One Week to XL Bali Convention!

Congratulations to XL Nation Directors, Martin Jimmink (Chairman), Charles Buffett and Katrina McGilchrist for stepping up to the incorporation of XL Nation as a non-profit social entrepreneur organisation. We are a week away from the Bali Convention, and XL Leaders from around the world will be converging on XL Vision Villas to discuss and collaborate on our journey towards World Wide Wealth in 2010. I'm looking forward to being a part of it!

Why are we meeting?

2010 marks the end of the first decade of this new millennium. This is our opportunity to ensure the year also marks the first full year of XL Nation as a global network of social entrepreneurs sharing resources to collectively contribute to World Wide Wealth - a connected world to support every change maker. We will be celebrating the 130+ XL Award nominees, and announcing the winner. We will be discussing the priorities to build circles of trust and shared platforms of social profit - the XL Library, Opportunities Exchange and Marketplace. We'll be recording the key parts of the day and I hear there is an interactive part to the day that all XL Citizens and Founding Members can participate in.

What's the plan?

Martin Jimmink has posted the XL Nation 2010 Plan on XL World. It gives details of our history, what happened in XL1.0, some financial details, why XL2.0 works the way it does, and what our priorities are for the year ahead. As an XL Citizen or Founding Member you can download it here.

Why 13th October?

Have you read Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol"? You would have read of the care with which the founding fathers picked their dates, places and names to respect the societies and individuals that were aligned to their purpose. XL Nation has followed a similar tradition, from the way it is structured, its processes and the key dates.

On October 13th, 1307 on one day the reign of the Knights Templar came to a sudden end in France. Despite the attempt by King Philip to capture them all, less than 10% were captured and the rest created new beginnings - largely in Switzerland and Scotland. A chain of events led to the Swiss Banking system on the one hand and a tradition of 'free man' declarations from the Magna Carta to the United States Constitution on the other. On the 702nd anniversary of that new beginning, we will be meeting at an equally challenging time where old paradigms are being questioned and new social structures are gearing towards global change.

I'm looking forward to a day rich in content, connection and consequence. See if you if you're there! (You can book here)

"Forte est vinum fortior est rex fortiores sunt mulieres super omnia vincit veritas"

Vote for your favourite extraordinary life

Voting has started for the XL Awards. Visit here for the inspiring stories of each nominee. Each of these extraordinary entrepreneurs have been nominated by their XL Nation peers from around the world. Emily Gowor and Jo Galati have put up this site with the support of a team of brilliant team of reporters. Thanks for the great stories.

On the site you'll find details of each nominee - who they are, where they are from, what they are doing and their words of advice. I've read through and been inspired by the light so many are shining through what has been a challenging year for most.

(PS. For XL Members, this week I've also posted an update and pre-release version of the Wealth Spectrum E-Guide on XL World. See here)

By the way, if you're interested to find out more about our network of social entrepreneurs - XL Nation - and how it works, have a look here. If you'd like to join us, we're happy to welcome you. Citizen registration here.

Here is a video for more on the awards:

XL Founding Member Guide Live

The revamped XL Founding Member site, www.resultsfoundation.com is now live! Have a look at the XL Founding Member privileges, countries and award nominees. An amazing group of entrepreneurs. Also have a read of the 2009 XL 2020 Vision.

This gives us the three sites that make up XL Nation:

The public face of XL Nation for XL Citizens:
http://www.xlnation.org

The public face of XL Nation for XL Founding Members:
http://www.resultsfoundation.com

The private community for XL Citizens and XL Founding Members:
http://www.xlworld.org

On the new XL Founding Member site you'll find all the latest information on XL Membership and how XL Founding Membership differs from XL Citizenship. We've revamped the Life Member Handbook into an online resource with some great links. Step One is now live and the rest is on its way. Here's some great links to explore:



XL Founding Member Guide Index
Meet our XL Founding Members
XL Founding Member Privileges

Enjoy the links and do look forward to your feedback...

Extraordinary Lives - 100 Top Entrepreneurs

I'm posting from Auckland where I met with XL Founding Members tonight. It was great to connect. After hearing the amazing stories in South Africa last week, and before flying tomorrow to Australia, I want to share with you some of the extraordinary people we have in our network. So here's a link to 100 Top Entrepreneurs from XL Nation.

Despite the economic crisis, the successes taking place by social entrepreneurs towards our mission of World Wide Wealth have been great to hear. I'm looking forward to this year's Extraordinary Lives Award.

The Five Pixls of Flow

XL NATION: THE FIVE PIXLS
Measuring Social Profit: How to get from Personal Flow to Global Flow
(and back again)

Most of us are seeking a wealthy, peaceful life and a wealth peaceful world. The question is, how can we effectively translate one to the other? Especially when the first can often feel small and the second feels big. How do we pick the right solutions for our lives and fit those into the right solutions for the planet?

We believe XL Nation has the answer. Actually, three steps and one answer. It has a lot to do with how 50 trillion cells have already figured out how to live mostly healthy, peaceful lives collectively in our bodies.

The first step is a cell that belongs – in XL Nation that’s called an XL Circle: A self-forming group around a place, profession, passion, purpose, industry or interest. The second step is a leadership that takes responsibility for what goes in the cell and what comes out of it. There’s just five particles that flow through to paint the full picture (called a Pixl – “Particle in XL”/"Profit in XL"), and each has a leader accountable for that one Pixl. The third step is how those five things make up the fabric of global change: We do our part locally, and the world connects through what we flow collectively. Just like the way our cells look after us.

Three steps: Show up, step up, give back. One answer: A rhythm of flow

What are the five Pixls of XL Nation’s flow?

Cells have three jobs. The first is to preserve themselves: All XL Citizens in an XL Circle commit to showing up, and inviting others with like minds to join the circle. The second job is to turn complex molecules into energy and turn energy into molecules to add value to flow. In XL we have five different Pixls of flow – which like molecules can be brought it to create energy and direction in your life, and every time you meet you turn your energy into new forms that fit these five. The third job is to replicate. Every Circle seeks to launch new circles and we have a family tree in XL Nation where we can see all Circles from the prudes to the promiscuous…

Here’s the five Pixls of flow:

1. Knowledge – Creating the XL Library
2. Opportunities – Creating the XL Opportunities Exchange
3. Successes – Creating the XL News Channel
4. Measures – Creating the XL World Rankings
5. Causes – Creating the XL World Wide Wealth Directory

1. XL Library:
The first Pixls are the Knowledge Pixls that make up the XL Library. Knowledge is the link between information and action (That means not just a video, but a video together with an example of how the information in the video is being turned into tangible action). On XL World, there is an XL Library where you can download or view any audio or video that has been uploaded by other XL Circles or XL Citizens. Each can be rated, you can sort them by popularity, and you can find them by Wealth Dynamics category.

The Scout in every circle will pull in a Knowledge Pixl at every session, it will be viewed or discussed and examples of two or three specific actions that XL Citizens will take from that discussion will be posted under the video/audio in the XL Library. If someone in the circle is giving a live piece of learning, this will be recorded and uploaded to add to the XL Library.

When a new Pixl is added (always to the video section of XL World), it is always tagged by the Scout or Citizen who adds it. Here are the tags you’ll find in every Knowledge Pixl

The first tag will be K-PIXL (so we can search and find all of them within the video section of XL World amongst all the videos). The second will be one of the 13 tags that categorise the type of learning based on Wealth Dynamics flow:

1) Innovation
2) Marketing
3) Leadership
4) Partnerships
5) Service
6) Investments
7) Finance
8) Systems
9) Wisdom
10) Relationships
11) Health
12) Contribution
13) Spirit

Whenever a Knowledge Pixl has been used in a circle, the Scout will post a comment on the video/audio with learning and the examples of action to be taken, and a link back to their XL Circle page. They will also provide a link on the XL Circle page to the Knowledge Pixl. This cross-reference enables any XL Citizen to gain knowledge through the XL Library or through the XL Circle they may be following.

2. XL Opportunity Exchange:
The second Pixls are the Opportunity Pixls that make up the XL Opportunity Exchange. These are not requests of what you need, but opportunities of what you have to offer. These have a specific format of who you are, what your mission is, what you offer, who you are offering it to, and what you seek in return. On XL World, there is an XL Opportunities Exchange where you can download or view any opportunity uploaded by other XL Circles or XL Citizens. You can search for these by key word, country, or Wealth Dynamics category.

The Guide in every circle will pull in Opportunity Pixls from XL World at every session that are relevant to Citizens in the Circle. Two Citizens will also present their own opportunity, and the Guide will ensure these get posted on XL World during or immediately after the circle. These are included in the XL Opportunity Exchange (which is a part of the Forum section of XL World) and tagged by the Guide or Citizen who adds it. All XL Citizens can then respond back directly to the XL Citizen who offered the opportunity.

Here are the tags you’ll find in every Opportunity Pixl: The first tag will be O-PIXL (so we can search and find all of them within XL World amongst all the discussion postings). The second will be one of the 13 tags that categorise the type of opportunity based on Wealth Dynamics flow:

1) Start-up
2) Promotion
3) Team
4) Partnership
5) Trade
6) Investment
7) Outsource
8) License
9) Learning
10) Family
11) Health
12) Contribution
13) Spirit

Whenever an Opportunity Pixl has been created in a circle, the Guide will post the opportunity in the Forum section on XL World as a new Discussion, tag it, and add links back to the XL Citizen and the XL Circle. They will also provide a link on the XL Circle page to the Opportunity Pixl.

3. XL News Channel:
The third Pixls are the Success Pixls that make up the XL News Channel. These are living examples of what XL Citizens are achieving within XL Nation, that others can be inspired and informed by. These have a specific format of who you are, what your challenge or goal had been, what your actions were, what your success was, and your key lesson from the experience. On XL World, the XL News Channel can be found within the blog section, where you can download or view any success story uploaded by other XL Circles or XL Citizens. You can search for these by key word, country, or Wealth Dynamics category.

The Reporter in every circle will pull in Success Pixls from XL World at every session that are relevant to Citizens in the Circle. Two Citizens will also present their own success story (nominated from the last Circle session), and the Guide will ensure these get posted on the XL World blog section, each as a new blog, during or immediately after the circle.

Here are the tags you’ll find in every Success Pixl: The first tag will be S-PIXL (so we can search and find all of them within XL World amongst all the blogs). The second will be one of the 13 tags that categorise the profile the success is related to on the Wealth Dynamics square:

1) Creator
2) Star
3) Supporter
4) Deal Maker
5) Trader
6) Accumulator
7) Lord
8) Mechanic
9) Mixed Team
10) Family
11) Health
12) Contribution
13) Spirit


4. XL Scoreboard:
The fourth Pixls are the Measure Pixls that make up the XL Scoreboard. These are a running total for the year (beginning on XL National Day on 31st March) for each XL Circle’s combined giving – cash amount donated, time given and resources given (an estimated cash amount). On XL World, the XL Scoreboard is a blog page linked to the home page, which has a score and rankings. Each Treasurer adds their latest results to the blog as a comment, together with a number of examples of where the donations in their Circle are going and the results they are achieving. The blog is then updated weekly by our Global Treasurer with the numbers against each circle.

This manual process will eventually be automated, but it will work for now. There are no tags for the measures. The Treasurer collects the measurers during the first half of each Circle session, so they can report on the results when it is their section. The measures then posted in both the XL Circle and as a comment on the XL Scoreboard Blog. The XL Scoreboard will give a list of all Circles, the measures, and the date of last report, together with a global total. In time, the XL Scoreboard will provide rankings by circle, city and country, as well as average giving by XL Citizen at a circle, city, country and global level.

5. XL World Wide Wealth Directory:
The fifth Pixls are the Cause Pixls that make up the XL World Wide Wealth Directory. Every cause that is supported by XL Citizens has an opportunity to be highlighted and supported by other XL Citizens. On XL World, the World Wide Wealth Directory is part of the groups section, where each cause is set up as a group by an XL Citizen or Treasurer, and each cause is tagged with the following:

Here are the tags you’ll find in every Cause Pixl: The first tag will be C-PIXL (so we can search and find all of them within XL World amongst all the groups). The second will be one of the 8 tags that link to the millennium goals that the cause is related to on the Wealth Dynamics square:

1) Education
2) Health
3) Equality
4) Partnership
5) Environment
6) Finance
7) Family
8) Wealth

The Treasurer or XL Citizen who sets up the cause will link it to the causes’ website and other XL Citizens can then join it to contribute or participate. Each XL Circle that has XL Citizens supporting that cause will also be able to link to the cause, enabling a Citizen to get more information on the causes each Circle is supporting.

How does XL Nation grow to achieve World Wide Wealth?

What would our lives be like if, every day that we wake, we know that there are circles of trustworthy friends in every area of our lives willing to support our progress, where we all spoke a language of effective giving and we had common access to an ongoing flow of relevant knowledge, opportunities, and living success stories to guide us. Where we took away the excuses for not having enough to get started, and we grew the outcome of what we were achieving to be more than our own lives, but the way that every day we could impact the lives of others.

Now imagine the same is readily available for every person who chooses to step into this nation and play, and that with each additional person that joined, it added to the whole? What would that mean for you, and what would that mean for this planet?

This is the promise of XL – not the power of one but the power of all. This is the promise within every cell in our body. The first cell didn’t stop to ask where to buy clothes for a body yet to emerge. It simply preserved, processed and propagated. Show up, step up and give back. By each of us doing our part and keeping to the rhythm - like every butterfly – we begin with the beat of the heart and it eventually turns into the beat of wings.

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Death, Taxes & Volcanoes

I heard that another life was lost on Mount Agung last week. ‘Agung’ means ‘big’. Would be better if it meant ‘really big and slippery when wet’. I was up the top of Bali’s Volcano with Darshana, Glenn and Lorin after XL National Day in April. It was the starting point for what has been the most extraordinary month of my millennium.

I’ve seen XL Nation circles grow to over $750,000 in direct contributions in a month (more than any one year of tracking donations under XL Results Foundation, which birthed this new nation), I’ve got all excited about the groundswell I’ve seen within the World Wide Wealth movement at the London Wealth Dynamics Experience and tour of Australia, I’ve had fun in conversation on Wealth Dynamics with the HUB team in USA, and I’ve been swept up in the momentum that XL Events, XL Vision Villas, Wealth Dynamics and XLTV have stepped into.

The Balinese believe Mt Agung is a replica of Mt Meru, a mythic mountain at the centre of our universe. In 1963, Indonesian President Sukarno ordered the Balinese to conduct their once-in-a-hundred year ceremony called Eka Dasa Rudra early to suit his calendar. Eka Dasa Rudra is an important 11 week ceremony to quell the power of the 11 main demons within Balinese culture. During the ceremony, Mt Agung erupted, killing over a thousand and displacing sixty-three thousand others. As you would expect, the Balinese blamed their country leader with the political equivalent of ‘told you so’. That moment marked the beginning of the end for Sukarno.

“In nature, nothing is rushed, yet all is accomplished”.

Over the last month, in between the trips to UK, Australia and Singapore, I’ve been sitting in Agung’s shadow with Teresa, Jade and Hanafi, creating the content behind the Wealth Spectrum and the Wealth Dynamics Lighthouse. Our intention is to create the vocabulary for the world we are stepping into (Seth Godin, Deepak Chopra and Bruce Lipton express it best from entirely different points of view).

The lighthouse has always been a symbol of both safety and adventure – depending on whether you were sailing towards or away from home. The uncertainties of our global economy have given way to a blasé come-what-may, which is when we are at our most careless. The Balinese will say it is the Eka Dasa Rudra sea demons. Cleopatra would say it is the calm seas before Octavion’s fleet passed the Lighthouse of Alexandria. However you look at it, it’s time to get equipped for a sea change…

Change as big and slippery as Agung.

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