Merci beaucoup, Tout le monde!

Over a 100 SALT thoughts for

the Coffee
Alors, Pratiquez le CLCP; Ancienne façon, Bonne façon!
Then, practice CLCP; Old way, Good way!
 We are Human & CLCP
We are Human,
We are not perfect,
We err,
We stumble,
We fight,
We fall,
We feel hurt,
We experience the consequence...
We analyze with After Experience Reflection,
We plan differently,
We change,
We learn,
We share,
We transfer,
We grow,
We are thankful that we follow Life Competence!
 BEING HUMAN

Being Human is to be:

Honest when in trouble,
And simple in wealth;
Being polite when in authority,
And silent when in anger.
So, being humane is Life Competence.
 BEING HUMAN & CLCP
The soft nature* of CLCP does not mean it is
weak;
Remember, hardly anything is softer than
water,
But the force of water can break or wear
away the strongest rocks!
*The practice of CLCP is about being human,
and all the softer qualities that go with our
WoT, and WoW.
 CLCP IS CHANGE
The key to success is to change our:
Issues and concerns into Hopes,
Ignorance into Awareness,
Weakness into Strengths,
Suspicion into Trust,
and our fears into Dreams!
This can only occur if we have the
confidence and courage to change!
 SOLUTIONS BY CLCP

There is a difference between worry and

concern;
For, a worried person sees a problem,
while the concerned person finds the
solution and solves the issue.
So, with the Competence of CLCP make a
difference differently!
 CLCP

Experiences make you wiser.

Mistakes make you human.
Failures make you stronger.
Dreams keep you going.
Love keeps you alive.
SALT keeps you happy.
 CLCP ALSO MEANS

CLCP also means Communities Learning

Competence Process
 SALT & CLCP
The best in life is free!
Support, Stimulate, Share, Strength;
Appreciate, Analyze, Act, Assess;
Listen, Learn, Link, Love;
Team, Trust, Transfer, Transform*;
Live a free life, Live a CLCP life!

*by transfer of Tacit Knowledge

DIFFERENCE, AER, & STRENGTH

When you differ and do not do the AER*,

Certainly, you are the biggest failure.
When you differ and do the AER,
You turn that difference into a strength.

*AER: After Experience Reflection or

Retrospection
SALT & PLAN, SHARE, LEARN

Strengths if you list, the Action Plan you

see;
Appreciate others, and they will begin to
Share;
Listen and you will Learn;
Team up and your most difficult Dream
becomes easiest!
 SALT & OUR BODY

The most useful assets we have are:

Hands always willing to Support,
Eyes that looks out to Appreciate,
Ears open to Listen;
and Legs that walk with the Team!
EVERYWHERE YOU GO - SALT
Wherever you go,
Leave a sparkling trail of SALT* behind you;
Everyone who is around will get a taste of
it!

*S: Support, Stimulate, Share Strength;

A: Appreciate, Analyze, Act, Assess;
L: Listen, Learn, Link, Love;
T: Trust, Team, Transfer, Transform~;
~ By transfer of Tacit Knowledge
 FACILITATING CLCP

Dreams cannot be achieved except by the strong

force to respond to challenges, stored as
inspiration, and the power to change, in the
hearts of the community.
So, the CLCP Facilitator is the one who knows the
secret of inspiring this dream, causing this dream
to enlighten the whole community, and helping
the community unleash the power to respond.
 BEST OF FACILITATORS

The best facilitators are those who ask

questions,
Such that when you answer them,
You know what is best for you that you can
do.
 BEST OF FACILITATORS -2

The best facilitators are those who

transfer:
They tell you where to look,
But do not tell you what to see!
 STRENGTH

Strength is:
When you have so much to complain
about,
But you prefer to smile and appreciate
others instead!
 STRENGTH & DREAM

A group of ants can carry away grain by

grain a bag full over time.
Similarly, a community can build their
dream bit by bit in good time.
The strengths of both the groups are in
their numbers.
 STRENGTHS & DREAMS

When you focus on problems you get more

problems;
When you focus on strengths you get more
opportunities!
So, grab and act on the opportunities to
sail to your dreams!
 DREAMS & ETERNITY
Dreams can be: Easy, Difficult, and
Impossible!
Those who seek the easy dream have a
safe and boring life;
Those with difficult dreams have a tough
but satisfying life;
And those taking up the impossible dreams
are remembered for eternity!
 APPRECIATE

When trying to live your way to a happier

life, appreciating is just the tip of the
iceberg.
 APPRECIATION – A STARTER
Appreciation cannot solve all problems, but they
are a great start:
For, without appreciation, there is no stimulation;
Without stimulation, there is no sharing;
Without sharing, there is no learning,
Without learning, there is no transfer,
Without transfer, there is not much increase in
competence.
 PRIDE & APPRECIATION

Pride and Appreciation are two results of the same

action. When we appreciate our own strengths, we
say we are proud of our strengths.
However, when we appreciate the strengths in
others, only then we call it appreciation!
So, appreciate the strengths of others and they will
appreciate your strengths in turn!
 APPRECIATION & EGO
Life is a constant conflict between our
Appreciation and our Ego.
Appreciation is an attitude, an expression,
a look, a touch...
Thus, while Appreciation always stimulates
or encourages,
Ego wants to receive that appreciation!
 APPRECIATION

Everyone appreciating us is not in our

hands;
But we appreciating everyone is definitely
in our hands!
EFFECTS OF APPRECIATION

Genuine appreciation of others:

Lightens your heart,
Cools your mind,
Lights up your face with a smile,
And leaves a sparkle in your eyes!
 APPRECIATION -2

When many bad things happen, look for

the one good thing!
APPRECIATE & TELL WHY?

If you appreciate silently,

You will love the world;
But if you appreciate and tell why,
The world will love you.
 APPRECIATION & CLCP

When appreciation becomes an essential

foundation of our lives;
Then, Competence happens everywhere!
APPRECIATION & GOOD DEEDS

We are proud, when we know we have

done something good;
Others appreciate us, when they feel we
have done something good!
 DREAM

Too many of us are not living our dreams,

because we are living our fears.
 DREAM & CHANGE

People don’t change their lives,

They change their dreams.
 DREAM & WoT*
If you fail to achieve your dreams,
Change your action-plans, not your Way-
of-Thinking;
For, Trees change their leaves, not their
roots!

*We are Human, Resonate Commonalities,

Share and Learn Tacit Knowledge
 DREAM & STRENGTHS

The more difficult the dream,

The more the hidden strengths bloom!
 DREAM & CLCP

In the end, the Community will get to their

dream their way;
This is CLCP! For, CLCP cannot be enforced.
So, we must be humane, and only then the
community will follow CLCP.
 DREAM & ACHIEVEMENT

Seeing a dream achieved will inspire you,

but knowing you can achieve your dreams
will change you positively.
 DREAM & PERFECTION

Dreams don't have to be perfect.

They never been!
You just have to get them going.
 DREAM, PLAN & ACT

Dreams see the invisible,

Believes the incredible,
Plans the unimaginable,
and does the impossible!
 DREAM & ACTION

See your dreams as you open your eyes,

Make them grow with the passion in every
beat of your heart,
To establish them in your mind,
And then into the world beyond.
 DREAM & FAILURE

Dreams need not be perfect;

Some dreams could fail.
But failure is not the end;
It is the beginning of a different dream!
 DREAM & SUCCESS

Success is what happens to us when we

hitch ourselves to dreams unimaginable
and unattainable.
3 WAYS-DREAMS ACHIEVED
We achieve our dreams in three ways:
1) We get what we dream and plan.
2) We fail and do not get what we dream,
but later on we get something better.
3) We repeatedly fail, but we persistently
and patiently persevere, and then we get
the best!
DREAM, SUCCESS, FAILURE

To achieve, we need a dream;

To achieve success, we need a failure.
 SUCCESS & DIFFERENCES

Success doesn't come when you have all

the solutions;
But it comes when you are ready to learn
from all the differences.
 ACHIEVER & DREAM

Achievers make a habit of visioning their

own positive expectation in advance of
every action in their journey to their
dream.
 DREAM & THE FUTURE

Dream and the future are the certainties of

life.
And those who look only to the past or
present are certain to miss their dream in
their future.
DREAM & SELF-ASSESSMENT

Be a writer of your life,

and the reader of your dreams;
The more you know your self-assessment,
the less you need approval from others!
DREAMS & SELF-ASSESSMENT

We can quell the doubts and fear we have

of achieving our dreams, with the
calmness and logic of our self-assessment.
 ASSESSMENT OR CLCP

The process* is more important than the

progress;
We are so busy looking at the self-
assessment that we forget to practice
SALT^!
*Process is CLCP
^SALT is our 'WoW' or Way of Working.
 DREAM & PLAN

If the action plan is beautiful, then re-

assess your dream.
If the dream is beautiful, then never mind
the path, Keep Walking!
 DREAM & ACTION

What’s past is past, nothing can change

that. But the future can be different if we
choose to make it so. We have to cultivate
a vision of a happier, more peaceful future
and make the effort now to bring it about.
This is no time for complacency, hope lies
in the action we take.
DREAM, PLAN, AER* & CLCP
Purity of your dreams and clarity of your
plans,
Gives the surety for competence in your
lives.
So, stay committed to your dreams, but
change your plans, according to the AER*.

AER* = After Experience Reflection or

Retrospection
 AER*

We can save many an AER, if we accept

that people are not difficult, But, they are
different!

AER* = After Experience Reflection or

Retrospection
 DREAM & ACT

When we wake up in the morning, we have

two simple choices:
Lie in bed, awake, and keep dreaming, or
wake up and chase those dreams.
The choice is yours!
SKEPTICS & YOUR DREAM

The skeptics of CLCP wouldn't be such a

stumbling block if they didn't know there
were great dreams in wait for you to
achieve!
 SELF ASSESSMENT(SA)*
When doing the SA be like the water,
Which adjusts to any shape and size;
Similarly, in SA adjust the practices to fit
the type and size of your dream.
However, most important in SA, like the
water find your own level;
Not level 5!

*Ref: https://tinyurl.com/y9gdd5te
https://tinyurl.com/yd8tawx7
SELF-ASSESSMENT & DREAM

Don't give up on an assessment or

achievement in the never-ending search of
a perfect Dream;
For, perfection is a fantasy, and assessment
or achievement is always a reality!
 SELF-ASSESSMENT & AER
Sometimes we shine in the assessment and
appreciation,
Other times we learn by the After Experience
Reflection;
Both times are best: For we gain from the
appreciation of our strengths,
As well as by pursuing the innovation after the
experience!
ASSESSMENT, PLAN & DREAM
When you assess yourself,
You know where you are;
When you assess yourself, and do the
AER*,
You know how to reach your dream.

*AER: After Experience Reflection or

Retrospection
SELF-ASSESSMENT & CLCP

Remember that Carpenters and Tailors

measure twice, But cut once.
Similarly, in CLCP, we measure twice*, But
act once!

*Initial & Change

APPRECIATION & STRENGTHS

Appreciation is more than deeds;

It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a
touch...
It is anything that acknowledges another's
strengths and motivates that person to
share it.
 ANALYZE

Look into the past for experience,

And into the future through dreams;
Look around to join the action,
And look within to see your strengths!
APPRECIATE, SHARE, STRENGTH

The pleasing moment comes not only with

the appreciation you receive, but also in
the thought that someone has benefitted
from your strength.
So, do not forget to share your strengths
STRENGTH, APPRECIATE, LEARN

Strength grows when you practise it,

Appreciation grows when you observe and
recount truthfully,
Learning grows when you listen more,
The more human you become, the more
you share and care!
LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE

Experience is not what happens to a man;

it is what a man does with what happens
to him. -Aldous Huxley
 KNOWLEDGE LISTENS

Knowledge listens when experience speaks

and uses intelligence to change the lessons
learnt to wisdom.
 SHARE

Big achievements come from perfect

sharing, and are never the result of
selfishness.
 SHARE & LISTEN

Share in such a way that others love to

listen to you,
Listen in such a way that others love to
share with you!
SHARE, APPRECIATE, LEARN &
TRANSFER
Sharing, Appreciating, Learning, and
Transfer are crazy maths,
Cause they multiply, when you divide it
among others!
Keep sharing all your experiences, so that
others become as experienced, if not
better!
CLCP WoT+SALT WoW=RICH

A financially poor community with the

CLCP WoT* and SALT WoW* will in time
always become successful and richer than
a community which is only financially rich.

*WoT: Way of Thinking

*WoW: Way of Working
 QUESTIONS & AER*

The quality and quantity of the answers is

directly proportional to the number of
questions facilitated during the AER*.

*AER: After Experience Reflection or

Retrospection
TWO MEANINGS OF A TEAM

A team means sharing or having common

adversities, resources, dreams, plans,
assessments, and tasks;
A team also means sharing the credit of
success, as well as the responsibility of the
experience.
ADVERSITY, TRUST & TEAM

The bonding between members is best in a

community, whose members face their
difficulties together.
Therefore, the more hardships we face
together, the more we trust our
community or team.
 DIFFERENCES & TEAM
While diversity of capabilities is a vital element of
an effective Team;
Recognizing that it could lead to differences,
And adapting to these differences with clear
communication and creative freedom,
Are not only elements of an effective team, but also
of a good AER*.

*AER: After Experience Reflection or

Retrospection
TRUST, ACT, LEARN & CHANGE
Dream is nothing without planning and
acting on it,
Trust is a non-entity if we do not prove it in
our own Team,
AER is no use if it does not change our
competence levels.

*AER: After Experience Reflection or

Retrospection
DECISIONS, TRUST & LEAD

Decision-making is the lead engine of the

train that pulls the team, and trust fuels
the engine.
-Linda D. Henman in the essay: Eight
Functions of a Team.
 LEARNING & TRANSFER

From one photograph's negative, we can

create and print unlimited positive prints;
So also from one lesson learnt, we can
create and transfer unlimited positive
results.
CHANGE FACE OR FACE CHANGE

Reacting to Issues by changing our face,

changes nothing!
However, actions according to plans based
on our strengths is the best way of facing
the change,
And getting closer to our dreams.
 CLCP

Seeing a Dream is an act of Grace,

Making a plan for that dream is a Gift,
Working on the dream is a Virtue,
Learning on the work is Humility,
Achieving the dream is a Honour,
And all the time being Human is the way of
SALT.
 CLCP
One person can change a community,
One smile can start the sharing,
One hand can support the weak,
One thought can be a dream,
One plan can wipe out concerns,
One assessment can usher confidence,
One touch can show you appreciate,
One life can be competent: Yours!
 CLCP
A small query can stimulate big sharing,
A little sharing can lead to great learning,
A little learning will in years be good
experience,
A little experience could be crucial for
grand achievements,
It's the little things in life that brings
competence!
 CLCP
A competent life is:
When you expect no appreciation,
But appreciate often;
Realize your strengths,
To do more as a Team;
Learn from the past,
And Dream big,
Always assessing your progress!
 LIVES DEPEND ON CLCP

Nothing binds you except your dreams,

Nothing limits you except your WoT*,
Nothing controls you except your WoW*;
So, everything in our lives depends on
CLCP!
 HEART, MIND & CLCP
We can make or break communities not by
What we say, But by How we say!
For What is said reaches the Mind,
While How we say resides in the Heart!
And there is no Way to win the Mind,
without winning the Heart!
So, change to CLCP Way of Thinking (WoT),
and Way of Working (WoW)
HEAVEN & BEING HUMAN

You cannot go to Heaven after you leave

this earth, If you cannot make a Heaven in
another human heart before you leave.
DREAM OR BEING HUMAN?

It is all about being humane.

So, if you were to choose between
achieving your dream, and being human;
Choose being kind, sharing, listening,
caring, team, and transfer...
For that resonates with all the human
beings.
 CLCP & BEING HUMAN

CLCP is a human magnet.

For, if you practise CLCP,
then humane people,
and thereby happy communities will stick
to you!
 CLCP & BEING HUMAN-2

CLCP is not about pleasing everyone,

Instead it is about hurting no one.
TACIT & EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE

CLCP aims at learning the Tacit Knowledge

which must be shared by people as it
comes from their experiences.
On the other hand, Explicit Knowledge is
what we learn from text, digitally archived
media, and so on.
KNOWLEDGE, LEARN & BENEFIT

We increase our knowledge only,

When we benefit from what we learnt,
As well as when we learn that which will
benefit us.
KNOWLEDGE & IGNORANCE

True knowledge is to know one's

ignorance.
For, a cup must be empty to be filled!
And, he who learns from the experiences
of everyone is the wisest!
 KNOWLEDGE in CLCP helps:
1) To understand CLCP, internalize it, and apply it in
our lives,
2) To increase our conviction in CLCP,
3) To be able to defend CLCP against the skeptics
4) To better CLCP once we learn new experiences
5) To transfer CLCP to our family context,
neighborhood, community, village, district, state,
country, and the world.
Horse’s Revenge
 LAUGH, LIVE, LOVE = LIFE

You can laugh at your mistakes, if you learn

from them;
You can live through your difficulties, if you
gather the strengths they stimulate;
You can win your rivals, if you love them as
fellow human beings and genuinely care
for them.
 CLCP, WoW, WoT

CLCP consists not only in the outer WoW

things we do,
but also in the inner WoT things we
change.

*WoT: Way of Thinking

*WoW: Way of Working
 CLCP & TEAM

Team is an example of CLCP that can do wonders with both

more and less:
The more open the team is, the more trust it has,
The more diverse the team is, the more ability it has,
The more experienced the team is, the more wanted it is;
The less differences in purpose, the more unity there is,
The less break-ups, the more stronger is the bonding in the
team.
 CLCP & SALT

SALT your ways and days to a CLCP Life!

 TELE-FACILITATION

Distance never kills facilitation,

Also, proximity never builds facilitation;
It is care and compassion for human
beings,
And their feelings, that builds up CLCP and
maintains facilitation.
 FACILITATOR
If your actions inspire others to:
Dream more,
Learn more,
Do more,
Reflect more,
and Change more,
you are a Team player, or what we call:
Facilitator!
 FACILITATING CLCP

To facilitate CLCP successfully we must

have:
1) the knowledge of CLCP
2) the wisdom to use SALT for
communicating the CLCP message in a
convincing way
FACILITATOR’S KNOWLEDGE

A Facilitator does not have all the

solutions,
Instead: a facilitator is open and fair to all
the solutions that the community could
find;
or transfers solutions that has worked
elsewhere.
 COMMITMENT AND
FACILITATION

Commitment and Facilitation are

inseparable.
Though nouns, they are best when they
become verbs.
COMPETENCE & FACILITATION

Communities and their Life Competence

can shrink or expand in proportion to our
facilitation.
 COMPETENCE
The Competence in our Lives cannot be achieved, unless we
increase:
1) Being a human being by discussing our common humanity,
2) The humane Way of Thinking (WoT),
3) The SALT Way of Working (WoW),
4) The impossibility of our Dream,
5) The integrity in our Self-Assessment,
6) The use of our own Strengths and Resources,
7) The dependency of our Action Plan on our Strengths,
8) The trust in our Team,
9) The depth of discussion of our differences in our AER,
10) The willingness to listen and evolve from what we learn from the
AER
11) The spread of our Transfer, and
12) The comprehension and practice of CLCP.
 COMPETENCE & AER*

Without AER, we cannot know the way to

do better next time;
Therefore, no AER means no Competence.

*AER: After Experience Reflection or

Retrospection
 LEVEL 5*

When the facilitator becomes the

facilitation, or
When the person becomes the practice;
Then, can we say we are Level 5*?

* Level 5 in the Self Assessment

 Merci beaucoup, Tout le monde!

Do share your SALT Thoughts!

Alors, Pratiquez le CLCP; Ancienne façon, Bonne façon!
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