To make a better world (part 2)

(Continued from Part 1)

The whole world has been changing very quickly over past 100 years. Most of innovations, systems and development only happened in this period. The societies and international affairs are getting much more complex. There are great demands on the quality of new capabilities of global citizens.

Creativity is one of crucial ability that allows global citizens to adapt the ever-changing world, to find out new solutions for new problems and to find out new way to ensure sustainable development.

Regarding to culture conflict, love and respect in our heart becomes to the understanding, appreciation and forgiving to other culture.

Learning ability is another crucial ability. Confucius said there exists one teacher among three persons. In global context, we can learn merits from other better cultures and demerits from the worser. We need to compare these cultures objectively with a reasonable scheme and enough reflection. Reasoning is one of our valuable assets. It leads us to take actions in a concrete and constructive way.

Courage to adapt changes, introduce changes and implements changes. Every normal person would stay in its own comfort zone. It is quite similar to a country. It is very hard to change a country because of legacy especially the resistance from our own value system and the one who is taking advantages.

Leadership is also required. We need to encourage and motivate other team members. We need to have ability to resolve conflicts, make judge in controversy and so on. One of critical requirement for leadership is language power. Not only communicate effectively but also touch everyone's heart. It is like a poet to write a poem which makes others feel what author felt. It also helps other understand the leader's goal and purpose. It helps to determine a plan and comes to the agreement.

After everyone comes to the agreement, the rest depends on the power of execution. How can we implement the plan? How can we make it happen? How can we get the final result? Of course, every member must work together as a single team. Every citizen must take part in the public life. Public life can be in community level, national level and international level. Every global citizen must understand its own identity and responsibility.

To make a better world?

Someone would say that its own principal is to make a better world. Thus whatever he do would be meaningful. However did all of us have mutually agreed on the concrete meaning of a better world? Everyone has its own definition.

Establishmentalists favour to develop systems for everything. To them, a better world would be a world full of systems. Minimalists prefer to manage the world with minimum effort. Optimists would think too much on future problems. Their better world is already here.

Do we mean that a better world is a world of rich, a world of materials or a world of high technology? No. No. No. Money does not equal to happiness. The poors always exist and nobody can get rid of it. We cannot make everyone rich in the world. In fact, we cannot buy happiness, friendship, family, self-esteem and peace. We can only buy products and services. Our money is limited. Our time is limited. If our greed is unlimited, there is no way to make ourselves satisfied.

Technologies are just tools. Technologies only improve our efficiency and provide new ways. It won't provide us goals, purposes and attitude. However, it may magnify our effects. We cannot fully rely on technologies.

Basically there is a common place. A better world is a peaceful world where everybody can have a happy and healthy life. There is no pollution. The waters and the skies are clear. No more extinction. Everyone can enjoy the living place. They would respect each other, help each other, inspire each other and support each other. These imply that we need just, love and peace such that human being can enjoy the good times and overcome the bad times. In fact, we cannot expect we can make it immediately. Regarding to the dynamic sense of goodness, the whole world should be improved from time to time. Then, one day, we will be there.

Once we make up our mind about a better world. Then how can we make it? What are the conditions? What are the requirements on ourselves?

The persons who put effort to improve the world should outnumber the rest. We need education, mentoring, coaching and good examples. Reasoning is our critical tool to prove the definition and find out the feasible solution. We need all of us not just to focus on personal interest but also the global interest. We need enough knowledge to judge our values. We need to agree the global goal and put effort on it. We need courage to take action. We need to spread this idea and make others to spread this idea.

Very hard? Yes, it is very hard.