Tonight, we heard from John Rusevlyan, the immediate past President of the Florence Rotary Club. What is rotary, you ask? Well, I just looked it up for all of our enjoyment, and it describes something that is able to turn around on an axis. Okay.
So the origins of this community club reminds me a little of Junior League, just the men's version. It was founded just four years later by Paul Harris, and was described as a place "where men from different professions could gather for fellowship." Well isn't that cute? Thus, it became the world's first service club. So, I guess Junior League isn't considered a club.
Mr. Rusevlyan encouraged us to do a few things:
1) Be consistent in what you do and how you do it.
There should be no identity facade among your personal, business, and community life.
2) Have a service approach in all aspects of your life. When you make decisions with the perspective of how it will affect everyone around you, you strip yourself of ignorance and actually become a happier person. If you aren't sure how to live this way...
3) Try the 4-way Test! The things we do must be:
So the origins of this community club reminds me a little of Junior League, just the men's version. It was founded just four years later by Paul Harris, and was described as a place "where men from different professions could gather for fellowship." Well isn't that cute? Thus, it became the world's first service club. So, I guess Junior League isn't considered a club.
Mr. Rusevlyan encouraged us to do a few things:
1) Be consistent in what you do and how you do it.
There should be no identity facade among your personal, business, and community life.
2) Have a service approach in all aspects of your life. When you make decisions with the perspective of how it will affect everyone around you, you strip yourself of ignorance and actually become a happier person. If you aren't sure how to live this way...
3) Try the 4-way Test! The things we do must be:
- True
- Fair to all
- Builds good will and better friendships
- Beneficial to all
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