{"id":259,"date":"2013-01-05T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.power2improve.com\/c78-english-uk\/c85-blog\/to-change-the-world\/"},"modified":"2016-11-01T11:35:22","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T09:35:22","slug":"to-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.power2improve.com\/en\/blog\/2013\/01\/05\/to-change-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"To change the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>&#8220;What it is exactly that you do Gustaaf&#8230;?&#8221; I was about to deliver my elevator pitch on consulting, training and coaching of top managers, experts and top talents. But she beat me immediately by pre-emptively posing the follow-up question: &#8220;And you do that so as to achieve what?&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Sometimes hard questions have surpisingly simple answers: I help people to improve themselves. In may different ways, based on widely varied sources and for a broad range of people. 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And yes, I know, that doing your utmost does not give you any guarantees on scoring, support or any other form of success.\u00a0And yes, I also know that doing good does not make life nice or fair to you. And yes, I also know that people find it dreamy, impossible or just hard.<\/p>\n<p>To help people with all that I this year created: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.power2improve.com\/english-uk\/change-the-world-this-time-for-real\/\">How to Really Change the World<\/a>, a bachelor level lectures series in which practical and applicable change skills are at the heart. 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