the more good services, not the usual corporate thing, more profit margin.

 

We meet at some point in our delivery of services to the very needy people. Now, my standard of living is through hard earnings from serving the poor or backward people. Now, I am earning roughly Rs. 30000/- per month working for Tsunami Rehabilitation works and training workers. Had I stayed and adjusted myself to the work-environments both in public and private organizations, for a sensible person  like me, It might have not been difficult to earn much more than this. But, the hitch is had I done. My ego would have not allowed me to do so, as I am not enthused by it for known and un-known reasons; even, I would have failed, contrary to my thinking...

 

But, now my standard is, if I could earn the same Rs30000/- per month by working for poor, with still higher productive, just imagine how beautiful it would be!, Now, I am in that world. I think it may not be difficult. If you are valuable to corporate house, can't you be more valuable to a very needy person(s)?

 

The moment we change, we radiate the energy to others for the change; it is on-going exercise, learning exercise; perhaps, I have not mastered it, cultured myself... I should thank the opportunity I got in recent assignment, from both GRI & CARE; we, managers failed to deliver few good services, even as reputed organizations; still, there are lots of hopes.. the very needy people are waiting for us, to help them, to lift them up!

 

my friend your questions/doubts are genuine and we have to seek answers; the only problem is that I am not yet ready to face the challenge! I am cultivating/training myself to rise to the occasion.

 

with warm regards,

 

PP

 

 

 

Dear Purusothaman,

Your dream of "living/earning through social ventures" and the definition by Bill Drayton seems to be contradicting each other.  Will you be able to sustain your standard of life for the rest of your life period.  If the answer is yes, then the next question is will you be able to support/sustain the efforts to change the society in whatever way you imagine?.  Again if yes, have you decided on the change needed for our soceity?   I sincerely apologise that many of our friends including me, may not be able answer in affirmative to the above questions. 
I want to stress that the above views are not discouraging you or any body from our friends circle; but only to open up a self introspection.

Regards

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