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K2 Powerpoint

This powerpoint is on the world's second highest mountain K@ and Greg Mortenson who attempted and failed to climb it. This powerpoint was created by Dr. Doris Donnelly

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  1. Three Cups of Teaby Greg Mortenson

  2. K-2 K2 is the second highest mountain on earth with 8611 meters or 28251 feet. K2 is almost 800 feet lower than Mount Everest, but its sharper, more graceful architecture makes it a more striking mountain--and a much harder one to climb.

  3. Korphe is a small subsistence farming village in northeastern Pakistan, situated on a shelf at the foot of the Karakoram mountain range along the banks of the Braldu River.

  4. Workers carrying materials for thebridge so that a school could bebuilt across the river.

  5. In 1999 there was one school. Now there are 450 schools in the remote villages of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

  6. Three Cups of Tea • “Here (in Pakistan and Afghanistan), we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything – even die.” • Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

  7. Haji Ali’s “lessons” • listening • working with others • relationships • respect • integrity

  8. ‘Lessons’ from Greg Mortenson

  9. 1. Freedom • Raised in an atmosphere of faith and freedom with good role models. • “They wore their faith lightly.” • “They valued giving.”

  10. 2. Joy • 2. He knew what joy was. • in his personal life • in his work • and he recognized his need for congruency

  11. 3. Meaning • 3. He understood a well-planned life but lived a “summoned” life.

  12. Source: “How Will You Measure Your Life,” by Clay Christiansen, Harvard Business Review, July-August, 2010.

  13. The well-planned life • Clear purpose • 1 hr each night – “reading, thinking, praying about why God put me on earth.” • Decisions about time allocation • Problem: “things that are important often get short shrift.” • “Life appears as a well-designed project, carefully conceived in the beginning, reviewed and adjusted along the way and brought to fruition.”

  14. the Summoned Life • Starts from different perspective. • Life is not a project to be completed; it is an unknowable landscape to be explored. • Commitments precede choice and defy the logic of cost and benefit, investment and return. • Not “What should I do?” but “What are my circumstances asking me to do?”

  15. more – the summoned life • The person leading the Summoned Life starts with a very concrete situation: I’m living in a specific year in a specific place facing specific problems and needs. At this moment in my life, I am confronted with specific job opportunities and specific options. The important questions are: What are these circumstances summoning me to do? What is needed in this place? What is the most useful social role before me?

  16. more – the summoned life • These are questions answered primarily by sensitive observation and situational awareness, not calculation and long-range planning. • Compassion – the key to all religions. • Two visions. Both are probably useful for a person trying to live a well-considered life.

  17. “Trust in Allah but tie up your camel.” • “God helps those who help themselves.” • St. Ignatius on ‘Discernment’ • “He died a happy man.” (Mortenson)

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